Suggestions for a new PC?

[Thatguy05]

Well guys its been 8 years and ive had the same machine but quite frankly im not able to try out any of these newly released games! So i am looking for suggestions on where to purchase a gaming pc capable of playing SWTOR and possibly Dota2 when released.

Ive been searching newegg pretty frequent, but it seems the ones with most positive feedback are out of stock for the past month. Any suggestions !?

My budget is around 800$

[Klendathu]

I am sure there are plenty. A couple of qualifying questions first:

1) Are you doing this on a budget? What's your top dollar? Not that you need to spend all of your allotment, but I won't waste time suggesting a $1100 system when you only have $700.

2) Are you trying to keep any of your current components? Probably not, if it's 8 years old, but some people are just in love with their case and would rather just swap out parts in it. Or they sprung for a very large LCD a LOOONG time ago and its still holding up.

3) Are you opposed to assembling components together, or are looking to plug it in, fire it up, and play?

[Thatguy05]

Thanks for responding ! I am looking to spend around 700-900$, hoping that would be enough to run my games at a solid performance.

Im am not gonna try to save parts off an 8 yearold pc ( Its a dell XPS to be precise ) id probably end up giving it to my cousin or perhaps keeping it for spare useage.

I am basically looking for a plug in, fire it up and play yes =P

[falkun]

<del>www.reddit.com/r/buildapc. Better advice there than anything you'll get here.

As far as some build guides, I recommend these as baselines:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i5-fx-6100-overclock-benchmark,3099.html
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/buyers-guide/2011/09/01/pc-hardware-buyer-s-guide-september-2011/1

If you are in school, I recommend looking into your school's enrollment in MSDNAA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSDN_Academic_Alliance):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/dd861349

Good luck!</del>

Nvm, you want something plug-n-play. IDK, Dell or Cyberpower for desktops I guess.

[Hovis]

where are you located? i can build you a $1,000 machine dell would sell you for around $400

[Knuckle]

where are you located? i can build you a $1,000 machine dell would sell you for around $400

LOL

[El Culo]

$400 would make a fat 486 dogs

[Thatguy05]

Thanls falkun, gonna probably scope out a cyberpower.

[The Revanchist]

where are you located? i can build you a $1,000 machine dell would sell you for around $400

read: i can sell you a video card with a power supply attached

[Klendathu]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227383

and

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236130

Bang for your buck, this looks good.

HP/Dell/<large chain> all have something in your price range as well. I just browsed and put together an Alienware X51 in about 5 minutes for $900 (i5, 8GB RAM, DVDRW, 1TB HDD, 1GB GeForce GT 545) No monitor, but you could either use what you have or get that ASUS I linked above for <$100. A bit outside of your price range, but Alienware isn't bad. Happy hunting, and please let us know what you get!

[Hasbinbad]

get this and buy a video card (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Gateway+-+Desktop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i5+Processor+/+8GB+Memory+/+1TB+Hard+Drive/3155928.p?id=1218380518359&skuId=3155928&st=gateway%20dx4860&cp=1&lp=3)

[The Revanchist]

hasbinbad that comps processors suck dick

[The Revanchist]

got a computer for 450 that was a quad 3.5ghz and 8 gb ram at walmart

[Hasbinbad]

Yes, obviously spend more money on a faster processor, because processors are totally the bottleneck in gaming performance.

[The Revanchist]

In MMO's? Yes, they are.

also i slapped a gtx 550 in that bitch which probably brings me up to about 600

[Hasbinbad]

any given i5 will give you the performance you need from a processor for several years.. get the cheapest box you can that will support a good video card.

[Hasbinbad]

In MMO's? Yes, they are.

also i slapped a gtx 550 in that bitch which probably brings me up to about 600
lol k

[The Revanchist]

whats the PSU wattage in that sucker btw, cant find it

[The Revanchist]

average comp at that price range has about 250-300 watt psu which definitely does not work for a mid range card

[Mardur]

The problem with buying gateways etc is that the motherboards are generally cheap bullshit because your average consumer doesn't care or know the difference between a $20 and a $200 mobo. So if you're going to buy a prebuilt desktop and end up swapping out the mobo, graphics card, and PSU you might as well just build from scratch (which has several other advantages).

Note: I didn't actually look at what mobo is in that, but just sayin' as a general rule.