gaming PC for specific games

[mithcol]

Hey Im looking to buy a gaming PC just for playing Guild Wars 2 and Diablo 3.

D3 Recommended System requirements;
Windows® Vista/7 (latest service packs)
Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 5600+ 2.8 GHz
2 GB RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce® 260 or ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 or better

Guild wars 2 Speculated system requirements(no official requirements yet);
Pentium Dual Core
AMD Athlon 64 X2
2 GB RAM
GeForce 7600, Radeon HD 2600
Hard Drive 15GB
DirectX 9.0c


I would like to run both games on maximum settings and Im willing to spend up to $1200 on it. Im not very good with computer so I think Ill order all the parts suggested here and have someone put it together for me, or if you guys could provide me with a guide on how to do it myself I would definitely give it a go.

Would prefer to start building it in the next few weeks to play current games and willing to spend up to an additional $500 on a monitor and $100 on speakers.

 

[MineIQ1701]

No, don't use those parts, you can a computer 10 times better for only 1000$, the "suggested" requirements always end up being around 30 fps at low settings

 

[SuperDuperMe]

No, don't use those parts, you can a computer 10 times better for only 1000$, the "suggested" requirements always end up being around 30 fps at low settings

Theyre recommended specs or required specs for the game. Not what the OP was considering.

 

[Gary1]

This thread seams to be everywhere. Here is the directions to build it yourself. Skip the parts as this is a older article.

CPU and MOBO

GPU

That leaves about $350 for a case, RAM, PSU, Hard Drive, CD ROM.

 

[SuperDuperMe]

I wouldnt get a 7950 on your budget, Also do you need monitor, mouse, keyboard etc.

^^^i would presume he would also need OS, so 250 isnt enough for case, hdd, ram etc.

I would go for a gtx 560 ti or a hd 6970 on your budget.

EDIT: Just saw your buying a monitor separately.

 

[Gary1]

Good point. I think since I have them lying around eveyone else does too lol. The GTX 560 is a good card too.

Here is a different MOBO with the same CPU same price but has a $20 mail in rebate that will take about 6-9 months to get back to you.