I need a new PC dammit :(
 

I know Mackdaddy made a similar thread...but he has the job to be able to afford more expensive stuff (i think thats what he said in his thread). Anyways for my birthday, I wanna save up a lot of money to get myself the right parts to build the PC I want..

The only problem is, the fact on mackdaddy's thread one guy posted a list of builds and that came around to 4000-5000$... I dont even have a full time job or cant even get one (still trying though) so I cant get that amount of money...

However I've ALSO heard 1000$ will get you a decent PC, sooo what I want is to have the right parts to make a PC that will let me do ANYTHING I want without the lagging or any of that bullcrap without spending too much...if possible...

Can you guys help me out? >_>


Also ive talked with a friend of mine and he thinks its better to get a strictly gaming "to of the line" laptop then to have a desktop and spend more than 500 bucks every few months, then to spending 2000-3000 every couple of years for new laptops.....do you think this is true?

The laptop part is COMPLETELY not true.

You may want to try posting on the tomshardware forums, many of the members there would be able to give much better advice than us here :)

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/forum-13-322.html

Posting using this format would help:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...3-build-advice


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Your friend's advice about the laptop is beyond ridiculous.

$1000 will get you a good computer that will play most anything out today just fine, as long as you're willing to put it together yourself. What that figure does NOT include is a decent monitor, which is half the battle. Buying a decent monitor will run you another $250+ (the sky is the limit).

Here's the...
Roadmap To A Decent Computer:
Tower - $100: Thermaltake, CoolerMaster - Think "airflow"
Mobo - $120: Gigabyte, ASUS
CPU - $150: AMD, Intel - At least quad core, 3.00ghz
RAM - $100: Corsair, Kingston
Power Supply - $100: Corsair, Antec ~800W, Modular (plug in what lines you need)
Hard Drive - $100: Western Digital Caviar Black (NOT GREEN) 1TB
Video Card - $250: EVGA, ASUS - Read reviews, spend as much here as possible
DVD Drive - $10: Pioneer - Cheap, reliable
Windows 7 - $80: 64Bit, Prof. OEM Version - Worth going legit
+Tax = ~ $1100

And then its just a matter of matching components. Socket type for mobo needs to match CPU, RAM needs to match mobo in mhz and pin count/arrangement, etc.

The idea is you don't HAVE to replace components, you have the luxury to do so when you feel something isn't up to par. Odds are you'd only have to replace one component. Same goes if something does fail, you don't have to replace the whole damn thing, you just replace the one part.

Also keep in mind, if you build this good rig and pump it through a POS monitor you'll be doing yourself a disservice. So don't skimp on the monitor.

You don't need a quad core in fact most games will only use 2 cores so just stick to a dual core

The guy that posted the 4500$ build was me. I will post a build much cheaper for you tomorrow. I post a monstrous build for that guy because he didn't give a budget.

i have a i5 computer with a Nivdia Graphics card i got it like 5 months ago for 600$ at Future shop no sale lol

Games wont use more than two cores, but Windows will. I can transfer files, watch video in 1080p, and play a game all at once without anything slowing down. Maybe you like doing only one thing at a time.

Annnnnnnd sorry for not replying to you guys for like 2-3 months, but I got REALLY busy for that long since I got a full time job (training over there was strict and boring as ****) and im trying to keep it.

anyways, as long I have something powerful/future proof (or atleast 5-10 years) and as long there are cheaper ways to get them without losing that power, im all ears :)

This build should suffice for most of today's games and it totals at 1084 or something. I didn't include an OS or a DVD drive because you could save 20 bucks by using the one in your current machine and as for the OS, well, you know. If you want it included, this build should run you a little over $1100. If you plan to SLI in the future, of course, you may need to upgrade the PSU and this motherboard will allow slight overclocking but not much. You could knock the GFX card down to improve on the motherboard if you want too I suppose.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=25219507

"If you plan to SLI?" what does that mean? o.o

ALSO, can this help me with photoshopping perfectly and video editing/ flash animating as well?