Can you help me build a gaming PC?

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I'm a beginner looking to build a gaming PC after I lost money after buying Far Cry 2 and not knowing that an integrated graphics card would not allow playback :(

Anyway, can anyone give me advice as to what motherboard, CPU and graphics cards are best, second tier or lower? I want to build this computer to last me more than 2 years, but I'm willing to upgrade going forward (I just don't want to replace big things like the mother board or video cards often).

So what's a great motherboard, graphics card, etc. 

I assume I'll need Vista and 4gb of RAM. Anything else you woudl reccomend?

WOLFER90 · Accepted Answer

okokok.. gimme a min to get u soecs, im starting this to get u in line....

i myself am looking 4  a comp, and i found newegg. after tons of research, i decided this is a good 800$comp:
dvd drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136153
case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811145082
mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130127
memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122
proc: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036
card reader: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820192021
hard drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148138
psu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015
video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130413
OS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488

This setup is around 680$ without tax oe shipping, so that, with shipping, it is about 750ish. That leaves You 50$ to hire someone to build it, or, if You ar the one building it, get a sounblaster SE audigy sound card(the one I have works great:))for 30$. Or YOu can get 4 more gigs of ram. Good luck in building ur 1st computer, I havnt built one yet but hope to soon :)

Hunter F wants you to get a 3000$ system LOL! The best one I think is reasonable is  a 1500$ system, then its to expensive to upgrade. The video card should lasst 2 years, and should play most* current/old games on med-high to high settings.


*=things made for graphics likecrysis.

Anonymous · Answer

Here what I would be going with, if you would tell us a budget it would be great but something to last two years I think I can cook something up.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188024 ------- Mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130386 ------ GPU get 3 of these.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817814013 ----- PSU 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115131 ---- CPU Overclock this and get after market heatsink

If you overclock this it should last you two years. Tri-Sli Graphics would be outrageous. If you could give a budget I could get it a little closer but with this build I think it'll cost like 1,250.

Also look at this GPU get three of them tri-Sli where it's at!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130365

roguewing25 · Answer

http://www.maximumpc.com/best-of-the-best


A list of all the best components on the current market.

Anonymous · Answer

http://www.newegg.com

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