Building a Games PC?

**9999** · 17-12-2011, 11:59 AM

AMD phenom X6 or X8. A tone of RAM to piss off Butters. PC and console are much different experiences. Console gaming doesn't come close.

Here's one I had built a little while back.

Great gaming rig all the latest games run sweet and are readily available for free off the interwebs.

**Butterfly** · 17-12-2011, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by bsnub

That is not me in the video you idiot.

listen retard, building gaming machines or playing games at 30 is not really something you should be doing.

Are you also obese and living in your mom basement like harryb ?

**withnallstoke** · 17-12-2011, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by 9999

Here's one I had built a little while back.

What sort of price, and was it built in Thailand?

**withnallstoke** · 17-12-2011, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

building gaming machines or playing games at 30 is not really something you should be doing.

Indeed not.
Wait 'till you're in your fifties to start playing games.

**Butterfly** · 17-12-2011, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by 9999

A tone of RAM to piss off Butters.

actually completely justified for gamers, not for the average user surfing porn and opening emails

Originally Posted by 9999

PC and console are much different experiences. Console gaming doesn't come close.

indeed they are different experience, one is living in his mom basement, covered in shit and chips

the other plays with his friends on a comfortable sofa in the family living room

**9999** · 17-12-2011, 12:23 PM

^ You make me think of that Southpark episode about 'World of Warcraft'. You're still mad at gamers Butters?

**9999** · 17-12-2011, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Originally Posted by 9999

Here's one I had built a little while back.

What sort of price, and was it built in Thailand?

Yes built in Thailand ordered parts off the same guy who built it / sold it. He's the best if you're in CM. It ended up being about 25K for the box, maybe a bit more.

**9999** · 17-12-2011, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

the other plays with his friends on a comfortable sofa in the family living room

With the technology of the last decade, you can do this with a PC too. You can even play games in cafes and what not. You should try this new fangle dangle stuff some time mate.

sabaii sabaii · 17-12-2011, 12:28 PM

^

**withnallstoke** · 17-12-2011, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by 9999

It ended up being about 25K for the box, maybe a bit more.

Not bad at all.
My local shop wanted that much for an i7 processor !

**9999** · 17-12-2011, 12:31 PM

My gaming PC is hooked up to the main living room HD hi-res TV / Monitor with stereo sound. It's the centre of home entertainment for ourselves and visitors. Very social indeed.

In the office I keep and old 286 with 256K RAM just like butters.

The mum's basement clique is so 1990's get with the times bro. We left the basement years ago.

**9999** · 17-12-2011, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

My local shop wanted that much for an i7 processor !

Mine is an x6, a step down from the i7. Though with i7 you're paying for on board graphics which are redundant for gamers who want high spec graphics cards. Btter off spending the dosh on an AMD x8. My x6 was the same price as an i5 at the time, with far better performance but lacking the (unnecessary) onboard graphics.

The CMV8 cooling system lets me overclock to 3.3hz - 6 cores.

i7 is great if you want a laptop that can game.

**9999** · 17-12-2011, 12:37 PM

^ You mean they want 25K just for actual CPU chip??

**withnallstoke** · 17-12-2011, 12:39 PM

^ For the board.

**9999** · 17-12-2011, 12:47 PM

^ The board + chip?

**withnallstoke** · 17-12-2011, 12:49 PM

^ Yup.

Good point about the graphics as well.
AMD it is then.

**9999** · 17-12-2011, 12:52 PM

Sounds about right if it's an all in one i7 package (decent onboard graphics) and all you need is a case, hard drive, CD drive etc.

Defo agree AMD is the way to go for gaming.

**Butterfly** · 17-12-2011, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by 9999

We left the basement years ago.

jesus, what a scary thought

**harrybarracuda** · 17-12-2011, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Originally Posted by bsnub

That is not me in the video you idiot.

listen retard, building gaming machines or playing games at 30 is not really something you should be doing.

Are you also obese and living in your mom basement like harryb ?

WHy are you lying Butters, you admitted before that you are looking to buy a console so you can pretend to be a Jedi, you retard.

In fact, I think this is you in the video.

sabaii sabaii · 17-12-2011, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Originally Posted by 9999

We left the basement years ago.

jesus, what a scary thought

What, him playing with his telescope in the loft/attic ?

**baldrick** · 17-12-2011, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

the other plays with his friends on a comfortable sofa in the family living room

you don't have friends butters

Originally Posted by 9999

is an x6, a step down from the i7

what is wrong with the i5 I posted above ? at $200 USD it seemed a good pricepoint , and everyone seems to be happy with it

Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K

**9999** · 17-12-2011, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by baldrick

what is wrong with the i5 I posted above ? at $200 USD it seemed a good pricepoint , and everyone seems to be happy with it

Nothing wrong at all just chose the x6 over it, it outperforms the i5 (just) in processing power and easier to overclock. Plus, you get no cool gamer cred owning an intel

Seriously though, the next beneration intel looks good, read about it a few days ago. I'd wait to see that before going i5, i7.

**astasinim** · 17-12-2011, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by bsnub

First off let me start by saying that PC gaming is the top of the pack. Consoles have grown long in the tooth and can not hope to compare. BF3 and most new games have been optimized for the PC first and ported to the consoles. Any game that is ported to PC will have junk graphics as the PC is vastly superior to consoles it was the day they came out and everyday after.

Get a core i5 2600k as the minimum, at least 8 gigs of ddr3 ram, an ati 5800 series video card at the minimum. I would also recommend an SSD drive solely for running your OS and apps. Then a separate media drive for video, music etc..

I`d go with something similar to this build. i5 2500k was tested against an i7 2600 a few months ago in PC Pro magazine, and with the massive overclocking ability of the 2500k, it ended being level, if not better than the i7 (also cheaper). The only change i`d make is the graphics card. My personal choice would be an NVIDIA 2Gb GTX560Ti, which should make you future proof for reasonable amount of time. If money is no object then a GTX590.

**astasinim** · 17-12-2011, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by 9999

Originally Posted by baldrick

what is wrong with the i5 I posted above ? at $200 USD it seemed a good pricepoint , and everyone seems to be happy with it

Nothing wrong at all just chose the x6 over it, it outperforms the i5 (just) in processing power and easier to overclock. Plus, you get no cool gamer cred owning an intel

Seriously though, the next beneration intel looks good, read about it a few days ago. I'd wait to see that before going i5, i7.

AMD are so far behind Intel these days, its a joke. 7-8 years ago, AMD were the gamers choice, but they dropped the ball, and have been playing catch up ever since. Even the new Llano, Bulldozer chip haven't taken off like was expected.

**9999** · 17-12-2011, 04:05 PM

^ Not the impression I got when deciding between i5 - i7 or phenom x6. The AMD was a no brainer if running a decent cooling system and that video card you like (see pic in previous post), going off the research I did into it.

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