I want to build a desktop. What do, Kiwike?

geckosquid · 08-30-2011, 07:04,

Well, I've finally gotten tired of my 9 pound laptop with 30 minutes of battery life that is unable to run many new games well enough, so I've decided that I will build a desktop computer. My budget is around $750, and my focus is definitely 100% gaming. Any suggestions for the components I should use?

Sir Prize · 08-30-2011, 09:11,

Don't get a NVidia Graphics card. Why?
Because they are overpriced. They use cheap marketing to get customers. Like implementing things into games at the very last moment before release so that no one with a Radeon card can run it. (They own PhysX, so don't give me anything about not making games.)
Don't get more than 4GB of RAM. Why?
Because you don't need more than 4 when gaming. It's prepostrous.

Get a 16+GB SSD, not above 100GB. Why?
Because you're only going to keep the OS and the most used programs on it. And it's expensive as fuck.

And that's probably as much advice as I could give you.

**yottabyte** · 08-30-2011, 09:36,

Nvidia graphics cards are pretty damn good if you ask me.

RAM is so cheap nowadays, you might as well get 8 GB for future compitability. When you buy a computer, it should be ready for the future, or else you will have to upgrade in a like a year.

DjFuzz · 08-30-2011, 09:53,

Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 955 (3.20GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION

Motherboard
ASUS® M5A78L-M/USB3: M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s

Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)

Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6770 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD5002AALX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
80GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 90MB/sW)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply
600W Quiet 80 PLUS Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Thats the basic one im working on i think it seems pretty good

squiggley1 · 08-30-2011, 22:40,

I suggest you go with fuzzys specs but you might want to upgrade the hard drive in the future

geckosquid · 08-31-2011, 02:58,

Coolio. Thanks, guys!

Cerce · 08-31-2011, 05:07,

(08-30-2011, 09:53)DjFuzz Wrote: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

And so dies the erra of 32 bit classic games....

*cries while holding a torn WC3 case in one hand and Unreal Tournament in the other*

geckosquid · 08-31-2011, 07:26,

That almost just brought a tear to my eye...