I'm a hardcore gamer looking for a computer...

[Tret]

What do I need? Doesn't matter if it's intel or amd.
I don't want to spend like more than $2.5 k














I found out that I'm a hardcore gamer who likes eye candy

 

[BigFatCow]

are you gonna build it or do you want to buy it? do you need everything (cdroms, hds, monitor, kb, etc) or just the basics.

 

[Tret]

everything and build myself

 

[Ionizer86]

You need a fast processor (probably Intel unless you're plopping down on an Athlon 64) and a nice video card like a Radeon 9800. You'll want tons of ram too (maybe 1gb) and a nice sized hard drive (120+GB) to install games (and other stuff).

 

[JBT]

3 threads on the same thing? in 2 days jeez. Like we said get a high end p4 or a64 an 9800 pro , either raptors or some 8mb cache drives and a gig of ram.

 

[Tret]

The other ones where for my brother and cousin

 

[DamnSkippy]

And get more than one hard drive, one for the system and one for the data.

 

[Tret]

Originally posted by: DamnSkippy
And get more than one hard drive, one for the system and one for the data.

system as windows? and data as my games and mp3s?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Hey tret please leave the original thread titles in place when you're done with a thread, since browsing and the search function are useful with a title like "low end gaming card" but are useless with titles like "dead" and "thanks."

 

[DamnSkippy]

Yes, in the system I use the most (gaming system of course) I use a WD 80GB SE for my system drive and have it dual boot with 2 installs of WinXP Pro. I install all my apps to that drives and that is about it. It wastes a lot of space but you can not find a small and fast HD. I put all my games and other data on my second drive (RAID 0 SATA with 2 80GB Seagates). I would add a 3rd 120GB WD SE for backup if I did not have a backup server on my LAN.

 

[Bonesdad]

with 2.5K your pretty much in the clear to get some of the best of everything. Cept may A64 or P4EE...and even then...

 

[mrgoblin]

Id keep ure current rig and buy a gateway 42 inch plasma. Thatll help ure gaming fo sho

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Bonesdad
with 2.5K your pretty much in the clear to get some of the best of everything. Cept may A64 or P4EE...and even then...

yeah, you can even go nforce3/A64 if you so desire