how much would a high end pc cost? just wondering.

ok thanks.SoUtHhOlLiZ

8800 Ultra SLi = $1350

The super high end PCs will be in the 3k range.

But a decent high end PC with a 2900 xt HD will be 1k. 2gb ram, decent CPU...

On Cnet you can find a high end PC gaming rig for $4,000! :o

On Cnet you can find a high end PC gaming rig for $4,000! :o

PS3_3DO

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

On Cnet you can find a high end PC gaming rig for $4,000! :o

smokeydabear076

Yeah even if I had the money I would never buy a PC for that amount. I mean how cares if you can play at 2048x1590 at 128fps.

[QUOTE="smokeydabear076"][QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

On Cnet you can find a high end PC gaming rig for $4,000! :o

PS3_3DO

Yeah even if I had the money I would never buy a PC for that amount. I mean how cares if you can play at 2048x1590 at 128fps.

£3000 for the best/newest things.

Less if you build it yourself.

Whoever said $1000 is delusional or has no idea what a highend PC is.

A Highend PC can run you 4-6k easy, we're talking 4 gigs of high latency ram, latest muli-core CPU, latest dual GPU DX10 cards, solid state boot drive, 10k gaming drives, and 7k raided storage drives, HD audio cards, 24-27" Full 1080p display, if you want to really get serious you'll need two 1080p displays and a throw in a BluRay and HD DVD ROM drive just so you can say you have it all.

Thats what a highend pc means, anything under 4k is not really a high end pc at all.

The gaming rig I plan on building later this year costs about 1k will all the parts (now). I suspect that I will be paying around 700 later in the year :DChoga

My system= corsair 620w,e6320 @ 3.1ghz, 2gb of 800mhz ram, 8800gtx oc @ 635/2000, gigabyte p35c-dsr3, 3d aurora 570(a VERY nice high end case) all for about £900. Absolute bargain, built it myself and runs anything i throw at it, and should run crysis maxed out according to developers. Not to mention the countless other things it does ( i do a music degree incorporating composing for film/game and mediaso need a fast computer to deal with sound editing/high quality sample e.t.c.).

People need to face facts that you get what you pay for, if you want a decent system to simply play games and watch dvd's buy a console, if you want an all in one entertainment/work/center which is more powerful than any console, fully upgradeable, can do 1000's more things than a consoleand a nice project for you to work on, then get a high end pc.

Simply NO point comparing prices.

Just my point of view.

[QUOTE="Choga"]The gaming rig I plan on building later this year costs about 1k will all the parts (now). I suspect that I will be paying around 700 later in the year :Dsmokeydabear076

I think pimperjones made a really good post. A high end PC will cost over 4k, but a high end PC like that is ussually NEVER needed. The rig I plan to build will be able to run Crysis on max at a decent res, so I'll be fine.

http://www.vadim.co.uk/Custom+Gaming+PC+-+Fusion+LQX+Intel-775G2-SLI/prebuilt

If you want an over the top pre-built system then there you go, but seriosuly no one really needs these kinda PCs. Even if you do want that kinda of a PC you can build it for alot cheaper yourself and do the overclocking yourself.

[QUOTE="smokeydabear076"][QUOTE="Choga"]The gaming rig I plan on building later this year costs about 1k will all the parts (now). I suspect that I will be paying around 700 later in the year :DChoga

I think pimperjones made a really good post. A high end PC will cost over 4k, but a high end PC like that is ussually NEVER needed. The rig I plan to build will be able to run Crysis on max at a decent res, so I'll be fine.

Whoever said $1000 is delusional or has no idea what a highend PC is.

A Highend PC can run you 4-6k easy, we're talking 4 gigs of high latency ram, latest muli-core CPU, latest dual GPU DX10 cards, solid state boot drive, 10k gaming drives, and 7k raided storage drives, HD audio cards, 24-27" Full 1080p display, if you want to really get serious you'll need two 1080p displays and a throw in a BluRay and HD DVD ROM drive just so you can say you have it all.

Thats what a highend pc means, anything under 4k is not really a high end pc at all.

pimperjones

I have priced out PC's on the Alienware site for $16,000. But then again, that is just buying more hardware then what you need. The PC I want to build, one that should run Crysis in the high (not max) realm will run me about $1200 CAD for everything except a monitor (which I already have).foxhound_fox

i find alien ware very over-priced... i have never built a system but i saw a 3000 dollar computer from alien ware, then i calculated the cost of seperate parts(with tax), not only was it better then the alien ware, but it was under 2 grand,

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]

Whoever said $1000 is delusional or has no idea what a highend PC is.

A Highend PC can run you 4-6k easy, we're talking 4 gigs of high latency ram, latest muli-core CPU, latest dual GPU DX10 cards, solid state boot drive, 10k gaming drives, and 7k raided storage drives, HD audio cards, 24-27" Full 1080p display, if you want to really get serious you'll need two 1080p displays and a throw in a BluRay and HD DVD ROM drive just so you can say you have it all.

