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Out of curiosity, what would be the best computer I can build with a price limit of $1000? If anyone here can build me one of newegg and post it here, would be great. Thanks.
I'm guessing you want a Desktop?
In response to OrangeWeapons
Yeah a desktop. Sorry, should have specified that.
It's over $1000 sadly, and I'm not fully sure if all this fits together. But if you want good gaming PC you need good CPU and Graphics Card, which causes expensive motherboard and power supply. I didn't add HDD as it's up to you how much you want, nor Sound Card.

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9418/captureeb.jpg

If you decide to buy it after all, better consult with professional to see if it fits together and etc.
DisturbedSixx wrote:
Out of curiosity, what would be the best computer I can build with a price limit of $1000? If anyone here can build me one of newegg and post it here, would be great. Thanks.

I would suggest http://www.overclock.net, but you have to be a lot more specific in what you want.
In response to DisturbedSixx
There is a bunch of stuff to think about. You can get a fairly decent PC for $1,000, but it would either be a specialist or a generalist. If going with a Windows PC, get Windows 7. Vista's a clunker.


CPU - You got Intel & AMD to choose from. Intel makes powerful CPUs, but they cost a lot. AMD makes decent CPUs at a low price. About $100 for an AMD 4-core CPU, which should be a decent all-rounder. CPU affects the overall speed of your computer.

GPU - The heart of your computer's ability to deal with graphics. Ranges from $100 to $400 dollars, but I recommend a $200 card, preferably at the high end of the last generation. ATI & Nvidia are the primary creators of the cards, from whom most other companies use as a base for customized cards.

HDD - Some really tough choices here. Your traditional disk drives offer a great deal of space and excellent pricing, but they are terribly slow when compared to the newer SSD drives. I recommend an SSD drive to install your OS and games, which would give you a large speed boost. However, SSDs are expensive and currently at a low capacity. Use traditional drives for storing videos, music, and large amounts of data. An 3,000 gigabyte drive is roughly $200 to $400 dollars, while a 128GB SSD goes from $150 to $250 or so.

Motherboard - This is where you stick in everything. Each motherboard is compatible with either AMD or Intel CPUs, so you have to pick one company to stay with for your computer's lifespan.

RAM - I recommend at least 4 gigabytes of ram, but more is welcome. If I recall correctly, DDR3 ram is the current generation available.

Power Supply - The cost is dependent on how much power you need to supply your computer. A powerful graphics card would require an significant power supply.

Casing - Depends on what features you want, but a gaming case could range from $80 to $200. I recommend something with a lot of fans and interior space, especially when considering how large some graphics cards are.

In response to Zaoshi
Zaoshi wrote:
It's over $1000 sadly, and I'm not fully sure if all this fits together. But if you want good gaming PC you need good CPU and Graphics Card, which causes expensive motherboard and power supply. I didn't add HDD as it's up to you how much you want, nor Sound Card.

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9418/captureeb.jpg

If you decide to buy it after all, better consult with professional to see if it fits together and etc.

You can knock off about 600.00 just by replacing the CPU, GPU, and motherboard with reasonable ones. That would put him under 1000 and leave money for a case. :P I am guessing he doesn't do anything too intensive or he probably would have mentioned it.
In response to Himari
Gaming PC should run Crysis 2 (just as measure). GeForce 590 can do that perfectly on max settings. That's why I picked similar GPU. To compare, I have GeForce 8800 GTS, not so old, but it fails to run Crysis 2 even on lowest settings.
He could get Dual Core 3 GHz, but at the speed games progress, quad core is quite a must if computer will be used for long time.
Not sure about motherboard, I picked one which fits GPU, RAMs and CPU.
Alienware?
http://arandomguy.tk/zyx/4chan/Information%20Library/ Computers/PC%20Guide/ logical%20increments%20pc%20buying%20guide.png

That image explains everything.

It is a bit old, and there may be newer hardware out, and the prices listed may be cheaper now, but it's still a good guide.

As a general guideline, anything that is modest or above will play all modern games on at least mid settings, if not higher. You will also probably be able to play all games released in the next year or two as well.