Bring It On, Techies

**Abandon** · 2012-11-20 01:07

Alrighty, kiddos. I want to build myself a gaming rig. Price isn't that big of an obstacle, just nothing outlandishly expensive for no reason. I'd like to cap at around $2k, but being under is perfectly acceptable. You kids know much more about this than I do, any help would be appreciated. Thanks much!

**Tajin** · 2012-11-20 01:11

2k enough for an alienware I think.

**Abandon** · 2012-11-20 01:14

i'm not fucking with them, the overrated dickfaces

**Tajin** · 2012-11-20 01:24

http://m.newegg.com/Product?itemNumber=N82E16883229360
This should give you a baseline.
Its missing the screen(s); that should cover the remaining 800 bux

**Gulkeeva** · 2012-11-20 01:30

http://www.portatech.com/catalog/vie...42%2C74663&r=p

3770K
Motherboard don't matter much (unless you plan to get 2X video card(s))

Max cooling

16GB DDR3 is fine

Select your hardrive (or use one you got)
128GB SSD if you MMO and don't play many games, 256+ if you plan to fit alot MMO's n stuff on it
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If you play alot of single player games ( and restart/turn off the PC like once every 1-2 months) and want to be hardcore, go 32GB DDR3, the $59.84 motherboard 3rd from left, and Ram drive the games for like 1 second loading of anything.
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Case, doesn't really matter

Power supply 750 or the 850 (get 850 if you plan to get dual video cards)

Windows 7 Pro

DVD drive? the fuck

No video card
http://www.newegg.com/Desktop-Graphi...Category/ID-48
Choose either Nvidia or ati, get a nvidia 680 series (or 690) or an ati 7970 Ghz edition there nearly the same, soorta... unless your playing at 2560x1600 maxed settings you may really not tell a difference on games going 100fps+

No monitor

2 year warranty

$1127.67 (excluding video card, the 32GB ram change motherboard change)

**Abandon** · 2012-11-20 01:37

Gulk, you creepy cartoon-chick lover, you're awesome.

**Caiyuo** · 2012-11-20 01:57

You wanna actually build one or go the route Gulkeeva linked? If the former wait until morning and more bros should filter in with sample builds or ideas. 2K is like a luxury budget, even for something extremely nice 1K is closer to what you can expect. The only real benefit I can see from anything built-to-order are the whole-system warranties.

**Abandon** · 2012-11-20 01:58

I will wait until "morning" for everyone else to come in and drop knowledge, this is mostly a Christmas present to myself.

**Kohan** · 2012-11-20 02:13

Do you in fact want to put the computer together yourself, with your own two hands, or are you going to give a builder specifications and expect them to assemble it for you?

That aside, you absolutely must get an SSD to boot from. This isn't a literal requirement, but if you want to invest in an amazing, lasting machine, not buying an SSD for your OS is one of the biggest mistakes you can make.

**Burningthought** · 2012-11-20 02:33

This is the gaming pc I built for myself back in september: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=19972745

I cost me around $1200, but I didn't have a keyboard, mouse, monitor, and windows 7. You might have those things and bring the price down, but I was basically upgrading from a laptop. I did quite a bit of research for a while to make sure I was picking out decent parts and that's pretty much the best I could come up with. I really didn't want to go too outlandish with the parts so I chose the i5-3570k over the i7 one, and I picked up the 660ti instead of a 680 because I didn't really see the point in that much overkill.

I do plan on eventually buying a SSD for my windows partition and games in the future, but overall I'm happy with my build.

**Yugl** · 2012-11-20 02:35

And if laptop, are you using an external monitor or solely relying on the laptop's monitor?

**Abandon** · 2012-11-20 02:41

i have a laptop now, and i primarily use the loppy monitor for gaming, but use an HDMI for watching TV/movies. But that'll change when I move, more than likely, so it's whatever.

**Kohan** · 2012-11-20 03:00

Answer my question, fool. People have thrown pre-built computers at you in addition to builds. If you want to build it yourself, the former can be used as guides, but if you'd rather have someone else put it together, we can provide you with advice as to who to go with.

