So I have my first gaming PC for about 2 or 3 weeks now and its been great, because my xbox has been packed away due to me moving. It has also shed some light on the gaming PC world for me. Before I got my PC i was a PC GAMING IS DYING HAHA guy. Now i know how wrong I really was, It seems to me that PC gaming is doing better than ever! At heart I am still a hardcore console player and that won't be changing any time soon. (I still prefer FPS on console). The reasons why PC gaming is so great is well for me anyway is Steam. It's another reason why Valve is one of the most important gaming company to date. It's important to me and pc gaming as a whole because you can easily access games and they have amazing sales. (In the first week of getting my PC, i brought 8 games off steam). But at this moment I don't think I could spend more than $15USD on Steam for a game, unless it was really really good. I have also taken an oath since I got my PC which is "Thou Shall Not Have Any Pirated Games On Thou PC." And I plan to stick to it.

Steam has sales all the time and there are times where evey game is on sale. Always be on the lookout for steam sales and buy everything on sale. I mean I bought oblivion a few weeks ago with all DLC content that ever existed for only $8.

My advice: Wait for the the holidays. You may have missed Steam's amazing summer sale, but in a couple months they should begin their annual holiday sale where games become dirt cheap and so do you.

hopefully you come around on the preferring FPS on console front, but other then that welcome to the club! 

" hopefully you come around on the preferring FPS on console front, but other then that welcome to the club!  "

" @Malakhii said:

" hopefully you come around on the preferring FPS on console front, but other then that welcome to the club!  "

I dont think I will, i have been playing FPS on console for years like 9+, its a second nature to me. Im a pro lol "

I like your avatar. 

" @Malakhii said:

" hopefully you come around on the preferring FPS on console front, but other then that welcome to the club!  "

I dont think I will, i have been playing FPS on console for years like 9+, its a second nature to me. Im a pro lol "

"I have also taken an oath since I got my PC which is "Thou Shall Not Have Any Pirated Games On Thou PC." And I plan to stick to it. "

" @AmonHouston said:

" @Malakhii said:

" hopefully you come around on the preferring FPS on console front, but other then that welcome to the club!  "

I dont think I will, i have been playing FPS on console for years like 9+, its a second nature to me. Im a pro lol "

You should have a go at PC FPS games and see just how superior the mouse and keyboard are for FPS "

Tell me you built it yourself or got somebody to help build it for you please.  Tell me you did not purchase a pre-built one from Best Buy or whatnot please.

" I like your avatar.  "

@Buck_Sexington

" @AmonHouston said:

" @Malakhii said:

" hopefully you come around on the preferring FPS on console front, but other then that welcome to the club!  "

I dont think I will, i have been playing FPS on console for years like 9+, its a second nature to me. Im a pro lol "

You should have a go at PC FPS games and see just how superior the mouse and keyboard are for FPS "

@OllyOxenFree

" Tell me you built it yourself or got somebody to help build it for you please.  Tell me you did not purchase a pre-built one from Best Buy or whatnot please. "

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 I do, I have day of DOD, stalker and armeicas army. 

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Day of Day of Defeat, lol.

Anyway, welcome to the flock.

" @AmonHouston said:

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 I do, I have day of DOD, stalker and armeicas army. 

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Day of Day of Defeat, lol.

Anyway, welcome to the flock.

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enjoy the mightiest gaming machine ever made :)

welcome, and have fun playing the PC. i have to say that i enjoy playing it. it is also great with the mods.

Steam has a lot of demos (Torchlight for example). The PC forum has several free PC game threads as well.

" @OllyOxenFree said:

" Tell me you built it yourself or got somebody to help build it for you please.  Tell me you did not purchase a pre-built one from Best Buy or whatnot please. "

Wow, this is so important to you, isn't it? Yeah, I like agonizing for six weeks over what parts I'm going to buy before I finally buy them, put them all together, and find out something else doesn't work, which means an RMA and another week before I can finally install Windows.  You mongoloid bitch. "

The only hard thing about building your own computer is getting the heatsink attached, and occasionally getting all the front LED cables in the right place if both the motherboard manual and the attached cables in the case are extremely vaguely marked, but that is rare. Compatibility issues are _very_ rare nowadays, especially if you just build a gaming rig, not a home recording studio or something.

You might be right about the agonizing for weeks over which parts you should get though, but I generally go with the least expensive that does what I need it to do, my latest machine cost less than $250 in parts ... but of course I had to pay another $150 for a Windows 7 OEM license.

" @OllyOxenFree said:

" @ELBUMBLERO said:

" @OllyOxenFree said:

" Tell me you built it yourself or got somebody to help build it for you please.  Tell me you did not purchase a pre-built one from Best Buy or whatnot please. "

Wow, this is so important to you, isn't it? Yeah, I like agonizing for six weeks over what parts I'm going to buy before I finally buy them, put them all together, and find out something else doesn't work, which means an RMA and another week before I can finally install Windows.  You mongoloid bitch. "

What...the...fuck.. "

Yeah, what the fuck, who knew that doing complicated things leads to complications, you shut-in? "

The only hard thing about building your own computer is getting the heatsink attached, and occasionally getting all the front LED cables in the right place if both the motherboard manual and the attached cables in the case are extremely vaguely marked, but that is rare. Compatibility issues are _very_ rare nowadays, especially if you just build a gaming rig, not a home recording studio or something.

