User blog comment:RoflBomb/Specs for a good PC?/@comment-79.167.221.220-20120416215011

Being a hardware fan and avid PC builder since the age of 15, i think i can help you out. One general advice i could give you if you want to build a decent rig, is whether you are on a budget or not. If you are, you should orientate yourself towards products that have "bang for your buck", that have a good performance to price ratio. Simply put, you will have to choose parts that may not be top-tier, but will give you the desired performance when combined. In that case, i would suggest a combination of an AMD CPU (which nowadays has many processing cores per chip for a reasonable price) and a matching, solid-performing AMD video card.

If you are not on a budget and want to go all-out, in terms of performance and price of course, you could opt for an Intel CPU+AMD or Nvidia video card combo.

At all times make sure to get yourself a decent amount of RAM (4 gigs or more advised), some hard drive space is also recommended (modern games exceed 10 gigs of data sometimes, so a 1 terabyte hard disc drive should be a minimum). A 500 watt power supply should be adequate to fully feed your system with power, after all, we dont want those power bills to go over the roof.

If you have enough room under your workspace, opt for a full ATX case for your whole system, so that it is well cooled and can go on for hours of intense gaming without overheating problems or power shortages due to heat being produced by the CPU and the video card.

Finally, if there is enough free space on your desk (and you dont have one already), dont settle for anything less than a 21-inch monitor, preferably an HD one (with a resolution of 1920x1080 or more). Higher resolutions will be more demanding for your rig, but with a little tweaking in the game's visual prefernces the visual outcome will be stunningly beautiful.

Happy building and gaming mate!