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| Thread ID: 70462 | 2006-07-04 08:59:00 | help newb build a gamer! | thomas09 (10276) | Press F1 |
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| 468435 | 2006-07-04 08:59:00 | ok this will be my first pc i have built. can someone please post some links of compatable CPU's and MBoards. these are the specs i would like. please give me some tips too. ok my budget is about $1500 without monitor. AMD system, 1gb ram atleast. 6800gt 256mb or higher card. 300gb hard drive. does it matter with the size of the case? cheers with the help |
thomas09 (10276) | ||
| 468436 | 2006-07-04 09:26:00 | ok this will be my first pc i have built. can someone please post some links of compatable CPU's and MBoards. these are the specs i would like. please give me some tips too. ok my budget is about $1500 without monitor. AMD system, 1gb ram atleast. 6800gt 256mb or higher card. 300gb hard drive. does it matter with the size of the case? cheers with the help Are you gaming for long hours? Or just for fun with few hours? Mine is P4 3.0Ghz HT, 200GB HDD(Need more if you want more games installed), 1.5GB DDR RAM, ASUS 9550 Series Video Card, and P4P800 SE MOBO. I normally play it for fun. I think the price have gone down but still can handle games pretty good. |
MTLance (6768) | ||
| 468437 | 2006-07-04 09:44:00 | Personally I would be looking at the following (minimum specs): Asus A8N or similar mobo AMD 4400+ CPU nvidia 7xxx family of grafix card 1 GB RAM (however might be a bit more than $1500) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 468438 | 2006-07-04 09:49:00 | Are you gaming for long hours? Or just for fun with few hours? Mine is P4 3.0Ghz HT, 200GB HDD(Need more if you want more games installed), 1.5GB DDR RAM, ASUS 9550 Series Video Card, and P4P800 SE MOBO. I normally play it for fun. I think the price have gone down but still can handle games pretty good. i thought all gaming was for fun. :cool: |
plod (107) | ||
| 468439 | 2006-07-04 10:22:00 | Welcome to PressF1. What games would you like to play? With a budget of $1500 I have to suspect you live in the USA but I don't know. Start with which AMD CPU you want then we can give you advise on motherboard and case. An AMD X2 4800+ CPU would use all but about $NZ300 - 400 of your budget if in New Zealand. Further input needed before you will get the correct advise. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 468440 | 2006-07-04 10:36:00 | Personally I would be looking at the following (minimum specs): Asus A8N or similar mobo AMD 4400+ CPU nvidia 7xxx family of grafix card 1 GB RAM (however might be a bit more than $1500) Agreed. I recently bought AMD X2 4400+, A8N-SLI 4 Gigs RAM, 2x200 gig SATA 2 drives and one SLI 7900 graphics card. I put it in a Kandalph case and changed the PSU. It cost more than NZ$1500 which is why I wonder if the budget is $US. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 468441 | 2006-07-04 10:53:00 | I think 1st off, you have to think about the monitor. CRT have optimium resolutions @ different refresh rates, but LCD/TFT monitors have native resoltions where optimium quaulity/pixel draw is governed by the resolution. Most LCD 17 & 19" are 1280x1024, where 20 and above are 1600x1200+. You will need a grahic card powerful enough to produce fast rate frames. Once you know which monitor you have, then build the game pc |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 468442 | 2006-07-04 21:45:00 | these are the games im hoping to be able to play : Unreal Tournament 04, Counter Strike, Half Life 1 & 2. Battlefield 1942. Mainly FPS. The amount will be about a 5 hours in the weekends and maybe 5 hours over the hole week. also i will be playing on LAN. The monitor will be either a 17'' or 19'' LCD. Please note i am living in NZ so my budget is kinda low since i dont have pockets full of cash. | thomas09 (10276) | ||
| 468443 | 2006-07-04 22:25:00 | i thought all gaming was for fun. :cool: No. www.gamespot.com Although he probably does have fun while making piles of money....... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 468444 | 2006-07-04 22:33:00 | ok this will be my first pc i have built . can someone please post some links of compatable CPU's and MBoards . these are the specs i would like . please give me some tips too . ok my budget is about $1500 without monitor . AMD system, 1gb ram atleast . 6800gt 256mb or higher card . 300gb hard drive . does it matter with the size of the case? cheers with the help AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2 . 2GHz Socket 939 DFI Infinity NF4 SLI, nForce4 SLI ATX 1GB DDR400 SDRAM Seagate 300GB SATA LiteOn Dual-Layer +R/RW R/RW 16X GeForce 6800 GS PCI-Express Enermax 485w Noisetaker PSU - This is more important than the case . Total $1250 approx depending on hunting up good prices via Pricespy - while AVOIDING the dodgy cheapest dealers such as SuperCheap . But its low end for a gming PC now . On the other hand, the games you've mentioned will do ok with that . . . . |
pctek (84) | ||
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