Hello,
I am looking at building a brand new computer system from scratch; however I haven't kept up to date with computer hardware for well over a year and as we all know hardware moves a mile a minute. I've tried reading reviews, but I honestly can't figure out what to look for for what I want, so I'm hoping some people here can help me out
Basically, I want a gaming rig, something that will run everything to date (Crysis, HL2, etc) at 1920 x 1200 with high, if not highest settings; as well as future titles coming out (Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, etc) with good results on titles for the next 2 or so years.
My budget is maximum $1500 AFTER tax (12%), I only need the computer itself, I have everything else.
Things I'm looking for personally:
- A cool looking case (Maybe with some cool looking LED bars/fans/etc on it?)
- A video card that will last at least 2 years on new titles
- A gaming PC for Windows Vista
- I prefer Intel over AMD
- I Prefer Nvidia over ATI (But I'm open to change if times have changed and ATI is looking good!)
Things I don't need:
- More then 500ish GB of HDD space
- A Blu-Ray Drive
- Water Cooling (Unless this is somehow cheaper? :/)
- A fancy sound card, I've never had a sound card and I find on-board to be perfectly fine for what I use it for.
I live in BC Canada, so sadly I can't use the awesomeness that is newegg.com (There prices are so much better!!!!) so it will have to be built at www.newegg.ca or www.ncix.com
I've read a bunch of the posts here and many of them have all different types of specs, but I don't know what a lot of it means. Any help you guys could provide would be awesome!
Thanks in advance!!!!!
I am looking at building a brand new computer system from scratch; however I haven't kept up to date with computer hardware for well over a year and as we all know hardware moves a mile a minute. I've tried reading reviews, but I honestly can't figure out what to look for for what I want, so I'm hoping some people here can help me out
Basically, I want a gaming rig, something that will run everything to date (Crysis, HL2, etc) at 1920 x 1200 with high, if not highest settings; as well as future titles coming out (Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, etc) with good results on titles for the next 2 or so years.
My budget is maximum $1500 AFTER tax (12%), I only need the computer itself, I have everything else.
Things I'm looking for personally:
- A cool looking case (Maybe with some cool looking LED bars/fans/etc on it?)
- A video card that will last at least 2 years on new titles
- A gaming PC for Windows Vista
- I prefer Intel over AMD
- I Prefer Nvidia over ATI (But I'm open to change if times have changed and ATI is looking good!)
Things I don't need:
- More then 500ish GB of HDD space
- A Blu-Ray Drive
- Water Cooling (Unless this is somehow cheaper? :/)
- A fancy sound card, I've never had a sound card and I find on-board to be perfectly fine for what I use it for.
I live in BC Canada, so sadly I can't use the awesomeness that is newegg.com (There prices are so much better!!!!) so it will have to be built at www.newegg.ca or www.ncix.com
I've read a bunch of the posts here and many of them have all different types of specs, but I don't know what a lot of it means. Any help you guys could provide would be awesome!
Thanks in advance!!!!!