[Help]Trying to purchase a new Gaming computer is this...?

Question

Im sick and tired of my computer, the one i have right now...

and I want to buy a new gaming computer, capable of playing todays games, specifically (Crysis, WoW, etc...)

I live in Canada, Toronto, and Future shop is my best bet, personally cause my father says they have warranties as opposed to second hand Criagslist computers.

Is this computer okay for me guys, I just want something that is capable of playing todays and yesterdays 256 and 512MB games thats all,

Also is a second hand(cheaper/could have issues though)

or a brand new PC(warranty, new hardware, more expensive)

better?

This is what im currently looking at:

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10107145&catid=

Also thanks in advanced, people, i really appreciate your help and oppinion, Also im new to computers and stuff, not very techy myself heh

Answer 1

this computer has good specs, but you should look at a Dell XPS, Alienware, or Gateway computer also.

Answer 2

Well I would get a different computer for these reasons.

1. On a gaming computer you want Windows XP not Windoes Vista. Right now Vista is slow and has alot of probems with the software not yet fixed.

2. Has 4 gb of RAM so if you wanted to install XP (heres the only problem with XP) it would recognize only 3.5gb of RAM max!

3. It's a quad core, right now very very few games are up to quad core technology, and it will be a waste for many years yet.

Just my ipinions but hey, it will work. Good Luck!

Answer 3

the 3650 is not that great a gaming card, especially for agmes like crysis which are very hardware intensive. Try to get something with an 8800gt or a 4850 or higher, and you will be able to have a lot more fun.

I couldnt see anything really that good at futureshop.

http://www.ibuypower.com is an excellent site, and someone here could probably help you put together an excellent gaming machine on there within your budget.

if you want pre-built, tigerdirect is not too horrible

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/...

this machine is pretty funky with a 4850 (good budget gaming card. beats 8800gt)

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

Answer 4

MAN U CAN JUST BUY A PS3 FOR ALL UR GAMES AND USE UR OLD PC FOR BROWSING in a ps3 u won't have as much trouble as u have on pc for setting up games etc just put the cd in and start playing but in a pc first install than for some reason u find that the game is not compatible with ur version of OS trust me personal experience

Answer 5

This computer is at a good price with good specs. I'd say go with it, it will do you many years

Answer 6

The computer you picked out should be able to adequate to handle most things on the market right now.  Crysis is a pretty tricky thing to include as an example though,  since even the most top end computers can barely run it at 30-40 fps at max settings.    However when it comes to wow I was running it at 174.7 fps on a core 2 duo with a far worse gfx card.   Wow is 4-5 years old now, so even in the most intense raiding situations (I've killed kil'jaden) this computer should get you by.

As for new vs used,  it basically depends A. on how knowledgable you are, how confident you are in whom you're buying it from,  and how much the savings is.   If you don't know how to swap out a hard drive, or remove / reinstall a power source or something else like that, I should warn you in advance that just to get geek squad (the USA's version of house call computer service tech's) to walk in your door was 155$.  No parts, labor, hourly rate... thats just walking in your door.  Thus if you don't know how to diagnose / fix your own computer problems, should one arise, it will likely end up costing you more.

Best of luck.

Addendum:

Proto proves he knows NOTHING about dx9 vs DX 10.  Dx 10 actually runs SLOWER with most gfx cards than Dx9.  The reason for this is because DX9's drivers have been around for longer, and are better optimized by developers of both hardware and software.  Xp is not only viable for gaming,  but typically better.

"Playing through five very similar minutes of the game with FRAPS and timing the frames per second, we shot up a batch of splicers in DX10 and then in DX9, with all other settings being equal (high quality defaults at 1680x1050). In DirectX 10, FRAPS showed an average of 61.658 fps; in DirectX 9, the average was 80.300 fps."

source: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,28...

Answer 7

Hello friend

If you really need a gaming pc to play you game like crysis you need to have a really good system configuration because the future games would have the same system requirements as crysis does and you even wont have to think of not buying them because of there need

you should at have

Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista), Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista), AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or better

256MB or 512MB of Graphics Memory

NVIDIA 7800 Series, ATI Radeon 1800 Series or better

but mind using XP cause its better..

or you have other simple option to buy a PlayStation 3..

Answer 8

Overall it's a good machine... will breeze through world of warcraft and can handle most other games- but for Crysis  you'll need a more powerful graphics card.

The Radeon 3650 which comes included is a $75 card, and Crysis requires a more powerful one. Something around the $175 price point like the Radeon 4850 or GeForce 9800GTX+ (or better)

While XP is the preferred operating system for general-purpose computers, for gaming rigs you've gotta go with Vista.  DirectX 10 is *ONLY* supported in Vista!!!

Answer 9

If i were you i would get a new computer. i bought a used mac once and it was just one problem after another. So i think u should get a new Dell XPS or an alienware computer they are the better gaming computers from my experience and if anything ever goes wrong the warranty is the best thing to have in the world!

Answer 10

Nice machine - but you shouldn't need to go to a quad core. Look for a high end dual-core. Make sure the video card has at least 512M of memory, the system has at least 2G (preferable 4G) of memory. The biggest thing to get fast gaming after this is make sure it has 2 disks at SATA II speed, and have them mirrored (Raid). The slowest part of a computer is the disk, and having 2 disks in a mirror halves the seek time for data transfer.