In need of gaming computer
I have a laptop but it doesn't have a minimum required video processor. And from what I understand, videogames make laptops slower. So I've decided to save up to buy a gaming desktop. I don't have a lot of money, but the only thing this desktop needs is space for games and basic internet for Steam verification. I'm specifically looking to play TESV: Skyrim. What are good and reliable gaming computers that can run skyrim, while still being not to expensive? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Hello!
I would personally recommend you making your own rig! For under 600 you can make a very high quality IF you know where to look. My best buy store has very few desktops and those even the specs are not that great. So either go into the store to see a great selection including open box items or make your own!
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I'm looking into getting a new computer to play newer games. Mine is just so old and out of date, I need to upgrade the entire thing to get a new video card.
Just need one that can run games well and not have to be upgraded for a while.
Seems like every game that comes out needs a better and better card. -.-
Not sure which processor and video card combination would be best.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/CyberPowerPC+-+Gamer+Xtreme+Desktop+-+8GB+Memory+-+1TB+Hard+Drive/689800...
This is the kind I had in mind, but I can't seem to find which ports the computer has. I know it had them before, but I can't seem to find them now.
I need a headset and microphone port.
Kind of a lot of money, so I wanted some opinions before I made a purchase!
Thanks to everyone who decided to read this far. (:No! That computer will not run most games.
That computer has a NVIDIA GeForce GT620 graphics! The GT620 is not a gaming card.
The only good thing about that computer is the processor.
Gaming performance on a scale 1 - 10, that PC would get about a 2.5.
Just becuase it looks like it can be a gaming computer and is advertise as one, does not make it one...
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Hello, I just want to ask what a good gaming computer(desktop) would be, right now i have this tower in mind http://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-ultra-desktop-8gb-memory-2tb-hard-drive/6979369.p?id=... and this monitor in mind http://www.bestbuy.com/site/acer-20-34-led-hd-monitor/8816192.p?id=1218902549934&skuId=8816192
would that be a good setup? Any advice on this would be helpful. Thank you.Hi Nero,
Always good to meet a fellow gamer.
Other more experienced gamers will no doubt provide you with better insight than I can, but here’s what I’ve learned over the years about customizing rigs to be the ideal setup for my budget:
Build With A Particular Game In Mind. Many of the latest or upcoming games are taking advantage of the newest hardware and software technologies. It’s always a good idea to take a look at some of the games you are interested in buying and get a sense of what their hardware requirements are going to be. Building a rig for a game you bought last year and are still playing will mean you may need to upgrade sooner than you hoped.
Never Buy Integrated Graphics. If you want to see the amazing colors and details of the game you will be buying, make sure you buy a rig with a good to great video card. “Integrated” graphics are the poor man’s choice and while functional, lack the capacity to run games at their optimal settings (or even some games at all).
Dedicated Graphics Memory Is Essential. Most gaming rigs will have dedicated memory set aside just for your graphics card. This leads to faster frame rates when rendering images (among other things). The rig you are currently looking at is 1 GB of dedicated memory. The newer rigs have between 2 – 3 GB as minimums.
Processing Speed Is Important. A 1.2 GHz rig won’t do you many favors in the gaming world. Most serious rigs start at about 2.2 (for laptops) and go from there.
Get The Latest Processor. i3s might be cheap, but i7s are where it’s at.
Hard Drive Speed Matters. Never buy 5400 rpm drives – no matter the storage available to you (do you really need 1TB of storage on your rig? Me thinks not). You want 7200 rpm if you want good gaming performance.
8GB DDR3 SDRAM Is Fine. Unless you are planning on competing with a Grey supercomputer, you don’t need to worry about spending money on solid state drives or getting more than 8 gigs of ram.
Don’t Get Windows 7. I know, I know, Windows 8 is supposed to be the pits, but it’s what we have and Microsoft will eventually reduce support of Windows 7 in order to force consumers to switch. Most future games will be designing with Windows 8 or 8.1 in mind so don’t handcuff yourself by skimping on the operating system now.
Remember You Are Not Rich. Well you might be, but gaming is a hobby and you have a life outside the gaming world (well, I hope you do!). I’ve been tempted to spend $2k on rigs before – but let’s face it, by the time five years have passed, my rig will be outdated and considered a relic (I used to upgrade my tower every three years).
Read Reviews And Research, Research, Research. I can’t emphasize this enough. Some rigs look amazing, but it’s only after we start to encounter problems that we hit the net to find out what’s going on. Oooops. It turns out that the rig I just bought was using some cheap 7200 hard drives from a fly by night company operating out of China. Had I researched in advance, I would have known this. Now I have to return to the manufacturer and wait 6 weeks while they replace my drive. Oh no - 8 weeks have now gone by and computer is still not back – I’d like to call the help desk for an update, but the staff in India keep telling me they are unable to reach the company in the U.S. to get an update. Sadly for me I did not buy from Best Buy and am now having issues with the company that were selling the same rig online for $300 cheaper. OK – so you get my point – look at the components in your rig and do a little research on the brand – a little time now could save you a major headache later on. And sometimes buying from a big box retailer is more in your favor than buying from an online cheapo store that may not be there tomorrow. If they go out of business – good luck getting your money back.
