[quote=name:Hug A Zergling]So, If you want a really good computer for, lets say...playing games. What would be the best things to get for it? Like, for graphics, sound, etc.?[/quote] As far as playing games right now, most games are GPU bound, and only take advantage of two cores, really. So, your money is better off going into a higher end video card, rather than a higher end CPU. Also, 2gb is good, 4gb is a bit better, especially if you multitask a lot. As far as everything else goes for computers, most of isn't relevant to game performance. This includes harddrive, monitor, power supply, cd/dvd drive, motherboard, cooling, soundcard, case, etc. As far as sound goes, motherboards come with onboard sound, but it is not the same quality as sound cards. For 95% of people, it's fine, but for people with a more sophisicated taste, it could be a good investment. But then again, you would want speakers to go along with the sound card, which ends up costing more money. For a lot of people, the increase of quality is not worh the money paid for new soundcards and speakers. So yeah, a budget would be nice ;)

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So, If you want a really good computer for, lets say...playing games. What would be the best things to get for it? Like, for graphics, sound, etc.?

As far as playing games right now, most games are GPU bound, and only take advantage of two cores, really. So, your money is better off going into a higher end video card, rather than a higher end CPU. Also, 2gb is good, 4gb is a bit better, especially if you multitask a lot. As far as everything else goes for computers, most of isn't relevant to game performance. This includes harddrive, monitor, power supply, cd/dvd drive, motherboard, cooling, soundcard, case, etc.

As far as sound goes, motherboards come with onboard sound, but it is not the same quality as sound cards. For 95% of people, it's fine, but for people with a more sophisicated taste, it could be a good investment. But then again, you would want speakers to go along with the sound card, which ends up costing more money. For a lot of people, the increase of quality is not worh the money paid for new soundcards and speakers.


So yeah, a budget would be nice

[quote=name:Nintendo_Confed]Yay Intel and Nvidia! Boo AMD and ATI! Nice guide btw but ur missing some stuff :P [size=6](i demand a video card section!)[/size][/quote] Thats not very nice... ATi used to my favourite graphics card brand... then they got bought out by AMD... Same with Alienware. A good company, a larger, shittier company comes along and buys it. Alienware is now gayzored!

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Yay Intel and Nvidia! Boo AMD and ATI! Nice guide btw but ur missing some stuff (i demand a video card section!)

Thats not very nice... ATi used to my favourite graphics card brand... then they got bought out by AMD...
Same with Alienware. A good company, a larger, shittier company comes along and buys it. Alienware is now gayzored!

PSU section done, back in production.

PSU section done, back in production.

If the first post looked clean enough, maybe could be stickied?

If the first post looked clean enough, maybe could be stickied?

I was going to ask for a sticky when its nice and done. I havent color/size coded it yet. Plus it isnt done. XD

I was going to ask for a sticky when its nice and done. I havent color/size coded it yet. Plus it isnt done. XD