need some advise...

[Ben 161]

my parents just told me that for my birthday/hanukah they will buy me a new computer because right now my computer is doing pretty bad.. like so bad i cant even run css on the lowest settings. so yeah im not too sure what computer i want to get. im looking for one at around $1500.

please post links of computers around $1500

[Q_Q Cheesecake 24]

I can run CSS @ 80 fps constant with everything maxed.

My computer was only 500$

o_o

[Ben 161]

well im looking to run somthing more than css like l4d or cod4

[Contract Killer 24]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...639&CatId=6

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...776&CatId=6

A few options.

[Kelso 4]

I wish my parents would randomly spend $1500 on me. Damn.

[Zachmanman 877]

could build your own pc with sli gtx 216's for $1500

[O.G. 93]

yea definatley have someone post the parts and put it togeather yourself... much cheaper and its beter stuff

[Guest starscream]

dude you can build your own desktop gaming rig for that amount

mine was 1600$ including a nice widescreen LCD samsung 2ms monitor, including

Nvidia GTX 260

Q6600 Intel quadcore

4GB OC ram

ABS Tagan 800W gaming PSU,

EVGA 780i sli mobo

2x 250GB SATA HDs in RAID

and a bunch of other quality items

all gaming parts

you can easily build a nice computer with that much

i got all my parts from newegg, you can usually find useful bundledeals too that save you alot of money, and shipping free deals, etc, and they are a good company to buy from

id also recommend EVGA parts i have had good experience with them, and you have 3 month step-up upgrade program for their parts

i get about 130fps in cs constant, with settings on high and widescreen res

Heres my full invoice, alot of the shit has prob gone down in price, if some of the links are broken or the items are deactivated im sure comparable ones are around:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16832116488

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827135156

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835186134

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835100007

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822148262

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817814014

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813188024

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820231166

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115018

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811156063

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130372

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824001270

[Ben 161]

thanks all of you sorry i didnt respond earlier but i had homework and now i have school to go to thx i will reply more thoroughly this after noon

EDIT: thanks starscream i think im gonna make one with some of those parts you suggested

[Purple Haze 0]

My computer was 800$ and i run css constant 170-200 constant and 22in widescreen all high. U dont need to spend 1500 if ur only running L4D,css. Now if u were running some new intense games crysis,bioshock, then u need a 2k pc.

[Ben 161]

yeah i was just listing those games as like examples

[Contract Killer 24]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chronx @ Dec 5 2008, 03:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

My computer was 800$ and i run css constant 170-200 constant and 22in widescreen all high. U dont need to spend 1500 if ur only running L4D,css. Now if u were running some new intense games crysis,bioshock, then u need a 2k pc.

I guarantee you don;t have the filters on or all the way up.

Oh, and I can play Crysis pretty well with high settings at 1680x1050 res, I turned a factory comp bought for 1k with just the tower when the economy was good, now the comp is 500.

Specs:

XFX 9800GTX

Intel G33 Motherboard

Intel Quad core Q6600 @2.4ghz

500gb SATA harddrive

4 gigs memory

Vista

[Kelso 4]

Bioshock isn't that graphically intensive of a game... I ran it 60 fps stable, with vsync on.

[Guest some fag]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Contract_Killer @ Dec 5 2008, 07:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I guarantee you don;t have the filters on or all the way up.

Oh, and I can play Crysis pretty well with high settings at 1680x1050 res, I turned a factory comp bought for 1k with just the tower when the economy was good, now the comp is 500.

Specs:

XFX 9800GTX

Intel G33 Motherboard

Intel Quad core Q6600 @2.4ghz

500gb SATA harddrive

4 gigs memory

Vista

Yes, actually, he does. Me and Chronx have very similar computers, and I can run CS:S at 1680x1050 with everything on max settings, including filters and all that shit, and I get similar frame rates.

[Woogie 0]

Mine was $300

-not including anything other than the computer xD

GeForce 8800 GTS

4 gigs DDR2

500 gig SATA hard drive

Intel Dual Core Duo

NFORCE 680i SLI Mother Board !!

beat that!

OwnEDDD xDDD

EDIT: oh and vista unlimited!

[Kelso 4]

What did you do, buy it off of a sibling? Christ.

EDIT: 4,000th post.

[Woogie 0]

im a smart shopper!!!

[Øpiate 30]

Noobs, all of you. Want you want is this:

Mobo & CPU combo:

Intel DX58SO Socket LGA1366 Motherboard CPU Bundle - Intel Core i7 920 Quad Core, 2.66GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, Hyperthreading, Processor $569

RAM:

Corsair XMS3 2048MB Dual Channel PC10600 DDR3 1333MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB) [buy two pair for 4G] $130

GPU:

Diamond Radeon HD 4870 X2 Video Card - 2GB GDDR5, PCI Express 2.0 x16, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV $490

Ultra X3 ULT40064 1000-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready, Energy Efficient, Modular $200

Buy a case locally or use your old one. Take the rest of the parts (drives, sound card, etc. . ) from your old rig. You don't need those parts to be that high performance in game, and these parts that I listed should have you set for a few years.

[McLovin 0]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chronx @ Dec 5 2008, 05:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

My computer was 800$ and i run css constant 170-200 constant and 22in widescreen all high. U dont need to spend 1500 if ur only running L4D,css. Now if u were running some new intense games crysis,bioshock, then u need a 2k pc.

Lol you don't need a 2k PC to run Crysis. Hell with a 1.5k PC you'll most likely be able to run Fallout 3 pretty well and THAT is graphic intensive.

[AnarchyX6942 0]

Build your own.

[Noire 17]

Just spend most of the money on a really good motherboard and processor. The rest you can upgrade later

[Succulent 0]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Q_Q (CHEESECAKE) @ Dec 4 2008, 09:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I can run CSS @ 80 fps constant with everything maxed.

My computer was only 500$

o_o

I payed $450 and I can play Crysis on high/med at 1280x1024

In other words, YO SHIT WEAK

$1500 dollars for a factory computer is just fucking balls splitting, urethra snappingly stupid.

[Ben 161]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Succulent Meats @ Dec 8 2008, 05:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

$1500 dollars for a factory computer is just ing balls splitting, urethra snappingly stupid.

ouch yeah i talked to my dad and we decided that ima gonna buy parts and we're gonna make it.

[Ben 161]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Succulent Meats @ Dec 8 2008, 05:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

$1500 dollars for a factory computer is just ing balls splitting, urethra snappingly stupid.

ouch yeah i talked to my dad and we decided that ima gonna buy parts and we're gonna make it.

EDIT: oops i don't know why it posted it twice.