BdogXI Posted August 28, 2011 Member ID: 378 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 93 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 559 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 30, 2017 Birthday: 12/29/1965 Posted August 28, 2011 Well I am finally going to get a new computer just for gaming and give this computer to my kids. I have not bought one in a few years and I am an Idiot, so I am looking for advice what to get to have the most kickass system I can get for 1000-1500. Thanks in advance!
BigPapaDean Posted August 28, 2011 Member ID: 1128 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1210 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6553 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4430 Achievement Points: 63653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18 Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Posted August 28, 2011 Bdog one thing you might want to consider is when you do buy one then make sure all parts are the same speed. Your pc is only as fast as the slowest part regardless what you have in it! There are so many systems out there with a lot of fast stuff on them but there seems to be always that one little part the manufacturers want to dump on unsuspecting buyers so double check and if you have questions get the machines specs your considering and post it here so our experts can give you advice what to upgrade or not. A good place to start would be tiger direct and newegg! Awards
RD Posted August 28, 2011 Member ID: 2520 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 50 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 627 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 48 Achievement Points: 3748 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/23/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2018 Birthday: 08/18/1953 Posted August 28, 2011 For that kinda money you can build a damn rocket sled box. Also what Bigmeandean said..... be careful of some of those "pretty" packages. Many have great stuff in them but not all is compatible with each other therefore it wont compliment your system. There are dozens of different combinations of components that you can use. Do you have a preference for CPU? AMD? Intel? Graphics card....either Nvidea or ATI. ***** Please note...... I would NOT recommend ANYTHING from ...IBUYPOWER. They are known for building crap and have an even worse reputation for customer service. They are giving Newegg and bad rep as a distributor and that was told to me in casual conversation with a rep that I've known for years there. I have seen many a unhappy person that had to return their computer 3-4 times at their expense to get it right and they still had to come to my pals shop to get fixed or repaired
tsw 8.5 Posted August 28, 2011 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 144 Topic Count: 537 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17537 Content Per Day: 3.13 Reputation: 42642 Achievement Points: 151895 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 691 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Posted August 28, 2011 as for me i will never buy one from a dealer ..do it your self it is cheaper and you know what you have ..for a lot less money ..for 1000-1500 you can put one togather and it will be worth 2000 at a dealer.. that is what i did ..my cuz wolftis put it togather with me and it kick ass ..and i have 750. in my new rig ..2500k 2 260 O/K 8 gigs of 1600..xfx 850 pro and cooler master 922 case .2 tr hard drive ..but i got parts on sale and from clan members for a lot less money Awards
CplMOFO Posted August 29, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Device: Windows Posted August 29, 2011 The key is not to skimp on critical parts like the case and the power supply. Also, you have to try to build a "balanced system", so every components makes sense in terms of price/performance with each other. By that I mean no $500 CPU into a $50 motherboard... Right now, for a good gaming system (and for the price you wanna put), the Intel Sandybridge 2500K CPU, on a P67 (or Z68) motherboard is where it's at.... There is heavily discounted AMD CPUs right now, as AMD is preparing to introduce their new bulldozer CPU lineup..as they're phasing out the 1055T, the 1090T and the 1100T you can get a deal....but it's on End Of Life (EOL) products basically... Also, don't buy at the "corner store", because their prices are usually outrageous...... I don't want to take anything from BIGMEANDEAN said, but Tigerdirect/compUSA doesn't have the best prices usually. On top of that, SOME of their stuff is crap. They sell outdated parts for too much $$$ sometimes, and they sell their "proprietary" parts.... Brands to consider RIGHT NOW (in my own opinion, no offenses!!!!)... Motherboard: ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte RAM: GSKILL, Corsair, Mushkin Power supply: Corsair, XFX, Antec, Enermax (seek a good 750 watts min, 80+ certification) Case: Antec, Coolermaster, LianLi Hard drive: Western digital Black edition SSD: Intel, Crucial (everything else that doesn't have a Sandforce 2281 controller in it) forget OCZ..... Coolers: antec, coolermaster, Noctua, Corsair Videocards: EVGA, MSI, ASUS, PNY (nVIDIA)....MSI, Sapphire, ASUS, XFX (AMD/ATI) (look for warranties....) Awards
BattlewolF Posted August 29, 2011 Member ID: 2028 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.33 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 11, 2024 Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Posted August 29, 2011 For gaming and for that price you can build a kickass computer First choose a case with a lot of fans for cooling the coolermaster haf x is a kickass case ( My son have that case )http://www.3dgameman.com/reviews/1153/cooler-master-haf-x-case Than look for a motherboard for about 150 dollar than for cpu Quad ore six i prefer 4 core for gaming Intel I7 2600k and put a other cooler on it coolermaster V8 Most importent is the videocard a good one is 560TI ore better A modulair psu for 1 card is 650 watt enough but if you will 2 google for psu calculator what you need than About 8gb ore more mem You can used a ssd card for fast windows start but i don`t used it take a good hd A good mouse and keybord logitech ore razer So take o good look on the internet Awards
KTWEST Posted October 1, 2011 Member ID: 242 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 6 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 202 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 33 Achievement Points: 1256 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 24 Birthday: 08/17/1955 Device: Windows Posted October 1, 2011 Digital Storm has been good for me. They got a good forum you can get help from too. Awards
CplMOFO Posted October 1, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 1 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Device: Windows Posted October 1, 2011 Digitalstorm seems pretty high-end! The whole thing is that when you purchase from a place like Microcenter (or equivalent), you can get MORE for your $$$ compared to a pre-built... Awards
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