As MadMike asked for help in putting together a new media centre pc, I'm going to ask for help piecing together a gaming rig. (Summary at bottom for the ADD crowd
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This is gonna be my first custom-built system, so I wanna do it right. Not that I'm knocking pre-built machines. I got one from Dell (Don't hurt me! *cowers*) for Christmas 2004ish, and I only ever had to get some more RAM, otherwise it's all OEM. It's getting on in years though, so new pc time, as a quick glance around the parts store showed me my current case isn't gonna be able to handle the new stuff I'd like to get.
So, I'd like to hear from you guys what I should put in this system, and also whether or not it would be a good idea to get Vista installed, since it's a gaming machine.
I figure I can keep my old DVD drive, and then get a DVD-RW to replace my CD-RW drive, and I picked up a Geforce 8800 GTS (or something like that, don't have the box in front of me) recently for a good price, so there's the launch point. I'd like to balance price vs. performance, with a slight bias to performance.
Okay, to summarize: want a custom built gaming, already have a new video card, so I need the rest, ranging from case to sound card, etc, and should I get Vista now rather than later, as it's for gaming. Thanks in advance all!
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This is gonna be my first custom-built system, so I wanna do it right. Not that I'm knocking pre-built machines. I got one from Dell (Don't hurt me! *cowers*) for Christmas 2004ish, and I only ever had to get some more RAM, otherwise it's all OEM. It's getting on in years though, so new pc time, as a quick glance around the parts store showed me my current case isn't gonna be able to handle the new stuff I'd like to get.
So, I'd like to hear from you guys what I should put in this system, and also whether or not it would be a good idea to get Vista installed, since it's a gaming machine.
I figure I can keep my old DVD drive, and then get a DVD-RW to replace my CD-RW drive, and I picked up a Geforce 8800 GTS (or something like that, don't have the box in front of me) recently for a good price, so there's the launch point. I'd like to balance price vs. performance, with a slight bias to performance.
Okay, to summarize: want a custom built gaming, already have a new video card, so I need the rest, ranging from case to sound card, etc, and should I get Vista now rather than later, as it's for gaming. Thanks in advance all!
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