Gaming Machines
Gaming machines take perhaps a little more skill to design, develop and build compared to your standard desktop computer. These often high-powered “rigs” as some like to call them, will set you back more money than your average computer, and it can be said, you generally get what you pay for!
My ambition here is to demonstrate how to build one of these rigs beginning with a relatively simple gaming machine. Because there are so many variations on these computers, what follows is a basic concept and will not cover all the technical and advanced aspects of these high-tech rigs.
My ambition here is to demonstrate how to build one of these rigs beginning with a relatively simple gaming machine. Because there are so many variations on these computers, what follows is a basic concept and will not cover all the technical and advanced aspects of these high-tech rigs.
Computers used specifically for gaming essentially fall under three basic categories:
1) Low-End Gaming
2) Middle-End Gaming
3) High-End Gaming
2) Middle-End Gaming
3) High-End Gaming
This ranking is more or less qualified according to your budget, obviously the low-end market offers you a system capable of gaming, but perhaps with some compromise such as in-game sliders and settings set to their minimums.
The middle-end gamer is the next step up and often affords the user to have the sliders and settings perhaps scaled somewhere between maximum and minimum. This kind of computer also cost more than a low end gamer.
The high-end gamer cost the most and usually entails having the latest and fastest equipment possible. These machines will most often allow the user to have sliders and settings at almost, if not their maximum.
Before you even entertain the idea of building a dedicated desktop gamer, you need to consider a few things:
· What is your budget?
· What games or programs do you intend to use it for?
· Space and environment (heat is a gaming machines enemy!)
· What kind of case will best suite your specific needs?
· What kind of hardware will best suite your specific needs?
· What games or programs do you intend to use it for?
· Space and environment (heat is a gaming machines enemy!)
· What kind of case will best suite your specific needs?
· What kind of hardware will best suite your specific needs?
Budget:
Most of the time, top end hardware equals top dollar, if money is no problem, then throw at it as much as you can. But for most of us this is not the case and you need to pay special attention to your hardware purchases. Driving your dollar as far as it will stretch without breaking the bank requires considerable time and research, and every part of this effort pays!