Building a Gaming box for a friend. [need help inside]
 

It's been a year since i built my last computer & I don't play games. So i don't know exactly what I'm going to need to buy to complete a KILLER GAMING BOX.

What kind of CPU ...obviously a quadcore right?

What kind of ram & how much?

What kind of motherboard & which brand?

What kind of videocard & what specs?

What kind of harddrive should i use for flawless gaming?

Thanks guys! :pimp:pimp

Hey if you want to build me a "dream list" the site I am using is www.newegg.com if you got a spare few minutes.

Also if i decide to use your setup, I'll send you a couple of bucks on paypal/epass to show my appreciation :)

Follow the setup's of these boxes.. they are some of the top game boxes made, but you can get them built or build them yourself much cheaper than they offer them.

http://www.alienware.com/products/de...computers.aspx

buy an xbox 360

why are you building your friend a PC if you have not fucking idea on what you're supposed to do?

build him a chessboard and make the figures out of chees and shocolade

Do you really have nothing else to do?

Pathetic...

:thumbsup:banana:banana:banana

some of those on the alienware site are hella nice

Quadcore, 64 bit OS, 8+ Gbs Ram (check for timings- get highest your board will support with decent cooling), Dual SLI capable board (2+ pci-e slots), Raid 1 Sata (make sure you pull the speed limiter jumper off or performance is cut in half ... lol) HDs

My current setup is a DELL XPS 420, modded with a 1000 watt antec with basically the specs above... Great work and gaming experience.

CPU: I would get a i7 its 8 cores, asus motherboard, you can get solid state harddrives now.... Graphics card get a geforce (eVGA makes good cards) ...

lol

i don't understand how people play games on a puter. that's why there's game consoles.

Gotta do SLI video. 100% must.

Rough List
 

Case:
Coolermaster HAF 932 Full-Tower Gaming Case

Motherboard:
Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire and SLI Supported w/7.1 Sound, Triple-Channel DDR3, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Three PCI-E MB

Power Supply:
Corsair CMPSU-1000HX Power Supply

Processor (Choose One):
Intel Core i7 Processor 940 (4x 2.93GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
Intel Core i7 Extreme Processor 965 (4x 3.2GHz/8MB L3 Cache)

RAM: (i7 use 'Triple Channel RAM, must have at least three modules that match, MB has six DIMM slots):
12 GB Corsair RAM [2 GB X6] DDR3-1333 Triple Memory Modules

Video Card: (Pick one or two Radeon/nVidia cards)
1 x Radeon 4870 X2 (This card has two processors on it)
2x Radeon 4870

1x nVidia GTX 295 (This card has two processors on it)
2x nVidia GTX 280

Hard Drives (speed):
2x WD Velociraptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 16M Cache Hard Drive (RAID 0)

Primary Storage Drives:
2x WD 2 TB drives

thats pretty rockin.Pr0 this is what I want for my bday :)

List with product links for Newegg
 

Case:
Coolermaster HAF 932 Full-Tower Gaming Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...119160&Tpk=HAF

Motherboard:
Asus P6T Deluxe Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire and SLI Supported w/7.1 Sound, Triple-Channel DDR3, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Three PCI-E MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131346

Power Supply:
Corsair CMPSU-1000HX Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139007

Processor (Choose One):
Intel Core i7 Processor 940 (4x 2.93GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115201

Intel Core i7 Extreme Processor 965 (4x 3.2GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115200

RAM: (i7 use 'Triple Channel RAM, must have at least three modules that match, MB has six DIMM slots):
12 GB Corsair RAM [2 GB X6] DDR3-1333 Triple Memory Modules
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145232 (need 2 sets of this)

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Video Card: (Pick one or two Radeon/nVidia cards)
1 x Radeon 4870 X2 (This card has two processors on it)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121294

2x Radeon 4870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121298

1x nVidia GTX 295 (This card has two processors on it)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121296

2x nVidia GTX 280
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143142
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2x WD Velociraptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 16M Cache Hard Drive (RAID 0)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136322

2x WD 2 TB drives
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136344

That computer above is WAAAAY overkill... 4.6TB of storage?! 8 cores!? 12GB of ram?! I'm not really on top of the pc games, but I don't think there are any games that come even close to needing that much power...

You will piss away probably 4 grand on that setup, within 3 months it will worth close to half that...

u can add 4-8K to that setup by adding some solid state drives for faster HD access :)... now thats whut I call a monster PC... at least for the next 1-2 years...

:2 cents:

Pr0, I'm in the middle of monster build myself....i'm looking for more of workstation machine then gaming. But if was to build a gaming machine, i would go this route:


Mother board:
Asus Rampages II Extreme (Top gaming board at the moment)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131352


CPU
Core i7 920...the motherboard above that i mentioned is an overclocking beast...so i would go with a core i7 920.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115202


Video Card
Buy two of these...EVGA GTX 295 (since you're saving on the CPU)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130449


Ram
Corsair Dominator Triple Channel 1800 6gig
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145232



Case, harddrive, and the rest...not going to worry about those at the moment.
Remember two things. That gaming motherboard above is slightly bigger then the typical. So your case will have to suit EXT boards. Also, make sure your friend knows about voltages (and what hardware takes which voltages) when in the bios.

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As for games that need 'that much power' there are several out there that will tax even this setup. Crysis being the most famous.

Also, he asked for a 'Dream' system; basically he wants to see the best parts for the categories he listed and that is what I presented. I listed the best cpu, but also a good second choice. I also listed the best video cards from the top two vendors, fanboys can argue about which one is the best of the two, but I gave both sides.

A budget system would be configured differently...but I didn't make a value judgment on his request, I just fulfilled it.

Skip the hassle and just grab a Blackbird.

http://www.voodoopc.com/

Go Intel i7 or you will be sorry in the long run. 4GB DDR3 ram should be sufficent and a top of the line nvidia card will do well for years. As far as the motherboard is concerned it depends on if you want to overclock or not, im not too knowledgable in that regard anyway. Make sure you get a super fast HD for the operating system like the western digital raptor, I guess any brand high rpm disc works.

If you hit me up I will link you a couple of excellent computer boards where you can give a budget and they will give you examples of full system setups.

The build RevTKS69 posted... It's not 8 cores, it's 4 cores that emulates 8 cores. GTA IV on the PC can't be maxed out with any GPU I believe, maybe it can with a dual/quad GPU setup but not single. GTA IV also runs like crap on a lot of dual core CPU systems. Quad-cores are worth it, more and more games will start to use all four cores. The only thing is the 12 gigs of ram, that is kind of overkill, one kit (6gb) would be enough and you can always put more in later. That system is only about $2400, it doesn't have a apple logo on it so ya won't have to overpay for it. ;)

Triple Channel RAM
 

You are out of your league, so shut-up. The i7 chips require TRIPLE Channel RAM, that means you need three sticks of RAM of the same capacity. 4 is NOT evenly divisible by three. So, RAM for an i7 will come in 3GB, 6GB, or 12 GB amounts in order to utilize the memory bandwidth effectively.

The velociraptors give you the HD speed you need and the 2TB drives give you the primary storage you need.

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Bump for feedback. Wondering if the info was helpful.

That will be a nice machine..

sell-and-buy-forum/885486-nearly-computer-sale-fast-stylish.html

Not top of the line but plays most games decently