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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6401655" data-attributes="member: 8835">That's pretty much on the mark.&nbsp; When people go down the trail of &quot;want to make a gaming machine&quot; and then preface it with &quot;don't have much to spend&quot;, they've pretty much shot the project in the foot if they're really going to make a serious gaming machine.&nbsp; Anything less is &quot;I just want to buy the parts and assemble my own computer&quot;Techno's posted his budget of $1000.He can get a nice computer new for that much.&nbsp; That'd be a good baseline to compare hardware to for a Build vs. Buy comparison.Parts list for a gaming machine would likely be:power supplycasemotherboard2-4 CPU with 2+ cores each16GB Ram or better128GB SSD drive for C: (where the OS goes for faster booting)1TB SATA drive for D: (where the installed apps go) preferably 10K or fasterWindows OS100M/bit NIC (don't bother with GigE, your ISP isn't even 100Mbit).Video CardSound CardDVD Rom driveUSB mouse/keyboardMonitor</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6401655, member: 8835"] That's pretty much on the mark. When people go down the trail of "want to make a gaming machine" and then preface it with "don't have much to spend", they've pretty much shot the project in the foot if they're really going to make a serious gaming machine. Anything less is "I just want to buy the parts and assemble my own computer" Techno's posted his budget of $1000. He can get a nice computer new for that much. That'd be a good baseline to compare hardware to for a Build vs. Buy comparison. Parts list for a gaming machine would likely be: power supply case motherboard 2-4 CPU with 2+ cores each 16GB Ram or better 128GB SSD drive for C: (where the OS goes for faster booting) 1TB SATA drive for D: (where the installed apps go) preferably 10K or faster Windows OS 100M/bit NIC (don't bother with GigE, your ISP isn't even 100Mbit). Video Card Sound Card DVD Rom drive USB mouse/keyboard Monitor [/QUOTE]

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