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MisterSandman
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Switching to a Gaming PC
#18718498 - 08/17/13 11:20 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I've been a console gamer for pretty much my whole life, not for any particular reason, I just started on consoles and kinda stuck with them.
Anyway, There are some PC exclusive games that I would really love to play as well as games coming out in the future for PC. I've decided that instead of going for a next gen console I'm going to go ahead and get myself a nice new gaming PC.
Problem is I know jack shit about computers. Everyone I've talked to says the best thing to do is to build your own, but I don't really have the time or effort to do that.
I just don't know where to start. Are there any good websites that you guys would recommend for buying components or full computers? Do you think I could just buy all of the parts and take it to my local computer shop and pay them to put it together? Or could I just be an even lazier fuck and buy one of these and upgrade it as needed?
http://www.amazon.com/CybertronPC-GM2222D-5150-Escape-Gaming/dp/B0080NQCWY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1376759705&sr=8-2&keywords=gaming+PC
Any input would be great!
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Oldgregg
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how much are you willing to spend? You can pretty much always put together a computer by yourself cheaper than one you'll find already built. It's not hard at all to do and can actually be pretty fun
Here's one for a decent price that I thought about doing a few months ago http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Owent92/saved/1Ff7
and here is my gaming computer i want to put together if i ever have the extra cash
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Owent92/saved/19ZD
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MisterSandman
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Re: Switching to a Gaming PC [Re: Oldgregg]
#18718531 - 08/17/13 11:30 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'd prefer not to go over like $1000 but cash isn't too much of an issue for me. I'm willing to pay the extra cash to get a good machine that'll last a while.
I'd just be really worried about fucking something up when putting it together. I mean shit I almost fucked up my laptop when I was trying to upgrade the RAM a while back, that's how handicap I am tech wise.
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psi
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These days Intel is generally regarded as making better processors than AMD. I have an AMD processor in my computer that I'm reasonably happy with though. An SSD for a boot/application drive is a pretty good idea for gaming, makes a difference mostly in load and boot times but it's a big difference. Assembling a computer is pretty straightforward.
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MisterSandman
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And thanks for the links
The game that I really want this PC for is this bad boy

Star Citizen This game seriously gives me a hard on
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I'm pretty computer savvy. I can link myself up to a domain and find out all the info pertaining to that site in the speed of a second. I can plug in a code into my comp to penetrate the webpage and access the hidden files on each page. Every code leads me to a new one which discards of the older one and replaces it with the one I purposely imposed for that reason. I can hijack an entire domain and change the entire thing to my liking with an edit button. I can edit the page so that the people viewing it will thing it hasn't been edited yet, but only edited by the proportion of how that edit subtracted the version of editing executed in dimension of that domain. Then there is talk about the servers which must be kept running throughout the day. I have a wireless broadcaster in my room that monitors the activity of every movement I make online, so I can go back over what I did that day & see where I spent most of my time.
The monitor will remove the sites which haven't been used in awhile and they will be placed in the recycle bin. The files cannot be accessed without me putting in my password to allow them to be viewed, the security behind the system is top notch and most people won't be able to crac kthe code to get into the system unless they had some hackers manual to go by. You can update the server with the click of a button and then have it linked bakc into the main one where it can feed the other servers into its drive. Sometimes the server will go completely down and you won't be able to access any of the websites online til they are brought back up by the admins.
The servers all run on different speeds and you can sometimes put yourself into a speedtrack and test how fast one server processes compared to a different one. Once you have processed the data of that servers speed you will be able to distinguish between one server and another. These servers will remind us that the internet does compose a technical world which imposes molecular transitions which direct the nuclear atom to a version of the high gnome, and we might say that by declaring the atom an essential part of the whole system we can see that it builds o nthe same flesh.
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Re: Switching to a Gaming PC [Re: psi]
#18718549 - 08/17/13 11:37 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/400554336667
i would buy this with a 3year warranty for 120 extra
the wattage is good, the graphics are midrange, the CPU will handle big game multiplyer and physics
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Konyap

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Re: Switching to a Gaming PC [Re: Konyap]
#18718554 - 08/17/13 11:38 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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and they install everything if you get that package of windows 7
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Konyap

