03-01-2005, 10:04 PM
I've managed to convince my wife (and myself) that I really need my own gaming PC. Given my current WoW addiction it's the only way the rest of the family will get any tiime on the current machine.
It's been a while since I bought a computer for myself. I've been getting by on office hand-me-downs, and I am very out of touch with current hardware. I wouldn't be adverse to putting a machine together myself if this meant a significant cost savings, though it's been 10 years since I last did such a thing.
Do any of you have any suggestions for how I might go about spending my hard-earned cash? Buyer's guides, reputable suppliers, hardware suggestions, any and all of these would be welcomed. The budget for this machine is at most $1500 and need not include a monitor. Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
-DarkCrown
It's been a while since I bought a computer for myself. I've been getting by on office hand-me-downs, and I am very out of touch with current hardware. I wouldn't be adverse to putting a machine together myself if this meant a significant cost savings, though it's been 10 years since I last did such a thing.
Do any of you have any suggestions for how I might go about spending my hard-earned cash? Buyer's guides, reputable suppliers, hardware suggestions, any and all of these would be welcomed. The budget for this machine is at most $1500 and need not include a monitor. Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
-DarkCrown