Best desktop computer for gaming around $1,000?

Question

I wanna play games like Sims 2, Grand Theft Auto, Bully...

with no lag at all!

Help me out :)

Thanks

Answer 1

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?...

Answer 2

DO NOT BUY FROM BEST BUY. Get directly from dell or manufacturer.

I suggest  you buy from ibuypower. They are a well known manufacturer of gaming pc's. A $1000 PC is well suited to playing games like bioshock, crysis, and supreme commander. It would be wasteful if you are going to use it to play a PS2 class game like bully when your PC has more rendering power than the xbox360 and PS3 combined.

http://www.ibuypower.com/mall/lobby-inte...

please note that like dell they offer custom configurations, but with far more options.

Answer 3

Haha, 1000 dollars is too much for those casual games. My computer is 1000 dollars and it can run Crysis lag-free. Just go and settle for a 600-800 dollar computer

These are my specs: You can just just buy an older model for all of these products so it can cost less and still run your computer lag free

Antec 900 case - $100

Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512 mb - $200-$250 (i 4got)

MSI P35 Platinum Motherboard with a Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0 GHZ processor combo - i dunno (my parents got it for me at frys)

250 hard drive - 50 bucks

700 watt power supply - $125 ( you only need 500-600 watts, maybe less)

2 gigs of ram - $25 (at least 2 gig or more for a fast computer)

Windows XP Prof. - it's a s-e-c-r-e-t.

Windows Vista Ultimate - it's a s-e-c-r-e-t ( I am using Dual Boot)

You can just buy cheaper models to save some green. For instance. Go buy a 600 watt power supply and that would be 50 dollars. Go buy 8400 and save a hundred bucks. Buy a cheaper processor and motherboard and save 100-200 bucks. And you can get XP or Vista for free, just search on google.

Answer 4

If you're looking to buy pre-built, try this-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...

If you're looking to build it yourself, then look for the following-

CPU-E8400

Mobo-BIOSTAR TPower I45

GPU-MSI NX 8800GT

RAM-OCZ Gold 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

PSU- CORSAIR 550W

OS-Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

Case- Raidmax Aztec

HDD-Western Digital Caviar 320GB

Optical Drive-Lite-On 20X DVD+R burner

Thermal paste- Arctic Silver 5

Heat sink-ZALMAN 110mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler

You can find all this at newegg.com. Your subtotal, without tax or shipping, is $896.