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Posted on 8/18/11 at 12:04 pm to sicboy
what am i looking at?
Posted on 8/18/11 at 12:05 pm to finchmeister08
The guts of a soon to be BA gaming rig.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 12:06 pm to sicboy
how much did that run you?
Posted on 8/18/11 at 12:08 pm to finchmeister08
Little over $1,100, but I got a deal (as in free) on Windows 7.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 12:11 pm to sicboy
i thought about building a rig that can run programs like AutoCad, photoshop, and games like bf3. but there's just one problem. i don't know how to do it. what website did you use. i've been told by countless people to go to tigerdirect.com.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 12:15 pm to finchmeister08
Alien can chime in, but we pretty much stick with newegg.com.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 12:16 pm to finchmeister08
Use Newegg.com
Tigerdirect.com SUCKS for regular customers like us. It's better suited for corporations and the like.
As far as how to build a machine, you really just need to start with 2 components: the mother board and the processor.
First question should be whether you want to go with an AMD/ATI or Intel/NVidia system.
Once that's decided, select your processor and a compatible motherboard. Everything else just builds from there.
Tigerdirect.com SUCKS for regular customers like us. It's better suited for corporations and the like.
As far as how to build a machine, you really just need to start with 2 components: the mother board and the processor.
First question should be whether you want to go with an AMD/ATI or Intel/NVidia system.
Once that's decided, select your processor and a compatible motherboard. Everything else just builds from there.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 12:19 pm to electrikALIEN
best buy says the AMD processor work just as good as the intel processors and plus they're cheaper. i don't know what's out right now that can run games like bf3 or crysis 3 with autocad and other heavy programs smoothly. i really don't know what to get cause i don't know the differences between them all.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 12:34 pm to finchmeister08
This should get you started. I'm mainly an Intel/Nvidia guy, so I'm a newb with it comes to AMD models. The reason AMD is cheaper is because they use slightly older technologies in their processors. An Intel processor and a comparable AMD processor will usually preform very similar, however the Intel will usually be very slightly faster.
Anyways, here's links to stuff you could get started with.
Intel i5 Processor
Compatible motherboard
Power Supply
Mid Case
From here, you'd just need RAM, a video card, Hard drive, and a DVD-Rom.
Anyways, here's links to stuff you could get started with.
Intel i5 Processor
Compatible motherboard
Power Supply
Mid Case
From here, you'd just need RAM, a video card, Hard drive, and a DVD-Rom.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 12:42 pm to electrikALIEN
do all you need is common sense to put this together? or is it kinda tedious?
eta: isn't the i7 better than the i5 or is it something that isn't necessary.
eta: isn't the i7 better than the i5 or is it something that isn't necessary.
This post was edited on 8/18/11 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 8/18/11 at 1:02 pm to finchmeister08
Common sense mostly. you can go onto Newegg and visit the public wish lists to see how other people are putting theirs together.
Physically putting it all together is pretty simple, but it is a learning experience. Read all instructions twice before you even touch the components and you should be fine. :)
i7 is uber-the-omg-awesome. i5 is just basically uber. Either way you've got uber. :)
Physically putting it all together is pretty simple, but it is a learning experience. Read all instructions twice before you even touch the components and you should be fine. :)
i7 is uber-the-omg-awesome. i5 is just basically uber. Either way you've got uber. :)
Posted on 8/18/11 at 1:10 pm to electrikALIEN
When the parts for mine were delivered (along with the tower) they left that shite on my front porch and I found it when I came back from work. I was so mad, but I live in a good neighborhood so it was all there but frick...
Posted on 8/18/11 at 1:11 pm to sbr2
Delivered to work FTW.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 1:15 pm to sicboy
this is starting to itimidate me. these prices are near bout giving a heart attack.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 1:17 pm to finchmeister08
PC gaming has always been more expensive than consoles brah, but you don't need to have a 1K rig to run most games at high settings. People that splurge are most likely getting a powerful rig and future-proofing.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 1:19 pm to sbr2
would you consider these requirements for future proofing?
it's BF3 btw...
Minimum System Requirements
Processor: Dual Core
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 256 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 10
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
Recommended System Requirements
Processor: Quadcore Processor
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 512 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 11
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
it's BF3 btw...
Minimum System Requirements
Processor: Dual Core
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 256 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 10
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
Recommended System Requirements
Processor: Quadcore Processor
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 15 GB for Digital Version, 10 GB for Disc Version
Video Memory: 512 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 11
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD Rom Drive
Posted on 8/18/11 at 1:20 pm to sbr2
Exactly. I know I don't need all this now, but if I'm going to do it, I'm doing it big, and I won't have to worry about upgrading for quite some time.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 1:25 pm to finchmeister08
Nothing about the recommended settings jump off the page to me. You could probably exceed those with a $500 set-up.
Future-proofing to me, is buying a Mobo that supports the CPU socket of the newer processors, buying a larger PSU incase you want to add another Video-Card, a boot SSD, etc - basically stuff that isn't necessary but will help you out later in the PCs lifespan.
Future-proofing to me, is buying a Mobo that supports the CPU socket of the newer processors, buying a larger PSU incase you want to add another Video-Card, a boot SSD, etc - basically stuff that isn't necessary but will help you out later in the PCs lifespan.
Posted on 8/18/11 at 1:29 pm to sbr2
dO wHUt?
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