tomshardware is a good website to try. They put out articles every month on best cpu and graphics cards for your money every month. Also they’re more informed on the subject and can answer any questions about building PCs.
Edit: Okay, so that was mean. You must have a computer already, you don’t need a new case. Don’t get a microATX motherboard. Don’t so stingy with the budget either.
Get:
new mobo
new CPU (get an i5 at the very least)
new RAM (get ddr3-1600 and 8 gigs worth imo)
Recycle (assuming you have them and they are in good working condition):
Old case
Old HDD
Old DVD
Old wireless
Old Graphics Card maybe (what do you have now?)
Don’t settle for medium settings, that just hurts you in the long run. If you are upgrading your computer, upgrade to play high settings on new games, so that (in theory) you will be upgrading less often.
[quote]Makavali wrote:
That setup is so pathetic it hurts me.
Edit: Okay, so that was mean. You must have a computer already, you don’t need a new case. Don’t get a microATX motherboard. Don’t so stingy with the budget either.
Get:
new mobo
new CPU (get an i5 at the very least)
new RAM (get ddr3-1600 and 8 gigs worth imo)
Recycle (assuming you have them and they are in good working condition):
Old case
Old HDD
Old DVD
Old wireless
Old Graphics Card maybe (what do you have now?)
Don’t settle for medium settings, that just hurts you in the long run. If you are upgrading your computer, upgrade to play high settings on new games, so that (in theory) you will be upgrading less often.[/quote]
hahaha. Im being stingy cause i dont see the point in spending 600+ to play 1 game. Im buying a completely new comp, reason why i need everything dude, minus monitor,keyboard,mouse. As long as said build will run d3 medium i dont care haha.
What MB should i go for?
If d3s reccomended is 2.4 n i go 2.7 why would i need to go i5? (srs question)
[quote]Makavali wrote:
That setup is so pathetic it hurts me.
Edit: Okay, so that was mean. You must have a computer already, you don’t need a new case. Don’t get a microATX motherboard. Don’t so stingy with the budget either.
Get:
new mobo
new CPU (get an i5 at the very least)
new RAM (get ddr3-1600 and 8 gigs worth imo)
Recycle (assuming you have them and they are in good working condition):
Old case
Old HDD
Old DVD
Old wireless
Old Graphics Card maybe (what do you have now?)
Don’t settle for medium settings, that just hurts you in the long run. If you are upgrading your computer, upgrade to play high settings on new games, so that (in theory) you will be upgrading less often.[/quote]
hahaha. Im being stingy cause i dont see the point in spending 600+ to play 1 game. Im buying a completely new comp, reason why i need everything dude, minus monitor,keyboard,mouse. As long as said build will run d3 medium i dont care haha.
What MB should i go for?
If d3s reccomended is 2.4 n i go 2.7 why would i need to go i5? (srs question)
You don’t need more than 4gb for games atm. I see a lot of guys getting 8 or 16 gigs for gaming. It’s a waste of money. You might start needing 6 gb to 8 gb, but that’s not for another few years I think. Depends on the new consoles that come out since games are now primarily made for consoles anyways.
Diablo 3 is probably going to be a terrible game. The real money auction house looks awful. Blizzard gets 15% of your money on each transaction and to get your money back they charge 15% and there may be more fees later on. It’s going to encourage a lot of Chinese farmers and people who control the auction house. Gold auction house will be worthless because anyone can just buy all the good items with gold and then put them on the real money auction house.
[quote]Grimlorn wrote:
You don’t need more than 4gb for games [/quote]
This x1000
Also You seem to be missing a power supply.[/quote]
Have to assume his case includes a PSU. And while you don’t need more than 4gb of RAM for games, you need more if you are going to end up with things other than the game running.
Also, if you only want 4gb of RAM, don’t get 64-bit Windows, that’s a waste of money.
You should get an i5 at least, cpus last for a loooooong time so its better to invest. Right now nothing really takes advantage of an i7 in gaming, so a good i5 will take you a long way. A good PSU is also good because it can last you forever (say a 750 watt). I also suggest you get a board with Crossfire or SLI (technologies that allow you to install 2 graphics cards) because it adds allot of future potential. Diablo3 doesn’t have the most intense requirements thanks to blizzards awesome game design.