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Re: Switching to a Gaming PC [Re: Konyap]
#18718561 - 08/17/13 11:39 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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all you need is a tv,speakers and keyboard too hook it up to
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Re: Switching to a Gaming PC [Re: drkkenny] 2
#18718562 - 08/17/13 11:39 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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drkkenny said: I'm pretty computer savvy. I can link myself up to a domain and find out all the info pertaining to that site in the speed of a second. I can plug in a code into my comp to penetrate the webpage and access the hidden files on each page. Every code leads me to a new one which discards of the older one and replaces it with the one I purposely imposed for that reason. I can hijack an entire domain and change the entire thing to my liking with an edit button. I can edit the page so that the people viewing it will thing it hasn't been edited yet, but only edited by the proportion of how that edit subtracted the version of editing executed in dimension of that domain. Then there is talk about the servers which must be kept running throughout the day. I have a wireless broadcaster in my room that monitors the activity of every movement I make online, so I can go back over what I did that day & see where I spent most of my time.
The monitor will remove the sites which haven't been used in awhile and they will be placed in the recycle bin. The files cannot be accessed without me putting in my password to allow them to be viewed, the security behind the system is top notch and most people won't be able to crac kthe code to get into the system unless they had some hackers manual to go by. You can update the server with the click of a button and then have it linked bakc into the main one where it can feed the other servers into its drive. Sometimes the server will go completely down and you won't be able to access any of the websites online til they are brought back up by the admins.
The servers all run on different speeds and you can sometimes put yourself into a speedtrack and test how fast one server processes compared to a different one. Once you have processed the data of that servers speed you will be able to distinguish between one server and another. These servers will remind us that the internet does compose a technical world which imposes molecular transitions which direct the nuclear atom to a version of the high gnome, and we might say that by declaring the atom an essential part of the whole system we can see that it builds o nthe same flesh.
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psi
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kenny are you high right now or something?
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MisterSandman
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Re: Switching to a Gaming PC [Re: Konyap]
#18718569 - 08/17/13 11:41 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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aiyobro said: http://www.ebay.com/itm/400554336667
i would buy this with a 3year warranty for 120 extra
the wattage is good, the graphics are midrange, the CPU will handle big game multiplyer and physics
Nice! Thanks, I'm definitely going to consider that. Sounds like what I'm looking for.
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Konyap

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Re: Switching to a Gaming PC [Re: Konyap]
#18718571 - 08/17/13 11:42 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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you might want a hardrive because theyre better for saving constantly and never run out
i dont know how having both works but id assume theyed put th OS on the SSD for you
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newegg, if you are going to spend 1g, you can build a REAL nice rig.
It's not very time consuming, you just gotta buy the parts, wait for them to come in the mail, then fit everything together like legos.
Use anti-static pads and a grounding bracelet, too. You don't want to fry a 300$ graphics card because you were all statically charged from your carpet.
Once, you have the parts, it will take a few hours to put it together, manage your cables and stuff.
I usually order stuff off newegg, and if there is a part they don't have, I'll buy it off amazon or do a google search to see if I can find it cheaper. I choose newegg because they have really good customer service, which is pretty important when you are dealing with equipment that expensive and something shits out or shows up defective.
Welcome to the REAL world of gaming
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Re: Switching to a Gaming PC [Re: Konyap]
#18718584 - 08/17/13 11:47 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah intel CPU's are definantly good, even if game makers start concentrating on AMD, the intel is already way ahead of the curb and has enough extra room for a heavy operating system like windows.
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Re: Switching to a Gaming PC [Re: psi]
#18718585 - 08/17/13 11:47 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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psi said:

kenny are you high right now or something?
Look at his post history.. That's just what he does. I guess he thinks it's funny?
As for the topic, I use Newegg for my PC related stuff and they've never let me down. Shouldn't be intimidated by building a PC.. A tower is quite a bit easier to work on than a laptop. It's really just plugging tab a into slot a, tab b into slot b. The hardest thing you'd really have to do is apply thermal compound to the processor, and even that's relatively idiot proof if you just watch a Youtube video or two.
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drkkenny
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Re: Switching to a Gaming PC [Re: psi]
#18718589 - 08/17/13 11:48 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Nah I just returned from London. My brother is a merchant there that transports elegant antiques for the rich here. I wa skind of upset that I went to London on such a short notice because I forgot I had guests coming over to my house today. I suppose I will have to apologize for the inconvenience once I get back home. Though I'm not high there is a joke going around that I purposely planted a water pistol on a chair a guest was going to sit on later, which could correlate to someone thinking I'm high.
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lighthouse09
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i have been trying to do this a while now as you can get xbox playstation and pc only games all on pc they dont charge bullshit xbox live charges and you can use it for so much more the new gaming systems suck compared to building a pc i hope they both fail horribly and people wake up to pc's. also you already have been able to use pad's and stuff way better than stupid wii's do fuck all the game companies off with their heads!!!!!
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Re: Switching to a Gaming PC [Re: Shroomslip]
#18718602 - 08/17/13 11:52 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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One noob mistake I made when putting my computer together was not realizing that the thermal compound was already on the heat sink (or CPU, I forget which) and setting it down on something so that some of it came off. As a result I have had some overheating problems but I haven't got around to fixing them.
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Oldgregg
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Quote:
MisterSandman said: And thanks for the links
The game that I really want this PC for is this bad boy

Star Citizen This game seriously gives me a hard on
Quote:
MisterSandman said: And thanks for the links
The game that I really want this PC for is this bad boy

Star Citizen This game seriously gives me a hard on
That game does look awesome, but i thought it was still a few years away?
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