Computer Building Help

[William]

my budget is under 650$, want to be able to run total wars(especially rome 2) on ultra settings, anyone know a pre-built one?

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[DoctorWarband]

my budget is under 650$, want to be able to run total wars(especially rome 2) on ultra settings, anyone know a pre-built one?

i7 Core, 8 MB memory, Nvidia GForce (Something with numbers), and a Samsung monitor 27 inches, if you will have enough.

[kpetschulat]

For $650, I recommend buying a whole system, forget building it... This one is surprisingly good.

[Brock]

my budget is under 650$, want to be able to run total wars(especially rome 2) on ultra settings, anyone know a pre-built one?

i7 Core, 8 MB memory, Nvidia GForce (Something with numbers), and a Samsung monitor 27 inches, if you will have enough.

no.

You have to go with an AMD build.

[kpetschulat]

You have to go with an AMD build.

For $650, I recommend buying a whole system, forget building it... This one is surprisingly good.

[Jay_One]

You will always be able to build your own better PC for the price of buying a pre-built. You're paying for the work that went into assembling the parts which you can do yourself.

[kpetschulat]

You will always be able to build your own better PC for the price of buying a pre-built. You're paying for the work that went into assembling the parts which you can do yourself.

And, if you do one thing wrong while building your own pc, it can cause a serious issue. Often times, when you don't know exactly what you're doing, it's better off to buy a pre-built. That way, you know they are made right. I've built my own PC's, but I knew what I was doing. My friend tried it, and ended up fucking up, I had to fix it.

[Dom13WorstNW]

Would it be better to buy a whole new computer or a really good graphics card?

[kpetschulat]

Well, that depends. If your current system is good, and simply needs an updated GPU, then simply buy the new GPU, I would suggest AMD. I use NVidia currently, but I built this PC a long time ago, and it's what I preferred at the time. If you whole system is older, there's a good chance most current GPU's won't work with your motherboard, and the power supply won't be enough for the GPU processing. In that case, buy a whole new system. I link twice in this thread to a very good computer within your price range. I suggest checking it out. 

[Skyz]

Im guessing buying a new computer will not solve internet problems?

[kpetschulat]

Lol, not at all. If you want to solve internet problems, purchase higher bandwith, or change your service provider to a more local one. 

[Meister]

Would it be better to buy a whole new computer or a really good graphics card?

If you have an old CPU it will bottleneck your new good GPU(Graphics-card) rendering it useless so if you're pc's old buy a new computer (I would personally build one myself as you can save a couple hundred quid). However if your pc's quite new I would just buy a new graphics card.

[William]

I have a mac, one does not simply upgrade a mac  .

[William]

how does this sound(thanks to skyz for recommending)

Case

AZZA Armour Gaming Case - Blue

Processor

AMD A6-6400K APU (2x 3.90GHz/1MB L2 Cache)



Processor Cooling

Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink


Memory

8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand


Video Card

AMD Radeon HD 7770 - 1GB - Single Card


Motherboard

ASRock FM2A75 Pro4 -- 6x USB3.0, 1x eSATA-III 6Gb/s


Power Supply

650 Watt -- NZXT HALE82N-SI / 80+ Bronze


Primary Hard Drive

2 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200rpm, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive


Optical Drive

24x Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black

Sound Card

3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard


Network Card

Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)


Operating System

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) 64-Bit


Keyboard

iBUYPOWER Standard Gaming Keyboard - FREE Upgrde to Tt eSPORTS CHALLENGER Gaming Keyboard


Mouse

iBUYPOWER Standard Gaming Mouse - Blood Red

Warranty

3 Year Standard Warranty Service


Rush Service

Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) - No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days

[Meister]

how does this sound(thanks to skyz for recommending)

Case

AZZA Armour Gaming Case - Blue

Processor

AMD A6-6400K APU (2x 3.90GHz/1MB L2 Cache)




Processor Cooling

Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink


Memory

8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand


Video Card

AMD Radeon HD 7770 - 1GB - Single Card


Motherboard

ASRock FM2A75 Pro4 -- 6x USB3.0, 1x eSATA-III 6Gb/s


Power Supply

650 Watt -- NZXT HALE82N-SI / 80+ Bronze


Primary Hard Drive

2 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200rpm, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive


Optical Drive

24x Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black

Sound Card

3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard


Network Card

Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)


Operating System

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) 64-Bit


Keyboard

iBUYPOWER Standard Gaming Keyboard - FREE Upgrde to Tt eSPORTS CHALLENGER Gaming Keyboard


Mouse

iBUYPOWER Standard Gaming Mouse - Blood Red

Warranty

3 Year Standard Warranty Service


Rush Service

Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) - No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days

if you want to run Rome 2 on Ultra I would recommend at least the Ati 7850.