Thats what a highend pc means, anything under 4k is not really a high end pc at all.

Riki101

Where's the solid state boot drive, where's the 10k game drive, where's raid storage, where's the dual DX10 cards, where's HD audio card, where's the dual 1080p displays, don't make me laugh with that pathetic excuse for a high end pc.

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]

Whoever said $1000 is delusional or has no idea what a highend PC is.

A Highend PC can run you 4-6k easy, we're talking 4 gigs of high latency ram, latest muli-core CPU, latest dual GPU DX10 cards, solid state boot drive, 10k gaming drives, and 7k raided storage drives, HD audio cards, 24-27" Full 1080p display, if you want to really get serious you'll need two 1080p displays and a throw in a BluRay and HD DVD ROM drive just so you can say you have it all.

Thats what a highend pc means, anything under 4k is not really a high end pc at all.

Riki101

Ridiculous post confirmed. Adding in the cost of an HDTV? Come on now...

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]

Whoever said $1000 is delusional or has no idea what a highend PC is.

A Highend PC can run you 4-6k easy, we're talking 4 gigs of high latency ram, latest muli-core CPU, latest dual GPU DX10 cards, solid state boot drive, 10k gaming drives, and 7k raided storage drives, HD audio cards, 24-27" Full 1080p display, if you want to really get serious you'll need two 1080p displays and a throw in a BluRay and HD DVD ROM drive just so you can say you have it all.

Thats what a highend pc means, anything under 4k is not really a high end pc at all.

Riki101

Dude, that HDTV price point in the PS3 column makes no sense. If you include it for the PS3 you have to include it for the PC.

You didn't include the price of a PC monitor in your estimate, but guess what? The VERY same monitor used for PC gaming can be used for console gaming to get HD resolutions.

LOL, tacking on 1,500 bucks just to make it seem more expensive. Please.

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]I have priced out PC's on the Alienware site for $16,000. But then again, that is just buying more hardware then what you need. The PC I want to build, one that should run Crysis in the high (not max) realm will run me about $1200 CAD for everything except a monitor (which I already have).Riki101

i find alien ware very over-priced... i have never built a system but i saw a 3000 dollar computer from alien ware, then i calculated the cost of seperate parts(with tax), not only was it better then the alien ware, but it was under 2 grand,

Whoever said $1000 is delusional or has no idea what a highend PC is.

A Highend PC can run you 4-6k easy, we're talking 4 gigs of high latency ram, latest muli-core CPU, latest dual GPU DX10 cards, solid state boot drive, 10k gaming drives, and 7k raided storage drives, HD audio cards, 24-27" Full 1080p display, if you want to really get serious you'll need two 1080p displays and a throw in a BluRay and HD DVD ROM drive just so you can say you have it all.

Thats what a highend pc means, anything under 4k is not really a high end pc at all.

pimperjones

A high end PC is a PC that will play any game at high easily. What you're talking about is a top of the line PC AKA overkill. That's like saying BMWs are not high end cars because you can get Ferraris at 300k - 1 mil .

a pc with all the bells and whistles, all the RAM, MB, GIGS, TFLOPS and all of that. any model will do good.SoUtHhOlLiZ

theres high end graphics cards that cost $400 and up , and thats just the graphics card alone, that should give you an ideaalcarazo9

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]

Whoever said $1000 is delusional or has no idea what a highend PC is.

A Highend PC can run you 4-6k easy, we're talking 4 gigs of high latency ram, latest muli-core CPU, latest dual GPU DX10 cards, solid state boot drive, 10k gaming drives, and 7k raided storage drives, HD audio cards, 24-27" Full 1080p display, if you want to really get serious you'll need two 1080p displays and a throw in a BluRay and HD DVD ROM drive just so you can say you have it all.

Thats what a highend pc means, anything under 4k is not really a high end pc at all.

Riki101

Um that pc sucks compared to a PS3 . Not to mention who in the hell takes a HDTV and puts it with console cost? Do you take the monitor and put it with your pc cost? Not to mention 10 years from now that $1500 dollar HDTV will look great. That pc on the other hand will be about as useful as a paperweight. I dont realize why the retarded hermits need to add a HD-TV in the price of console gaming fact is pc gaming cost more get over it.

In order to make a console accomplish what a PC accomplishes, while still retaining the benefits of a console (i.e. "teh couch" and "splitscreen wif mah friendz" arguments), you would need to spend more money than you would have if you just built a PC/upgraded a current one.

:lol: @ the notion of a "dual 1080p" setup on a PC.

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]

Whoever said $1000 is delusional or has no idea what a highend PC is.

A Highend PC can run you 4-6k easy, we're talking 4 gigs of high latency ram, latest muli-core CPU, latest dual GPU DX10 cards, solid state boot drive, 10k gaming drives, and 7k raided storage drives, HD audio cards, 24-27" Full 1080p display, if you want to really get serious you'll need two 1080p displays and a throw in a BluRay and HD DVD ROM drive just so you can say you have it all.

