New Computer suggestions

[John Koscielniak]

It's time for a new computer as my current configuration is getting a little long in the tooth. Currently I have a 3gig pentium 4, 2 gigs of ram and a evga 7800 agp video card. As you can imagine my frame rate is sometimes a liitle too low, lowest on the road courses, not too bad (tolerable) on the ovals.

Now that I've got you all laughing, I am looking for any suggestions on a new config. I have $500-$600 to spend. All I need is the box as I already have a flat panel monitor (22 in widescreen). I know the more proccessor and ram the better and I would like to stick with an evga video card as I have had very good success with those cards in the past. However, what processor, motherboard ect.... Any website out there where I can mix and match componets for a customize rig.

Thanks for the help

[Randy Tessar]

John

Just PM Glen Baldwin, he is our computer guy here with Ron Costin, who works for Best Buys Geek Squad. They are both real good at putting together a quality high end computer inexpensively. Hope this helps ya.

[Steve Ritter]

Alienware.....best damn computer for racing I have ever owned or put together.

[Rick Carney]

John:
I recently built a new system with the help of this site: http://www.mysuperpc.com (http://www.mysuperpc.com/) and there are a couple of systems recommended based on cost on the fourms link. Overall this site and the people on it are great and helped me out alot. In the forum Ricky Tick and Wise Monkey are the usual go to people for advice. I hope this helps you out as much as it did me. My budget was a bit higher at $1500 but in the end I built everything for for $1400 and with shipping it put me right under $1500 and it was worth every penny and is future proof enough to carry me for a good while.

Antec 900 case
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P motherboard
Intel Core I7 920 quad-core processor
Zalman 9700 CPU fan
Zalman 1366 adapter clip
Sapphire Radeon HD4870 1 gig graphics card
Corsair TX750 power supply
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 3 x 2gb memory
Western Digital Cavair Black 750gb hard drive
Vista 64 bit Home Premimun OS

[Daniel Willis]

It's time for a new computer as my current configuration is getting a little long in the tooth. Currently I have a 3gig pentium 4, 2 gigs of ram and a evga 7800 agp video card. As you can imagine my frame rate is sometimes a liitle too low, lowest on the road courses, not too bad (tolerable) on the ovals.

Now that I've got you all laughing, I am looking for any suggestions on a new config. I have $500-$600 to spend. All I need is the box as I already have a flat panel monitor (22 in widescreen). I know the more proccessor and ram the better and I would like to stick with an evga video card as I have had very good success with those cards in the past. However, what processor, motherboard ect.... Any website out there where I can mix and match componets for a customize rig.

Thanks for the help
I have a computer with those same specs and I still use it (although I do now have a new one for iRacing).

What parts can you continue to use from your current computer? Can you use the case? Power supply? How large is it? If we know what parts we can use from your old computer we can come up with a better solution that more cost effective for you.

You will end up using tigerdirect or newegg to get the parts, but let's figure out what's reusable first, and then go from there. Obviously, you will be looking at a new mother board, CPU, RAM and video card.

[John Koscielniak]

I would need to start with all new components: case, power supply, the hole nine yards so to speak. While doing some research it looks like I'm going to has to raise my spending limit to around $750-$800.
I have a 500 gig SATA drive waiting so I won't need the hard drive. I also have a DVD burner ready to go.

[Glenn Baldwin]

look to newegg for a sweet system..heres what i recommend for that price range.

EVGA 780I motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188043
E8500 dual core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036
EVGA gtx 260 vid card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130370
2x2 gigs Gskill
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

if ya need a powersupply id suggest this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

OK now. before you guys go ** hey man, thats only 192 stream processes vid card.....PPPPPFTTTTTTTTTTT !!! the differance between 192 and 216 for iracing is nill, nada....nothing...I have two of them..and also one thats a 216 in my wifes system..and ive run them both....NO differance at all..( yes maybe a couple 3dm6 points in benching ) but thats it....

this is in your price range and i can assure you it will run iracing EXCELLENT

100fps for low side....now ya wanna overclock that e8500 to 3.6 ish and your good to go..simple ez overclock

also id suggest ya get a better cpu cooler IF ya can afford one, but ith the stock cooler and a little overclock you will be fine , its when ya wanna run a higher overclock that requires more than 1.35 range that ya start needing better cooling.. ;)