is this a good computer tower for gaming?

Q. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POWERFUL-HP-Desktop-PC-Tower-Computer-2x-3-0Ghz-4GB-RAM-160GB-DVDRW-Fast-Small-/110829205010?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item19cdef7612#ht_4844wt_1056 And i will add a 1gb graphics card, will it be able to run games like fifa 12, bf3, mw3? If not could you find me a better one for the same sort of price? Thanks

A. Gaming is quite simply a no.
A look through the components:

Pentium 4 HT - 3.0Ghz - CPU
The processor is a 2005 processor, while gaming is not the most processing intensive activity it does require at a good processor, normally Core Quad or better.

RAM - 4GB
The RAM is average for a desktop computer, I'd recommend 8GB or more if you want it to run games fast without running out of memory.

Hard Drive - 160GB
Okay, the hard drive is pretty small most games take up around 5-10GB of space maybe more or less depending on the game type and year. Some will also be taken up by the OS and other software you want to install.

DVD-RW Drive
Nothing wrong with that.

And a few notes, its running a 32 bit OS meaning you'll only be able to use 3.5GB of the 4GB of RAM.

Adding a 1GB graphics card will boost the graphics, but it won't be able to make up for the slow speed of the processor or the fact that you'll run out of memory if you install a few games.

At the price your looking at most computers won't be able to play games, if your looking to play games your better off looking at new computers in a PC store the ones on eBay at that price are going to be old machines not gaming computers.

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What's the Best Gaming computer Tower?

Q. What's the best gaming full size computer tower that looks cool and can fix ATX X58 motherboard? thanks

A. There actually is a gaming computer that is really cool online. I like it because it looks cool, but at the same time it can play EVERY PC game ever made, and has all the functions of a regular computer, such as playing CDs and DVDs, and getting internet access, and having microsoft word. I like this computer because you can customize it, and the amount of GB and ram it has on the computer is amazing; more than enough ram to support an ATX X58 motherboard. Check it out here!

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Xtreme_XT/

I also really like this computer because it has cool blue and black air conditioning vents on the side, and can even play blue ray discs! You definitely won't be disappointed with your purchase. Hope I helped!
Maxwell

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What's a computer tower that works really well with the sims 2?

Q. well i want to get a new computer tower, because the one in my room that i use for the sims 2 is UBER slow. mostly i just want it so i can play the sims2, and im planning on installing some expansion packs. so what's a computer tower that would work really well with the sims 2, and doesn't cost too much money? (im saving up for it myself)

A. Well to be honest you do not need to get a whole new computer just to play the sims 2. I recommend getting maybe 2 more gigabytes of RAM and some more memory for your hardrive since the sims takes up alot of space. If the game play graphics are bad get a new video card, its alot cheaper than a new computer and these might help ya out :)

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Where is a good place to buy empty computer towers?

Q. Im building a PC and i need a PC tower prefferably a gaming computer tower any ideas?

A. a lot of online retialrs sell them.

http://www.Geeks.com
http://www.tigerdirect.com
http://www.newegg.com

Go to computer cases.

BTW they also have any other hardware and tools you need to build a computer.

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How much would it cost to build a moderately good computer?

Q. I love me some computer games but REALLY don't wanna spend well over a thousand dollars for a comp that will be outdated before long. I've heard that building is cheaper. Any idea how much it'd cost for parts to make a decent computer? It doesn't need to be a tank, but I'd like to be able to play recent games without trouble. Would that be manageable with a 1,000 budget, or is it not THAT much cheaper?

A. The only difference between you and I is confidence. Once that little hurdle is overcome then it's smooth sailing. It honestly doesn't take a lot of experience to put a computer together. I mean they have orientation points on everything. Look at RAM sticks see that little slot in the middle. It makes it impossible to put it backwards. When you put a computer together make sure you use kid gloves. Think about it like an elementary puzzle. There are fairly bid pieces and if you force it and pound on it then yeah something will go wrong. If you use kid gloves everything will be jsut fine. Lets move over to your CPU. There is a triangle printed on the corner of your on your CPU as well as the motherboard. It may be a circle but there are markers on each piece that makes assembly fairly straightforward. Moving on to your GFX card. there is a slot on the left hand side of the bottom of the GFX card where it mates with the board. I also wouldn't make any sense to have the wrong side of the card facing out so backwards isn't happening here either. PSU? Screws are on one side and there is only one big square hole with places for your screw hole where your PSU can go. Now the motherboard? That has to be hard. If you look a bit closer at a motherboard you will see a LOT of holes and usually only 6 risers & screws to install it with. How in the heck are you supposed to make sense out of all the circuitry, holes and hardware? The screw holes will have starbursts surrounding the holes.

In a nutshell if you look a bit closer everything is clearly marked for ease of assembly. Take each piece of your build and go to youtube and watch an installation. See how simple pressing in and then plugging in a graphics card is. Watch how someone screws in the risers that the motherboard sits on and then see how the motherboard is screwed into place. You will see that when taken in small bites the process is rather simplistic.

