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Billy O'Neal

Jun 18 2008, 12:21 AM

Hello.

I am looking to start saving for a gaming machine that I don't anticipate being able to afford for over a year. However, I am a person who likes to set goals

What would a typical price on a good gaming system be?

Billy3

Edit: Moved topic from Internal Hardware to the more appropriate forum. ~ Animal

garmanma

Jun 18 2008, 08:10 AM

AMD or Intel
1 or 2 video cards
32 or 64 bit
and of course memory 2, 4, 6, or 8gigs

I just spent a grand on a AMD system. I would budget $1500 if possible. It's always nice to have some left over

Billy O'Neal

Jun 18 2008, 09:57 AM

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AMD or INTEL

That's going to depend on who's winning about a year from now. I would assume Intel, but god knows what AMD's planning in thier SkunkWorks.

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1 or 2 video cards

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32 or 64 bit

x86-64

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and of course memory 2, 4, 6, or 8gigs

I am targeting 8 gigs, but keep in mind this is a year from now, meaning that 8 will likely be the price of 4 now. Possibly even more. One of the biggest things I plan to do with this system is VMWare, so RAM is crucial (no pun intended)

Billy3

dark messenger

Jun 18 2008, 06:33 PM

Id go for AMD

8gb since it will be in a years time...

You should check out alienwares website for all their gaming computers..

I once built a computer there, picking all the most expensive stuff and everything that I could buy... and the total came to around $14,000 but thats with all that shyte you dont need.. hehe..

But yea... www.alienware.com

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[1] Area-51® ALX

Alienware P2 Chassis: Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling - Space Black
Chassis Customization : Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Plasma Purple
System Cooling: Alienware® ALX High-Performance Liquid Cooling
Acoustic Dampening: Alienware® Acoustic Dampening
Power Supply: Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
Graphics Processor: Triple 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280
Video Optimizer: AlienAdrenaline v1.0: Video Performance Optimizer - More Info
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX9770 3.2GHz - Overclocked to 4.0GHz 12MB Cache 1600MHz FSB

Memory: 4GB Corsair Dominator Overclocked Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 4 x 1024MB
Motherboard: Alienware® Approved NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Motherboard
Includes PCI-Express 2.0, DDR3 Memory, and Support for Intel 1600 FSB
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Ultimate with Service Pack 1
System Drive: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - 2TB (2 x 1TB) SATA 3Gb/s 7,200RPM 2 x 32MB Cache
Optical Drives : Single Drive Configuration - 4x Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BD-RE, DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Enthusiast Essentials: Dual High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Sound Card: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Additional Monitors: 20" Samsung 2053BW – 1680 x 1050 (2ms) Widescreen Flat Panel
Speakers: Logitech® G51 Surround Sound Speaker System
Keyboard: Gaming Keyboard - Logitech® G15 Keyboard
Mouse: Gaming Mouse - Razer Lachesis™ 4000dpi Laser Gaming Mouse - Phantom White
Exclusive ALX Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
Exclusive ALX Extras: Alienware® ALX Mousepad
Exclusive ALX Extras: Alienware® ALX Desktop Binder
Exclusive ALX Extras: Owner Identification Card
Exclusive ALX Extras: Internal Wire Management
Exclusive ALX Extras: Exclusive Alienware® ALX Items
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
AlienRespawn: AlienRespawn v2.0 Recovery DVD – Windows Vista® Edition
Microsoft Office Suites: Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 – Factory Installed!
Includes Word, Excel and One Note!
Games: Crysis
Games: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Digital Editing Software: Adobe® Photoshop® CS3
Advanced graphic design solutions
Power: UPS Protection - Opti-UPS PS1500B (1050W Capacity)

$10,854.00 lol, get that one

$313.80 a month..

Deliver by 24july lool

Billy O'Neal

Jun 18 2008, 09:30 PM

Hello all!

Does US $2,500 sound realistic?

Billy3

garmanma

Jun 19 2008, 07:29 AM

I would think so

Wildabeast

Jun 19 2008, 08:27 AM

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I would think so

Yeah, I agree. Even if you go to someplace like Cyberpower you can configure a nice one. If you build it yourself it could even be cheaper...

