What kind of things do i need to have when i buy a gamer pc?

I'm planning t buy a gamer pc, but i dont know what things i need to have, and i'm not a computer expert =P|||Have a look at the "pc specialist.co.uk" website, where you will find


some very useful info, and a comparison of Intel vs AMD processors.|||Here is what i reccoment you look for in a gaming pc





CPU - AMD Phenom X4 Quad Core @ 1.7ghz each or better


RAM - At least 2GB


Graphics - Nvidia 8600 gt or better


OS - Windows XP (vista takes up 2 much ram slowing the game down)





This is my gaming set up i broght this for 拢800 with vat


Computer Case - Black %26amp; Silver ATX Tower Case


CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 940 (4 x 3.0 GHz) 6MB - Black Edition


Motherboard - Asus M3N78-AM 5200MT/s (NVIDIA 8200)


Memory - 4GB PC-6400 800 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) (DDR2)


Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT - 1 GB - 2xDVI/VGA/HDMI (Palit) - OverClocked


Power Supply - 450W PSU


Hard Drive 1 - 250 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 8MB


Optical Drive - LG (GGC-H20L) Blu-Ray HD-DVD Reader %26amp; Dual Layer DVD +/- RW Writer - Black (SATA)


Sound Card - Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound


Firewire Card - 4 Port Firewire IEEE 1394 %26amp; Free Cable (PCI)


Networking - Edimax Wireless LAN 300Mbps (PCI)


USB Ports - 4 X USB 2.0 Ports


CPU Heatsink - AMD Heatsink %26amp; Fan - Low Noise


Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-BIT|||Your best bet would be to have one custom built.





You will save money and use better components of your choice.





For a basic setup, you will need the following (computer only):





-Motherboard/Mainboard


-CPU/w Cooler [Dual Core or Quad Core at the least]


-Memory/RAM [No less than 2 gigabytes]


-Hard Drive [With enough space for your needs]


-Video Card [Some motherboards have on-board video]


-Power Supply [Make sure its at least 500watts]


-CD/DVD Rom|||Firstly You Need at leats over 1gb of ram and you need a good intel processor that is in the range of 2.0GHz and you need a good fan all this will probz come up to abuot 拢600





You Will Need Good Headphones a webcam and you wil need a goo videocard and a good controller.|||good general knowledge of the difference between standard computers and gaming programs.