Wow this thread has gone kinda crazy...

 
@Diamond said:

" @fisk0 said:

The only hard thing about building your own computer is getting the heatsink attached, and occasionally getting all the front LED cables in the right place if both the motherboard manual and the attached cables in the case are extremely vaguely marked, but that is rare. Compatibility issues are _very_ rare nowadays, especially if you just build a gaming rig, not a home recording studio or something.

The actual building of a computer is easy, but defective parts are becoming more and more common.  I personally know of multiple people who had to deal with multiple component failure RMAs in the last year.  One of my real life friends had to deal with multiple months of testing, RMAs, and phone line grief before finally finishing his functional gaming PC.  People shouldn't buy from Best Buy, but building your own PC is a calculated risk.  If you can't afford to potentially throw months of time or hundreds of dollars into the toilet, it might be worth it to invest a hundred in a manufacturer / builder who will guarantee you a working product. "

Wow, I haven't had to experience any of that. The only machine I've breaking down in the last couple of years was ironically the only machine besides my laptop I have at home I haven't built myself.

That said, the latest computer I built I had a weird issue with for an hour or two, until I understood that I had accidentally answered yes when the BIOS had asked me if I wanted it to automatically overclock my 3 core CPU and unlock it's 4th core ... which resulted in that I was unable do to anything at all in my windows 7 install since it was totally unable to recognize any drivers whatsoever, install any programs or do anything but tell me that there were windows updates available, but that wasn't allowed to install them.

Wow, I haven't had to experience any of that. The only machine I've breaking down in the last couple of years was ironically the only machine besides my laptop I have at home I haven't built myself.

That said, the latest computer I built I had a weird issue with for an hour or two, until I understood that I had accidentally answered yes when the BIOS had asked me if I wanted it to automatically overclock my 3 core CPU and unlock it's 4th core ... which resulted in that I was unable do to anything at all in my windows 7 install since it was totally unable to recognize any drivers whatsoever, install any programs or do anything but tell me that there were windows updates available, but that wasn't allowed to install them.

" @fisk0 said:

Wow, I haven't had to experience any of that. The only machine I've breaking down in the last couple of years was ironically the only machine besides my laptop I have at home I haven't built myself.

That said, the latest computer I built I had a weird issue with for an hour or two, until I understood that I had accidentally answered yes when the BIOS had asked me if I wanted it to automatically overclock my 3 core CPU and unlock it's 4th core ... which resulted in that I was unable do to anything at all in my windows 7 install since it was totally unable to recognize any drivers whatsoever, install any programs or do anything but tell me that there were windows updates available, but that wasn't allowed to install them.

I feel I should elaborate on one point because of the point you made.  People should go with GOOD builders.  Not your Dells or HPs or any other mainstream manufacturer.  Not only do those big companies overcharge, but companies like Dell will use lower quality components (cheap capacitors in one of their desktop lines caused a stunning 90% failure rate).  I bought my last PC from AVADirect (they were good a year ago, but I couldn't tell you if they still are), and paid a minimum premium to have them build it and deal with any potential RMA issues up front. "

" Wow this thread has gone kinda crazy... "

Well, err don't mind some of the dicks here, welcome to the great land of PC gaming!  
We have one rule. Don't pirate. 

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Steam has sales all the time and there are times where evey game is on sale. Always be on the lookout for steam sales and buy everything on sale. I mean I bought oblivion a few weeks ago with all DLC content that ever existed for only $8.

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Why is it any thread i make, crazy shit starts to happen in it? For example this thread or my one about obama but that one REALLY went down the shitter.

No idea duder but just to be clear, my first comment in this thread was not meant to belittle or anger you in any way.  Good on you to get somebody to help build your PC.  You seem to have had a better experience with getting a new PC other than...somebody else lol.

You are seriously insane lol.  Right now I just find all of you posts comical.  I mean, nobody can be this idiotic, right?

" @AmonHouston:  Haha, looks like someone got on the barber's bad side! "

Just flag his posts and hopefully he'll be banned.  Shit like that needs to be gone if this community wants to get better.

" Just flag his posts and hopefully he'll be banned.  Shit like that needs to be gone if this community wants to get better. "

" @AmonHouston said:

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 I do, I have day of DOD, stalker and armeicas army. 

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Day of Day of Defeat, lol.

Anyway, welcome to the flock.

"

 There something deeply ironic about someone trolling on a gaming web site calling another user a "stupid fat gamer" and a "shut-in".
 
Just saying.  Now back in your box.
 
Always good to see someone pick up the mouse and keyboard again.

Nothing to see here continue your discussions about gaming PCs and that only.

" @some1 said:

" @AmonHouston said:

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 I do, I have day of DOD, stalker and armeicas army. 

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Day of Day of Defeat, lol.

Anyway, welcome to the flock.

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What is lol about Day of Defeat? I haven't played the paid source version but I played the shit out of the free HL1 mod way back when and it was awesome. "

Eww, Half-life on Xbox :P

" Eww, Half-life on Xbox :P "