Hey computer folks out there....

[jdm delivery]

So I've decided that i'm going to do something that I have always wanted to do, build my own gaming pc. I've been looking around at some stuff but I'm kinda lost as far as processing speed, clocking, ram, motherborad, etc. Basically everything. I want it to be able to run some newer mmo's and rpgs and stuff like that and also want to be able to play some older dos games. As far as OS's go i'm pretty much settled on XP pro, thats the best i've used for gaming. So any help that anyone can lend me would be awesome!

[.saint]

im totally converted to mac so as far as that goes im not sure only thing i know right now is shop www.newegg.com they are having some mega deals this november for 'black friday' kickoff.

[jdm delivery]

Word. I'm probbaly going to try to get bootcamp on my laptop to run osx. but i'm not sure.

[tenchu]

Win 7 is an amazing OS, as far as Microshaft goes. Intel quad cores are bad ass processors, and an ATI crossfire setup would go great with it. At least 4Gb of ram. I've always had great luck with Asus and Abit motherboards. And for gaming, make sure you get a GOOD cooling system. The shitty stock heatsinc and fan is going to kill you, if you don't want to go all out on a water cooling setup, at least get a high end heatsinc and a good fan, plus case fans. Make sure you have a fairly large power supply if you're running two video cards and a high end CPU. Also would help performance to run 2 hard drives, one smaller drive for the OS, then run everything else off 2nd HDD. SATA is the only way to go these days. If you have any questions man, LMK. Newegg and TigerDirect usually have pretty good selection and prices.

[jdm delivery]

Win 7 is an amazing OS, as far as Microshaft goes. Intel quad cores are bad ass processors, and an ATI crossfire setup would go great with it. At least 4Gb of ram. I've always had great luck with Asus and Abit motherboards. And for gaming, make sure you get a GOOD cooling system. The shitty stock heatsinc and fan is going to kill you, if you don't want to go all out on a water cooling setup, at least get a high end heatsinc and a good fan, plus case fans. Make sure you have a fairly large power supply if you're running two video cards and a high end CPU. Also would help performance to run 2 hard drives, one smaller drive for the OS, then run everything else off 2nd HDD. SATA is the only way to go these days. If you have any questions man, LMK. Newegg and TigerDirect usually have pretty good selection and prices.

Damn thanks for the info man! I'll deff be hitting you up once i get decided on what I want to do. I want to make this system as quick and sleek as possible, of course i'll be on a budget.

[tenchu]

Word, no prob. What kinda budget? Honestly, I wouldn't even consider building an MMO machine for less than a grand, shits expensive, thats why I quit the whole pc gaming thing, i cant afford cars AND computers, lol.

[.saint]

try affording a haunted house and cars.