I want to build my very own gaming computer. I dont know exactly how I wana go about this. I want something that will handle alot of the new mmorpg like world of warcraft, guildwars, and some fps(first person shooters) like halo, doom, doom 2, doom3, and some others and wanted to know wut should I spend the most on for best quality like the graphics card, power supply, motherboard, ram, ecs..... I was gona buy a 900 watt powersupply with 1 120 mm side panel fan, 4 or 5 internal fans, and sum other stuff and wanted to know wut I should spend most of my money on. And yes I do have a limit of 3.5k
2006-10-10 18:56:50 · 10 answers · asked by justinbowen2003 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Some of the best guides for building your own computer is hunting down top of the line gaming computers from say, http://www.alienware.com/ . Look at the components from their top of the line gaming computers and do some research on them. Also, make sure everything you get is compatible or you'll have some real problems. Good luck!
2006-10-10 19:06:12 · answer #1 · answered by Danny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you do NOT need 900W of power for a little while unless you plan on having a fully loaded ultra uber gaming rig in the $2000-$3000 range. But even that is a waste right now because there are a few things like DirectX10 and Quad Core processors coming out. But here's a list either way to make anyone drool all from Newegg.com
Case- Thermaltake Armor Fulltower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133154 - $150
Power Supply- OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817341002 -$155
Motherboard- Asus P5N
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131031 -$240
CPU- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003 -$315
RAM- Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 2x1GB RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145590 -$280
CPU Heatsink/Fan- Gigabyte G-Power
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835128009 -$25
DVD Drive- Lite-On 16x DVD +- R/RW w/ Lightscribe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106015 -$35
Hard Drive- 2x Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA2 3.0 GB/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140 -$95
Sound Card- Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102188 -$125
Vid Card (or 2)- EVGA GeForce 7950GX2 1GB GDDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130023 - $500
OS- WindowsXP home (OEM)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116056 -$90
Keyboard- Saitek Eclipse Blue LED backilt Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823175103 -$45
Mouse- Logitech G5 Gamer's Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826104191 -$45
Speakers- Logitech X-530 5.1 Surround speakers
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16836121118 -$60
Monitor- Samsung 225BW Widescreen LCD monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001083 -$380
And that's it. That will give you a lot of space, speed with OC'ability, great visuals, and it only costs just about $3050.00 before shipping. I'm sure you may not need some of those things if you already have a nice monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, etc. you could even get a second Seagate hard drive of the same type and do a RAID formation. That may be a little advanced though for ya. Corsair makes a really good pc building guide on their site that shows step by step what to do. Also you could buy a Maximum PC magazzine thta features building gaming rigs. http://www.corsair.com
2006-10-11 02:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by xxplalmxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first do not cheapen out on the case
and the best CPU is the Intel conroe duel core
Intel and asus are to top quality motherboard builders but go PCI express
possibly one with more then on 16x slots for duel SLI possibility's
as far as power supply one word Antec between 550 and 650 watt no need for more
graphic card wait till the direct x10 cards arrive in the spring
and you want 2 gigs as that the sweet spot for windows vista
2006-10-11 02:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by Magnusfl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever BUILT a PC before? Not to insult your intelligence, but the components that you are asking for are very expensive, and if you don't know what you are doing or how to handle the CPU and RAM without blowing them with ESD you'll have wasted thousands of dollars..
Now I have been building my own systems for years, and it occurred to me that I don't think that you should try this on your own. Your question screams inexperience. You would be better off buying one or having one built for you.
But if you still insist on it:
Tom's Hardware has a great tutorial for first time gamer builds:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2002/09/04/building_your_own_pc/index.html
2006-10-11 02:23:34 · answer #4 · answered by midnightlydy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd go for an Athlon 64 based system, they are easier to modify then an Intel system
2006-10-11 02:10:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check sites like Alienware.com and voodoopc.com and see what they put in their machines and try to peice something similar together. I think voodoo has a $20K machine, but that's crazy.
I'd look at specs on the stuff they use and try to find the parts to build it myself.
2006-10-11 02:08:50 · answer #6 · answered by shogun_316 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get an xbox 360. at the moment its better than any pc or graphics card on the market.
2006-10-11 02:05:32 · answer #7 · answered by arcane 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
While what Danny and shogun said are one way to do it, you can also just ask someone who already knows about gaming computers. Here's what I'd put into my expensive gaming computer:
motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131025
processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115003
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144028
power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703006
video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130023
hard drives (4): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148139
heatsink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185027
DVD burner: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827131352
operating system: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116059
Plus any case that has two 120mm fans.
2006-10-11 02:16:22 · answer #8 · answered by alchemist_n_tx 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps this will help you...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaming_Computer
2006-10-11 02:07:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey, get dell's XPS lines of their desktops or laptops
http://www.dell.com
2006-10-11 02:15:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