• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Need recommendations on a gaming rig

J

joker4096

n00b
Joined
Nov 8, 2008
Messages
9
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Possibly 1500 not including shipping

3) Where do you live?
Seattle, WA

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
I need everything, starting from scratch

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
No old parts to reuse

6) Will you be overclocking?
Just slightly, not enough to affect length of pc life

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Plan on getting 19-22 inch

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
This summer

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Not sure yet, maybe RAID

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Will need to buy a new OS, possibly upgrade to Windows 7 when it comes out


I need a computer that will be able to handle every single game that's out and that will possible be coming out. I just want the games to run perfect with no issues and slow frame rates. I was hoping on using the i7 processor but it is a bit too expensive. Maybe i can buy a cheaper CPU and OC it to run just as well. Please if you can make a wish list at newegg so i can see the products it would be great
 
joker4096 said:
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
This summer
Click to expand...

Too soon to start planning for a new PC. A lot can happen between now and the summer, a period of only 3-5 months. Come back again when you can actually buy the PC, preferably a week beforehand.
 
Danny Bui said:
Too soon to start planning for a new PC. A lot can happen between now and the summer, a period of only 3-5 months. Come back again when you can actually buy the PC, preferably a week beforehand.
Click to expand...

Best advice you're going to get. Prices/deals change so fast that its better to wait for advice when you're ready to purchase.
 
about the time you build that new system.. the new AMD 880/890 chipset should be out as well.. along with ATI's next gen if it sticks to the plan should be out around july.. also the new 955 AM3 cpu should be out.. so there will be a ton of possibilities of what you can build with that budget come summer time.. plus there will most likely be a ton of deals with the way the economy is going its going to be a tough time for companies to sell stuff.. so might be your perfect opportunity..
 
Just a side note, though I agree that it is far, far too early to be planning a build you intend to do in the summer...

You could easily get an i7 920 machine together with 4GB of RAM, 2 640GB WD Black series drives for RAID-0, a case, a DVDRW, 750w quality PSU, 22" LCD and a GeForce GTX 285 for under $1500 before shipping.
 
silent-circuit said:
Just a side note, though I agree that it is far, far too early to be planning a build you intend to do in the summer...

You could easily get an i7 920 machine together with 4GB of RAM, 2 640GB WD Black series drives for RAID-0, a case, a DVDRW, 750w quality PSU, 22" LCD and a GeForce GTX 285 for under $1500 before shipping.
Click to expand...

you mean 6 gigs of ram.. :p
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top