Help Me Build A Gaming PC!

[longdillon1]

Hi is there anyone who will tell me some good parts to build a gaming PC.I need to know a good processor,graphics card,sound card,etc.Please help.
Thanks,
Dillon

[asuitor]

Whats your budget? 500-1000$? 1000-1500$? 1500-2000$? Let me know and I will help you out, I just started building gaming rigs for a small business.

[jimbodan]

Whats your budget? 500-1000$? 1000-1500$? 1500-2000$? Let me know and I will help you out, I just started building gaming rigs for a small business.

I'm also getting a new gaming computer soon. I know I'm going to have a bunch of questions, as I've been completely out of the loop since I built my last comp 3 or 4 years ago. Would it be cool if I PM'd you with some questions?

[thealternakid]

you know i found that when i was looking at building my first gaming pc that the easiest way to gain a knowledge base is to do research on components
some people may prefer intel to amd etc but the numbers dont lie.
so getting one persons point of view is great but getting actually data is better in my opinion.
a great place to start is tomshardware.com or http://www.anandtech.com/
just as another opinion

[abrannan]

Alternakid, here's the number that settled the AMD vs Intel debate for me.

Number of AMD motherboards with PCI-E: 0

[stormshadow]

Very true. SOme good research will do ya good. It all really depends on how much you want to spend and what you want to do with it. Budget goes a LOOOONG way with a gaming pc

[thealternakid]

actually there are 2 AMD athlon 64 pcie boards, they may not be readily available but they are out, ati made a pcie board as did via's sli line of boards
too tired to link

[thealternakid]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=29&threadid=1460555&enterth read=y

i guess i am wrong i guess there are more than two

[abrannan]

My bad, I should have clarified.

Number available when I ordered my PC: 0

[stormshadow]

I would go with an AMD 3500+ which is a 64 bit processor and GEforce 6800 GT. you can overclock these to the ultra speed and they are 200 buck cheaper!

[Morrigan Lover]

I still believe the 686 core is still the best bet for an Intel-based PC:

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=dothandesktop&page=1&cookie%5F test=1

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1728555,00.asp

[Kaijufan]

I would go for AMD Athlon 64 3400+ or above, an X800 or 6800, a gig of Ram, and a couple of hard drives.

[bart122580]

get AMD3000+ 939 w/ thermalright xp90 or xp120 and oc it.

wait for the Nforce4 SLI board, and get 2 6800gts :D

[CaptainObviousXl]

get AMD3000+ 939 w/ thermalright xp90 or xp120 and oc it.

wait for the Nforce4 SLI board, and get 2 6800gts :D
2 6800gts... why?

[Lexian]

I know a lot of the talk will center around processor speeds, how much RAM you have and the video cards, but I actually heard that the speed of your hard drive can really affect your game's performance. I think this becomes more of an issue when you're looking into pre-configured laptops as a nice mobile gaming rig, but something to keep in mind I guess.

[Unassuming Local Guy]

I just upgraded my motherboard, CPU, RAM and graphics card. It cost me about $700 total and I am extremely satisfied with it.

Here's what I went for:
ASUS K8N nForce3 Mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
2x 512 MB DDR400 RAM from Crucial
BFG GeForce 6800 OC (128 MB)

[CappyCobra]

Well this is what I could come up with for a sub $500 PC (without monitor)

These parts are from NewEgg


NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Silver, Model ND-3500A S W/SW, OEM with software $63.99
Item# N82E16827152030

Cooler Master XDream II 80mm CPU Cooler for Socket A/370, Model "HAC-L82" -RETAIL $12.49
Item# N82E16835103146

Western Digital Special Edition 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD800JB, OEM Drive Only $60.00
Item# N82E16822144122

Logitech Media Keyboard PS/2 104 keys -RETAIL $21.99
Item# N82E16823126160

Kingmax 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - OEM $64.50
Item# N82E16820156006

ALBATRON "KX18DS Pro" NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket A CPU - Retail $52.00
Item# N82E16813170122

Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse BLACK PS/2 /USB Version 1.1a -OEM $14.99
Item# N82E16826105143

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 55W 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - OEM $86.00
Item# N82E16819103506

ROSEWILL ATI RADEON 9600 Video Card, 128MB DDR, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "RW9600-128VD" 64Bit -RETAIL $66.00
Item# N82E16814164023

Product total: $441.96
Shipping & Handling: $ 28.37

Plus this case from TechSunny for $20 + shipping w/ 400W PS
Case Link (http://www.techsunny.com/.sc/ms/dd/1103772075149865/9/nc/ee/2582/MGE%20SOHO%20H-1%20Black%5E2FSilver%20ATX%20Mid%20Case%20W%5E2F40 0W%20Power%20Supply)