For gaming its custom built all the way.

[DELETED]

Kim is basically right. As I understand it, most of today's intense graphic games have ridiculously high resolution, and require a lot of speed, so you need REAL high end CPUs and graphics cards and the GRAPHICS CARDS are practically supercomputers in themselves.

Steve

It's best to assemble a computer with a good graphics card and CPU for optimum performance. You can go through Tom's Hardware website to check out the different kind of configurations.

[DELETED]

I actually usually recommend a custom built for anyone that asks me what brand I recommend,because in my opinion no matter what your going to do with it you can almost always get more bang for your buck as they say.

I would also give my customers a check sheet of the different parts and options and why they may or may not want them. Them I would ask the million dollar question:"How much do you want to spend on it?"

Of course included in the price was me building it and testing it before they took possession of it. Plus I gave support on all the parts for as long as the manufacturer warranted them.

Good luck with whatever you do.

Custom built PC's are the way to go for gaming.

Here's the specs I used.

AMD FX-6100 3.3GHz 6-core
MSI 990FXA-GD65
16GB Kingston DDR3 RAM
Gainward GeForce GTX 580 3GB GDDR5
Intel 320X SSD 80GB
1TB Western Digital HDD
Samsung DVD+RW
Thermaltake Contac 21
Cooler Master SilentPro 500watts
Cooler Master Storm Sniper