Which Gaming PC?

[tecnowraith]

well I am to starting looking for a new computer and I am looking at getting a gaming PC. But which gaming would good to get for a good price. I want to take the PC to friends for lan parties and was wondering which gaming PC is good for lan parties? I have seen mini PCs and know about about mini towers but which one would be good what I am looking for?

 

[Rl'Halsinor]

Price? What can you afford? Do you have someone who can build one for yoy?

 

[Thanee]

Well, how much do you want to spend?

For gaming you pretty much need a newest generation video card (i.e. GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB or 640MB, which is still the best value and powerful enough, AFAIK).

A good board with a good dual core CPU (quad cores are too expensive still, IMHO, and not really necessary).

2 GB of DDR-2 RAM (667 MHz or 800 MHz).

Two S-ATA HDDs (one for the OS one for the games; or two partitions on one big HDD).

A powerful PSU.

And GOOD cooling (there are very good lightweight midi towers out there).

Bye
Thanee

 

[tecnowraith]

somewhere between $1,000 (or less) to $2,000 price range. I about the specs and a friend is building it for me. Its more about the case for good performance and easy transport to LAN parties.

 

[Rackhir]

somewhere between $1,000 (or less) to $2,000 price range. I about the specs and a friend is building it for me. Its more about the case for good performance and easy transport to LAN parties.

This company specializes in transportable computers and cases. I'd check out their stuff.

http://us.shuttle.com/

 

[jdrakeh]

Buy a Falcon Northwest Fragbox case.