pLeAsE hElP Me BuIlD mY gAmInG CoMPuTeR?

striker

New Member
These are the recommended and minimum to be able to run Oblivion. I Want to build a gamming comp. that can run this game smoothly. So my question is can you help me by telling me everything I need to be able to run this game nice and smooth. I mean eveything that take to build a computer, the CASE, the POWER SUPPLY, the CPU, the COOLING FANS, the MOTHERBOARD, the MEMORY, the VIDEO CARD, the LCD MONITOR, the HARD DRIVE, the OPTICAL DRIVE, the SOUND, and any thing else that can help me now btter what I should buy to build a pretty good gamming computer. And the price range is up to $1000,oo. I wil vary much aprriciate it. Let the challenge begin.:cool:

THE RECOMMENDED::cool:

3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor 1 GB System RAM ATI X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card

THE Minimum System Requirements::rolleyes:

Windows XP 512MB System RAM 2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor 128MB Direct3D compatible video card and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver 8x DVD-ROM drive 4.6 GB free hard disk space DirectX 9.0c (included) DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card Keyboard, Mouse

Supported Video Card Chipsets::confused:


ATI X1900 series

ATI X1800 series

ATI X1600 series

ATI X1300 series

ATI X850 series

ATI x800 series

ATI x700 series

ATI x600 series

ATI Radeon 9800 series

ATI Radeon 9700 series

ATI Radeon 9600 series

ATI Radeon 9500 series

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series

NVIDIA GeForce FX series
 

Skizzor

New Member
Wow everytime I come on here I always see a new thread made by you involving building your computer.

Go with a AMD Athlon 64 series, better for gaming.
Or if you want multi-tasking get Intel.
Remember that the scales are different so dont think intel is better.
Get a least over a 100$ mobo, but make sure its the right socket for your CPU.
I say 2gb ram, and at least a 120GB 7,200RPM h/d.
Also get a nivida 7800GT.
Also make sure you have a good power case, for example a 500W
 

m3incorp

New Member
I will have to say that you should read through the forums. There are many answers to your questions and all are right in their own way. ONLY you can decide based on budget, what you really need/want. I wouldn't build a computer based on ONE game. Now if you mean gaming in general, again do a little researching and reading. There are a lot of great recommendations, surely something will fit what you want.

BTW, Your Caps/Lower Case Subject line may cause some people to just skip on by, if you know what I mean. If you are 6 years or younger, then it is fine.
 

striker

New Member
m3incorp said:
I will have to say that you should read through the forums. There are many answers to your questions and all are right in their own way. ONLY you can decide based on budget, what you really need/want. I wouldn't build a computer based on ONE game. Now if you mean gaming in general, again do a little researching and reading. There are a lot of great recommendations, surely something will fit what you want.

I pick Oblivion b/c that game is vary dammanding, so If I can build a comp that can handale that game. Then it can handle any other game.
 

LithiumSunset

New Member
Well, oblivion is a demanding game and you need graphics horsepower to run it. One thing that is nice about it too is, it's written for dual core. I have no idea what your budget is so, i'll do my best for you. I'll throw some parts for an Intel machine first, one that I use to play oblivion on and it rocks. Then, i'll give you the specs for my AMD Opteron machine.

In the gaming world and to be honest, it really doesn't matter what processor you use. Yes, you'll get less framerates using Intels in some games but, as long as you have a good graphics platform, it really doesn't matter. If I could show you oblivion on my two primary gamers here, you won't see a difference at all.

Here goes, Intel first:

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131534

Processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116238

Graphics:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150139

Newegg is currently out of stock on this graphics card. Zipzoomfly is also. Not sure who has it currently if anybody.

Power supply:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103932

I use this unit in both of my primary machines.

Memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146567

I overclock so, I use higher speed memory and happen to like micron ICs. They overclock nicely.

Processor Cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118115

Anyway, you get the picture. This machine plays and does anything I throw at it with ease.


Here's my AMD system that I also game on.

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136166

This board is a great enthusiast board. The overclocking features are endless.

Processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103588

The Opteron series use a larger cache and tend to overclock better than their X2 counterparts.

Graphics:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150139

Same power supply as my Intel machine.

Memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820148009

Again, micron ICs and overclocking headroom.

Processor Cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118223


I have dual monitors on each machine. All of them are Samsung 19 inch 930b. I caught them on sale when Samsung phased them out so I bought em up.

Anyway, either of these two machines will do a nice job for you. The AMD machine is cheaper to build and would fit your budget a little better if that's an issue.
 

striker

New Member
LithiumSunset if you had two pick wich one is better what will you pick? Also what kind of case should I get, and what kind of hard drive and optical drive do you have for both you computers. And what kind of power supply are you using for you AMD. Thank you for the links. That really helps.
 
