Help designing new computer with a big budget.

Hello all.
Most of the threads I can find are for a small budget.

I want to build a tower only and spend $1500.00

I have a Benq 21 inch 1680x1250 monitor plus peripherals but have no idea what to buy for the tower.
I can build from scratch or take a list to my local store.
So what do I buy?
Games and internet.

 

Here is what my local store recommended.

Hello

Firstly, thank you for the opportunity to provide you with a quotation to build you a new custom computer system. I have worked hard to find the kind of components to suit your needs and budget and I hope the following specifications are just what you’re looking for:

1. Case:

BitFenix Shinobi Mid-Tower Case, Black Colour With Window Side Panel, 4x USB2.0, 2x 120mm Fan, 3x 5.25''2, 8x 3.5'' 1x 2.5'',7 PCI Slots





2. Power Supply Unit:

Antec Earthwatts 750W ATX PSU



3. Hard Drive:

Seagate ST31000524AS 1TB SATA2 7200rpm



4. Optical Disk Drive:

Asus DRW-24B3ST DVD±RW



5. Graphics Card:

XFX ATI HD 6950 PCI-E 2.0 1GB 256-bit DDR5


6. Mainboard:

ASRock 970 Extreme4 AM3+ MB, AMD 970 + AMD SB950, 4x DDR3, 7.1CH Audio, GbLAN, PCI-Ex16, CrossFireX / SLI, SATA3, ATX Form Factor



7. Random Access Memory:

Corsair 8GB (2x XMS3 4GB) PC3-12800 (1600MHz) DDR3 RAM







8. Central Processing Unit:

AMD PHENOM II X4 Quad Core 960T BLACK EDITION CPU, 3GHz (95W)


9. Operating System:

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with SP1


The cost to supply, build and configure your new system is $1,532.00

If you are not satisfied with the information I have provided, then I will work meticulously until we have supplied what you expected. Please do not hesitate to let me know if this is the case.

Regards

Richard Hall
Computer Origins

 

$1500 is still a small budget. You can get a decent gaming rig for under $1,000.00 You can get pre-built rigs made. There is a local place here in Springfield IL called "Computer deli" that builds and ships rigs.

What particular games are you talking about playing? The choke point would be the GPU. As for memory, 4gb would be sufficient to run most, anymore over 8gb would be a waste, unless you are doing multiple processes, especially if doing photo work. As for Internet as the majority of use, you could get away with a $500 machine with 2gb RAM and Intel Core Duo.

For the CPU, I would probably look at the Intel i5 as the min, Intel i7 as the max. As for best GPU, here is some lists http://internetgames.about.com/od/hardware/tp/tpvideocards.htm http://brandonhart100.hubpages.com/hub/GPU-Gaming http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0PDoX3d3dhOrTkAti.JzbkF?p=best+gpu+for+gaming&fr=&fr2=piv-web

We always joke that our rig that we use for church services is the best gaming rig, since it uses Dual Xeon CPU's, and has a top of the line GPU in it. Now, that rig probably cost around $2500.

 

I don't own a game less than 5 years old.
But I would like to walk into a store and be able to play any game they have.

 

You could do that with a off the shelf machine, with a i5 Intel, 4gb RAM, Windows 7/64 bit. The Alienware by Dell are decent machines, HP/Compaq has a couple of good machines for gaming.