Best PC for FS 2004

[Brown]

What would all of you recommend to buy as far as a pc for fs 2004 and what sould the spects be for it .

[JBaymore]

Brown,

If you look arouind the forums.... this one and the general fs2004 one... you'll find TONS of threads devoted to this topic.

Bottom line....... however much moeny you have on hand.... spend it.    And MORE.  

best,

.....................john

[congo]

Money isn't the bottom line. You can put together a great system reasonably cheap.

Mainboard chipset is a primary consideration, it will support either AMD or Intel CPU's. Your choice.

Consider Researching the socket 754 and socket 939 AMD chipsets such as the nForce 3.

The fastest CPU you can buy will help.

ATI 800 series or nVidia 6800 series for your video card.

Ram should be 1024mb minimum and is chipset specific, don't get rubbish, get decent low latency ram.

[JBaymore]

Congo,

I was being a bit "flip".... since this topic comes up about every third day

[Dan]

Teh 'best' I think would easily be http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... stems.html. The bottom one! Spend what you have got... lol...
Dan

[congo]

I guess what I was trying to say was that you can throw a lot of money away and still not really know what you have. Hopefully it would do the job right.

There really is no substitute for knowledge when it comes to putting together a top end rig. It's a bit of a long road however, and not everyone has the time or inclination to to go there.

You could buy something like a top of the line Alienware product, but you WILL pay a premium for it.

If you do decide to put one together yourself, some us here can assist, just ask.

[Sbd2]

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[Brown]

Thanks

[congo]

As far as specs go, try to aim for at least a 3ghz CPU or equivalent in a quality processor, not the cheaper versions.

1024mb of decent RAM

An excellent video card, a NV6800 series in any flavour, depending on your budget. Don't skimp on the video card, a good one will give you the performance you are after.