Rig I'm Building (And I want people to reccomend games)

[CHA0SD3LTA]

Hey guys, I'm beginning to build this rig...IF you guys can think up any better hardware, reccomend it and I'll check it out..

Also I'd love it if you guys could reccomend me some games

Case - Antec Nine Hundred
Graphics Card - ATI 3870 X2
Power Supply - OCZ Game Xtreme 850
Motherboard - Asus Formula Maximus X38
Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz
RAM - OCZ PC2-6400C4 800MHz Reaper memory
Sound Card - Creative SoundBlaster Fatal1ty X-Fi Platinum Champion Series
Cooling - OCZ Vendetta cooling stack
Harddrive - Barracuda SATA2 500GB x2
Optical drive - Pioneer DVR-215BK 20x
Operating System - XP - Though I'd like Vista...I'm not sure if id be happy with knowing its basicly spyware.

These are the games I've made a list of:
Impossible Creatures
World of Warcraft + Expansions
Spore
Crysis
Black & White 2 + Expansion
Dawn of War + Expansions
Football Manager 2008
World in Conflict (Already Have)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. + Expansions
Portal
Doom 3
Battlefield 2 + Expansions
Dawn Of War 2
Crysis Warhead
Supreme Commander – Gold Edition
Team Fortress 2 (PC Games)
Starwars – Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2
Starwars – Force Unleashed
Command & Conquer 3 + Expansion
Medieval 2: Total War + Expansion
Defcon: Global Thermal Nuclear War
Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth
Civilization IV + Expansion
Homeworld 2
Age of Empires 3


So take it from this list - If you guys have any games you're addicted to/Can reccomend, Do it guys!

I'll check out any game, Retro or New age..

Also I'm trying to make my rig future proof, Or atleast able to play games on max

Thanks for you time and imput

[Alaron]

Welcome to PCM.

Good list of parts there. And, I think you've covered all the major games.

[shadowpr]

Good list.

Are you trying to do crossfire with two video cards, or are you getting just one 3870X2?

If getting just one, then get a different motherboard. Asus P5k-E would work, and should save you some money.

Also, that power supply might be a bit over kill, not entirely sure, but I believe it is.

And personally, I wouldn't get a Creative sound card. I don't like the company anymore. There are other alternatives, but many will also recommend that you try the onboard sound first since it has been improving.

[CHA0SD3LTA]

Will see about that.

I'll probably crossfire them too - And the last PC that I had power surged so I just wana make sure it doesn't...And I believe it won't :P

That for your Imput so far guys, Are there any games you'd reccomend though?

[shadowpr]

Bioshock. Heard it was good. Just bought it, but haven't had a chance to play it yet.

[CHA0SD3LTA]

I've played it on 360 and is it pretty good. I might get it, though I am looks for RTS and FPS. I know bioshock is an FPS, but I looking for different one's.

[Dave21]

Cod4, Assassin's Creed, and if you like cars, then NFS Pro Street.

[CHA0SD3LTA]

Assassins creed is fun but I completed that and COD4 on 360, COD4 is fun though

[Prew]

Speaking from experience- if you play WoW, you might was well forget about playing other games for awhile (about half kidding). I played it exclusively for about a year and never got bored with it.

The Nvidia cards are faster than ATI- you can check out the comparison charts on Tomshardware site.

Also, Portals (comes with the Orange Box) is cool- I did not think I would like it- but it turned out to be great fun (and funny) "the cake is a lie"

[CHA0SD3LTA]

lol I play WoW, but I'm not addicted to it..

Also yeah Portal is freakin sweet

[liambl]

Originally Posted by Prew The Nvidia cards are faster than ATI

Not entirely true. The only card capable of comfortably beating the 3870 X2 is the 9800GX2, which is a lot more cash. Stick with the 3870 X2.

[sprinter922]

Well I'm not as knowledgeable about PC's as a lot of these guys here but games is my status. From that list I think you'll really enjoy Portal and the Battlefield series. Stay away from WoW, it's become too easy and infected with kids under 14 years old that have ruined the game, I played it from beta till this year and it's a load of suck now. With a PC like that you can run things like Crysis but Crysis' multiplayer sucks, if you're into single player though it's fun. As of right now this moment in time I'm on Age of Conan, it's absolutely beautiful. But, it's new so the load time are slow and there's frequent crashed. If you're into MMO's I recommend Age of Conan. Then like everyone else said, CoD4 is a must.

[mahin1384]

COD4 ofcourse...its an awesome game....i played Bioshock on 360 and its pretty good.

[CHA0SD3LTA]

Also I'm intrested in a gaming mouse

This is about OCD But I'm looking to stick to the Blue Lighting Theme so thats the main point of it

[Dave21]

Originally Posted by CHA0SD3LTA Also I'm intrested in a gaming mouse This is about OCD But I'm looking to stick to the Blue Lighting Theme so thats the main point of it

You might want to check out the logitech mx series or the razr mouses.

[ckilleen]

FEAR + expansions as well as project origan would be great though kind of old minus project origan which is not out yet.

UT3

[Jimmy0]

I am going to throw FarCry and Company of Heroes out there as suggested games as well.

[tomster2300]

I know you've said you've played it, but Bioshock is definitely worth playing all the way through.

Although they may be becoming a little dated, the Total War games are worth checking into. The newest one, Total War: Empire, is supposed to be coming out soon and focusing heavily on naval combat. You're going to need a pretty nice computer to run it if the pics are any indication. It should be pretty awesome.

[Ahura]

Diablo 3
Star Craft 2



Oh wait, they are not out yet, but consider them anyway.

[randomuser83]

If you like RTS type games, I recommend the Command and Conquer series as well as the Rise of Nations series'. Both are very fun to play and if you like micro-managing, RoN is definately fun.