Good Computer Recomendations

[ElderKain]

I might be getting a new computer in around a month or so.
any recomendations for computers that would be good got online gaming that's under $800 or in the $800 range?

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[sanjikun]

go for a geforce 8800 card then build the rest of the system around it really!

id recomend a AMD 64x 5600 processor aswell. 2.9GHz dual core that can be overclocked with no additional fans to about 3.4GHz.

[Carnage]

Get a Intel Quad Core Processor.
Atleast a 8800GT, and even better is a 8800Ultra. (or wait for the 9 serie that will probely come out in January)
Minimal 2GB RAM.
And atleast 250GB Harddisk.

[sanjikun]

i really dont liek quad core processors, theres not actually that much point to them atm, maybe 12/18 months down the line, but for the price atm it really cant compair to a dual core imho

[Carnage]

Well... I have a Q6600 2.4GHz... and it's runs like a train. :em001:

But I didn't read well... He said below $800,-.

I don't know alot of good ones... Most better ones start over 1000,-. Atleast in my country...

[darkhunter]

lol $800 range and you recomand him 8800GT, and even better is a 8800Ultra and a quad.

well my advice (this will come arund $800 or so):

AMD Athlon 64 X2 you decide what tipe (is half the price of a Intel but it has its minuses)
At least 2 GB ddr or even more
And now for a video card: I recoman the new ATI Radeon HD3870 (same is much cheaper then nvidia but for this price it is worth it)
And with the rest you can decide what to buy but i think you can get at least a 500 GB HDD if you buy a mobo at 100-150$.

[JEskandari]

under 800$ you ask hard question
but go for an AMD system ,for motherboard go for a gigabyte it give you better price with the same quality as many other.
don't go for anything overclocked at the factory .
assemble the computer yourself
don't fall for an on board graphic card.
you need at least 500wat of real power not just 500wat peak power
if you want to use amd x2 6000+ i recommend you to change its fan and if you want to use a black edition (I wont recommend it) you certainly need a Good Fan because there is no fan in the box and that is at least 100 $
for graphic card i really don't know ATI card but some people told me to buy an ati card for my next card but if you want an nvidia in that range i recommend a 8600 (Not 8600 GS)
for ram at least 2Gb of ram buy one with Fbs 800 not 677.
these are in case that you want to buy a new monitor but if you don't want to buy it and you like your current monitor you certainly can go for a 8800 card.

[sanjikun]

under 800$ you ask hard question
but go for an AMD system ,for motherboard go for a gigabyte it give you better price with the same quality as many other.
don't go for anything overclocked at the factory .
assemble the computer yourself
don't fall for an on board graphic card.
you need at least 500wat of real power not just 500wat peak power
if you want to use amd x2 6000+ i recommend you to change its fan and if you want to use a black edition (I wont recommend it) you certainly need a Good Fan because there is no fan in the box and that is at least 100 $
for graphic card i really don't know ATI card but some people told me to buy an ati card for my next card but if you want an nvidia in that range i recommend a 8600 (Not 8600 GS)
for ram at least 2Gb of ram buy one with Fbs 800 not 677.
these are in case that you want to buy a new monitor but if you don't want to buy it and you like your current monitor you certainly can go for a 8800 card.

listen to this :D man/woman after me own heart!

Dont do it! stay with nvidia!

But id have to say for the price jump the performance you get from a amd 64 x2 6000 series, a 5600 it much better IMHO.

depends where you buy it from really but the price dropis a massive bonus considerign the fact its not that much slower and runs liek a train!

[SuperBeeper200]

Well you dont need to much you can get a lot of parts real cheap. But now heres the question. What type of games are you aiming to play. Like what type do you love to play. From there look at system specs. Cause the 8800GT is already about 270. Its a great card (lacks in linux area for right now lol working on patch). But You have a budget. What kind of case is your old computer in. Thats if you wish to save a few bucks you can reuse your shell. From there you can make your computer.

All the stuff you will need-

Motherboard
CPU
RAM
Graphics card
Sound card (If motherboard is lame)
Power supply
Hard Drives
CD/DVD ROM
Operating system (Linux is free I would say go ubuntu if you do go with a free os)

Now if you use your old computer and upgrade we can take a look at the specs of it. Now also if you get an 8800 GT you will more then likely need a better power supply. Myself I have a 650W power supply and works wonderfully.

Ah dont forget thermal grease You are going to need that for when you put your CPU Heat sink on your CPU. I never liked using the stuff that comes on the heat sink. That cause a world of issues for me anyways. But yeah theres a lot thats going into it if you want to go all new. But you might get away with just some upgrades. So you might want to look at what you can do instead of going all new.

The Key to building any computer. After Christmas Sells! ^^ Well if this is any help to you I'm glad to be of help. If not Sorry I wasted your time reading my junk lol.

[cles]

make sure to check for compatibilty issues
hard disk find the best value for money cost divided by space
or format and recycle
depending on your needs a super mulit burner is really convinent and is quite reasonable in my country
ram wise look at the speed as well and also check if other parts cam cope with it
processor get a reasonable dual core unless u want to run a server
or an overly powered calculator if not the power is really wasted espicialy if u want to get a reasonably cheap com
a free os is nice and u learn a lot about how to use it
and linus is cheap and dont suck your com power

[Blu]

Well, If you can salvage any parts from your old pc (HD/Disk drive/ram/maybe psu?) Then you could easily get a quad pc/8800gt :)

Or go for the new AMD quad if you want...It's now has power full has a intel, But it's about 20-50$ cheaper...

