Choosing The Right Components for Your Gaming PC | Zippy Gamer

Being able to put together the ideal gaming pc is not as easy as you may think. What type of gamer are you? Are you playing the latest games or you wanting to play a few select RPGS from days gone by or wanting to try your best efforts at future proofing your system? Today Palicomp shows you how.

Most companies that show ?minimum? specs mean you will not enjoy your playing performance and things are usually quite poor, you wouldn?t buy a brand new game for sub standard quality would you? We recommend the following minimum specs:

Getting the right processor
Processors come in all price ranges from AMDs basic Athlon core to the powerful Intel i7, the processor is the heart and brain of your gaming PC so getting this right is crucial. Of course, overkill can happen, you could be using a powerful chip inside your machine and not need it, an i5 processor or a bulldozer fx-6 core can easily play the latest games, but a more higher end more powerful processor can work with your graphics card to give addition depth to your gaming experience.

Minimum for new games: Intel i5 3.2 ghz

Memory
Random access memory, if you weren?t sure what it stands for. Your memory stores temporary data, recent saves and much more allowing your PC to run in its optimum speed. Again this can be overkill territory, not all computers need high end RAM, investing into your graphics card is a much better solution.

Minimum for new games: 4GB

Do I need a graphics card?
A graphics card is a crucial part of any gaming spec, your computer motherboard has onboard graphics, but these are never strong enough to power games that have 3D graphics which require a lot of CPU processing or playing multiplayer games. Your graphics card isn?t individually the most important part of your PC, it needs the harmony of the processor and the power supply

Minimum graphics: AMD Radeon 6770/nVidia GT6X550

? What about the power supply?
Good computer components are power hungry, particularly the graphics cards. We always recommend at least at 650w power supply for any basic gaming PC and a more powerful 750, 850 or above to power those big cards

Minimum power for your other parts: 650w/ 750w

Is the case really important?
Yes, cases are not just your pretty chassis that keeps everything together, good airflow is supremely important to keeping your components cool, not only is this maintaining a good air supply but it also helps reduce the amount of dust and grime that can accumulate over time.

Look for a good case with air and case fans, coolermaster, thermaltake, corsair and fractal design are amongst our favourites.

If you want stronger performance, always upgrade the performance does depend on your parts so if in doubt, always ask! Make sure you have a quality hard drive but it isn?t a key factor to your gaming pc performance. Always check out RAID (hard drive mirroring) so you get a copy if your game saves go down!

Source: http://www.zippygamer.com/2012/12/choosing-gaming-pc-components/

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