Introduction
So you want to buy yourself a nice gaming computer for the high resolution graphical experience. You’re not wrong to want that. The gaming experience that you get from a good PC is something no ordinary configured PC can offer you. People spend thousands of dollars configuring their PC to get the best games hardware money can buy. A gaming PC is like a company buying an asset. If you cheap out in the beginning then you’ll see yourself lagging behind and having to upgrade your PC for games hardware in less than a year or maximum two years. Hence when purchasing a Gaming PC, make sure you have good budget. If you spend your money well you can a Gaming PC good enough to last you for five years or even more.
History
The one thing you’ll observe is that if you a buy a good gaming card as in a high end one, which is the most expensive hardware for the PC, you wouldn’t need to replace it with a better one for at least 4-6 years, 5 years on average unless you have the passion for having the latest ones. Some really great configurations that’ll help you last for years include a Sapphire ATI Radeons 5890s. This graphic card even if you put in just one will blow you away. The card has extremely high resolution capabilities and is usually recommended to have two for best results and more screen ports. The maximum display size it can up to is around 50 inches, so you know you’re set for the next couple of years. Next comes the games’ hardware that’ll be dealing with speed. The Shanghai series from AMD is an excellent choice. Now what processor of the series you buy is completely dependent on the amount of money you have left after the graphic card but once again don’t cheap out. You could even go for an Intel iCore like the i5 or i7 or for best results the Intel Extreme Quad Core series. The two hardware discussed yet are most important and will alone cost you a hefty sum of nearly $500- $900 depending on the market price of the two.
Features
Now thirdly comes another component for high speed performance, the RAM. Now we all know even for a normal home desktop you need at least a 2GB RAM for optimal use. For a Gaming PC we got to have a lot more juice. The best recommended RAM for a gaming PC would hands on be GDDR5. This RAM is designed for applications requiring very high bandwidth, so it’s the best games hardware you could get for your computer. If you can’t properly afford it go for a normal DDR3 or DDR2 RAM, no less than 6GB. Your computer will start to get slow soon if you put in anything less than 6GB. Finally make sure you have good hard disk space. A normal PC would have an average of 320GB disk space. You’ll need a little more so go for something 500GB – 800GB and preferably a high speed hard disk like the SCSI.
Tips and comments
Now if you calculate the cost that’ll come to building a PC with these configurations, it’ll definitely be out of your budget but the best is never cheap. The best games hardware will set you for the next years and you won’t have to worry about upgrades.