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Applejack wrote on 2012-11-03 01:43
Can someone tell me what to get for $1,000?
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Cucurbita wrote on 2012-11-03 01:53
IBM 5XXX model, usually rare so it might cost you anywhere from 300 to 2000 dollars. Its a must have for gamers, otakus, scientists, and time travelers.
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Akemii wrote on 2012-11-03 02:03
Quote from Cucurbita;974524:
IBM 5XXX model, usually rare so it might cost you anywhere from 300 to 2000 dollars. Its a must have for gamers, otakus, scientists, and time travelers.
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Lewd wrote on 2012-11-03 02:47
Alienware
Alienware
A thousand times Alienware :D
EDIT: I feel bad
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RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-11-03 02:54
I almost feel like I have to post after how this topic has gone so far, but I don't know nearly enough about midranged (or the high end of midranged, whatever) computers.
Do you just want to get the best thing you can for the money, or do you want to play something well for the least amount of money possible?
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Mystickskye wrote on 2012-11-03 04:43
Off the top of my head + a brief glance at newegg:
i5 3450 | i5 3570k + Hyper 212 Plus Heatsink
HD 7870| HD7950
WD Caviar Blue 1GB | WD Caviar Black 1GB/2GB |SSD?
4/8GB of any cheap 1300/1333MHz RAM | 8GB of 1600/1666MHz RAM
Any decent H75/Z75/Z77 mobo
Corsair CX430 or anything similar | Corsair CX 500 or anything similar
Whatever case you want
If you go by all of the first options you'll end up well under budget but it's already a solid gaming system (assuming high-ish if not max settings at 1920x1080 res). If you want to spend a bit more you can opt for some (or maybe even all) of the latter choices. I left out GTX for GPU options because the general consensus seems to be that most of the cards fail to meet certain price/performance points but they're an option too if you prefer nVidia over Radeon.
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Chockeh wrote on 2012-11-03 06:27
Quote from teneshi;974546:
Alienware
Alienware
A thousand times Alienware :D
EDIT: I feel bad
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Looks like I'm at Enthusiast level.
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Applejack wrote on 2012-11-03 18:53
Prob not gonna need to spend all $1,000 considering that's just a max on the price range but I most likely won't be using my computer for anything but streaming LoL.
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Lewd wrote on 2012-11-03 19:56
Quote from Applejack;974770:
Prob not gonna need to spend all $1,000 considering that's just a max on the price range but I most likely won't be using my computer for anything but streaming LoL.
I'm at fair and I can run most games at high-max at 1980 res
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-11-03 23:36
Quote from Chockeh;974636:
Looks like I'm at Enthusiast level.
you have 2 GPUs?
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Evaris wrote on 2012-11-04 10:16
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Sumpfkraut wrote on 2012-11-04 12:10
Don't forget the sound too. Don't want to ramble about it a third time however.
Just, don't forget it.
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Evaris wrote on 2012-11-04 17:02
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Don't forget the sound too. Don't want to ramble about it a third time however.
Just, don't forget it.
Integrated sound is more than fine on most motherboards these days for non-audiophiles.
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Sumpfkraut wrote on 2012-11-04 19:54
I was more thinking about a non-shitty speaker/headphone choice, albeit a better sound processing option would be the second step, if you want to listen to music or games at a reasonable volume level. Though I guess getting used to it drowns a lot of the THD out.
It can be a <50$ ASUS sound card too.
But seriously, if you want to be truly immersed in a game, good sound is as important as good graphics, if not more depending on the game. And with good sound I don't mean 150$ Logitech 5.1 speaker sets or 40$ "5.1" headsets.
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Evaris wrote on 2012-11-04 20:42
Quote from Sumpfkraut;975307:
I was more thinking about a non-shitty speaker/headphone choice, albeit a better sound processing option would be the second step, if you want to listen to music or games at a reasonable volume level. Though I guess getting used to it drowns a lot of the THD out.
It can be a <50$ ASUS sound card too.
But seriously, if you want to be truly immersed in a game, good sound is as important as good graphics, if not more depending on the game. And with good sound I don't mean 150$ Logitech 5.1 speaker sets or 40$ "5.1" headsets.
To me sound is important, however most motherboards running half-decent chipsets have integrated sound cards on par with most ~$50 dedicated sound cards these days, which is capable of sound quality on par with what is on most blue-ray disks. If gaming immersion is what is being looked at, given the OP's overall budget I could not truly recommend spending more than $50 at most on speakers / headset unless he stated he was an audiophile or had a separate budget set aside for peripherals.
At that point the two headsets I would recommend are either the
Rosewill Audio Pro RHM-6308, or the
PLANTRONICS .Audio 655 DSP
Speakers would be either the
Creative Inspire T3130 or the
Cyber Acoustics CA3550RB.