I have FEAR, and while it isnt the best game in the world, it is a mindless shooter.

Good game to waste time on.

ORIGINAL: Agent Ghost

LMAO.

I stopped reading there. The lowest end Core Duo is better than that shit and is like $120 cheaper.

The Intel Core2Duo E6300

Yes it is, learn to overclock. A 5200+ wont overclock for shit. You might as well buy an 3800+ and OC that to atleast 4800 speeds, which isn' t hard to do.

ORIGINAL: locopuyo

Evil Man that is really funny coming from someone who bought a Pentium D.

Wrong.

First, I get any intel CPU for free before they' re even out to retailers. And I have a Core 2 Duo.

Overclocking sounds scary so I would never do that anyway.
Besides, I barely play PC games anyway since there are so few games I like so I' ll mostly use this PC to chat, work and browse the Internet. You don' t need an overclocked processor to do that, eh?

Heh, I don' t think you' ll need to OC that system.

I' m getting Splinter Cell:DA for PC. It' s cheaper, but they always delay the PC version for some reason. Comes out next week. I' m not so interested in the multiplayer so I don' t mind not being able to play on XBLive.

FEAR and Prey I would recommend. Don' t go by the demos tho, cos they sucked in comparison. And Quake 4 is the best sounding game I' ve played on PC so far, and will really make good use of your X-Fi Fatality. D' yu have any good speakers?

The latest drivers are essential however.

TOTAL WAR!!!!

As ginjirou pointed our Evil not everyone wants to overclock their bran new computer. I did because I took the time to learn how and saved a few hundred but if you don' t know how easy it is when you buy the cpu its easy to get a high end proc.


Ginjirou overclocking isn' t about making this uber powerful cpu, because high end cpus (especially with AMD) do not overclock to speeds that much higher then the low end. The idea is that you can spend 200-300 dollars on a low end cpu and easilly push it to speeds of the 500-600 dollar cpu. The only real downside is that your cpu is hotter when overclocking and thus your cpu fan makes more noise. However this is easilly remedied and even greatly improved upon if you buy an after market cpu cooler.

I see.
But this is not a thread about the specs of my PC or how to enhance them because I don' t know much about specs, simply because I don' t care much.
All I know is that I can now play PC games without trouble so I' d like you to just tell me every single PC game worth buying. Or other software that' s nice to have.
It doesn' t matter if it' s an old game either, just as long as it' s fun. I usually spend more time playing emulators than new games on PC.

Well, it' s not graphics intensive, but I spend more time editing Super Mario World levels in Lunar Magic than anything else on my box.

... I guess you didnt take my total war comment to heart. I was pointing you in the direction of Rome:Total War and Medievil 2:Total War. Fantastic games.

I noticed your Total war advice. My post was aimed at the guys talking about specs and stuff.
I' ll probably get the total war games.
I played Shogun Total War when it was released and I loved it so I guess the newer entries in the series should be even better.
Command & Conquer The first Decade, Age Of Empires 3, Rome: Total War and Medievil 2: Total War. Those are great stretegy games I' m planing to buy.
Prey, F.E.A.R., Star Wars Republic Commando and SWAT 4 in the FPS genre.
That' s pretty much every game worth buying for PC that' s been released the past five years...

Dont forget the great looking C&C3, and a game i really want to play, grim fandango, if your into point and click adventures, the first two Broken Swords are a must!

grim fandango, if your into point and click adventures, the first two Broken Swords are a must!

An A+ to all of the above. Methinks I' m gonna play those again.

I guess you didnt take my total war comment to heart. I was pointing you in the direction of Rome:Total War and Medievil 2:Total War. Fantastic games.

Yes Silent is right! You must get these games especially Rome Total War! Rome is a phenomenal game that has to be played. Trust me, you will be addicted to this game, you will not regret getting it!
I also recommend Football Manager 2007, the Football Manager games are so addictive its scary!

There is a set that has all the Total War games. I wouldn' t bother though, just wait for Total War II coming out soon. Which is a must buy.

ORIGINAL: Agent Ghost

As ginjirou pointed our Evil not everyone wants to overclock their bran new computer. I did because I took the time to learn how and saved a few hundred but if you don' t know how easy it is when you buy the cpu its easy to get a high end proc.


Ginjirou overclocking isn' t about making this uber powerful cpu, because high end cpus (especially with AMD) do not overclock to speeds that much higher then the low end. The idea is that you can spend 200-300 dollars on a low end cpu and easilly push it to speeds of the 500-600 dollar cpu. The only real downside is that your cpu is hotter when overclocking and thus your cpu fan makes more noise. However this is easilly remedied and even greatly improved upon if you buy an after market cpu cooler.

I helped a friend build a budget system, put in a e6300 in there, runs at stock 1.86ghz, I overclocked that to 3ghz ON AIR, all stock too and didnt even have to increase cpu/ram voltage, and he had some cheap ass Corsair " Value" ram that kept fucking up the overclock when I tried to go over 3ghz, if he had spent $30 or so more on the ram and got something decent I could' ve probably gotten that up to 3.2-3.6ghz, or even more.

There is no risk to doing this you dont even have to play around with voltages, if it doesnt work any decent motherboard will just reset to default settings, core 2 duo is awesome for OCing even for newbies.

No one mentioned programs.
Zone alarm
AntiVir

Diskeeper, Opera, Winamp, Gaim

AV and extra firewalls are for nubs

If I want to mess around with making pictures, flash or 3D stuff, what programs should I get?

Maya or Lightwave for 3D stuff, whatever that macromedia flash thingy is called for making flash stuff.

Macromedia Flash Professional 8.

For 3D stuff; 3DSMax, LightWave, Maya, Softimage or ZBrush.

Go HERE for a 3D tools comparison chart that should find useful.