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04-14-2008, 11:05 AM
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|  Help with my gaming PC? Thanks! Yeah, so I just joined these forums. I was going to buy a Xbox 360, but I love FPS's so much I decided to build a gaming PC instead. PC's are better than consoles, imo, but they can cost more in the short run. Anyway, I was/am hesitant about building a PC because I don't know how to overclock, configure RAM, and other things like that. I know a lot about computers compared to your average Joe, but not as much as you guys and gals. Well, I already have a gaming PC but it's pretty low budget, and a friend built it for me a couple of years ago. I really want to be able to play games like CS, Americas Army, Half-life 2, Team Fortress 2, and such. I don't want to play on 3200x1200 pixels, but I'd like to be able to play with a very decent frame rate.  Alright, so I have a little over $900 to spend, but I'd like to save as much as possible when building my PC. If I could build a really nice PC for $800 or so, that'd be really good. I already have a nice mouse, an ok keyboard and a 19" moniter, so I just need to build the PC. (I'll upgrade my non-flat screen moniter later) I think I want to go with AMD, but I'm not sure. As for the vid card, I don't know which I'd rather go for. Maybe GeForce? So, could a PC building noob get some help? Any suggestions and help I can get on building my PC would be great!! =D Thanks! |
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04-14-2008, 12:47 PM
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| New Netflix Subscriber!  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Wayne, IN
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 |  Re: Help with my gaming PC? Thanks! Hmmm. For these games listed you should be fine with a Geforce 9600GT which can be found for fairly cheap and are very good cards for their price - $150-170. A good and easy to overclock motherboard is the Gigabyte DS3L and is only about $90 I believe. What speed of CPU and RAM do you have so far? And are you going to be reusing any of the parts? (case/hard drive/psu, etc) Let me know what you have now and what your plans are. I'll give you some good suggestions for other parts.
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04-14-2008, 02:12 PM
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| Re: Help with my gaming PC? Thanks! Hmmm, I didn't even consider re-using any of my current parts. I'll post what I have at the moment. Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2200+ RAM: 256mb & 512mb (DDR PC3200) Vid card: Radeon 9200 128mb (I'm pretty sure) HD: Maxtor 6Y160P0 I need a new CD drive, mine is slightly damaged. Quote:
I wasn't sure about some of my specs so I used Cpuz. I think it's all correct. My current PC has no system disc. I downloaded a keygen a year and a half ago. (haha, I thought I was safe behind Norton) I got a virus that infects all the executable programs on your PC. The virus has messed up my registry and some programs which is one reason why I want to build a new PC. Everybody I talked to said I needed to reformat my PC because you cannot destroy the virus any other way. I don't have a system CD, so I can't do that. (I've learned my lesson about pirating software  )Whew, now that that's out in the open, I'm not sure if I can use my HD without infecting my new PC. haha, so what do you think? Edit: By the way, I don't really care about Halo 2 on the PC. I would like to play CoD4 and new FPS's though. Would it be possible to play Crysis on a PC in my $800-$900 budget? Last edited by g3kk0; 04-14-2008 at 02:31 PM. | |
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04-14-2008, 03:29 PM
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| Re: Help with my gaming PC? Thanks! Absolutely. I'll throw something together real quick and give you the details. You're in the US correct?
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04-14-2008, 03:31 PM
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| Re: Help with my gaming PC? Thanks! q6600 Abit IP35-e Add your personal choice of case, HD (size), Optical Drives Corsair 550vx 9600gt Crucial Tracers 2gb RAM kit
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04-14-2008, 03:34 PM
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| Re: Help with my gaming PC? Thanks! yeah i think its a good idea for a total new build and wow i got rid of my grans 9200 radeon well over a year ago, i can not believe there still in use (i should shut up with my radeon 9600) for the new build i would suggest these - main board - gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L - $89.99 on new egg cpu - intel E8200 - $179.99 on new egg graphics - 9600 gt - $150 to $220 on new egg ram - ocz platinum 2gb (2x1gb) - $45.99 on new egg hdd - 320gb seagate 7200.10 hdd - $79.99 on new egg psu - carsair 520W hx - $124.99 on new egg comes to $679 on the thought of the $150 gpu so it gives you a little money to play with ohh and www.newegg.com is where i was looking at the prices (duh)
__________________  My new pc spec's ~ Case ~ nexus caterpilla (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=28763) Mobo ~ Gigabyte GA~P35~DS3R Rev 2.0 CPU ~ Intel Q6600 HDD ~ 2 x 500gb western digital drives Ram ~ 4GB worth (4 strips) of OCZ 2GB PC2-6400 Platinum Rev 2.0 PSU ~ Corsair 750TX GPU ~ ATI 4850 OS - Vista Home Premium 64-Bit |
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04-14-2008, 04:11 PM
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| Re: Help with my gaming PC? Thanks! my mistake  i would have to agree with the Q6600 aswell sure its not a new 45nm chip but for $10 you can't go wrong, what else woul you use $10 on
__________________ My new pc spec's ~ Case ~ nexus caterpilla (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Compo...roductId=28763) Mobo ~ Gigabyte GA~P35~DS3R Rev 2.0 CPU ~ Intel Q6600 HDD ~ 2 x 500gb western digital drives Ram ~ 4GB worth (4 strips) of OCZ 2GB PC2-6400 Platinum Rev 2.0 PSU ~ Corsair 750TX GPU ~ ATI 4850 OS - Vista Home Premium 64-Bit |
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04-14-2008, 04:14 PM
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| Re: Help with my gaming PC? Thanks! FRYS.com | Intel heres the link maybe since he's only added $4 to the budget, he could get a Xigmatech Rifle ( I didn't recommend it before, because I thought you would cap out your budget)
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