Thread: Need a New Computer

Originally Posted by badprimer1

Thanks for the replies and help. What you all have responded really makes me think about what I haven't been thinking about.

@hannibal - damn, thank you for taking time to do that. When I go out to those sites, I have no idea which motherboard is better or worse than another.

@kracker - it is stong force by the family trying to steer me to the imac. No reason really they are pushing for it other than just what they are exposed with by friends, tv, ads, etc. I very well may have to do what you suggest.

@stuntmanslim - I truly haven't given a thought about the monitor. I'm playing on a 7 year 19" lcd (not wide screen). Does the monitor you asked about require anything special (i.e. graphics card)? Regarding your question on Arma and what comes out next summer, as you can see I keep my computers for a long time. I have just accepted over time that eventually my computer can't run newer games, so I stick with the games I really like. Regarding the montherboard, I believe what hannibal suggested meets the requirements you have suggested as well.

I'm still unsure what direction I will go - build, have it build, or off the shelf. I can certainly follow instructions to build one, I have built things all my life, but this is really out of my realm. What I'm concerned with is not seeing or knowing when something is not going correctly and I should have entered a different setting.

Badprimer1, building a system is not that hard. There is an old saying "The eyes are afraid of, but the hands do." There is really no specific setting you enable or disable (in general).

Here is a quick video of the steps...


After putting it together you start the puppy up. Make sure it boots. Put your OS disc in, install the OS. Install drivers and you are good to go...


PS: You should try to get a LCD monitor...

Respectfully,
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