Thanks to silly good metabolism I will never ever look like this

For a while now I’ve been one of the people who’ve said that exclusive PC gaming is pretty much dead, and I still stand by those claims. However that’s not going to stop me from enjoying what I do have at my disposal for PC games. The other reason I stopped gaming on my PC was because my machine really couldn’t run any of the high end games anymore; for example the highest end game I could play on high settings with minimal slowdown was the original F.E.A.R. and anything newer then that would bring my machine to its knees. The secondary issue was that my PC really couldn’t be upgraded any further beyond what it had, motherboard drivers wouldn’t support anything above Pentium 4 processors, the maximum supported RAM was 4GB DDR2, and half of my motherboard drivers weren’t even Vista certified – which would be an issue since I plan on upgrading to Windows 7 upon its release.

So after seeing one of my friends new rigs, I realized there were a few PC games that I honestly would like to try that I couldn’t. I decided to say fuck it and splurged a thousand on parts for my new machine.

---ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
(Nice motherboard that supports triple SLI)
---Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz
(Yeah, I went with Intel over AMD. Piss off, I've had bad experiences with AMD)
---EVGA 512-P3-N884-TR GeForce 9800 GTX+ Superclocked
(I've seen this card in action first hand, alot of bang for the buck)
---G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3
(Triple channel RAM = Me happy)
---Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
(Needs green fans!)
---SAMSUNG Black 22X SATA DVD Burner
(Just because my motherboard is pure SATA and has no IDE interface)

I already had a power supply and hard drive available, so that was a bonus, and I’m currently using the Windows 7 Release Candidate as my operating system since Microsoft is letting anyone download it and I like free legal stuff. Which reminds me - anyone who has gripes about Vista should really try out 7, it’s really nice. Anyways, I have yet to reinstall some of my older games so the only game on my PC right now is Supreme Commander. Why Supreme Commander might you ask? Because it’s pretty much the spiritual sequel and graphical upgrade to Total Anihilation, which is the best RTS game ever made.


(Thanks Trev!)

There are a few other games I’m planning on getting, some of which I could probably get on consoles but since I have this nice computer I might as well fucking use it. Mass Effect is currently downloading off of Steam as we speak, I plan on picking up Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2, and hell I might as well get Crysis since I feel like benchmarking my graphics capabilities. The future holds a few MMOs I’m interested in, since The Matrix Online ends in a month (*sad face*); Star Trek Online has the Trekkie in me excited though I still want details on the game… like if the DToid community can make the USS Destructoid or the USS Also, Cocks. I’m torn between whether or not I will get Champions Online or DC Universe Online. Champions comes from the City of Heroes people which I heard was a pretty good MMO, and the extreme hero customization plus the ability to make your own arch nemesis sounds pretty sweet. But at the same time I could be awesome and fight alongside Batman in DC or maybe even join the Green Lantern Corps, how fucking sweet would that be? But goddamnit, I don’t have time for more than two MMOs in my gaming life considering there are still some sweet console games on the way too. If it wasn’t overpriced, I might get a copy of Left 4 Dead but $35 bucks is too much for a glorified CounterStrike mod… plus I might be corrupting the judge if I get this game and we don’t fuck with the judge.



I know there’s a few other game’s I’m forgetting so feel free to comment and suggest some more PC titles. It’s been a while since I’ve been in the PC gaming realm so obviously I’m a little behind.