Thats what a highend pc means, anything under 4k is not really a high end pc at all.

Riki101

Whoever said $1000 is delusional or has no idea what a highend PC is.

A Highend PC can run you 4-6k easy, we're talking 4 gigs of high latency ram, latest muli-core CPU, latest dual GPU DX10 cards, solid state boot drive, 10k gaming drives, and 7k raided storage drives, HD audio cards, 24-27" Full 1080p display, if you want to really get serious you'll need two 1080p displays and a throw in a BluRay and HD DVD ROM drive just so you can say you have it all.

Thats what a highend pc means, anything under 4k is not really a high end pc at all.

pimperjones

I don't think he wants the best of the best, because it isn't necessary. He wants to play Crysis on maxxed probably. If you don't need a monitor, that will cost you around $800-1000, even cheaper if you wait.

do you mean bluray drive 1 TB of memory, 4 gig of ram corsair, 1080p + monitor, qx6800, 2x 8800gtx ultra in sli, zalman heat sink, high end case, 7.1 surround sound, 1,ooo psu, high end sli motherboard, killer nic, fataliy sound card, etc

or just a high end computer

[QUOTE="pimperjones"]

Whoever said $1000 is delusional or has no idea what a highend PC is.

A Highend PC can run you 4-6k easy, we're talking 4 gigs of high latency ram, latest muli-core CPU, latest dual GPU DX10 cards, solid state boot drive, 10k gaming drives, and 7k raided storage drives, HD audio cards, 24-27" Full 1080p display, if you want to really get serious you'll need two 1080p displays and a throw in a BluRay and HD DVD ROM drive just so you can say you have it all.

Thats what a highend pc means, anything under 4k is not really a high end pc at all.

trix5817

I don't think he wants the best of the best, because it isn't necessary. He wants to play Crysis on maxxed probably. If you don't need a monitor, that will cost you around $800-1000, even cheaper if you wait.

and anyway, 4gig of ram= overkill

Whoever said $1000 is delusional or has no idea what a highend PC is.

A Highend PC can run you 4-6k easy, we're talking 4 gigs of high latency ram, latest muli-core CPU, latest dual GPU DX10 cards, solid state boot drive, 10k gaming drives, and 7k raided storage drives, HD audio cards, 24-27" Full 1080p display, if you want to really get serious you'll need two 1080p displays and a throw in a BluRay and HD DVD ROM drive just so you can say you have it all.

Thats what a highend pc means, anything under 4k is not really a high end pc at all.

pimperjones

God, let's throw in some snake oil while we're at it. Most of the stuff you mention is complete overkill, and some of it isn't even relevant to PC gaming (Blu-ray, HD DVD rom for instance).

I'm pretty sure while you can spend almost as much as you want on a PC (price is of course directly inverse to your knowledge of what to get), you can get a PC which will max games out for around $1500-$2000 from scratch.

High end means the performance you get in games here, and at a certain point all the hardware in the world isn't going to improve performance anymore.

the sky's the limit depending on what you want and whether you build it yourself or have a pro do it.

The standard rig with the best graphics cards that could run Crysis at max would cost no more then 1500 dollars USD. I shelled out 1500 CAD for this rig

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 Ghz (overclocked to 3.0 Ghz)
OCZ Platinum Revision-2 2GB DDR2 RAM
EVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB Overclocked
22 inch monitor
320 GB's of storage
Creative Labs X-Fi sound card
Asus P5NSLI motherboard

I have no worries about running Crysis at pretty much maximum settings. Still though when you look at what a console is missing likea keyboard and mouse, speakers, TV screen or monitor, of course its going to be cheaper. You also can't upgrade a console and games take longer to make because they have to be optimized with the hardware to rival PC graphics levels.

The standard rig with the best graphics cards that could run Crysis at max would cost no more then 1500 dollars USD. I shelled out 1500 CAD for this rig

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 Ghz (overclocked to 3.0 Ghz)
OCZ Platinum Revision-2 2GB DDR2 RAM
EVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB Overclocked
22 inch monitor
320 GB's of storage
Creative Labs X-Fi sound card
Asus P5NSLI motherboard

I have no worries about running Crysis at pretty much maximum settings. Still though when you look at what a console is missing likea keyboard and mouse, speakers, TV screen or monitor, of course its going to be cheaper. You also can't upgrade a console and games take longer to make because they have to be optimized with the hardware to rival PC graphics levels.

DSgamer64

You could easily make one for under $900 USD that will run Crysis maxxed. A 8800GTS, 2GB of RAM, and an E6600 is stated to run it at ultra high settings.

[QUOTE="PS3_3DO"]

On Cnet you can find a high end PC gaming rig for $4,000! :o

smokeydabear076

In someplace else you can find a high end gaming PC for ONE MILLION DOLLARS!

No just kidding.