Soul16

Jun 19 2008, 12:50 PM

QUOTE(dark messenger @ Jun 18 2008, 04:33 PM)

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Graphics Processor: Triple 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280

$10,854.00 lol, get that one

$313.80 a month..

Deliver by 24july lool

OMG that would tear through anything thrown its way.

Billy O'Neal

Jun 19 2008, 12:58 PM

Not crysis on high on a 30" monitor....
Billy3

DJBPace07

Jun 19 2008, 04:00 PM

$10,854.00 for a Dell? If you're going to spend that kind of cash, go for a high-class boutique builder. I just got a new PC from Maingear. My F131 works wonderfully. $2500 will get you a reasonable PC. Not much will run Crysis on a large monitor with a good framerate. I suggest getting a Dual or Quad core system and seeing if the builder will overclock it for free (a la Maingear). Then, go for the most memory you can afford. A dual SLI or Crossfire video card setup (at least a 9800GTX or better) along with Vista 64. This will get you a good PC. I priced a PC with this setup (Quad core Intel, 8 GB of RAM, Vista 64, GeForce 9800GTX SLI) at around $2,700.

dark messenger

Jun 19 2008, 06:56 PM

I know my friend has a ati 3870 something something.. and a 21" monitor and some other stuff and runs crysis on full graphics...

DJBPace07

Jun 19 2008, 08:47 PM

QUOTE(dark messenger @ Jun 19 2008, 07:56 PM)

I know my friend has a ati 3870 something something.. and a 21" monitor and some other stuff and runs crysis on full graphics...

That must be one ridiculously fast, and expensive, PC. Can Crysis run with an average 30 fps in all areas on their PC?

dark messenger

Jun 19 2008, 10:28 PM

I dont know...he hasnt told me much about it, im sure he has that gfx card..

willyhog

Jun 21 2008, 02:07 PM

I think my system might be what you're looking for...

I spent about 1500 on mine, these are the specs:

Phenom 9600 2.4Ghz Quadcore (Black Edition so OC'ing is good)
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB PCS
500GB WD Caviar HDD
4GB Mushkin DDR2
GA-MA790FX-DS5 mobo
A new keyboard & mouse (generic)
22" Acer LCD (Max res. = 1680x1050)

I personally go with ATI/AMD because they offer pretty much 99% of the performance of an Intel/Nvidia loadout (Take a nice look at the new 4870 over the GT280, see the performance/price lowdown

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at approximately half to three-quarters the cost.
I haven't gotten Crysis yet, but it can run Age of Conan on all max settings at like 40 FPS....and I haven't OC'ed it yet. My suggestion for a completely banging computer is to get 1.) Triple-channel memory 2.) The absolute newest Phenom or AMD CPU 3.) Run the new 4870 (when they come out with X2) on Crossfire 3.) Get a 15,400 RPM hard drive 4.) Get a 30" monitor that supports HDMI 5.) Get liquid nitrogen injection cooling (not really)
(This is for if the price ceiling is somewhere around 4000 dollars.)

dark messenger

Jun 21 2008, 04:00 PM

Yea go with ATI, at the moment, when you buy an ATI graphics card you get half life 2 with it, lol.

My ati gfx card arrived today, and it came with a letter saying that I can get HL:2 hehe

aommaster

Jun 21 2008, 07:32 PM

Hi Billy! I built my own computer about a week ago just for this purpose. I'd just like to give you a rough idea on what you're going to expect (I spent around $1600 with taxes)

$90 Nforce 650i Ultra Mobo
$250 8 GB corsair RAM (DDR2)
$240 Nvidia eGeForce 9600GX (512 MB dedicateD) Graphics card
$60 160GB SATA HD
$210 Intel 2 Quad Core 2.4 GHz processor
$30 CD/DVD Reader/Writer
$20 Floppy Drive
$170 19" LCD display
$90 Case
$20 Wireless Card
$40 CPU Fan
$30 2x12" fans
$100 750W Power supply

Those are the rough prices of the things I bought.

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