Can anybody help/direct me somewhere so I can make myself a computer that will be able to play Fallout: New Vegas?

Might be best to ask a mod to move this thread to the Community Discussion board, since there are some really helpful and informative people there.

I got a component guide that can be extremely useful, but I am not sure I can post it. I'll ask a mod, and then I'll post it here.

http://www.newegg.com/

Alright do you know where I can contact a mod though?

Just use the report feature.

Just as some random data, my computer is a 2ghz Core2 Duo processor, with 4gybtes of memory, and running 64 bit Vista. My video card is a Geforce 9600. This machine is now several generations old, and you could buy something like it very cheaply. And it still handles F:NV just fine at 1440x900, high detail level. The game does not require a supercomputer to run, unless you get silly and want it to run at 2000 by whatever pixels with 8x anti-aliasing and all the eye candy turned up to 11.

You have to remember that F:NV was designed to play smoothly on the Xbox 360, which is now about 5 years old. PC technology constantly evolves, console technology moves in jumps.

I think you would be a very very brave person at the moment to make a rig anticipating playing this specific game. When all platforms are experiencing problems, I'd really wait and see if any patches fix the workability of the programme first.

I'm running fine, when it's running fine, on a 2.4 Ghz duo core, with 6 Gig of RAM, using a Geforce 9600. Anti-Aliasing is on 8, with 6 pre-rendered frames, trilinear filtering is on, and most of the other check boxes on the card are ticked. That rig has not had a problem on any new release I've dealt with over the last 18 months...except for FNV.

Not saying don't, just saying tread warily...

I would say "any dual-core or better PC made in the last 2 years", combined with a more modern GPU like an 8800GT, a 9600 or a GTX 460 (my personal favorite to replace the 8800GT 512MB).

(With my GTX 460 1GB, I run at 1600x900, and the only thing that kills my frame rate is a lot of NPCs on the screen at once. More then about 18-24 and I drop below 30fps. Unfortunately, the game engine just isn't tunable so that you can turn down distant NPCs rather then just fading them out entirely.)

I built a PC earlier this year and i run FONV at 1920 x 1080 4xAA and 15X AS everything maxed and i play fine. Rig specs;

1 x COOLER MASTER ATCS 840 RC-840-KKN1-GP Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
1 x ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
1 x CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
1 x BYTECC Bracket-25350 Dual 2.5" HDD/SSD Bracket for 3.5" Drive Bay or Enclosure
1 x Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601930
1 x Kingston 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR1333D3K3/6GR
1 x Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV425-S2BN/64GB 2.5" Notebook Bundle 64GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 sata
1 x ASUS MS238H Glossy Black 23" 2ms Ring stand & Ergo-fit LED backlight LCD Monitor Slim Design (beautyful monitor, [censored] impressive)
1 x ASUS ENGTX480/2DI/1536MD5 GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

and win 7 64bit proffessional

Everything i bought was from Newegg and this machine kicks ass. I hope this helps answer your questions
Asai

I updated my rig just for FONV.

i7930, 8gb HyperX, ATI 5870 - all glued together with 64 Win7. A pretty safe setup that should give you no problems if you're interested.

Since I haven't gotten a reply from a mod, I'll just post a build.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&cm_re=corsair_650w-_-17-139-005-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130562&cm_re=460-_-14-130-562-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=955-_-19-103-808-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130275&cm_re=msi_870a-_-13-130-275-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

First time I've done a build. I'm sure I [censored] up somewhere, and that someone else can probably make it better for cheaper. Anyway, with shipping and handling and tax, it comes to $874.98.

Like I said, the build probably needs some work, but I think it's on okay start.

Look at my. Its not a super computer but it runs the game just fine running on 1680x1050 high settings.