I need to get a new computer...

Here's a full new pc and gpu to add to it

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1553701&CatId=2726

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5247876&CatId=7387

Here's a full new pc and gpu to add to it

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1553701&CatId=2726

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5247876&CatId=7387

04dcarraher

I didnt know you wanted to build your own Pc.04dcarraher

here is what i would do with a build for $670 (about the same as 04carr's build)

amd phenom II x4 965 BE (newegg)

ASrock icafe am3+ motherboard

8gb ddr3 ram (likely a 2x4gb kit from kingston or g. skill)

rosewill challenger-U3 (if it has the bundle i would get the 630 watt stallion or 530watt green series PSU in a combo)

dvd-rom

amd hd 7770 ghz ed. (sapphire or powercolor)

windows 7 64-bit OEM

and then a hard drive with the remainder

the trade-offs to the pre-built above is this:

pro's: the gpu would come with either a free game or a free magazine issue, the case is better as is the pwoer supply and the quality of the ram, and motherboard. the graphics card would also be superior in terms of power consumption and preformance

con's: the processor would be significantly weaker though still capable of playing games in todays PC gaming market.

if i am lowballing for the budget the next thing i would do is replace the phenom II x4 for likely a phenom fx-6300 but this would only reduce how far behind your cpu would be from the machine above. if you want to go this route you say the word but essentially youd wind up at the same place you would be getting the pre-built and adding the videocard.

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]I didnt know you wanted to build your own Pc.ionusX

here is what i would do with a build for $670 (about the same as 04carr's build)

amd phenom II x4 965 BE (newegg)

ASrock icafe am3+ motherboard

8gb ddr3 ram (likely a 2x4gb kit from kingston or g. skill)

rosewill challenger-U3 (if it has the bundle i would get the 630 watt stallion or 530watt green series PSU in a combo)

dvd-rom

amd hd 7770 ghz ed. (sapphire or powercolor)

windows 7 64-bit OEM

and then a hard drive with the remainder

the trade-offs to the pre-built above is this:

pro's: the gpu would come with either a free game or a free magazine issue, the case is better as is the pwoer supply and the quality of the ram, and motherboard. the graphics card would also be superior in terms of power consumption and preformance

con's: the processor would be significantly weaker though still capable of playing games in todays PC gaming market.

if i am lowballing for the budget the next thing i would do is replace the phenom II x4 for likely a phenom fx-6300 but this would only reduce how far behind your cpu would be from the machine above. if you want to go this route you say the word but essentially youd wind up at the same place you would be getting the pre-built and adding the videocard.

For a keyboard, any will do. and for a monitor just make sure the contrast ratio is higher then 5000, has 5ms response time or lower. This will work

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For a keyboard, any will do. and for a monitor just make sure the contrast ratio is higher then 5000, has 5ms response time or lower. This will work

20"

04dcarraher

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

For a keyboard, any will do. and for a monitor just make sure the contrast ratio is higher then 5000, has 5ms response time or lower. This will work

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kraken2109

[QUOTE="kraken2109"][QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

For a keyboard, any will do. and for a monitor just make sure the contrast ratio is higher then 5000, has 5ms response time or lower. This will work

20"

04dcarraher

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"][QUOTE="kraken2109"] When buying a monitor just go by reviews, pretty much all the numbers apart from resolution are made up.kraken2109

Response times do matter your not going to pick a lcd with 8ms when you can get a 2ms that may or may not be excatly 2ms.

There is a difference between static vs dynamic contrast ratio, dynamic contrast is a measurement of the brightest white the HDTV can produce as compared to the blackest black while in motion. For example, some LCD HDTVs use technology that brightens the overall picture in well-lit scenes to achieve very bright whites, and dims the overall picture in low-lit scenes to achieve truer, darker blacks. As long as all monitors are LCD baseddynamic contrast does matter. Usually higher static contrast ratio based montitors have the better image quality and do have even higherdynamic contrast ratio ability.

[QUOTE="kraken2109"][QUOTE="04dcarraher"] No their not just made up, granted one company may use different standards or may fudge up their numbers but the specs do matter to an extent.04dcarraher

Response times do matter your not going to pick a lcd with 8ms when you can get a 2ms that may or may not be excatly 2ms.

There is a difference between static vs dynamic contrast ratio, dynamic contrast is a measurement of the brightest white the HDTV can produce as compared to the blackest black while in motion. For example, some LCD HDTVs use technology that brightens the overall picture in well-lit scenes to achieve very bright whites, and dims the overall picture in low-lit scenes to achieve truer, darker blacks. As long as all monitors are LCD baseddynamic contrast does matter. Usually higher static contrast ratio based montitors have the better image quality and do have even higherdynamic contrast ratio ability.

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

[QUOTE="kraken2109"] Response time means very little due to companies measuring them differently, contrast ratio is always inflated. You just posted a link to a monitor claiming to have a 12,000,000 :1 contrast ratio. Don't tell me you believe it does, when the best IPS panels available are barely over 1000:1kraken2109

Response times do matter your not going to pick a lcd with 8ms when you can get a 2ms that may or may not be excatly 2ms.

There is a difference between static vs dynamic contrast ratio, dynamic contrast is a measurement of the brightest white the HDTV can produce as compared to the blackest black while in motion. For example, some LCD HDTVs use technology that brightens the overall picture in well-lit scenes to achieve very bright whites, and dims the overall picture in low-lit scenes to achieve truer, darker blacks. As long as all monitors are LCD baseddynamic contrast does matter. Usually higher static contrast ratio based montitors have the better image quality and do have even higherdynamic contrast ratio ability.

[QUOTE="kraken2109"][QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

Response times do matter your not going to pick a lcd with 8ms when you can get a 2ms that may or may not be excatly 2ms.

There is a difference between static vs dynamic contrast ratio, dynamic contrast is a measurement of the brightest white the HDTV can produce as compared to the blackest black while in motion. For example, some LCD HDTVs use technology that brightens the overall picture in well-lit scenes to achieve very bright whites, and dims the overall picture in low-lit scenes to achieve truer, darker blacks. As long as all monitors are LCD baseddynamic contrast does matter. Usually higher static contrast ratio based montitors have the better image quality and do have even higherdynamic contrast ratio ability.

04dcarraher

Here's a full new pc and gpu to add to it

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1553701&CatId=2726

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5247876&CatId=7387

04dcarraher

With the games you say you play not for awhile. 04dcarraher

The GTX 650ti can play BF3 at 1920x1080 ultra settings +FXAA at 50 fps. 04dcarraher

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]The GTX 650ti can play BF3 at 1920x1080 ultra settings +FXAA at 50 fps. kraken2109

[QUOTE="kraken2109"][QUOTE="04dcarraher"]The GTX 650ti can play BF3 at 1920x1080 ultra settings +FXAA at 50 fps. 04dcarraher