Any custom computer builders out there?

[mrtr33]

Hey guys,
I am looking into having a friend of mine build me a desktop computer (right now all i have is a 17in laptop that is becoming a dinosaur) I play a lot of games: Warcraft 2 and 3, Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, Rome: Total War, Age of Empires. I would like a PC that can handle all of these quite easily without having any lag. I also would like a large amount of memory. Basically, I'm asking if anyone has any suggestions for parts to make a killer gaming computer... I've looked at Newegg, but I'm completely computer illiterate and i don't know what i need and what will work well for me... any suggestions?

Thanks,
Justin

If you don't know what is what under the hood, you're probably going to get taken to the cleaners if you go to a custom computer shop and have them build you a gaming computer.

I don't play many PC games anymore, but when I did, Alienware was the preferred system. Whenever I want to know more about something, I look online for a good user-supported forum - that's how I found this place. You could start by poking around a PC gaming forum and asking there.

[MarineOne]

If you don't know what is what under the hood, you're probably going to get taken to the cleaners if you go to a custom computer shop and have them build you a gaming computer.

I don't play many PC games anymore, but when I did, Alienware was the preferred system. Whenever I want to know more about something, I look online for a good user-supported forum - that's how I found this place. You could start by poking around a PC gaming forum and asking there.

Or ask guys like me. Alcohol, tobacco, and ammo are all forms of payment ..... LMAO!

[jimmy]

To MarineOne: Thank you. There is no other way to express the gratitude that myself and my family feel towards men and women like you who are overseas fighting for this country. Just wanted to let you know that we support you, no matter where you go, and we will always be with you.

Now, to a lighter topic
I really want to help my buddy build this computer so that i can know how to fix it if i break it. He had given me a list of parts to look into, but since then, my laptop has crashed, and i can't recover that list. I know we were building the whole thing from Newegg, except for the Razer mouse and a keyboard from another site. We had picked the Antec 1200 case and i think the CPU was the AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor. Basically what i am looking for is a list of the parts that i need to make the computer, a kind of second opinion from my buddy's. If anyone has any suggestions, please post them.

Justin

[badwhale]

This is a good forum where I've found decent information and reviews on products.

Even though the title of the forum is extremeoverclocking, they seem to have a lot of good information & tips even if you're just running a stock system.

Will

[MarineOne]

To MarineOne: Thank you. There is no other way to express the gratitude that myself and my family feel towards men and women like you who are overseas fighting for this country. Just wanted to let you know that we support you, no matter where you go, and we will always be with you.

Now, to a lighter topic
I really want to help my buddy build this computer so that i can know how to fix it if i break it. He had given me a list of parts to look into, but since then, my laptop has crashed, and i can't recover that list. I know we were building the whole thing from Newegg, except for the Razer mouse and a keyboard from another site. We had picked the Antec 1200 case and i think the CPU was the AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor. Basically what i am looking for is a list of the parts that i need to make the computer, a kind of second opinion from my buddy's. If anyone has any suggestions, please post them.

Justin

PM me if you want a good system and I'll spec it out on Newegg. The Razor mouse is a bad choice; look at the Logitech G5 instead.

And FYI, I'm a non-combatant here as I'm a civilian contractor but I am a former Marine. Being on an Army FOB, its good source of enjoyment.



Kris

[droz]

PM me if you want a good system and I'll spec it out on Newegg. The Razor mouse is a bad choice; look at the Logitech G5 instead.

And FYI, I'm a non-combatant here as I'm a civilian contractor but I am a former Marine. Being on an Army FOB, its good source of enjoyment.



Kris

Awww comon now razor makes some good equipment, pricey yes but not bad. The G5 is nice but I would still take my DeathAdder over it. It has provided me with years of good frags.

[droz]

has anyone tried out any DX11 cards yet?

[ggiese]

has anyone tried out any DX11 cards yet?

Do they work well in the Radio Shack Model IV's on a green screen?

[Kenyth]

has anyone tried out any DX11 cards yet?

DX 11? Didn't they just barely get the bugs ironed out of DX 10?

The way things work these days is kind of irritating. They fix all the bugs with a dozen or more patches right before the next version is released. Multi core processors are an irritation as well. They have been out forever, and nobody programs software to use multiple process threads in order to take advantage of them.

It seems as though the quality of programming is suffering these days. The programmers themselves are generally overworked and underpaid. Something is broken that requires fixing in the industry IMHO.