I had done this topic before:http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=86063
I was told to wait until after Christmas for the sales. Its Jan 9th so I figured it was time.
Need these things, budget is $1500, can afford a little more if necessary:
CPU: Intel, one that will last and be powerful.
PSU: Powerful one, dont wanna have to worry about this.
Case: No need for a PSU as I am buying this separately, dont care what it looks like, preferably good cooling in it.
GPU: nVidia, powerful, I am willing to sacrifice on this to keep within budget, would really rather not though, it will be at least a year before I can get a better one, must be DX10.
RAM: At least 2GB, probably more like 4 if thats recommended, I also doubt I will be able to upgrade this for a year or so.
Sound Card:Not sure if this is really needed, guess I can drop this, if it can be fit in budget then thats good, I heard this improves the performance as the CPU or something like that doesnt have to do the sound.
Motherboard:Something that can hold all this stuff....
Monitor: Flat Screen, LCD, 17 inch is fine, 19 is great, no bigger, preferably not widescreen.
Operating System: XP or Vista, what should I get? Can XP support DX10?
HDD: One about 120GB, 7200RPM, use this for all, if I still have the extra money, or if it HIGHLY recommended, I can maybe throw in another that is 10,000RPM, that would probably chop out some other part, not something I really wanna do.
Just a copy and paste from the other topic to clean things up:
So I got about 1500$ to build a computer, maybe I can go up to 2000$, not sure. Anyways, I used to pay attention to tech stuff, stopped that about a year ago, cant remember much. Im looking for a computer that will last, I wanna get a good CPU, PSU, case, motherboard, and probably RAM, dont wanna end up having to replace these things for at least a year and a half, I realize that video cards usually have to replaced more often, Id really rather put it off as much as possible.
Id love to play Crysis maxed out, while I know that is impossible with pretty much every computer, I heard there are ways you can self optimize the game easily or something like that. Either way, I want the best I can get for my money, and since the only thing Ill probably be able to to replace will be the GPU and the RAM, I want the rest to have good qualities, last me 1-3 years.
PS: Im a Intel and nVidia fanboi.
PSS: When does the G92 come out, I searched but couldnt find anything.
Things Chosen:
HDD:WD 500gb Caviar
Operating System:Vista Home Premium 64 Bit OEM
Monitor:Samsung 19" 5ms
Motherboard:Gigabyte X38
Sound Card:Creative Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
RAM:OCZ Titanium 4GB
GPU: EVGA 8800GTS 512MB
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Cas
PSU: SILVERSTONE SST-ST75ZF ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS12V 750W Power Supply
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
I was told to wait until after Christmas for the sales. Its Jan 9th so I figured it was time.
Need these things, budget is $1500, can afford a little more if necessary:
CPU: Intel, one that will last and be powerful.
PSU: Powerful one, dont wanna have to worry about this.
Case: No need for a PSU as I am buying this separately, dont care what it looks like, preferably good cooling in it.
GPU: nVidia, powerful, I am willing to sacrifice on this to keep within budget, would really rather not though, it will be at least a year before I can get a better one, must be DX10.
RAM: At least 2GB, probably more like 4 if thats recommended, I also doubt I will be able to upgrade this for a year or so.
Sound Card:Not sure if this is really needed, guess I can drop this, if it can be fit in budget then thats good, I heard this improves the performance as the CPU or something like that doesnt have to do the sound.
Motherboard:Something that can hold all this stuff....
Monitor: Flat Screen, LCD, 17 inch is fine, 19 is great, no bigger, preferably not widescreen.
Operating System: XP or Vista, what should I get? Can XP support DX10?
HDD: One about 120GB, 7200RPM, use this for all, if I still have the extra money, or if it HIGHLY recommended, I can maybe throw in another that is 10,000RPM, that would probably chop out some other part, not something I really wanna do.
Just a copy and paste from the other topic to clean things up:
So I got about 1500$ to build a computer, maybe I can go up to 2000$, not sure. Anyways, I used to pay attention to tech stuff, stopped that about a year ago, cant remember much. Im looking for a computer that will last, I wanna get a good CPU, PSU, case, motherboard, and probably RAM, dont wanna end up having to replace these things for at least a year and a half, I realize that video cards usually have to replaced more often, Id really rather put it off as much as possible.
Id love to play Crysis maxed out, while I know that is impossible with pretty much every computer, I heard there are ways you can self optimize the game easily or something like that. Either way, I want the best I can get for my money, and since the only thing Ill probably be able to to replace will be the GPU and the RAM, I want the rest to have good qualities, last me 1-3 years.
PS: Im a Intel and nVidia fanboi.
PSS: When does the G92 come out, I searched but couldnt find anything.
Things Chosen:
HDD:WD 500gb Caviar
Operating System:Vista Home Premium 64 Bit OEM
Monitor:Samsung 19" 5ms
Motherboard:Gigabyte X38
Sound Card:Creative Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
RAM:OCZ Titanium 4GB
GPU: EVGA 8800GTS 512MB
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Cas
PSU: SILVERSTONE SST-ST75ZF ATX 12V 2.2 & EPS12V 750W Power Supply
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor
Last edited by Commie Killer (2008-01-12 22:21:37)
