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[H] On the Search for a New Computer

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SCC-Faust
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3736 Posts
September 13 2009 18:49 GMT
#1
None of my current computers can run any new age games. I've even had troubles getting Half-Life 2 run on this computer. And in preparation for Starcraft 2 & Diablo 3, I'll need a better computer anyways.

The money I have at the moment is $750 exactly. With this money, I need to buy the best possible shiznit I can find. Computers aren't my expertise though - and building them from scratch would be near impossible for me.

So far the only thing I found remotely appealing is this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883107985

And then I'd have around $100 left for a shitty monitor...
So I feel like I'm screwed. Any help or directions would be appreciated.


I want to fuck Soulkey with a Zelderan.
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-13 18:54:06
September 13 2009 18:51 GMT
#2
All I know is not to get that because it has integrated video (dur).

edit: Are you 100% sure about not building one yourself?
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 13 2009 18:52 GMT
#3
Do you have mouse/headset/speakers/keyboard/monitor already? Keeping as much of the old stuff as you can will definitely help cut costs
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lighter
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States152 Posts
September 13 2009 18:53 GMT
#4
have you considered simply upgrading your old comp?
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-13 19:00:40
September 13 2009 18:59 GMT
#5
$750 is almost overkill for a decent gaming pc. So you don't need to worry. If you're really set on buying a prebuilt, shop around. Go to dell's or HP's website (among others) and look through their desktop PCs. Often times there will be coupons for them where you can shave off a good percentage off the base price. Just remember that the single most important part of a gaming computer is the video (graphics) card.
blabberrrrr
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
September 13 2009 19:02 GMT
#6
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Dragon_8000/
should play most games at pretty high resolution

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Mega_Special_III/
this is actually pretty good i think, older chipset though
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
StalinRusH
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States734 Posts
September 13 2009 19:03 GMT
#7
ill sell you mine for 750$ and ill even leave all the porn on it
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SCC-Faust
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3736 Posts
September 13 2009 19:03 GMT
#8
On September 14 2009 03:51 Myrmidon wrote:
All I know is not to get that because it has integrated video (dur).

edit: Are you 100% sure about not building one yourself?


What does integrated video mean?

And if it is that much better to build one by myself I might consider it if people give me a good walk through and if it is almost fool proof.


Do you have mouse/headset/speakers/keyboard/monitor already? Keeping as much of the old stuff as you can will definitely help cut costs


True, but I'm due for new stuff. All the equipment I have is very, very old. My mouse is on the verge of dying and my keyboard is so disgusting. And unfortunately the old computer that I use currently will be going back to my father once I buy a new one so I cannot use the monitor, which was rather nice.


have you considered simply upgrading your old comp?


Yeah but it is so old I don't think it can be properly upgraded afaik. I think someone tried to put more ram into it and it didn't work.


Just remember that the single most important part of a gaming computer is the video (graphics) card.


Excellent. What graphics cards should I be looking for though?
I want to fuck Soulkey with a Zelderan.
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-13 19:06:33
September 13 2009 19:06 GMT
#9
oh yeah you should decide on a monitor resolution before you buy. it'll affect your video card purchase a bit
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
September 13 2009 19:08 GMT
#10
I made a blog about this a while ago and got some pretty good responses:

http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=101651

Can't really help though, the only reason I made the blog was cause I don't know anything bout comps >0

My. Copy. Is. Here.
StalinRusH
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States734 Posts
September 13 2009 19:13 GMT
#11
i built my own computer for the first time about 2 years ago...its was actually fairly simple

just have to make sure everything is compatible. Otherwise its just basically plug things in
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Bebop Berserker
Profile Joined April 2009
United States246 Posts
September 13 2009 19:18 GMT
#12
wow... listen. You need to build one yourself. there are guides on here how to do it. It really isnt hard at all! it will take maybe 30 mins-2 hrs depending on how competent you are. Plenty of videos ect ect. If you must have one from a store, you will end up spending at least 150% of the price that it would cost you to build it.

The most important thing is the processor (not the video card...) The video card relieves the processor of some specific duties. Basically i would advice to get a dual core(or quad but they cost more) with at least 2.5Ghz processing power. as for a video card get what you want, but pretty soon(if not already) they are coming out with new lines of them, so they all will jump down in price. Depending on what you can find I prefer Nvidia.(maybe a high end 9 series would be the best value) Also the size of the hard drive is obviously important, but not expensive for a hundred gig hard drive. Lastly, the amount of cache on the videocard and cpu are somewhat important. anything 6 megs and up on a quad core is ideal.(its not too big of a deal, but it does help with a lot of smaller tasks like web browsing )
Whatever happens, happens.
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
September 13 2009 19:19 GMT
#13
On September 14 2009 04:03 SCC-Faust wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 14 2009 03:51 Myrmidon wrote:
All I know is not to get that because it has integrated video (dur).

edit: Are you 100% sure about not building one yourself?


What does integrated video mean?

Show nested quote +
Just remember that the single most important part of a gaming computer is the video (graphics) card.


Excellent. What graphics cards should I be looking for though?


Integrated video means it has no graphics card, so it's your general-purpose processor doing what the graphics card (specialized hardware that does graphics efficiently) should be doing. i.e. really bad for gaming
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 13 2009 19:34 GMT
#14
Yep, upgrading a gaming comp is pretty much useless without upgrading everything to a reasonable level. An amazing processor/RAM is useless without a good video card for most things, and vice versa.
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Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
September 13 2009 19:53 GMT
#15
Why can't you keep your monitor and have your dad buy his own? Or at least buy him a cheap one and keep the nice one for yourself?
SCC-Faust
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States3736 Posts
September 13 2009 20:07 GMT
#16
Hey is this a good deal?:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9384285&type=product&id=1218096181010
I want to fuck Soulkey with a Zelderan.
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
September 13 2009 20:09 GMT
#17
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Mega_Special_II/
oo didnt see this one
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
September 13 2009 20:11 GMT
#18
On September 14 2009 05:07 SCC-Faust wrote:
Hey is this a good deal?:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9384285&type=product&id=1218096181010

thats terrible
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11565 Posts
September 13 2009 20:13 GMT
#19
no faust that is terrible. Try the one that mahnini linked -_-
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Ecael
Profile Joined February 2008
United States6703 Posts
September 13 2009 21:28 GMT
#20
To be honest I don't understand why people rule out building their own, it really isn't as difficult as the idea makes it sound.

A lot of companies using that NZXT case actually, anyone own one of those around here?
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