Need help building a gaming pc

[TheDallasDon]

Alright computer geeks(j/k) I'm so tired of using my phone for all my internet use, and instead of fixing my way out of date computer, can some tell me the best parts to buy for building a gaming pc for a reasonable price???

 

[Duane]

Alright computer geeks(j/k) I'm so tired of using my phone for all my internet use, and instead of fixing my way out of date computer, can some tell me the best parts to buy for building a gaming pc for a reasonable price???

What's reasonable to you? $500, $1,000, $1,500?

 

[YosemiteSam]

Alright computer geeks(j/k) I'm so tired of using my phone for all my internet use, and instead of fixing my way out of date computer, can some tell me the best parts to buy for building a gaming pc for a reasonable price???

To many variables! How much money are you looking to spend and what exactly are you wanting to do with it. (game wise) Are you looking to just play any game today or looking to be able to play high end games 2-3 years from now too. (more money)

 

[tupperware]

Yep, need way more clarifications before we can help.

1. What is the maximum you are willing to spend.
2. You said gaming, are you talking about recent titles? Are the best graphics important to you or are you okay with just being able to run these games?

 

[TheDallasDon]

Holy crap how did this become a its own thread??? Anywho would like to stay in the 800-900 area

 

[TheDallasDon]

To many variables! How much money are you looking to spend and what exactly are you wanting to do with it. (game wise) Are you looking to just play any game today or looking to be able to play high end games 2-3 years from now too. (more money)

Now and a few years down the road, but would like 2 be able upgrade as the year go by

 

[tupperware]

Holy crap how did this become a its own thread??? Anywho would like to stay in the 800-900 area

Alright.

Are there any components you do not need, such as mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc?

 

[YosemiteSam]

Holy crap how did this become a its own thread???

:laugh2:

Obviously, there is a filthy mod skulking around. :

 

[TheDallasDon]

Alright.

Are there any components you do not need, such as mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc?

No got everything including a tower but its kinda old 2, but has cooling system so it may do. Just need all the hardware

 

[Reality]

Holy crap how did this become a its own thread?

It was unrelated to the other thread and given the replies you are seeing here it would have likely hijacked the other thread so it was moved to its own thread.

#reality

 

[TheDallasDon]

:laugh2:

Obviously, there is a filthy mod skulking around. :

Hahaha, nice

EDIT: Ok Reality thanks......the last thing I wanna do is ninja someone thread lol

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

First you will need a copy windows 95 and a floppy boot disk...

 

[Reality]

:laugh2:

Obviously, there is a filthy mod skulking around. :

*points at BrAinPaiNt while looking around innocently*

#reality

 

[tupperware]

No got everything including a tower but its kinda old 2, but has cooling system so it may do. Just need all the hardware

Might want to grab a new tower then, since whatever GFX card we pick might not fit. I'm assuming the power supply won't be enough either.

Do you care about an SSD drive? If not we can use your current HD. I'm assuming it's Sata 2 and not IDE, yes?

So far we can omit:

Monitor
Mouse
Keyboard
Hard Drive(?)

 

[TheDallasDon]

Might want to grab a new tower then, since whatever GFX card we pick might not fit. I'm assuming the power supply won't be enough either.

Do you care about an SSD drive? If not we can use your current HD. I'm assuming it's Sata 2 and not IDE, yes?

So far we can omit:

Monitor
Mouse
Keyboard
Hard Drive(?)

Do I really need an SSD drive??? If not then yes I got everything on the list

 

[tupperware]

Do I really need an SSD drive??? If not then yes I got everything on the list

Hmm, no, not really. It won't help the realtime performance much. Helps with initial game loads and level loads, though. It also helps out a lot with day to day computing.

Do you require running your games at maximum qualities or are you okay with medium/high settings? Oh and before I forget, what resolution do you run at?

 

[YosemiteSam]

Might want to grab a new tower then, since whatever GFX card we pick might not fit. I'm assuming the power supply won't be enough either.

Do you care about an SSD drive? If not we can use your current HD. I'm assuming it's Sata 2 and not IDE, yes?

So far we can omit:

Monitor
Mouse
Keyboard
Hard Drive(?)

At $900 limit, you might want to skip on the SSD.

 

[TheDallasDon]

Hmm, no, not really. It won't help the realtime performance much. Helps with initial game loads and level loads, though. It also helps out a lot with day to day computing.

Do you require running your games at maximum qualities or are you okay with medium/high settings? Oh and before I forget, what resolution do you run at?

Would love the best quality and the ability to turn up the texture, but don't know if that's possible for my budget

 

[tupperware]

At $900 limit, you might want to skip on the SSD.

I could fit it in because he doesn't need the monitor/keyboard/mouse but what I would do is have him set it up the same way I did, get a small SSD, run the OS/few games off of it and do the rest off the other drive.

 

[tupperware]

Oh and before I get in to picking out stuff, do you have any brand allegiances?

Intel / NVIDIA, etc?