**Fairy-Killer** · 2012-11-20 03:18

You absolutely must get an IPS panel. You will thank me if you ever see a side by side comparison between an IPS and TN panel. Dell makes a pretty good consumer grade IPS with a great response time.

For comparison, a typical TN panel is around 60-72% color gamut. And color gamut is basically the cover of this graph that you get in a monitor. (Which is why some monitors tend towards R/G/B.)

One used at work: U2312M 82% color gamut 23" 1920x1080
Mine: U2412M 82% color gamut 24" 1920x1200
Go big or go home versions: U2713HM 99% color gamut 27" 2560x1440
Why are you gaming on this version: U3011 99% color gamut 30" 2560x1600

That's a lot of information to throw at you, I know. There are actually a lot of Korean IPS panels you can get super cheap but they don't have the same quality assurance (dead pixels and shit get by) that Dell does, along with the 3 year warranty. I know very little about the foreign panels and can't suggest them because I'm ignorant on the subject.

TLDR; buy a fucking IPS. Probably that U2412M.

And my build from over the summer. (I got everything on sale so actual price around $1500 and that's a pretty ridiculous set up without going extremely overboard)

**Abandon** · 2012-11-20 03:36

Originally Posted by Kohan

Answer my question, fool. People have thrown pre-built computers at you in addition to builds. If you want to build it yourself, the former can be used as guides, but if you'd rather have someone else put it together, we can provide you with advice as to who to go with.

my apologies, love. I would LOVE to do it myself, but god knows I'll fuck it up, get frustrated and trash it all. So, i'd ultimately like someone else to do it. /sigh

**Abandon** · 2012-11-20 03:37

Originally Posted by Fairy-Killer

You absolutely must get an IPS panel. You will thank me if you ever see a side by side comparison between an IPS and TN panel. Dell makes a pretty good consumer grade IPS with a great response time.

For comparison, a typical TN panel is around 60-72% color gamut. And color gamut is basically the cover of this graph that you get in a monitor. (Which is why some monitors tend towards R/G/B.)

One used at work: U2312M 82% color gamut 23" 1920x1080
Mine: U2412M 82% color gamut 24" 1920x1200
Go big or go home versions: U2713HM 99% color gamut 27" 2560x1440
Why are you gaming on this version: U3011 99% color gamut 30" 2560x1600

That's a lot of information to throw at you, I know. There are actually a lot of Korean IPS panels you can get super cheap but they don't have the same quality assurance (dead pixels and shit get by) that Dell does, along with the 3 year warranty. I know very little about the foreign panels and can't suggest them because I'm ignorant on the subject.

TLDR; buy a fucking IPS. Probably that U2412M.

And my build from over the summer. (I got everything on sale so actual price around $1500 and that's a pretty ridiculous set up without going extremely overboard)

technical mumbo jumbo, dumb that shit down, bro

**Fairy-Killer** · 2012-11-20 04:33

I did. More color gamut means more visible color; you're going to have darker darks, brighter red/greens/blues. You're going to have truer colors on a IPS panel than a TN panel (which is what everything is unless it specifies otherwise more than likely). The best bang for your buck is probably the 24".

**shepardG** · 2012-11-20 09:32

Good budget to get you a really nice rig tbh, I would honestly say, something you personally can do is figure out where it's going, if you want it up on a desk or tucked away, and being in the navy, if your moving around a lot I would steer clear of a full tower, get a small mid tower or even a mini (this is what I got). Mines got all those schnszzy black lights etc. and I put a piece of plexi in the side to show it off. Mine sits on my desk now, because my gigantic tower before just didn't really get good air flow. And was a pain in the dick to work with, tbh

**Abandon** · 2012-11-20 09:34

I'm fine with a small tower, i just want a desktop. my laptop can (i'm not joking) simmer water if i leave a cup close enough to it.

**shepardG** · 2012-11-20 09:43

Well I'd get a 6-series video card, with a 2k budget, gtx680 shouldn't be outrageous, I build my shit weird though. I have a great over clocking setup, w/ water cooling and good air flow. And I don't even overclock my shit :-/.
I would also say get the 256gig SSD, and another data drive like a 3T drive for videos/pics/music and games that don't need the speed of an SSD.

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