Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Things To Consider While Building a Gaming Pc


Gaming computers are built to process huge amounts of information while playing online role–playing games or first–person shooters. These powerful PCs are configured with high–end graphics cards, lightning fast CPUs and  extreme cases with good cooling system.

These are not your typical desktops. Gaming computers incorporate style and portability. Towers may have transparent sides, neon lights, or innovative designs so they look as good as they perform, but these things are optional.

The real power of a gaming PCs lies in three most important components.i.e. Processor, Graphic Processor Unit (GPUs) And RAM.It is always better to get your gaming PCs  built yourself. Don't worry, we will help you in suggesting you best gaming configuration under your  budget.

Below are some points while considering to buy a gaming PC.
1. Processor
A fast CPU, or processor, will aid the video card in drawing up to 51 billion polygons per second in first person shooters and MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games), alike. Some systems include powerful quad-core processors which process data faster due to availability of multiple cores.
                               
2. Memory
Large amounts of memory allows the computer to quickly access frequently used information or programs; a critical component for gaming.Some games can occupy over 12GB of hard drive space.With DDR3 technology memory modules flooding the market, we can see better gaming performances in the coming time.
3. Video Card
Most recent games won't run good on your integrated video cards.So it's time for you to change it to a good graphic card.  Many games have life–like, real–time images that require a powerful graphics card. ATI and nVidia graphics cards are the most common brand amongst gamers, and at least 512MB of proprietary video RAM is needed for most current games. While considering a Graphic card , we must look into Number of Stream processors,Engine clock speed and Memory Clock and Memory size (512mb or 1GB Recommended) .


4. Value/Price
We researched market for a while and found that Custom build gaming PCs can be configured as low as 800 $ and as high as you want ;) .You can get a Branded PCs from Alienware, Dell etc , but they might not be good at performance and still cost you more just because of brand name.

5. Support/Warranty
The first–class manufacturers provide quality help and support through email, phone and online chat. They also provide up to three-year warranties at no additional cost. Warranty is the most important aspect when considering computer components such as Graphic cards, Motherboards and Hard Disk Drives.

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