i an buying a new pc for gamin configuration is core i7 ram - 4 gb, hard drive- 1 tb , plus everything according to the need of core i7 , plus one xfx 250 card nvidia . The thing i want to ask that is blue ray required or not . Also i feel that is there anything better than core i7 and if due to the 1 tb hard disk will threir be any problem in running games . Do i require a new faster and smaller hard disk for gaming.like 100,250,120 gb. saurabhthelord

The size of a hard disk does not always to its speed. The rotation speed and the amount of cache are the important factors.

The processor is one of the best for gaming right now. You might need to look at the games you wish to play. They may or may not need special gpu features. Ram and more of it and the faster is better rule in my book. The hard drive is the slowest part, might also look at simple raid with fast data. Dunno if solid state drives are as fast as claimed. Might look at loading games up on ram disks. That is a way to use ram as hard drive. One of the fastest ways to use data. See also tips and tricks to speed up game systems. Reduce any and all but game. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, Make an autorun.inf folder on all usb drives.

hi just for info an interesting read for gamers thinking of upgrading. http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/artic... especially the quote about the amount of ram utilised on p2.

this article has created more problems in my mind, it clearly shows the stats that core i7 vs quad core are nearly same at high resolution gaming. saurabhthelord

"it clearly shows the stats that core i7 vs quad core are nearly same at high resolution gaming." That holds true for some games; for others, there is a marked increase in performance with the i7 core. In the past it's also held true for 9x vs W2K/XP, Intel vs AMD, and ATI vs nVidia. Certain titles seem to prefer certain platforms. Skip

thanks for conforming . And thank u all l am gona stay with i7 and nvidia saurabhthelord