Help in building my first PC

ElChevelle · 10th September 2003, 00:41

Hi Gang! It's been awhile and I hope this transmission finds you all in good health and spirits!

Now for the deed at hand:
I just spied a thread dealing with reasons NOT to buy anything from Dell. The very topic was discussed today at work. I realized that buying anything so blatantly proprietary was a bad idea in this case, which leads me to wanting to build a gaming PC for my son, Chev Junior, for Christmas. He purchased Command & Conquer:Generals back when it first came out. Unfortunately, he can't play it on anything except my boss's Dell, not even my brand new Sony laptop (which is a virtual POS! That's in itself a need for a bitchlist thread. Anywho the system requirements for Generals is:

256 Mb ram
1.8 Gig HD
32 Mb agp Video card
8x CD or DVD drive

Now, I realize that within the coming years, we will be faced with increasing requirements, so I want to get a jump on this and build something that exceeds this by a bit.
HELP!
Any ideas as to what I should use to put together a worthy system?
I've been browsing TigerDirect and PcDirect for components and can tell you that I'd like to start with this case
I'd greatly appreciate any and all input.
Thanks and happy trails to ya

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10th September 2003, 00:41	#1
ElChevelle Moderator Alumni Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: the MANCANNON! Posts: 22,448	Hi Gang! It's been awhile and I hope this transmission finds you all in good health and spirits! Now for the deed at hand: I just spied a thread dealing with reasons NOT to buy anything from Dell. The very topic was discussed today at work. I realized that buying anything so blatantly proprietary was a bad idea in this case, which leads me to wanting to build a gaming PC for my son, Chev Junior, for Christmas. He purchased Command & Conquer:Generals back when it first came out. Unfortunately, he can't play it on anything except my boss's Dell, not even my brand new Sony laptop (which is a virtual POS! That's in itself a need for a bitchlist thread. Anywho the system requirements for Generals is: 256 Mb ram 1.8 Gig HD 32 Mb agp Video card 8x CD or DVD drive Now, I realize that within the coming years, we will be faced with increasing requirements, so I want to get a jump on this and build something that exceeds this by a bit. HELP! Any ideas as to what I should use to put together a worthy system? I've been browsing TigerDirect and PcDirect for components and can tell you that I'd like to start with this case I'd greatly appreciate any and all input. Thanks and happy trails to ya