First Pc Build help
 

Ive been wanting to play crysis for a while. Im a consol guy and have been all my life. I see that pc's are cheap these days and was wondering if I should buy one from Best buy or build it myself. I dont care for blue ray player.

what parts would I need to play this crysis game full settings? and how much am I looking at $?

Crysis eh?

I'd say $1500ish for parts at least to run it at full settings

Just for the tower.....still might not be enough.

Yeah, I just priced out a tower build using i7 920, 6GB, X58 motherboard, 1TB, 1 DVD burner, 700W OCZ PSU and 2x 4890XXX CFed and it came out to be ~$1600 before taxes. This should be able to run it at 1680x1050 with 4xAA and have no problem, but it's going to be a noisy monster.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...ossFire/6.html

And by the way, please don't buy a computer from Best Buy. Go get NCIX to assemble one for you.

Mabe look at Dell
http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/topi...mn4Y8deKrue.iw

what resolution are you planning to play at? Are you going to be playing Crysis with AA + AF? How long are you going to keep the PC for?

If you are going to be playing anywhere near the HD resolution with 35+ FPS you are probably looking at spending $1400+ just for the rig itself.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/sapphi...aporx-review/8
http://www.guru3d.com/article/sapphi...porx-review/13

Uh... no. To get to my specified rig above, it'll cost $2000+.

motherboard: Gigabyte EP43-UD3L $95.5
CPU: Intel e5200 o/c @ 4ghz - $80
Ram: 2gb - $33
HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB $59
DVD: Samsung DVD writer $23.5
Video card: GTX 275 $260
LCD: ASUS VH222H 1920x1080 $195
Case: Cheap Logisys case with 480w PSU: $45

Keyboard/mouse:/speakers ??

Total: $791 + tax

^2GB ram isnt gonna get you far

And that's not going to run Crysis at full with 4xAA/AF at 1680x1050.

The man needs at least an i7 processor with 6 gigs of ram. I don't mind the graphics card choice but don't cheap out on the mobo/case/psu. If you are going to build a gaming machine then invest the money in it; just don't build a half ass one then scratching your head and wondering why the visuals looks so crappy and game is lagging.

fine, another $100 on the o/ced GTX 285
and some ram...still under $1000

^game won't lag, just long load times.

bestbuy lied to you. you don't need an i7+6gb ram to play nice games.

OP's talking about running it at FULL at HIGH resolution. For me, that means everything turned up plus at least 4xAA/AF, and something like 1680x1050 or higher. And if we're talking Crysis, judging by the benchies done by test sites - one of which I linked up there, you need a fairly robust system if a i7 965 + 6GB + GTX 295 1792MB is cranking out an average of only 50fps.

Plus, if he wants to be playing games and not bother upgrading for a while, there's nothing to do but to go to the top.

didn't we disagree about something a while back too, roastpuff?

the gtx295 is cranking out 40 fps. the i7 and the 6gb ram is doing the other 10.

edit: as long as the cpu isn't bottle necking the gpu, which in crysis, it won't be. run crysis through a register; it's the hummers of games.

the OP probably has no idea what it is going to cost...

spending over $1g on a PC just to play games is silly imo...well, whatever floats in your mind.

I think it was that Phenom X3 thing? Something like that.

Well, I at least want a better CPU in place than a e5200 that's been O/Ced. i7 may not be necessary, but it sure helps for smooth gameplay when combined with a monster videocard! :haha:

I dont' think you can ever play crysis at maxed out quality even if you willing to dig out $2000.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/g...v1.21,757.html

a CF 4870 x2 or GTX280 will only give you 20fps at 1600 x 1050. I think you can go up to 1900 x 1200 which will make the fps even worse. (These are for parts 6 months ago, not sure how much things have improved during these 6 months)

Btw, Crysis at 1600 x 1050 + maxout quality on PC will have much better graphic than on console.

I'd say do it if you plan on keeping this comp awhile and plan on gaming alot on it.

Like I said before the total to run this game smoothly is easily $1500+. I don't know about you but even spending $1000 just to play one game seems a little ludicrous. That game is the benchmark game for PC.

Like others have said, get something worthwhile so you don't have to keep upgrading as soon as new software/games come out.

Computers are cheaper nowadays, but definately NOT cheap. It's cheap to buy a comp to check email and surf the internet. Far from cheap for video editting or gaming comps.

never pay over $1500 for a computer..cause those top of the line products will drop so quickly...but at the same time if you plan on gaming on it a keeping it for a while...dont pay below $1000 either or it'll just become obsolete in 2 years.

In a nutshell, don't cheap out but don't go for overkill products

i beg to differ
I know this is subjective, but $1000 can get you a fairly high end gaming PC nowaday.
$700 can get you a PC that will play most games out there in high setting.