Need help with computer config

Hello, I am an avid Xbox gamer and I originally started gaming on PC. Recently I gave up on PC because my Dell XPS Laptop cannot handle all games and is almost 4 years old. I want help configuring a new computer,

What is the native resolution of the monitor you gonna be gaming at?

I wouldn't go stage 2.

Edited by DST4ME - 15 Dec 2011 at 1:43pm

Nobody can tell you what you need without knowing your res, otherwise 2 things will happen, you either endup with not enough power or you endup wasting your money on power you will never notice.

Its kinda like you asking me to recommend a car to you for a race but you won't tell me what kind of a race or how long, so I can't tell you what kinda of car or how much gas and etc.

Now let me tell you a few things, I would not recommend regenagde to you at all:

1. you can't upgrade it to sli

2. the case itself is not the best choice.

3. all the way around its not the best choice.

if your res is 1900 x 1200 and you want to max bf3 for example thats not gonna happen with Renegade lvl 3. and you can't upgrade it to do so either.

Now lets go slow, why don't you tell me the monitor you gonna be using with this pc and I will try and look up the native resolution for you.

resolution in general way is basically how much detail screen holds, for example if a monitor has a res of 1200 x 1000 it has much much less details then one with a 1900 x 1200 res.

and detail is what decides how sharp and life like the image infront of you is gonna be, the higher the res, the more detail, the better the image looks, for examlpe if you want high definition tv/programing you are watching it at 1920 x 1080.

now the higher your res the more gpu power you need to max it out like you want, so in order to tell you what you need without wasting your money or giving you less then you need, we need to know the res, once we know the res then we will know from that what kinda gpu power you need to as you put it "run pretty much any game on the highest graphics settings smoothly and into the next few years".

so tell me your monitor model and make and we can take it from there.

LOL you got it backwards, you get the pc based on the monitor when its for gaming.

OK well let me tell you a few things:

Most important thing about a monitor is its panel, right now there are 2 major ones, TN and IPS, IPS has superior picture quality/clarity.

Now IPS panels will cost a bit more because they are better.

however no matter if we go tn or ips, if you want to max out games at 1900 x 1200 ball park (24" or 23" monitors), you gonna need sli 570 to max out games like bf3.

to give you sli 570, we will be going over your budget by a good amount, you can go ode 3 that is gonna be the cheapest but then its future upgrades are limited, or you can go custom build with better parts and no upgrade limitations but this will cost more then ode 3, ode 3 goes for $2,339.

a good ips monitor at 24" or 23" will cost you around $250 - $300.

Edited by DST4ME - 16 Dec 2011 at 12:42am

I can not share a link with you like DST4ME can but I know he is going to recomend the same monitor that he did to me. Go to Dell's website and look under their Ultrasharp series. These are very nice IPS monitors and look great!

Well with that budget you can build a stone cold killer machine. Mine rang up to about $3200 not including a monitor. I would really answer DST4ME's questions....trust me he is the man at this stuff and I agree with 95% of his choices.

Are you wanting an X79 at that budget price or are you wanting to blow up a 2600k with lots of stuff you probably wont notice having. I will configure an X79 for you and post the number so you can check it out. Granted though, we could save you lots of money if you stick with 2600k.

Man I really appreciate all of you guys help. I am really truly clueless when it comes to this stuff. I would just like to get a machine that will run anything on maximum graphics settings smoothly. $3500 is my budget and dont mind going that high but if for example you guys dont think I have to than tell me. I just wanna be able to run stuff for a few years without needing to worry about it. I'm really excited about getting a new awesome rig. I looked at that one you posted and to me it looks good but like i said idk. Thanks for everything!

Thanks! I really like the way that one is looking. Any input on that build DST4ME?

plus he will say something like make sure the voltage is under 1.4 or something like that :) (to be honest i dont know what that means ive just seen it alot in his suggestions)  :)

Build looks great, and yes:

Ask DS specifically for this fan to be added to the top, so you endup with 4 x 200mm fans:

haf 200mm non led fan

Ask for vcore lower then 1.4 for your oc.

the vcore Dynames explained and the fan is for best airflow.

monitors are these:

Dell UltraSharp u2312

Dell UltraSharp U2412M

Edited by DST4ME - 17 Dec 2011 at 12:42am

I never disagreed