How much does it cost to build a gaming computer?

Question

High quality video and sound card
500 gigs to1 trylobyte of hard drive
2-5 gigs of ram
windows vista standerd

Answer 1

well to clear things up.



it's terabyte

and you can only have up to 4 gigs of ram before you have to go to server motherboards, unless you get a strange one which may support up to 8 gbs





But i'm currently building one of the top of the line computers with a custom cooling system (high tech stuff, you may or may not understand) but it is costing me 3000 right now

and i willl upgrade later on this year, possibly next year.



But um gaming computers, depends on what games

but generally from 600 bucks

to about 10,000 bucks.



Here are stats of the 2 extremes (prices may not concur with the computers i am giving)



Low end

Pentium D 805

Gigabyte 650i SLI motherboard

(2) eVGA 6800 GT videocards (in SLI)

2 gbs G.Skill RAM DDR2 667

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS

400 watt Power supply







Mid end

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+

DFI LanParty nF4 SLi-Dr motherboard

2gbs OCZ Platinum edition RAM

Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

(2) eVGA 7600 GT videocards (in SLI)

510 watt Power supply





High end:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600

eVGA 680i motherboard

2gbs G.Skill DDR2 667 RAM

eVGA 8800 GTS video card

Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card

600 watt power supply





Mid High end (higher than high end basically)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850

eVGA 680i motherboard

4gb G.Skill DDR2 667 RAM

(2) eVGA 8800 GTS (or GTX, GTX is better)

Auzentech X-Meridian sound card

850 watt power supply



Way high end

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

4gbs Corsair Dominator PC2 8888 RAM

eVGA 680i motherboard

(2) eVGA 8800 GTXs

Auzentech X-Fi Prelude

1000 watt PSU



Extreme Crazy high end

Intel Core 2 Quad QX6800

4gbs Corsair Dominator PC2 10,000 RAM

eVGA 680i motherboard

2 8800 GTXs in SLI

Auzentech X-Fi Prelude

1000 watt PSU





Parts not for sale yet:

Auzentech X-Fi Prelude sound card

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850



For better performance include special processor cooling

Examples are:

Air cooling (Zalman 9700)

Watercooling (Best is a custom made one)

TEC cooling (Watercooling system with sub zero or sub ambient temperatures)

Phase Changing (What i'm getting, it basically heats up a refridgerant then brings it to the processor, once it evaporates, it pulls all the heat from the processor creating sub zero temperatures, my phase changer reaches negative 70 degrees celcius)



Reason for cooling:

Overclocking

Stability

Comfort



If you want to know more about:

Air cooling

Water cooling

Phase changing

TEC cooling

Overclocking

and/or

Computer parts



just email me at [e-mail]

Answer 2

a lot depends on the video card.

match the card to the game.

get xp pro.

2 gig of ram

2 hard drives.

AMD not dual core.

you could make an ok system for $600.

newegg.com

MIKE

Answer 3

Video card---GeForce 8800Ultra--$610 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130090



Sound card---Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series---$146 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102005



Hard Drive---Western Digital Caviar 750GB 7200RPM---$200 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136131



Memory---2x OCZ 2GB(2x1GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)---$164 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227181



OS---Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit---$112 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116202



THINGS NOT IN YOUR LIST BUT WILL NEED:



Processor---Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66Ghz---$595 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115027



Motherboard---Abit IP35 Pro LGA 775 ATX---$185 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127030



And a monitor(if you dont already have one)

And a mouse & keyboard(if you dont already have one)

And some generic case or one that you like.

Answer 4

depends, from what your wanting, i'd say 1,500$ to 2,500$