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LithiumSunset

New Member
striker said:
LithiumSunset if you had two pick wich one is better what will you pick? Also what kind of case should I get, and what kind of hard drive and optical drive do you have for both you computers. And what kind of power supply are you using for you AMD. Thank you for the links. That really helps.

Well, in all reality, it's brand loyalty really. They both do very well and handle anything I throw their way. I kinda play with the AMD machine more I guess and it's cheaper so, the AMD is probably more along the lines of performance/budget.

I use the same power supply in both machines.

I have three Chieftec Dragon cases left and I will continue to use the ones i've got.

http://www.chieftec.com/products/Workcolor/Dragon.htm
http://www.directron.com/dragon3.html

I also have one of these which I really like and will probably use from now on though.

http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/Products.aspx?pid=1083

As far as drives go, I normally use Western Digital Raptor for programs and performance. Then I use Seagates for storage.

I use Lite-On DVD burners in both machines.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106256

and I use Lite-On DVD ROMs for movies while playing games or working.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106028

Here's a pic of my AMD machine setup.
http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f16/Luminaris/Setup/?action=view&current=CurrentSetup1.jpg
 

Geoff

VIP Member
striker said:
Is that all the hardware I need to build a computer?
Im not sure what post your referring to, but you need this hardware for a gaming pc:

CPU
Motherboard
Video Card
Hard Drive
Memory (RAM)
Optical Drive
Power Supply
Case
Cooling fans
 

Lax

VIP Member
From now on use this thread and this thread along to discuss your computer and future builds. Any other threads created will be deleted.
 

jimmymac

VIP Member
striker....maybe you could post what your current system choices are copy and paste the follwing and pop in what your decision is now filling in for each

CPU -

Motherboard -

Memory -

PSU -

Hard drive -

Video card -

Optical drive -

Case -

and from there people can give you some input on what they think of each part and what you could change.

I understand that your looking for gaming and oblivion seems to be a game of choice. What is your budget for the system?
 

striker

New Member
Can this play oblivion snoothly? And any other suggestions? I'm also trying to lower the price, so if you can tell me of anthing else that can run Oblivion smooth, but if it is cheaper than what I have now can you please give me a link to that item. Here are the Oblivion recomadations?

RECOMMENDED:

3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor 1 GB System RAM ATI X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card

Minimum System Requirements:

Windows XP 512MB System RAM 2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor 128MB Direct3D compatible video card and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver 8x DVD-ROM drive 4.6 GB free hard disk space DirectX 9.0c (included) DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card Keyboard, Mouse

Here is what I got so far.

AMD COMPUTER.

Motherboard
1) DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard $179.99

Processor
2) AMD Opteron 165 Denmark 1GHz HT 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor $325.00

Video Card
3) XFX PV-T71G-UDE7 GeForce 7900 GT EXTREME (520MHz) 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card $315.00

Memory
4) Crucial Technology Ballistix 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 500 (PC 4000) Dual Channel Kit System Memory $125.00

Fan
5) ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro Cooling Fan with Heatsink $33.99

Power Supply
6) Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V ATX12V 550W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, TUV, CB, FCC CLASS B, CUL $93.99

Hard Drive
7) Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive – OEM $71.00

Optical Drive
8) SONY Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI/E-IDE 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write – OEM $37.99

Total: $1181.96

Also what is a good case to get for this?
 
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Geoff

VIP Member
Just to let you know, your motherboard doesnt natively support the Opteron series CPU's.

If you want that motherboard, you need to check and see if there is a BIOS available that supports Opterons.
 

jimmymac

VIP Member
possibly change cpu to an althlon x2 4200 @$355

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103547

should be plenty for your needs although if you want to reduce the price a bit i would possibly suggest going single core Althlon 64 (3800+ or something) I say that because i gather gaming is what you want and not much else so you might not take full benefit of a dual core CPU


memory needs to be DDR400 and DDR500 isnt supported so try

Crucial Technology Ballistix 1GB (2 x 512MB) @$95

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820148007



Just my thoughts, am sure others here will know better than I
 

striker

New Member
Can some of you just tell me all the types of hardware that I need to run a AMD comuter that can handle Oblivion 's RECOMMENDED Requirements that is in a price range of a $1,000.oo. Please.

RECOMMENDED:

3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor 1 GB System RAM ATI X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card

Minimum System Requirements:

Windows XP 512MB System RAM 2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor 128MB Direct3D compatible video card and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver 8x DVD-ROM drive 4.6 GB free hard disk space DirectX 9.0c (included) DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card Keyboard, Mouse

If you do this than I don't need to keep asking dumb questions all the time.
 
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