44" LCD FULL HD TV or BUILD A NEW GAMING RIG

sorry i dont know which is the right place to post this as it involves with pc and 360 gamers.

Its been a year of saving now and i have saved enough money to buy just one my budget is around $2500, Ever since i bought my Xbox 360 ive been playing it on SDTV, Its not as enjoyable as playing it in HD TV, For example. I cant even play Star ocean 4 any further than 30cm away because the font are sooooo tiny they look squashed, ive tried playing once on a hd tv and you can read it beautifully 5metres away. Thats one reason why i want to get a hd tv

Now i also want to get a new rig, One with Sli ready. That means i need a new mobo, so i thought why not just completely build a new gaming rig. My current pc is quite old now, i got it 2 years ago here are the spec

Processor: Intel Core Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Hard Drive: 1000 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT

now my other option is just buy more ram, and a gtx 295 and a new mobo, and power supply.. im going to spend as much to have a really really good pc so i wont have to upgrade in 4 years time or so...

oh btw im only going to use the tv for playing my xbox 360, i dont watch movies or tv much... and also i just recently got that 9800gt, about 2 months ago. im not really happy with it

Your not happy about the 9800? I got myself a 9500 not to long ago and I like it..

I think you should go for the HD TV ;)

Hope this helps

Astarias

I depends on which you use more. I agree that the 360 is much, much better on a HDTV, but if you only use it occasionally, then its not worth it. Same with the PC. Personally, I would go for the HDTV.

I depends on which you use more. I agree that the 360 is much, much better on a HDTV, but if you only use it occasionally, then its not worth it. Same with the PC. Personally, I would go for the HDTV.

Visc007

Your not happy about the 9800? I got myself a 9500 not to long ago and I like it..

I think you should go for the HD TV ;)

Hope this helps

Astarias

easykill_astari

not really, not after when my cousin recently got a hd 4870. i was madly jealous :(

hmm i see your dilemma. i was a AVID pc gamer for the past year, and im on and off for months. i play tons of WoW, then games like City of heroes/villains, guild wars, age of conan, etc. so obviously i didnt need to spend as much money as you for anything. now personally, im playing my 360 atm, and i do have a hdtv.

when i first got it this winter, i actually hooked it up to my pc (its a 32' btw) and i played WoW and stuff on it... its beautiful. so if u go with the tv u dont have much to hurt. ur specs look pretty decent and i dont know about you, but if i was playing some pretty high end games with thse specs i wouldnt really complain...

i say get the tv, screw pc gaming, and go use all that money and get a ton of good 360 games :D (thats what i did two days ago and yesterday actually!)

hmm i see your dilemma. i was a AVID pc gamer for the past year, and im on and off for months. i play tons of WoW, then games like City of heroes/villains, guild wars, age of conan, etc. so obviously i didnt need to spend as much money as you for anything. now personally, im playing my 360 atm, and i do have a hdtv.

when i first got it this winter, i actually hooked it up to my pc (its a 32' btw) and i played WoW and stuff on it... its beautiful. so if u go with the tv u dont have much to hurt. ur specs look pretty decent and i dont know about you, but if i was playing some pretty high end games with thse specs i wouldnt really complain...

i say get the tv, screw pc gaming, and go use all that money and get a ton of good 360 games :D (thats what i did two days ago and yesterday actually!)

Blue_Panda

Buy new gaming rig. Hook up 360 to LCD monitor. It's a win win. It also how i play haha.

got a blank wall? for 2500 bucks you can get a hd projector! i got a panasonic for that money and a screen runnin 1080p thats 5m wide! best thing i ever bought. dont worry bout globe replacement im 3'5 years and still on the original bulb. words can not descebe how fuc*in awsome it is.

You should wait on the graphics card because ATI and NVIDIA are releasing a "Groundbreaking, record shattering" new one this year., ON second thought, if you want ur pc now, you could get both for your budget i assume.

sorry i forgot to mention im from australia, i forgot to put $2500au dollars. 42" FULL HD TV here are in range from $2000-$3000.

as for the PC i can get all this for $2100

Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz/8MB

Mobo: Gigabyte EX58-UD4P MB s(1366)

Ram: Corsair TR3X3G1333C9 3GB (3 x XMS3

Graphic card: Asus GTX 295 PCI-E 2.0 1GB DDR3

Seagate SATA2 500GB Harddisk 7200rpm

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two (900) Gaming(ign)

PSU: Antec Earthwatts 750W PSU 80Plus

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit OEM

PC.. an HDTV just to play your 360 on is a waste.

an HDTV just to play your 360 on is a waste.

Darkslayer16

The PC. PC gaming kicks Xbox's ass. Plus you should just get a new monitor along with it and use that for your Xbox as well. Thats what I do.44 inch HDTV will just have HD lag (most that large have a poor response time) and poor framerate. Get the PC and possibly a new monitor in which to also use for your Xbox.

sorry i forgot to mention im from australia, i forgot to put $2500au dollars. 42" FULL HD TV here are in range from $2000-$3000.

as for the PC i can get all this for $2100

Processor: Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz/8MB
Mobo: Gigabyte EX58-UD4P MB s(1366)
Ram: Corsair TR3X3G1333C9 3GB (3 x XMS3
Graphic card: Asus GTX 295 PCI-E 2.0 1GB DDR3
Seagate SATA2 500GB Harddisk 7200rpm
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two (900) Gaming(ign)
PSU: Antec Earthwatts 750W PSU 80Plus
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit OEM2uneek4u

Compared to what you already have that really isn't much of an upgrade, and costs a lot. Why not just buy the new graphics card, get an extra 2GB of RAM and you'll get most of the performance for a fraction of the cost. The i7 is still expensive, and considering you already have a quad core @ 2.4GHz you are paying a lot for next to no noticeable gain.