Ben 161 Posted December 5, 2008 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 $1500 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Q_Q Cheesecake 24 Posted December 5, 2008 I can run CSS @ 80 fps constant with everything maxed.My computer was only 500$ o_o Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben 161 Posted December 5, 2008 well im looking to run somthing more than css like l4d or cod4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Contract Killer 24 Posted December 5, 2008 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...639&CatId=6http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...776&CatId=6A few options. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kelso 4 Posted December 5, 2008 I wish my parents would randomly spend $1500 on me. Damn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zachmanman 877 Posted December 5, 2008 could build your own pc with sli gtx 216's for $1500 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
O.G. 93 Posted December 5, 2008 yea definatley have someone post the parts and put it togeather yourself... much cheaper and its beter stuff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starscream Posted December 5, 2008 dude you can build your own desktop gaming rig for that amountmine was 1600$ including a nice widescreen LCD samsung 2ms monitor, includingNvidia GTX 260Q6600 Intel quadcore4GB OC ramABS Tagan 800W gaming PSU,EVGA 780i sli mobo2x 250GB SATA HDs in RAIDand a bunch of other quality itemsall gaming partsyou can easily build a nice computer with that muchi 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 fromid also recommend EVGA parts i have had good experience with them, and you have 3 month step-up upgrade program for their partsi get about 130fps in cs constant, with settings on high and widescreen resHeres 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...N82E16832116488http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827135156http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835186134http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835100007http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822148262http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817814014http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813188024http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820231166http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115018http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811156063http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130372http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824001270 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben 161 Posted December 5, 2008 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 noonEDIT: thanks starscream i think im gonna make one with some of those parts you suggested Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Purple Haze 0 Posted December 5, 2008 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben 161 Posted December 5, 2008 yeah i was just listing those games as like examples Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Contract Killer 24 Posted December 6, 2008 <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 9800GTXIntel G33 MotherboardIntel Quad core Q6600 @2.4ghz500gb SATA harddrive4 gigs memoryVista Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kelso 4 Posted December 6, 2008 Bioshock isn't that graphically intensive of a game... I ran it 60 fps stable, with vsync on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest some fag Posted December 6, 2008 <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 9800GTXIntel G33 MotherboardIntel Quad core Q6600 @2.4ghz500gb SATA harddrive4 gigs memoryVistaYes, 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woogie 0 Posted December 6, 2008 Mine was $300-not including anything other than the computer xDGeForce 8800 GTS4 gigs DDR2500 gig SATA hard driveIntel Dual Core DuoNFORCE 680i SLI Mother Board !!beat that!OwnEDDD xDDDEDIT: oh and vista unlimited! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kelso 4 Posted December 6, 2008 What did you do, buy it off of a sibling? Christ.EDIT: 4,000th post. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woogie 0 Posted December 7, 2008 im a smart shopper!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Øpiate 30 Posted December 7, 2008 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 $569RAM: Corsair XMS3 2048MB Dual Channel PC10600 DDR3 1333MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB) [buy two pair for 4G] $130GPU:Diamond Radeon HD 4870 X2 Video Card - 2GB GDDR5, PCI Express 2.0 x16, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV $490Ultra X3 ULT40064 1000-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, PCI-E Ready, Energy Efficient, Modular $200Buy a case locally or use your old one. Take the rest of the parts (drives, sound card, etc. . ) from your old rig. You don't need those parts to be that high performance in game, and these parts that I listed should have you set for a few years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McLovin 0 Posted December 8, 2008 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chronx @ Dec 5 2008, 05:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>My computer was 800$ 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AnarchyX6942 0 Posted December 8, 2008 Build your own. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noire 17 Posted December 8, 2008 Just spend most of the money on a really good motherboard and processor. The rest you can upgrade later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Succulent 0 Posted December 8, 2008 <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_oI payed $450 and I can play Crysis on high/med at 1280x1024In other words, YO SHIT WEAK $1500 dollars for a factory computer is just fucking balls splitting, urethra snappingly stupid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben 161 Posted December 8, 2008 <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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben 161 Posted December 8, 2008 <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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites