Official "I want to build a New PC!" Thread

[SuperBowlNachos]

Quote: Originally Posted by choadler

First of all, check out Newegg or Amazon for your computer parts purchases. Good prices and relatively quick turnaround. Personally if I was going to be doing a mid range build like yourself. I would do the following: Intel i5-2500k processor 560 ti graphics card 8 gb ram. Here is a sample build: http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/Sh...mit=ChangeItem You can search around for better sales on like items, but you get the general idea. This will run everything at max. You can probably spend another $100 and go up to a 570 or something on the graphics card and really be kicking butt.

You linked to your shopping cart.

Pretty much what I had though minus the unlocked version of the CPU(the "K").

[TheShizNo1]

How do you guys decide what games to buy on PC versus console?

[SuperBowlNachos]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheShizNo1

How do you guys decide what games to buy on PC versus console?

I buy sports games and games I know I can play with friends on the Xbox.

For PC I don't think I've ever bought a game brand new. I currently have Bioshock, Bioshock 2, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Mass Effect, Dead Space, and Dead Space 2. The most I paid for any of them was $15. Some in store. Most of them through Steam. All of these games are pretty much 1 person.

[TheShizNo1]

Quote: Originally Posted by olliethebum85

I buy sports games and games I know I can play with friends on the Xbox. For PC I don't think I've ever bought a game brand new. I currently have Bioshock, Bioshock 2, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Mass Effect, Dead Space, and Dead Space 2. The most I paid for any of them was $15. Some in store. Most of them through Steam. All of these games are pretty much 1 person.

I see the benefits of sports games on the PC. What are the benefits of those games you listed versus a console?

[Flightwhite24]

What I would do to have the "Knowledge" to build my own rig. With the new Diablo coming out shortly I would love to have a new system.

[SuperBowlNachos]

I am the opposite. I would never want to play a sports game with a mouse and keyboard.

For me it's the keyboard. Bioshock for example. You have 5+ weapons, plus 5+ Plasmids that you have to switch through constantly. On the PC you can press the function keys to get to a specific Plasmid, then a number key to change to a specific gun. All on the fly. On the console you have to press a button then scroll through or use the joystick to point to a weapon. On the PC your right hand controls your view, then two buttons. Your left hand has access to a bunch more keys then you would have buttons on a controller.

[WTF]

ollie, brother, you're misled man. I use my 360 controller (wireless) on the PC for my sports games. So you get the best of both worlds. If you're an online man, 2k12 is best played on a console though. Online is atrocious on PC.

[TheShizNo1]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTF

ollie, brother, you're misled man. I use my 360 controller (wireless) on the PC for my sports games. So you get the best of both worlds. If you're an online man, 2k12 is best played on a console though. Online is atrocious on PC.

Most the PC stuff I read say use the wired 360 controller