Thread: Building a Games PC?

Ain't been into playing games since my teens. Bit of a shame to have a nice TV and soundsystem and not have a system for playing games through them though.

Thinking of getting a PC made simply for this purpose. You can presumably go to some of the IT malls and have a bucketload of games put on to a HDD for not too much thb, or just buy the copied games for 150b a game.

I already have a laptop I use at home and a netbook when I'm going out. So this will be strictly for gaming with my TV as the monitor, nothing else required of it.

What parts would I need to have put in, to play the latest shoot 'em games or whatever?

Cheers.

No idea of what specs are used nowadays.

don't bother with a PC game, waste of time and money

buy a Wii or a PS3 like everybody else, the games will run faster and smoother

PC gamers get dated very quickly and the machines becomes very expensive if you want the full experience

IMO, something like the PS3 and XBOX is already overkill and at the top, going into PC gaming is a bit of a domain for loons,

^^ i7, lot's of RAM & the best graphics card you can afford. Sorted. (oh yeah & a wireless keyboard & mouse)

TV's make lousy display monitors for PC's though, even large HD ones.

Buy a mag like PC World and look at the spec of machines being sold as ready-made games machines.

Then take that to Pantip and start haggling.

Doing it on the cheap can be counter-productive, warranties are important.

I've been looking to do similar (making a purpose built games pc).
My first port of call was the largest supplier of bits in town to start pricing stuff up. Being in a small town means that the shops basically have eff all in them unless you want an off the shelf jobby, so no joy there.

I've decided to wait untill up north (Bangers) and will try again.

Project shelved.

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

I've been looking to do similar (making a purpose built games pc).
My first port of call was the largest supplier of bits in town to start pricing stuff up. Being in a small town means that the shops basically have eff all in them unless you want an off the shelf jobby, so no joy there.

I've decided to wait untill up north (Bangers) and will try again.

Project shelved.

What sort of games do you want to be playing?

I'm gonna look into a new desktop pretty soon- I want one that can handle Diablo 3 at full-tilt-boogie, which means $.

^^ Beastiality role-plays are his favourite.

Originally Posted by Gerbil

^^ i7, lot's of RAM & the best graphics card you can afford. Sorted. (oh yeah & a wireless keyboard & mouse)

yep

Originally Posted by alwarner

What sort of games do you want to be playing?

I enjoy the Total War stuff and need a decent pc to run them properly.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Beastiality role-plays are his favourite.

And this.

Also make sure you get Windows 7 64-bit as 32-bit can't address more then 4GB of RAM.

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

Originally Posted by alwarner

What sort of games do you want to be playing?

I enjoy the Total War stuff and need a decent pc to run them properly.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Beastiality role-plays are his favourite.

And this.

Yeah the strategy games are better on a PC. The beastiality role playing stuff is far from PC, however.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

don't bother with a PC game, waste of time and money

buy a Wii or a PS3 like everybody else, the games will run faster and smoother

PC gamers get dated very quickly and the machines becomes very expensive if you want the full experience

IMO, something like the PS3 and XBOX is already overkill and at the top, going into PC gaming is a bit of a domain for loons,

Wow! You are a true idiot who should never be allowed to comment things relating to PC's or tech in general.

Actually a chipped Xbox is good value since you can get the games for a song and no risk of the bloody viruses that infest almost every disk you buy in Thailand.

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..

^

While I agree PC is superior, consoles have come a really long way- I'll only play a game on my PC if there isn't an Xbox version of it (mostly through convenience and the fact it's more then good enough).

Originally Posted by FailSafe

consoles have come a really long way

No they havent they are dinosaurs. Consoles are udder shit. When people slam pc's they have shitty little monitors. Play a PC game like this

Pathetic snub. Buy an HD projector and have a 120" screen, it's much more fun.

an FPS without a K/B mouse needs auto aiming , thus sux dogs

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..

priceless, on the top of being an idiot American, you are also a basement boy gamer

^That is not me in the video you idiot.

^ but it is you on the end of the hook - stop being so easily trolled - especially by a Québécois ladyboy fancier

^ you got a point there.