[JEskandari]

another word if you want to overclock your system don't go for cheap things ,you latter be sorry ,but if you wont go overclocking good old cheap Chinese products do the work perfectly.

[pickles88]

for gaming get a desktop with AMD series. Intel ones are a bit faster and for rich people... They cost a bit more. Save your self a few bucks and try to get a good vid card. It doesn't always have to be Nvidia 8800 GT. You can get a similiar performing vid card from amd series for much much lower price. For rams... two gigs are plenty. As for HD there are lots of cheap ones out there and 200GB is sufficient. For gaming i think CRT monitors (far ones) are good for gaming, i mean if you prefer the LCD ones thats okay too... (also, if your planning to build your own you have to consider what motherboard, case and power supply to buy beucase they all have to correspond with another) with 800 bucks you can get a decent one

[brokenlax]

Assuming your getting one from the store, any computers will do. Seeing how 99% of the stores carry vista now, and the lowest requirement for vista is 128vram and atlest 1.5ghz so it'll be good enough for gaming ( for most new games minimum specs anyway ).

I just got a new gateway for around $900; 3gbram / 3.7ghz / 256vram. Pretty good deal imo.

[Blu]

Assuming your getting one from the store, any computers will do. Seeing how 99% of the stores carry vista now, and the lowest requirement for vista is 128vram and atlest 1.5ghz so it'll be good enough for gaming ( for most new games minimum specs anyway ).

I just got a new gateway for around $900; 3gbram / 3.7ghz / 256vram. Pretty good deal imo.
Gateway?...Boy you outta slap yourself. You can get a much better pc for that price.

[BreakTheChains]

If you're getting a computer for gaming get something without Vista. Vista has multiple driver problems, it's inefficient with everything it processes, it hogs resources and it's wicked annoying. At this point in time it's only use is to look nice but it even fails at that since they go overboard on it. XP is much better although it still has it's problems, and it's Windows which sucks anyways.

As a Mac fanboy I'd tell you to get a Mac since they run Mac and Windows and the hardware is very well manufactured, but it's completely out of your price range so it would be a poor choice. What you should do is build your own computer since they usually cost less and have better specs.

Regarding multi-core processors, in the coming months more and more games and programs will start to implement hyper-threading and better thread management so they'll use all of the cores instead of just one while increasing performance for other running processes. You can already see this in games today since most if not all run more efficiently with a multi-core processor. What you need to decide is how long you plan to keep your computer. If it's going to be a long time an $800 computer really isn't the best idea but you should probably try to find the highest specced computer so it doesn't go obsolete the day after you get it. Highest spec would include a multi-core processor so they're a good idea.

But remember that just because you have a multi-core processor doesn't mean your computer won't bottleneck somewhere. You should also consider bus speeds, RAM speeds and what type you're going to need, hard drive speeds and capacities, graphics clock frequency and RAM capacity, and possibly other processing like a physx card. If all these components work in tandem you'll have a fast and efficient computer that you can rely on to give you a good gaming experience.

[Binary]

My recommendation if you haven't bought your new pc yet.
For $800 (excluding 17" monitor($200) and cd/dvd drives)
Motherboard : MSI P6N Platinum or Diamond ($200)
Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E8400($180).
VGA : XFX 9600GT 512MB($180)
RAM : Anything 2GB but if you want to overclock, i use A-Data Vitesta Extreme Edition which was $60
Harddisk : Up to you. If you plan to have alot of files or games, then buy large one like 500GB.
PSU : About 450W($70)


Hope this helps :)

[BreakTheChains]

My recommendation if you haven't bought your new pc yet.
For $800 (excluding 17" monitor($200) and cd/dvd drives)
Motherboard : MSI P6N Platinum or Diamond ($200)
Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E8400($180).
VGA : XFX 9600GT 512MB($180)
RAM : Anything 2GB but if you want to overclock, i use A-Data Vitesta Extreme Edition which was $60
Harddisk : Up to you. If you plan to have alot of files or games, then buy large one like 500GB.
PSU : About 450W($70)


I think this would be a good rig. I just hope you won't be trying to play Crysis on an $800 computer.

[Blu]

I think this would be a good rig. I just hope you won't be trying to play Crysis on an $800 computer.
A 9600gt should be enough to play crysis on low/medium.

But you could get a Gigabyte GA-P35 Mobo for about 100$ cheaper.

damn weird txt crap

[BreakTheChains]

A 9600gt should be enough to play crysis on low/medium.

But you could get a Gigabyte GA-P35 Mobo for about 100$ cheaper.

damn weird txt crap


Yeah low or medium but you have to admit that everyone wants to play it on full. That would be so sick.

[Binary]

A 9600gt should be enough to play crysis on low/medium.

But you could get a Gigabyte GA-P35 Mobo for about 100$ cheaper.

damn weird txt crap
Wow really? If it's true then he could buy Intel C2Q Q9300 or Nvidia 8800GT instead :)

And the 9600GT can play Crysis on high, if you call 27 FPS average ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) is playable lol. It can also play games like UT3 on 100 FPS average ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) with maximum IQ which is really good for a mid-end card.

[gakidou]

cheapest main build, i say get Gigabyte GA-p35-DS3l (less than 90$ CAD)
cpu: e2160 and then overclock it to 2.9 ghz easily on stock cooling and BANG! fast comp!! it's almost as good as an e8400 stock and you save lots of cash

for more info
[Only registered and activated users can see links]

as for vid cards, i'd say wait till more mid-priced multi-core graphics cards are released.