Now we get down to your parts. I chose the 2500K so i will have to suggest that because it is in your BUDGET and you want your price vs performance to lean towards performance. the 2500K is really the HOTTEST CPU on the market today. Yes AMD's bulldozer is on the horizon but it isn't on the market yet and the price would probably be a bit steep at launch and I would still wait a bit to see if any issues arise.There was an issue with the 1155 socket at launch but those have been taken care of long ago. Anyways the links below will = your budget. This is just for the tower. Lets put the 1100T HEX core against the 2500K before I do this http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/203?vs=288. As you can see the 1100T and the 2500K are both at 3.3 GHZ and the 2500K only has 4 cores and the 1100T has 6. The 2500K is the clear winner especially where gaming is concerned at the bottom of the page. Anyways on to your parts.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 CPU $220

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130583 Motherboard $109 after MIR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311 RAM $45

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009 PSU $140

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604 GPU/GFX $229 after MIR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119224 Case $99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986 Windows 7 Premium $94

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 $21

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065 CPU Cooler. Yes you may recycle the USELESS cooler that comes with the 2500K. I mean it does do its' job but not all that well.


Grand total after your MIRs $987


Want to learn how to overclock this AWESOME CPU from 3.3GHz to 4.2GHZ? Turn on, press delete, click overclocking, change the multiplier from 33 to 42, press F10 to save and exit and you're done. You could add in one step when you change the multiplier. Press backspace and click on green power and enable C1E. Just conserves power when you are only watching a movie or surfing. I own this motherboard so I now how simple a change to a number and enabling a power saver really is. I'm not an overclocker but this board/CPU combo makes the process easy.

Operating System
MS Windows 7 32-bit Upgrading to 64bit soon
CPU
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz34 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00 GB DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-25)
Motherboard
MSI P67A-G43 (MS-7673) (SOCKET 0)36 °C
Graphics
DELL 1704FPV (1024x768@75Hz)
ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series (Diamond)44 °C
ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series (VISIONTEK)39 °C
CrossFire Disabled
Hard Drives
156GB Seagate ST3160812AS ATA Device (SATA)34 °C
78GB Western Digital WDC WD800JD-00MSA1 ATA Device (SATA)31 °C
977GB Seagate ST31000528AS ATA Device (SATA)32 °C
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHAS124 Y ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

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What is a really good gaming computer ?

Q. So I used to be on top of all the gaming news in the world but I kinda quite with computer games and went to consol games. Recently i have been missing the computer games and all I have to play is a 6 year old computer.
I have a mac but that can run games anywhere near as good as I would like it to.
I kno of a lot of companies that make amazing gaming computers. Like alienware but I was just going to ask are there any good gaming computers out there for a relatively low price??? Thanks for any answers!

A. Have you considered building your own gaming computer? It would be much cheaper than buying one from a company, such as alienware, that puts it together for you. You can go to newegg.com and buy the parts listed below for 2 different good gaming computers. The first gaming computer can run most games like WoW, allods, cally of duty, HON, SC2 etc at a little less than max graphics pretty well. The second custom computer can basically run any game you throw at it on max graphics at over 60FPS easily.

This computer set-up will cost roughly $500.
Computer Case:........Rosewill DESTROYER ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Power Supply:..........Rosewill Green Series 430W Power Supply
CPU:..........................AMD Athlon 2.9GHz 2 x 1MB 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor
CPU Fan:...................Comes with the CPU. No additional CPU Fan needed.
Motherboard:............ASUS EVO 785G ATX Motherboard
Hard Drive:...............Western Digital Caviar Blue 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
CD/DvD-ROM:..........LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner
Video Card:...............GeForce GTX 260
Memory Modules:.......CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB)

This computer set-up will cost roughly $884.
Computer Case:........Antec Nine Hundred Two Black Steel Mid Tower
Power Supply:..........Antec EarthWatts ATX12V 650W
CPU:..........................Intel Core i5-750 2.66GHz 8MB 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
CPU Fan:...................Intel Core i7/i5 8mm Heatpipes Dual 120mm Fans i5 Compatable
Motherboard:............ASUS Deluxe LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
Hard Drive:...............Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 16MB 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
CD/DvD-ROM:..........LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner
Video Card:...............GIGABYTE GeForce GTS 450 1GB 128-bit
Memory Modules:.......CORSAIR 4GB 2 x 2GB


Or

This computer set-up will cost roughly $1468.
Computer Case:........Antec Nine Hundred Two Black Steel Mid Tower
Power Supply:..........Antec EarthWatts ATX12V 650W
CPU:..........................Intel Core i7-950 4 x 256KB 8MB 1366 Quad-Core Processor
CPU Fan:...................Intel Core i7/i5 8mm Heatpipes Dual 120mm Fans
Motherboard:............EVGA 1366 SATA 6Gb/s ATX Intel Motherboard
Hard Drive:...............OCZ Vertex 2.5" 120GB SATA Solid State Drive
CD/DvD-ROM:..........LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner
Video Card:...............EVGA GeForce GTX 470 1280MB 320-bit
Memory Modules:.......OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB)

You can find other part lists at this website:
http://elitepcbuilding.com/modules.php?name=How-to-Build-A-Computer&file=Parts-Selection

That website also has step by step instructions on how to put the computer parts together, with pictures included.

If you dont want to build one yourself you can check out this pc listed below for about $610, just remember that you are paying extra for the computer for them to build it for you:
http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/AMD_Phenom_II_AM3_DDR3_Configurator

A few websites to check out for these pre-built computers are:
http://ibuypower.com
http://cyperpowerpc.com


Hope this helps!

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