Building a gaming pc

[Supremacy]

Hey I'm new to the tw community and have recently discovered total war - Rome and medieval 2. I want to play shogun 2 but my pc isn't powerful enough. I don't know much about pc specs and am in the dark. I will build my own pc (not buy custom) with parts I buy from many places. Could anyone give me specs for a custom pc for me that can play shogun 2 on high settings and that could also be upgraded for Rome 2 (if need be)? I don't have a budget but I really want it as cheap as possible.

Thanks heaps

[Wetblowdryer]

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8

They'll help you.

Especially crazyeyes, he'll give you atleast five charts.

EDIT: Welcome to TWC.

[irishron]

Moved from S2 GD to Basement

Here is the best place for this advice.

A copy of your dxdiag, a budget, and playing resolution will help.

[Supremacy]

Are these up to date machines? Eg: are they good value for money or can I gt parts for the same cot but newer? Also should I buy second hand?

[Supremacy]

resolution is 1920x1080
dxdiag (no idea what it means and dont know what info u need but here's some):
os- windows 7 32 bit (6.1, build 7600)
system manufacturer - MSI
System model - ms7636
intel core i3 CPU 540 @ 3.07 GHz (4 CPU's)
4 GB ram 3.2 usable
directx 11
DAC type is internal

is this what u mean?
thanks for taking your time with this

[Roman Might]

I have one. Its called get a life...haha, jokes dude.

[mrmouth]

Based on that dxdiag you can do some upgrades somewhat cheaply and be good to go.

What country are you in? What is your budget? Do you know what video card you have? Is the PC you have now off the shelf? Did you buy it in a store or order it from Dell, etc?

[irishron]

http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic...-X-Diagnostics for a dxdiag.

[Crazyeyesreaper]

i need an actually budget to work with along with location and where you will be order parts from, if im not familiar with a region or its shops youll need to find someone else this translate and double check stuff is taking to much time for me to bother doing builds for everyone these days.,

[Supremacy]

I'm in nsw australia and i'll be ordering online from where ever is cheapest. My pc is already custom
Built as my dad is a pc technician. I think my video card is 128 mb but not sure what make. That doesnt matter as i dont mind getting a new motherboard or processor or anything else.
About my budget, I don't know how good a pc i can get for a cheap budget
But I'll be looking for about $800. If I get can get what I need for less that's great. Is this budget to small, to big?
Thanks

[Crazyeyesreaper]

from what i remember Australia or was it New Zealand ii cant remember which is highly over priced compared to other areas of the world but regardless someone will need to supply me with reputable online retailers for your region. and ill go from there but considering everything over there seems to be double the cost here in the states thats around $400-500 to work with and not a whole lot can be done in that regard now if you mean $800 as in 800 USD than in your dollars we can make something decent. regardless i need reputable e-tailers to pick parts from.

Alright PC case gear looks a bit better better prices than most should be able to do something for you through them

[Supremacy]

If the prices are as bad in australia as u say then I'll just order from America and it will be easier for u if u know ur own reputable retailers. I meant $AUS so or will be about $850 american

[Crazyeyesreaper]

its all good pc case gears prices are acceptable seems its just NZ thats fubared on prices.

[Crazyeyesreaper]

Part selection is rather poor and pricing is not that great for some of the products GPUs are overpriced for sure

CPU: i5 3470 http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=20894
MOBO: ASRock Z77 PRO4-M http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=19865
RAM: G.Skill 2x4GB (8GB) 1333 MHz http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=16930
GPU: Powercolor Radeon HD 7850 2GB http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=20829
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 500GB http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=21097
PSU: Corsair CX 500 V2 http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=17373
CASE: NZXT Source 210 Elite Black http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=17988
DVD Burner: Lite-ON 24x DVDRW http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=11487
OS: Windows 7 64bit SP1 OEM http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=17003

selection is fairly poor but total cost $911

[Supremacy]

Thanks so much for this info. Very much appreciated. Just clarifying that this configuration will allow shogun 2 total war on high settings and allow for upgrades for Rome 2 if it needs it???

[Crazyeyesreaper]

yea Shogun 2 you can probably run at Ultra Settings with AA off or set to MLAA, with everything else turned up

[Supremacy]

ok thats awesome, cant thank u enough