How much does it cost to build a gaming computer?

High quality video and sound card


500 gigs to1 trylobyte of hard drive


2-5 gigs of ram


windows vista standerd

How much does it cost to build a gaming computer?
well to clear things up.





it's terabyte


and you can only have up to 4 gigs of ram before you have to go to server motherboards, unless you get a strange one which may support up to 8 gbs








But i'm currently building one of the top of the line computers with a custom cooling system (high tech stuff, you may or may not understand) but it is costing me 3000 right now


and i willl upgrade later on this year, possibly next year.





But um gaming computers, depends on what games


but generally from 600 bucks


to about 10,000 bucks.





Here are stats of the 2 extremes (prices may not concur with the computers i am giving)





Low end


Pentium D 805


Gigabyte 650i SLI motherboard


(2) eVGA 6800 GT videocards (in SLI)


2 gbs G.Skill RAM DDR2 667


Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS


400 watt Power supply











Mid end


AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+


DFI LanParty nF4 SLi-Dr motherboard


2gbs OCZ Platinum edition RAM


Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer


(2) eVGA 7600 GT videocards (in SLI)


510 watt Power supply








High end:


Intel Core 2 Duo E6600


eVGA 680i motherboard


2gbs G.Skill DDR2 667 RAM


eVGA 8800 GTS video card


Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card


600 watt power supply








Mid High end (higher than high end basically)


Intel Core 2 Duo E6850


eVGA 680i motherboard


4gb G.Skill DDR2 667 RAM


(2) eVGA 8800 GTS (or GTX, GTX is better)


Auzentech X-Meridian sound card


850 watt power supply





Way high end


Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600


4gbs Corsair Dominator PC2 8888 RAM


eVGA 680i motherboard


(2) eVGA 8800 GTXs


Auzentech X-Fi Prelude


1000 watt PSU





Extreme Crazy high end


Intel Core 2 Quad QX6800


4gbs Corsair Dominator PC2 10,000 RAM


eVGA 680i motherboard


2 8800 GTXs in SLI


Auzentech X-Fi Prelude


1000 watt PSU








Parts not for sale yet:


Auzentech X-Fi Prelude sound card


Intel Core 2 Duo E6850





For better performance include special processor cooling


Examples are:


Air cooling (Zalman 9700)


Watercooling (Best is a custom made one)


TEC cooling (Watercooling system with sub zero or sub ambient temperatures)


Phase Changing (What i'm getting, it basically heats up a refridgerant then brings it to the processor, once it evaporates, it pulls all the heat from the processor creating sub zero temperatures, my phase changer reaches negative 70 degrees celcius)





Reason for cooling:


Overclocking


Stability


Comfort





If you want to know more about:


Air cooling


Water cooling


Phase changing


TEC cooling


Overclocking


and/or


Computer parts





just email me at ericeng91@yahoo.com
Reply:depends, from what your wanting, i'd say 1,500$ to 2,500$
Reply:Video card---GeForce 8800Ultra--$610 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...





Sound card---Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series---$146 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...





Hard Drive---Western Digital Caviar 750GB 7200RPM---$200 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...





Memory---2x OCZ 2GB(2x1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)---$164 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...





OS---Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit---$112 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...





THINGS NOT IN YOUR LIST BUT WILL NEED:





Processor---Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66Ghz---$595 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...





Motherboard---Abit IP35 Pro LGA 775 ATX---$185 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...





And a monitor(if you dont already have one)


And a mouse %26amp; keyboard(if you dont already have one)


And some generic case or one that you like.
Reply:a lot depends on the video card.


match the card to the game.


get xp pro.


2 gig of ram


2 hard drives.


AMD not dual core.


you could make an ok system for $600.


newegg.com


MIKE

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