A few dollars in either direction might make all the difference. Check out the following items as some of them have i5 processors which might be better than the AMD series you are looking at (not saying it is, just giving you alternatives to consider when doing your research).
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I need a new computer but not sure what to get, im on a budget
This may sound dorky and a little nerdy but, It is time that I buy a new computer. It has been such a long time since I have bought one, and even then I didnt make the purchase my ex-wife did. The deal is this....I am a major World of Warcraft geek. So one would expect that I know what kinda computer I should buy. Not the case. I need to know what I should look for when I am purchasing a computer strictly for the purpose of playing World of Warcraft. I dont have a ton of money to spend and I am going to get the computer from Best Buy because, well frankly, I have a lot of gift certificates for there. So in short I need a solid computer for gaming, have a limited budget and I dont care if its a desktop or laptop, all though I would prefer a desktop. Please if you have any advice to offer I would appreciate it very much.
You have bigger problems then looking for a good computer. A Destruction Warlock at lvl 70. /shakes head. LOL, just kidding. I would recommend going Affliction or Demonology until you hit lvl 80 unless you are leveling strictly through the Random Dungeon tool. Although even with randoms, Affliction is still completely capable of outperforming Destro locks until the early to mid gear levels of level 80 toons. Plus, as Affliction your mana is almost endless and there is virtually no downtime to drink and eat between mob pulls while questing. Two words: Drain-tank. Plus its.........wait a minute......we're on a Best Buy site. Hmmm....got a little bit carried away.
For a computer system, you don't really need an awesome graphics card to run WoW. Although with Cataclysm I believe the system requirements will be raised a bit with the ability to fly through Azeroth. I was actually with a customer today looking for a computer to play Flight Sim on and we found a great ASUS desktop for $499. 4 gigs of ram, with a great graphics card 1.74 Gigs of shared memory.
I, like others on here, would recommend you purchasing a desktop for computer gaming. As games grow, their requirements grow larger and desktops give you the best option for a system that you can upgrade.
I hope this helps........and at least try out my suggestion about re-speccing to Affliction. Just remember not to Clip your DoTs. Warlocks are OP.
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I am looking to buy a new gaming computer. I play different games like World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, CoD: Black Ops. Battlefield 2, and Crysis 2. I have a keyboard, mouse, speakers, and etc. Just need the tower . My budget is maxxed at $1000.
HP Pavilion Elite Desktop / AMD Phenom™ II Processor / 8GB Memory
Model: hpe-510y | SKU: 1757159
This desktop features a built-in wireless LAN for easily connecting to the Internet without wires. Create custom CDs and DVDs with the DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with Blu-ray Disc support and LightScribe technology for quality labels. Windows 7 Home Premium preloaded Which Windows 7 edition is best for you? Compare.Learn more about VISION Technology from AMD.Learn more about LightScribe technology.
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Sale: $949.99
This isn't bad.
Also you could do this one and pick up a different graphics card and power supply and still stay in budget:
Asus Essentio Desktop / Intel® Core™ i7 Processor / 8GB Memory
Model: CG8350-06 | SKU: 2276971
Get brilliant performance from the Intel® Core™ i7 processor with four multithreaded cores and a 3.4GHz processor speed for fast multitasking capabilities. The 1TB hard drive offers plenty of storage capacity.Windows 7 Home Premium preloaded Which Windows 7 edition is best for you? Compare.Learn more about Intel® processors. Information provided by Intel.
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Sale: $899.99
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Getting ready to buy a gaming computer for my son. He wants to play the StarWars Games, Starcraft, etc. Wondering what operating system is the best for gaming...Windows 7 or Windows 8. Also, wondering if Ibuypower and cyberpower are good computers or should I go with Dell? Not wanting to go over $1000.00. Bestbuy.com has some interesting units from $749. - $999. Wondering if we need 1TB or if 500Gig is enough. Also, Intel verse AMD? So many choices....and just when I think I settle into a unit, it goes into the Sold Out status. But, have notice that they come pack into stock....if you wait.
Help,
Thanks,
BarbWhen it comes to gaming and multimedia I ALWAYS recommend Intel based processors. AMD are very good but they build their processors for a different market. With Intel processors you have 2 ways your can go. The Intel I7 which is the top tier series and then the Intel I5. The Intel I7 does offer some beneficial abilties but many will not play that big of a roll in gaming. I would save the money and get an I5 and spend a little more money to get a good graphics card. There is a Dell XPS desktop on bby.com (SKU:6877726) that has an Intel I5 processor, 8GB ram (upgradable) and a 1TB hard drive. The hard drive wont make much of a difference in terms of speed, but it will in how many games can be installed and what can be saved. Think movies, music and pictures. You would be hard pressed to find a performance desktop with much less then 1TB of space because the cost of hard drives has come down so much since the past years. Since this desktop computer already has a dedicated graphics card (ATI HD 7570) it should have a good power supply to support a better graphics card but you may need to upgrade the power supply. I cannot see what the wattage of the power supply it comes with. With that said, you can get by with that graphics card that it comes with but like I said before, Save the money with the step down in the processor and get a better graphics card. It will pay off big time in performance. For the graphics card I recomment the Nvidia 660 (sku:7001204) or Nvidia 660TI (sku:6208848). Both are great, the TI version offers some added benefits over none TI card that make a world of difference in the games performance. Plus I have the 660TI and I LOVE it. With what I recommended with the desktop computer and the graphics card you will be able to stay within your budget and get a gaming computer that will play any game out right now with outstanding performance and last for a few years at the least. If you have any more questions feel free to ask.
