PC gaming costs more. PERIOD...... If you are a serious gamer looking to play all the recent titles + the yet to be released games coming down the pipeline. Sure you can build an average system that will play any game on the market currently for $800-$1000... but sorry, when I build a rig, I don't look at the min. requirements of the average game.

The whole point to gaming on the PC vs a Console is apparently "GRAPHICS GRAPHICS GRAPHICS", if the Hermits around here are to be taken seriously anyways. Yet these Hermits are the same people claiming PC Gaming is Cheap, then they turn around in "Graphics Comparison Threads" and post pics of Crysis running on VERY HIGH. Sorry but a $800 PC isn't gonna make Crysis look like those screens.

I've been building my own systems for some time now and I almost always upgrade every year or buy a new comp every 2 years, in order to stay current. IT IS NOT CHEAPER THAN GAMING ON A 360, PS3 or a Wii. The only way it is, is if you buy the bottom of the line components and play all the games on medium or lower settings for the next 2 years (It's sorta like buying a 360, lol, j/k..... well not really)

whatisazerg

that problem is caused because something is shorting, a couple of reasons could be

install stand offs are you sure you installed them before putting mother board in case?

take off stand offs that are not being used: check to see if any stand offs are not matching the holes and are touching underneath the mobo,

last thing to do,

take out the motherboard, leave ram, cpu, heatsink on, put the mother board on top of its box(NOT in case) take your powersupply and connect JUST the 24 pin and the 4/8pin cpu connections on the motherboard, once you did that plug your powercord into the power supply then, get something metal (anything should do use a screw driver or something, then touch only the 2 pins for the power switch, this should cause the motherboard to turn on, once it does see if it works...(make sure to have your monitor connected to your motherboard to see if theres video)

now if it doesnt work something is wrong with either your mobo, cpu, psu, memory,

i dont know why people hate push pins soo much, i installed over 15 intel coolers that are push pin, and i did it with no problems at all, with all 4 in there nice and tight,

some pople think you gotta twist and push, or push and tiwst, i however place the motherboard on top of its own box, line up the cooler, puch top right, then bottom left, then bottom right, then top left.. it only takes 30 seconds,

now thats not to say its good, i think it sucks really. especailly when you want to take out the cooler THEN put it back now thats just horrible....

still to me its not NEARLY as bad as what people make out to be, maybe im just good at using push pins?