Building my first gaming rig

[stankowalski]

Ok, I know a little bit about computers but not enough to put together a great gaming rig. I know some of you guys are good with this stuff so I thought I'd ask some advice. I'd like to build a rig that can of course play all of today's games at the highest settings with 60fps or more but something that'll last for a while before I have to upgrade. I've been checking newegg but I don't really know what are the best motherboards, gpu's, etc. So what should I buy? (Case, motherboard, gpu, sound, cooling system(liquid a fad or really good?), network card, the whole works...etc.)

[Porn Shop Clerk]

you should probably stick with a quality prebuilt before you end up in a money pit

[Wyank]

you should probably stick with a quality prebuilt before you end up in a money pit

Maybe money is not an issue for him.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

money is always an issue, no matter how much of it you have

if money weren't an issue i'm sure he'd just go buy a worthless mac or overpriced alienware like the rest of the trendfags

[wesley17]

reddit.com/r/buildapc helped me out a lot. Go start a thread and tell them how much your trying to spend and what you want your pc to do.

[Darth Biscuit]

you should probably stick with a quality prebuilt before you end up in a money pit

I used to think this too... but I just built one for work that would be perfect for gaming with some tweeks...

Here's my parts list...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856101119R

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136792

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233132 X 4

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136236

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126194

All you would need to add to that is a mouse, a high end gaming video card and a nice monitor if you don't have one. I already had a high end 3D graphics card (Quadro 4000) for this system here for my work.

Seriously it was a piece of cake to build this thing... it's fast as hell and runs great.

[Seamonk]

I think the current trend is

i7

some sort of mobo that can support crossfire/SLi with large memory capacity and fast bus speeds

12gb+ ram

nvidia gtx 5-- or AMD Radeon HD68-- or higher

psu 800W+

128gb+ ssd(not required)

bacon

for a high end gaming rig that should last about 2-3 years. 2-3 years is how frequently the consoles were coming out until 2005 and they've been at the same level for quite some time. Granted this will cost you quite the bit, but in 3 years, you'll only have to update your gfx card since i7s don't bottleneck anything. it shoudl run you around 1200ish if you already have a monitor/case/mouse/dildo/keyboard

[Tarheel31]

you should probably stick with a quality prebuilt before you end up in a money pit

^Do this.

As someone who has built & purchased gaming computers, spend a few extra bucks and get the Alienware.

Twice, gaming computers I built had issues that I couldn't have possibly been aware of prior to completion.

Once you have the mystery error and start to google is when you learn of the conflicting pieces of hardware.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

I used to think this too... but I just built one for work that would be perfect for gaming with some tweeks...

Here's my parts list...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856101119R

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136792

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233132 X 4

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136236

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126194

All you would need to add to that is a mouse, a high end gaming video card and a nice monitor if you don't have one. I already had a high end 3D graphics card (Quadro 4000) for this system here for my work.

Seriously it was a piece of cake to build this thing... it's fast as hell and runs great.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227386

you gotta upgrade the psu in yours to put a video card like that in it

[Darth Biscuit]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227386

you gotta upgrade the psu in yours to put a video card like that in it

What you mean? My system runs this Quadro 4000 no problem... and it's a mongo video card.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

o so you have close to 2k in your system

i was doing the math based on the lack of a video card and the fact that nobody sane would spend 500$ or more on a video card except zod

[Darth Biscuit]

o so you have close to 2k in your system

i was doing the math based on the lack of a video card and the fact that nobody sane would spend 500$ or more on a video card except zod

Yeah, more than that... with the monitors and all it's more than $3K...

That quadro alone cost $850 new. I also have this...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009222

with the Nvidia Vision kit (glasses and emitter)

Plus two other 22" LCD monitors on it.

It's worth every penny however... it's now my main workstation for work... I can look at layouts in Google Earth whilst simultaneously doing 3D stereo work and listening to Spotify. It also tears up images in Photoshop CS5 and opens any size AutoCAD drawing I can create.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

oh yah the barebones was discontinued and i assumed it had a 300w psu in it. i also assumed it was like 150$

its more like 400, which brings the system total, without video card, for that system you built to close to 1500$

the pc i linked is 1 grand even with a very nice video card in it

so damn dude you have like a 2200$ pc you built yourself with only 1tb more hd and an OP vc to show for the extra 1200$

[Porn Shop Clerk]

yeah i don't include the monitor in the cost of the tower or system since the monitor stays when the rest goes out the door

2200$ is just way too much for a gaming rig that really doesn't offer a whole lot of benefit over the one i linked earlier