Hello All,

Hopefully some of you will remember me! But I'm Archie I joined the forum back in '09 and stopped playing in '09 to '10. Sorry it has been so long since I have been online. My life was catapulted and is still going 100 mph. 1 reason being that I am a member of the armed forces now serving my country! But I would love to get back online and play some games with some friends.

One issue; I do not have a PC anymore (MAC user now haha) so i was wonder if some of you computer guys would help me put together a PC for me that would be able to handle the demanding games of today.

Thank you very much,

Archie

Welcome back sir....Im not a comp. whiz...sorry

Welcome back Archie! Many members of BK are active duty Military so we know what you are going threw. If you post the price range you are looking at people can help you find some parts or a pre made box.

Thank you! i was looking in the 600 to 900 dollar range! Please Help!

You may need to add a couple hundred more to be on the safe side.

Welcome back long time no see.

Welcome back Archie, thanks for Serving!!! What branch? Go Air Force!!! lol

Welcome back!

Air Force Hua! 354th Security Forces Squadron!

$1200 sure why not haha

Thanks for your service. BK will always be here for you...Like the sig too between the Boondock Saints!!!

Macs can run Windows just fine. You can run dual-boot. It's fairly easy....

I do remember you.
Welcome back sir.

I do not think my Mac would keep up. Heres some specs

Processor  2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory  4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics  Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB

So I found this site called cyber power which allows you to completely build a computer. Let me know how these specs sound


NZXT Tempest 210 Mid-Tower Gaming Case (Black Color)

CPU:Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011

FAN:Thermaltake Frio OCK CPU Cooler (Designed for Over-Clocker King)(CLP0575) [+38]

2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Quad Channel Memory [+86] (Corsair Vengeance)

MOTHERBOARD:* (3-Way SLI Support) Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ UEFI DualBIOS, Dolby Home Theater 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 4 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI

OS:Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium [+104] (64-bit Edition)

POWERSUPPLY:800 Watts - CoolerMaster Silent Pro Gold 80 Plus Power Supply (80+ Gold) [+85]

Asus Xonar Essence STX Virtual 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCIe 124 DB SNR / Headphone AMP Card

VIDEO:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 HD 2.5GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+54] (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)

Let Me know how that sounds for a PC that would be able to run any game

The i7 is great not sure about the mother board I like ASUS myself. Ram is good the only thing I say you may want to improve would be Hard drive and another GTX 570 to run in SLI I have a EVGA GTX 570 and it work great in WAW but if you going to play BF 3 and want good FPS you need 2 the power supple your getting will handle 2 with no problem

Thanks for the info Stingray