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P4M900M2 (budget gaming computer)
Hello!
I'm trying to build myself a budget gaming computer, and ran into this core2duo board. How is this board for gaming? I need something that I can fairly overclock because I'm planning on getting a E4300. it will need some help to keep up I also can't decide if I should spend the little extra money and maybe settle for a 4400. (Thing is, that'll never stop, I can spend a little more after a 4400 and get a 6420)
My current specs are:
MSI RS480M2
2gb DDR ram which will be upgraded to DDR2 OCZ
AMD 64 3200+
Antec Basiq 500W
Thermaltake Watercooling which i'm not really impressed with
WD SATA HDD
Geforce 7600 GT 256mb PCI-E gfx
everything that I can move will move over to the 'new' computer.
edit: also what is the Virtualization Technology intel has? 4 series don't have it...ok, well this is what I have setup right now
Some 15 dollar case that'll hold the computer in one piece
OCZ 2x1gb DDRII 6400 ram ---> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820227030
MSI P6N SLI-FI Mobo
Core 2 Duo E4300 (Allendale) **actually I just changed this to 4400 now, might as well spend 20 extra bux for 200 more mhz! when OCing***
Total came out to 346 w/shipping. 1 or 2 months, Hopefully i'll be spending just this much more to get a 8800 to upgrade my GPU.
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Hi, I need help my computer is not starting up at all, nothing happening when I press the button on/off. The battery charger is working as using it for another laptop. Not sure what to do. Anyone have any idea? many thanks
You could try a SMC reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
If no change, do what Allan advises.
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I need help my computer isn't working and there is no was to get on my iTunes and I just updated my phone and now it's stuck on where it shows the plug connected to iTunes help!!!!
There is no other way than to plug into a computer to restore the phone. You can use another computer to do so, but in case you did not back up to iCloud your data and settings will be gone.
Follow this article to connect in recovery mode:
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Safari question here... Can I purchase a browser update for my mac book? I have OSX 10.6.8 and the "update software" function won't let me get past Safari 5.1.10. Please tell me I don't need a new computer just yet... Thx!!
You need to upgrade OS X.
Upgrading to Yosemite
You can upgrade to Yosemite from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Yosemite can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.
Upgrading to Yosemite
To upgrade to Yosemite you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Yosemite from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Yosemite is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
OS X Mavericks/Yosemite- System Requirements
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Yosemite
1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later
2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later
3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later
5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mavericks, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion at the Online Apple Store. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
Lion System Requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
or Xeon processor
2. 2GB of memory
3. OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
4. 7GB of available space
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The Radeon X1900 XT video card went bad in my Mac Pro Dual-Core Intel Xeon. (I tried it with a good one at the office). I found one online that was $250. I don't need the gaming capacity of this card and was wondering if there were less expensive video cards that I could use in this machine. I run Adobe Creative Suites for graphics design and have a 23" Apply display. Thank you for any help that you can provide. -PretzelMcK
Then pick up the ATI 5770 AND upgrade to 10.6.8.
Same price for a good card that will work and helps to have 1GB VRAM.
There aren't any other real choices let alone less expensive.
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I have windows 7. When i recently installed windows updates I began having script errors for firefox and my weatherchannel programs. I went to control panel, programs and features and tried to delete these 2 programs to install new ones. It seems like the programs didnt compeletly uninstall because they are still listed in my programs but have no file size. I downloaded latest version of firefox but it wont install. It tells me i need to restart computer to install a previous upgrade. I do that and nothing happens. I keep going around in circles.
If you have problems with updating or with the permissions then easiest is to download the full version and trash the currently installed version to do a clean install of the new version.
Download a new copy of the Firefox program and save the DMG file to the desktop
* Firefox 5.0.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
* Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean (re-)install
* Install the new version that you have downloaded
Your profile data is stored elsewhere in the Firefox Profile Folder, so you won't lose your bookmarks and other personal data.
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Do I need to turn computer (Mac) off before turn LTO5 on?
I never use any LTO before. Someone told me that I need to shut computer down before turn Ultrium LTO 5 (3000) on. I want to make sure if it is must or can be turn on LTO even computer is on? I am using Macintosh.
ThanksHello lauradsp. I understand you're trying to use LTO on your Mac.
As ibrenchy pointed out this is a Windows based forum. I just wanted to post a link to the Apple Forums for you. Here is a direct link.
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