Just Ordered All Of My Parts To Build My First Gaming PC - What Do You Guys Think?

Flam3Thr0w3r · 27 Feb 2010 at 12:26

I have never been into PC gaming before, and I decided I wanted to play some PC only games like Stalker. So I have ordered all the parts now to build my first gaming PC, what do you guys think? Also, can I expect it to run games like Crysis with a decent FPS? Thanks!

Monitor - Acer 23" Full HD LCD Monitor (5ms, 40000:1)
PC Case - NZXT M59 Mid-Tower Windowed Case (Black)
Motherboard - Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
Proccessor - AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 620 2.60GHz (Socket AM3)
RAM - Patrtiot G Series Sector 5 4GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel
Graphics Card - Sapphire ATI Radeon 5850 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
Power Supply - OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w Silent SLI Certified Modular
Hard Drive - Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
DVD Drive - Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter
Wireless Card - Edimax EW-7727In nMax 300Mbp
Keyboard - Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard
Mouse - Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse
Mouse Pad - Razer Goliathus Omega Control Gaming Mouse Pad
Speakers - Logitech X-210 2.1 Speaker System

Maniacfest · 27 Feb 2010 at 12:28

Hi, welcome to the world of PC gaming! With that spec you will definitely be able to play Crysis with a good FPS, but you probably wont be able to have everything maxed out.

Robert1986 · 27 Feb 2010 at 12:29

You can play any game you want. I have a similar set up and get run warhead maxed out with 2x aa and get a solid 30-40fps. Haven't tried running the original crysis and warhead is easier on system specs but am sure you can play it at high settings.

reflux · 27 Feb 2010 at 12:29

Welcome! That PC will be great. Make sure you post here if you have any questions about the build.

Flam3Thr0w3r · 27 Feb 2010 at 12:47

Maniacfest said:
Hi, welcome to the world of PC gaming! With that spec you will definitely be able to play Crysis with a good FPS, but you probably wont be able to have everything maxed out.

Robert1986 said:
You can play any game you want. I have a similar set up and get run warhead maxed out with 2x aa and get a solid 30-40fps. Haven't tried running the original crysis and warhead is easier on system specs but am sure you can play it at high settings.

reflux said:
Welcome! That PC will be great. Make sure you post here if you have any questions about the build.

Thanks for the warm welcome guys, can't wait for the parts to arrive so I can build it.

30-40fps sounds awesome to me with the game being maxed out, can't wait to give it a go.
Quick question. If I buy Left 4 Dead 2 from a shop (on a disk) rather than buying it from Steam, I assume I can still play online? Does this just mean that I would be playing on different servers?

scrlk · 27 Feb 2010 at 12:54

Flam3Thr0w3r said:
Thanks for the warm welcome guys, can't wait for the parts to arrive so I can build it.
30-40fps sounds awesome to me with the game being maxed out, can't wait to give it a go.
Quick question. If I buy Left 4 Dead 2 from a shop (on a disk) rather than buying it from Steam, I assume I can still play online? Does this just mean that I would be playing on different servers?

Yes, although I suggest using an Ethernet cable rather than Wi-Fi. When you buy the disk you get a key which you then put in to Steam.

Flam3Thr0w3r · 27 Feb 2010 at 12:56

Vinni3 @H|H said:
Yes, although I suggest using an Ethernet cable rather than Wi-Fi. When you buy the disk you get a key which you then put in to Steam.

Ah, I see.

Thanks bro.

GunsAkimbo · 27 Feb 2010 at 13:03

Shame about the Acer monitor... I hate the b*rds.

I had an Acer laptop that went back for repairs 5 times! and an Acer monitor that I had to send for repairs... 6 weeks later it came back as faulty as it left.
Obviously I may be in the minority but after buying 2 Acer products, each spending more time back-at-base than they did in operation I'd never buy another Acer product.

xBLiNG · 27 Feb 2010 at 13:12

I'v heard good things about Acer. The rest of your build looks great too, enjoy.

reflux · 27 Feb 2010 at 13:16

Flam3Thr0w3r said:
Quick question. If I buy Left 4 Dead 2 from a shop (on a disk) rather than buying it from Steam, I assume I can still play online? Does this just mean that I would be playing on different servers?

The disk copy is exactly the same as the the copy you'd get if you buy it off Steam. It still requires Steam and you'll still be playing with the same people.

Flam3Thr0w3r · 27 Feb 2010 at 14:40

reflux said:
The disk copy is exactly the same as the the copy you'd get if you buy it off Steam. It still requires Steam and you'll still be playing with the same people.

Thanks for clarifying that mate.