Best gaming desktop

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thread starter RedTwig May 29 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

So apparntly i got a hardware fail on my laptop. My mom got pissed and said shell just buy me a desktop and i was wondering what is the best gaming desktop for maple and gun games or should i mod.? Comments and Flame are welcome :3 edit: My mom said the highest price can be 3000 dollars. So not to pricey please. Edit: Is the new windows 7 gamers edition anygood? :O i know alot bout computer but like not putting it together and stuff. My neighbor mods his own so i could ask him to build it for me :3 oh ya its not my parents money o.o its mine. My birthday money from last year

darkfuzion 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Get vista, and for a good gaming laptop, I would reccomend a AlienWare or build your own customized gaming PC at link .

LolurQwerty 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Bro. If you wanna just play maple and simple games buy a cheap comp. Nothing too expensive. Then next year when windows 7 comes out, buy a brand new graphics card that would support DIRECT X 11. THATS RIGHT YOU HEARD ME! e.g Nvidia GTX 3 Series. Yeah like everyone says, build your own computer. BUT I DO NOT RECOMMEND DELL, ACER, HP ETC. DO not buy them for games. And with the processor, if your into gaming it would be wise to get a Dual Core not a Quad Core. Generally games only take advantage of two cores, so your looking for the highest speed. I recommend the Intel e8200 - Core 2 Duo 3.0ghz. Not too pricey, and can overclock to 4ghz on air cooling! If your intothat. But yeah, make sure you get a good motherboard if your going to overclock. And AMD Processors and ATI Radeon cards are fine. Nothing wrong with them at all.

D3StRoYeR 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Don't get quad core, get duel it runs games at a higher performance and its cheaper

dogkingkiba 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Get a iMAC 24 Inch can have xp and mac side. or the MAC Desktop PRO, can have up to 32 GBS of RAM ;D

dfg13 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

If you want to spend up to $3000, check out Alienware, they make the top-of-the-line gaming-oriented desktops. However, it can be fun (and really cheap) to build your own. Like JustDOit said, check out Newegg to find all the parts you need. [url=]http://www.alienware.com/products/desktop-computers.aspx[/url]

WilsonExx 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

XPS, Hands down

seeder007 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

wow u said only $3,000 man wat would b pricey for u? like 10 grand is ur moma on coke saying only 3 grand i bought mines for 1 grand and its 4GB Ram 2.4Ghz 500GB hard drive with vista and its excellent man with 3 grand i would get a used car lmao

Sadaxer 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I don't see what's wrong with Vista. It's not worse , its better . You need to get Vista, and unless you have an awesome reason, I can't see why not.

Chobo 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

... If you buy everything seperately, you can create an ultimate gaming desktop with 1000 at most. 5 gigs of RAM 2.6 quadcore processor 8800 NVidia GT video card. A fan ;o Set.

xGunedx 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

JustDOit said: "Okay well, I'm sort of going through the same problem. And I already have my solution and I'm doing it this weekend :P See, in the last week I've had a friend build his own computer for around $500. Maybe even LESS. You want to know his specs? 8 Gigs of RAM, yes 8 whole gigs. Mother Board with 4 slots. 512 Graphics Card 2 Fans EDIT: I Forgot his Quad Core Processor. And TeraByte Hard Drive. And a Decent case. All for UNDER $500. There is no reason not to build your own computer. A computer like this would be over 1.5 thousand dollars. Just build your own, a good website would be newegg.So link Shipping may look like a lot, but it's cheap for everything you're getting." What happens when the computer gets water on it ? I spilled water twice on my Dell computer and they repaired it for free everytime.

KiRbY 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I would recommend a customized desktop if you know how to build it. It isn't hard at all. I'm running a XFX 4850 XXX. I personally like this graphics card since I only play games like CounterStrike 1.6, Source, Left 4 Dead, Maplestory, etc. I'm not sure what the full potential of this graphic card is because I never overclocked it but it is able to give me constant 100fps on Steam and max settings on Left 4 Dead. I would say get a Geforce 8800. I'm not a big fan of the 9xxx series lol.

halo824 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

D3StRoYeR said: "Don't get quad core, get duel it runs games at a higher performance and its cheaper" Uh no... Quad > dual gamingwise.

TheLeg4cy 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

LolurQwerty said: "Bro. If you wanna just play maple and simple games buy a cheap comp. Nothing too expensive. Then next year when windows 7 comes out, buy a brand new graphics card that would support DIRECT X 11. THATS RIGHT YOU HEARD ME! e.g Nvidia GTX 3 Series. Yeah like everyone says, build your own computer. BUT I DO NOT RECOMMEND DELL, ACER, HP ETC. DO not buy them for games. And with the processor, if your into gaming it would be wise to get a Dual Core not a Quad Core. Generally games only take advantage of two cores, so your looking for the highest speed. I recommend the Intel e8200 - Core 2 Duo 3.0ghz. Not too pricey, and can overclock to 4ghz on air cooling! If your intothat. But yeah, make sure you get a good motherboard if your going to overclock. And AMD Processors and ATI Radeon cards are fine. Nothing wrong with them at all." I agree with "Do not buy Acer" I have an Acer Vista and it sucks butt when I play First Person Shooting games. I was a noob when I bought my first computer (This one.) If you want a gaming computer, Do what he says.

Ren572 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

if your go all out with $3000 on a custom it could be amazing

xmasturxcheefx1 05/29/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Build your own and you could get a Core i7