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This thread on the Penny Arcade forums is a good place to start out: Computer Build Thead: AMD joins NVidia, Intel in confusing name club - Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern - Penny Arcade Forums

Once you've looked at a few builds there, feel free to look around newegg.com for pricing.

The basics you'll need are this:

Case (with correct mobo form factor)
Motherboard (with correct CPU socket)
CPU
Memory (correct speed/channel)
Video card
Power Supply
DVD drive
OS - probably best to get some version of Windows 7 64 bit
Some cheap fans - these are $2-10 each, but will really help increase the lifespan of your parts by keeping them cool


These other things you might be able to canabalize from computers you already have:
Mouse/Keyboard
Monitor
Speakers


If you have any questions, feel free to ask

alright so i did some snooping around and i found one Desktop that could do, a CyberPower Black Pearl what do you think?

DazeMaker83 wrote:alright so i did some snooping around and i found one Desktop that could do, a CyberPower Black Pearl what do you think?

Post them specs up.

Tower - Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Chassis

Processer - Intel Core i7-980X (OC'ed 4GHz)

Motherboard - Gigabyte X58 UD5

Graphics Card - 2x NVIDIA GTX 480 in SLI

RAM - 6GB DDR3 1600

Storage - Intel 80 GB SSD, 2 TB 7200RPM HD

Cooling - Asetek 570LX 240MM Liquid Cooling

Optical Drive - 4X Blu-Ray player, 24X DVDRW

Power Supply - 1000W Corsair

Operating System - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

DazeMaker83 wrote:Tower - Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Chassis

Processer - Intel Core i7-980X (OC'ed 4GHz)

Motherboard - Gigabyte X58 UD5

Graphics Card - 2x NVIDIA GTX 480 in SLI

RAM - 6GB DDR3 1600

Storage - Intel 80 GB SSD, 2 TB 7200RPM HD

Cooling - Asetek 570LX 240MM Liquid Cooling

Optical Drive - 4X Blu-Ray player, 24X DVDRW

Power Supply - 1000W Corsair

Operating System - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

shit guys nevermind on that one i just looked at the price and its 4000 dollars so thats not going to happen ill keep looking though

Really mate, you'll have much better chances if you build it on your own. That computer is about as much brand new tech you can fit in a box, it's naturally going to be very expensive. You're much better off buying the tested but powerful stuff (i.e. last year's models) from newegg or similar and assembling yourself

DazeMaker83 wrote:shit guys nevermind on that one i just looked at the price and its 4000 dollars so thats not going to happen ill keep looking though

Here's some hint words to get you started, I'm a bit too tired to do a full build

Spend less than $800

Phenom X4 945/955/965BE
4-6GB DDR3 1333mhz
Gigabyte G880 series or ASUS M4A87TD series
GTX460 or HD6850
Seasonic M12 II Bronze 520W
CM 690 II Advanced
Samsung Spinpoint F1 hard drive


It says you're in america, so newegg is your friend
http://www.newegg.com/
Enjoy

ok so i found a iBUYPOWER 563D3 for 680 dollars on newegg

DazeMaker83 wrote:ok so i found a iBUYPOWER 563D3 for 680 dollars on newegg

Thats a good PC actually, I'm surprised on the price,

If its the same one that I'm looking at on my web page

The 3.4 Quad core processor is amazing
The card will be good to play PR, and arma2 on medish
The ram is good 4gigs is nice, and that it can be upgraded to 16 is quite awesome
500GB HDD is more then enough for gaming, but look into a external if you wanna back stuff up or keep your pics or vids on there

Power supply will be good for the semi-latest cards, i think the new ATI and Nvidia cards require 500W but you can get a 5770 in there

Other then that I say buy it and reap your rewards.

*EDIT*

its not the PC if you wanna Crossfire or SLI

Johncro wrote:Thats a good PC actually, I'm surprised on the price,

If its the same one that I'm looking at on my web page

The 3.4 Quad core processor is amazing
The card will be good to play PR, and arma2 on medish
The ram is good 4gigs is nice, and that it can be upgraded to 16 is quite awesome
500GB HDD is more then enough for gaming, but look into a external if you wanna back stuff up or keep your pics or vids on there

Power supply will be good for the semi-latest cards, i think the new ATI and Nvidia cards require 500W but you can get a 5770 in there

Other then that I say buy it and reap your rewards.

*EDIT*

its not the PC if you wanna Crossfire or SLI

thats the very one

Hello ,what do you think ,could this laptop run Pr with maxed settings ?

Acer Aspire 5742G
Core i5 2.5 Ghz
4G of Ram
NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M 1GB

Hey guys, I don't want to create a new thread so I'll ask here. Can a 1GB ATI HD 6370 run PR ? With decent graphics ? (not all low)

-CJ- wrote:Hey guys, I don't want to create a new thread so I'll ask here. Can a 1GB ATI HD 6370 run PR ? With decent graphics ? (not all low)

Uhh yeah. Maxed more or less.