Well I've spent all day rummaging through newegg and It's time for some advice. It's been a good 10 years since I've done this and my boys are getting older and need a new system for their gaming. I'd love to surprise them and get them each their own PC. I've got a couple extra monitors, keyboards, etc...
Will be used for:
Mostly FPS/multiplayer type games, battlefield bad company 2's beta seems to have them all excited.
One of my boys does a lot of design and video editing.
What I have:
keyboard, mouse, and monitor (24 inch). Also both boys will be close enough to the router that I can just use an ethernet cable to plug them in so no wireless.
What I need:
Everything else including video card and operating system.
I've done a few "builds" over at newegg and I keep ending up in the 900 dollar plus range, and never know if I'm picking out the right motherboard to expand with.... or even if the stuff I'm putting in is the right thing. Obviously I don't have the budget to do dual video cards, but the ability to expand these machines down the road would be great.
Any recommendations?
Will be used for:
Mostly FPS/multiplayer type games, battlefield bad company 2's beta seems to have them all excited.
One of my boys does a lot of design and video editing.
What I have:
keyboard, mouse, and monitor (24 inch). Also both boys will be close enough to the router that I can just use an ethernet cable to plug them in so no wireless.
What I need:
Everything else including video card and operating system.
I've done a few "builds" over at newegg and I keep ending up in the 900 dollar plus range, and never know if I'm picking out the right motherboard to expand with.... or even if the stuff I'm putting in is the right thing. Obviously I don't have the budget to do dual video cards, but the ability to expand these machines down the road would be great.
Any recommendations?