Hi All,
I am out of the PC scene for a long time and i recently played Assasins Creed Brotherhood on the iMac which made me realize what i have been missing
. I have sold the imac now and i am really excited to build a gaming machine. I want a machine that will also be suitable for a stable hackintosh built. If any members have any prior experience with that, please advice. Heres the summary of my requirement.
Thank you so much for all your help guyz!!
I am out of the PC scene for a long time and i recently played Assasins Creed Brotherhood on the iMac which made me realize what i have been missing
. I have sold the imac now and i am really excited to build a gaming machine. I want a machine that will also be suitable for a stable hackintosh built. If any members have any prior experience with that, please advice. Heres the summary of my requirement.- Q: What is your budget?
- 50K
- Q: What is your existing hardware configuration (component name - component brand and model)
- 13' Macbook pro (2010)
- 21.5 (2011) iMac
- Dell U2311h
- 6 Year old APC .5KVA UPS
- Digidesign 003 Rack Sound Card
- And a bunch of music production related gear.
- Q: Which hardware will you be keeping (component name - component brand and model)
- Monitor - Dell U2311h (But this looks dull or not bright enough
for gaming.) I noticed my 21.5 imac screen was much brighter and better than this. Should i sell this off? Please advice.
- Monitor - Dell U2311h (But this looks dull or not bright enough
- Q: Which hardware component are you looking to buy (component name). If you have already decided on a configuration then please mention the (component brand and model) as well, this will help us in fine tuning your requirement.
- What ever you guys suggest. I rather leave it to you guruz.
- A motherboard with a texas instruments based firewire port. (For my soundcard compatibility)
- Q: Is this going to be your final configuration or you would be adding/upgrading a component in near future. If yes then please mention when and which component
- Yes, a Blue ray writer when the price comes down.
- Yes, a Blue ray writer when the price comes down.
- Q: Where will you buy this hardware? (Online/City/TE Dealer)
- Bangalore
- Not open to online purchase
- Q: Would you consider buying a second hand hardware from the TE market
- Yes
- Q: What is your intended use for this PC/hardware
- HD Gaming
- Hackintosh (Snow Leapord)
- Music production
- HTPC
- Download rig, 24x7 operation
- Watching HD movies
- Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them and the reason for your preference/dislike.
- I am open to any company with decent A.S.S.
- Q: If you will be playing games then which type of games will you be playing?
- Third person Games (Max Payne 3, Arkham City, Assasins creed III etc or even GTA V when they release it this spring..)
- Been out of the gaming scene too long. Time for me to catch up!!
- Q: What is your preferred monitor resolution for gaming and normal usage
- Gaming - 1440x900
- Desktop - 1440x900
- Q: Are you looking to overclock?
- Errr... No
- Q: Which operating system do you intend to use with this configuration?
- Windows 7 64 bit
- Snow Leopard (Hackintosh)
Thank you so much for all your help guyz!!
, I will skip the hackintosh part for now. I will however still need a TI based Firewire 400 port(For my soundcard). Sadly i am out of the gaming scene for years now so i am still not used to all the latest terminology. I want to play the games i have listed in highest resolution possible in my budget. Primarily on Win7... Do you guys suggest i ditch my One year old U2311 for a brighter monitor? Please advice a system for 60k (Incl monitor and ups) :hail: