Quote Originally Posted by jimmy View Post
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.