[Help] A REALLY good gaming computer for a reasonable price.

SLOW DOWN, you don't need the latest graphics or 4 of them in fact.... just to play WoW... let me get every parts all together for you to play WoW at reasonable resolution/price.

You'll need CPU, motherboard, video card, RAM, and a case. Do you need a monitor, keyboard, mouse, OS, and/or HDD? If you don't need a new monitor, please post your current monitor specs so I can get you best performing video card that matches the monitor. Thanks!!!

 

Build it and knowledge will come.

 

Mine's recently on the market, cheap. Check it out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=280537553949

Just got it 2 weeks ago, refurbished, spent 300$ on upgrades to the gfx card and power supply. Has run crysis, just cause 2, WoW, all of that without a problem. When it's bought, I wipe the HDD and you get a clean PC. I decided cash is more useful to me right now seeing as I have some other lower-spec comps that suit me just fine. It runs like a dream and no dents or anything like that. Fan's not loud either.

 

I sense something wrong here, the guy only has one post :/

 

Well that's because im new to botting. And to WoW in general. That has nothing to do with my ebay sales. But good eye for someone with 16 posts themselves

 

This web site has great computers! I purchased one a bout 6 months ago and had no problems... t



http://www.lucomputers.com/site/product_list.asp?page_category=0&class=52&cid=288

 

Recommended

CPU - Click Here - Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield
Motherboard - Click Here - GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R
Memory Sticks - Click Here - G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
Video Card - Click Here - XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB
Computer Case - Click Here - COOLER MASTER HAF 922
Power Supply Unit [PSU] - Click Here - CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-650HX 650W
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Those are all of the required components for computers, other parts is all up to you. Including the monitor, keyboard, mouse, HDD, sound card, etc. The parts I recommended the above will function together because the specifications matches, if you have any questions just ask anytime!

 

Omg thank you Earthful (and all other people) you've been such a help, in fact I do need a new monitor since I wanna keep the one I have for my old computer. You have any awesome recommendations? And one big problem, I don't know how to build a computer from scratch, any guidelines?


EDIT: Preferably something like 27 inches or something! Thanks yet again!

 

(writing this since the computer you linked is including a SSD, = price rush's up)
I don't know how much money you've, but I really recommend not to get a SSD (hdd) disc.. yet. The SSD is in its early days and the price is high.
To clear this up, you can very likely buy 2TB (1tb x2) HDD's at the same price as 40Gig SSD.
The SSD has it good sides, but I don't think you'd notice any bigger difference apart from the disc sound from the standard hdd.

And for the monitor you asked for, I couldnt do anything else than recommend any of the Samsung Syncmaster series. I'm using the 226BW and It works great,plugin, press a buttons and it's all set.

Good luck with your computer

 

Thank's for shedding some light on that mate, I had no idea.

 

I built my computer when i was 13 and it still has 60fps ultra in dal built for 400 euros!

Intel e8500 @3.06ghz
4gb DDR2 (i forget the timing but its fast)
Windows 7 32bit
Geforce 260GTX 1gb
630W Psu
Antec 900
Dell mouse xD
Reclusa Keyboard
Dell Monitor LCD 17inch - Came with the old computer
Technix Surround sound

 

I know these guys are saying to buy something from Newegg, and put it together yourself. Now, if you have no clue how to do that, I would strongly recommend that you buy an "off the shelf" system. There are tons of gaming PCs out there. Will you spend more money on them vs. building it yourself? The answer is YES, especially if you can recycle some of the parts you already have into the new PC.

Put it to you this way. I reused my hard drives, optical drives, case, and power supply from my old rig (built 3.5 years ago) and spent $800 on a new CPU (Intel Core i7-860 Lynnfield 2.8GHz), CPU cooler (COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus), RAM (G.SKILL Trident 4GB), motherboard (MSI P55-GD85), and video card (XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB). This think smokes WoW on ultra at 1680x1050. In some areas I get way over 200FPS. If you want to spend extra money anywhere, I'd recommend you put it into the video card, and hard drive (that is, if you use similar parts to mine). My next upgrade is the hard drive. i have 2x WD Raptor 150gb in a RAID 0, and I want to replace them with a solid state drive. Upgrading the parts I have with a ~$300 or more video card, and a SSD would make this rig absolutely smoke.

Good luck, whichever way you go. Don't be intimidated by building a new machine. Just do some reading, and find a guide that takes you step-by-step on how to put together the machine and once you know how, you'll never have to buy another off-the-shelf PC again. I like building mine, because I can build a machine with no compromise. I can pick the best parts, and put them together. Something you can't do with anything probably except for the very high-end machines (Alienware).

 

Thanks man, I'm a bit intimidated by building my own but it look a hell of a fun. I saw this video that Newegg.com actually made and I fell in love with the case they featured and I wanna know, is this really all that you do? In that case I might give it a try.

 

When building a pc yourself get a motherboard supplied with manual and ensure you buy the main bulk of it in one go, also ensure you have enough time and money to ensure you get it up and working fairly rapid. Be prepared for a little head scratching, would also recommend keeping a working pc handy for if you wanna stay online.Me personally i always buy CPU, motherboard, and ramm in one hit.Supplied with the motherboard/mainboard manual and CD

 

I bought my PC for $900 from Dell like this:

Dell XPS 420
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
2GB of Ram
nVidia GeForce 8600GTS
22" Widescreen Dell Monitor
375Watt PSU

And now, around $500 later from NewEgg:

Dell XPS 420
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
4GB of Ram
nVidia GeForce GTX 460 768 MB
24" Samsung 1920x1080 Monitor
550 Watt PSU

 

as long as all your components are matched to work with each other, build a rig is as easy as playing with legs.

pop the side covers off the case, twist in the mobo stands, place back panel and mobo in and tighten down with screws.
plop the cpu in (following the correct orientation) along with the cpu fan/hs pop the ram in and snap the gfx card in.
most cases now have screwless designs for optical and hdd's.
the only thing you really need to know is where on the mobo your connectors get plugged into, which is all listed in the manual.
and which slots to fill your ram with, also listed in the manual.

of course when you are building it, you need to remember to discharge the static electricity before touching components etc..

i think people make a bigger deal out of it then it really is.