Building a computer. What parts should I get for this?

**pevergreen** · 01-21-2010, 06:00

I don't see a game worth running that doesnt support DX9.

AMD CPU?

Intel are leaps and bounds in front here mate...

**wumpus** · 01-21-2010, 08:03

Okay, here's my 2-cents' worth of contribution, friend Taiwan. I'm in the process of building a PC myself (which I haven't completed yet, because I'm still saving up some cash for other vital parts), so here goes: You want to go gaming, so AMD is the processor for you--I don't care what the Intel-lovers say. For motherboard, look for one with model number that starts with K9 or K10 (of the brand that you can trust); then buy a quad-core processor. My friend who's a hardware repairer (an AMD fanatic like me) advised not to buy dual core, 'cuz hardware development is so fast-paced that it would be wiser to go quad-core right away (dual-core, he says, will be obsolescent in about 2 or 3 years). And what pevergreen says about part of your $800 to be spent on shipping, I am fortunate that I don't need to do that--I can buy parts direct from stores (and have a chance to see face-to-face what I'll buy too), so if you've a situation similar to this over there, then luckily you don't need to spend extra on shipping and handling (and 'cuz ordering things by mail just ain't in vogue here). And that's right: if you have the cash for it, Elmar Bijlsma"s suggestion to start with a 2-GB RAM is an excellent idea. But what I don't understand is, why avoid ATI in favor of NVIDIA? For me, whatever matches the rest of your hardware is good enough. My first GPU card was ATI by intention, my second was only what was available in the market (my old mobo still uses an AGP slot) and it happened to be ATI too; but if an NVIDIA had been what was available, I wouldn't make it a big issue (and, hey--because of my new ATI GPU, my PC can install and run Empire TW even if my CPU speed is only 1.5 GHz, when the game's specs suggest I must have at least 2.0 GHz!). Well, noble friend, this is all for now. Keep your heart open for other nice suggestions--we are all friends here. Hawooh.

**pevergreen** · 01-21-2010, 08:10

No offence, but I can't take what you say seriously when you say this:

(dual-core, he says, will be obsolescent in about 2 or 3 years)

Obsolete?

Pentium 3,4, Celeron et al are still going around in the business world.

Intel pushes foward with tech. You get the i5, you then will have DDR3 memory, which in my build is 1600MHz, (thats good) you have USB 3.0 for future protection, on the panel.

If he wants a decent video card, he has to spend more money. Its as simple as that.

**redriver** · 01-22-2010, 01:12

how big is your screen? you can get away with a very decent system that will play this game and games like Crysis on high settings with no probls in sub US$ 500 budged..
however, if you've got a very large LCD screen your might need more than one GPU or a very expensive one....

**pevergreen** · 01-22-2010, 02:14

Originally Posted by redriver

if you've got a very large LCD screen your might need more than one GPU or a very expensive one....

I don't think (if he is keeping his monitor from the old system) that he might have a 30" screen. I run dual 22" on a 9800.

Reception runs dual 19" on a 9400.

**Belgolas** · 01-22-2010, 03:49

Originally Posted by pevergreen

I don't see a game worth running that doesnt support DX9.

AMD CPU?

Intel are leaps and bounds in front here mate...

Not if you are on a very tight budget.

If he were to go Intel the best CPU he could afford would be an i3 which is a great CPU if you know how to overclock. If you don't know how to overclock then the Phenom 2 550 BE is a good alternative.

Get the cheapest motherboard as possible and get cheap ram too as those both don't need to be the highest end.

If you want I can put together a list of hardware for you that would be the best possible for frames per second in the average game. I have built dozens of computers in the past year and have 2 awesome computers for my self (one for my everyday gaming and one for lan parties). So I know what I am talking about as I spend pretty much every day researching computer hardware and building them for friends, family and who ever wants one.

One part that would really help us out would be to know the screen resolution as if you have a small screen res than you don't need as powerful as a GPU but a better CPU. But if you have a larger screen size of 1680 x 1050 or up you need a faster GPU than CPU.

**Megas Methuselah** · 01-22-2010, 08:20

Did my old buddy Peve just get owned?

**Durallan** · 01-22-2010, 15:56

go for cheap ram if you must but not no name stuff, that can be dangerous.

**Nelson** · 01-22-2010, 16:20

Time to move this to where it belongs.

**flisterseven** · 02-09-2021, 14:42

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