whats a good budget for a gaming pc ?

[Gadzookie]

1000 ? 1500 ?

i want to build a pc that will last me as long as possiable for gaming whats a good budget ?

monitor keyboard speakers included

no OS Needed

 

[biostud]

1500-2500 with monitor.

depends on what monitor you want.

 

[Gadzookie]

im not a super hardcore gamer and i kinda want to stick with CRT monitors i hate LCD my old LCD had a dead pixel on it and my eye always focused on it all the time it drove me nuts playing halflife

plus crts are cheap

 

[mezrah]

I would shoot for $1500 for a solid machine. You can do it with less, but there will be compromises

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: mezrah
I would shoot for $1500 for a solid machine. You can do it with less, but there will be compromises

yup

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

$5000 is a GOOD budget , but if you want the best price/performace ratio I'd say somewhere in the range of $1500 to $2000, and depending on whether or not you're including a monitor, and what type, and likewise for the video card.

 

[Mickey21]

Spend what you can safely afford... You can always upgrade later... Gaming systems is all subjective anyways, I have seen people make $500 "gaming systems" and I have made $5000+ gaming systems for myself, somewhere in the middle will surely do anyone fine...

 

[CraKaJaX]

how rich are your parents?

 

[Gadzookie]

lol im 25 my parents dont give me money

i kinda want to build a whole gaming ocmputer for 1000 but its kinda hard to so i think i will have to spend 1500 i really want a good gaming experience along with a system that will last me for a long time

i want to play fear and quake 4 also ! and maybe unreal 2007 but that is way too far off to build a system for it :-(

 

[Mickey21]

"Good gaming experience" and "last for a long time" do not go hand in hand... Gaming always pushes the envelope. Just do your research on your choices and buy as much as you can comfortably afford...

 

[jdavisomaha]

You can stretch your budget a bit if you buy a piece at a time, and if you have components from older computers that you can re-use like monitors....

For example....buy a case and PSU that you like.

Month later, buy a hard drive

Month later, buy a motherboard and ram

Month later, buy a CPU

Then buy a video card that you WANT.

If you're patient you can just buy it gradually.

 

[Gadzookie]

i kinda want to get a 7800 gt but i think it will be way overkill for me ! i do not play games on super hardcore resoultion i stay at 1024x768

i think i can have a good gaming experince in the resoultion ?

my friend has a 6800 ultra and i play WoW over his house sometimes and his monitor sucks so he is stuck at 1024x768 but the game looks good as hell to me !

but the 6800 ultra will for a good 3 years right ?

 

[biostud]

http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2535&p=8
something along those lines
replace the monitor with the CRT you want.

 

[Jimmah]

Originally posted by: Gadzookie
i kinda want to get a 7800 gt but i think it will be way overkill for me ! i do not play games on super hardcore resoultion i stay at 1024x768

i think i can have a good gaming experince in the resoultion ?

my friend has a 6800 ultra and i play WoW over his house sometimes and his monitor sucks so he is stuck at 1024x768 but the game looks good as hell to me !

but the 6800 ultra will for a good 3 years right ?

K, I'm still pimping a 9800 Pro and it does everything i want + more with the games I play. Probably would do well with HL2 and is nice with D3, but its all my perspective (I play it all on a 25ms Benq LCD too, still don't know what ghosting is either).

Don't ignore buying used bud, but like jdavisomaha said do it in spteps and you will save a bunch of money. Look for sales and the like too.

 

[Pythias]

Originally posted by: Gadzookie
i kinda want to get a 7800 gt but i think it will be way overkill for me ! i do not play games on super hardcore resoultion i stay at 1024x768

i think i can have a good gaming experince in the resoultion ?

my friend has a 6800 ultra and i play WoW over his house sometimes and his monitor sucks so he is stuck at 1024x768 but the game looks good as hell to me !

but the 6800 ultra will for a good 3 years right ?

the 7800gt runs about the same price as the 6800 ultra and performs better, though if you're just interested in 1024x768 a vanilla 6800 should be fine.