I would like to get a pre built gaming rig for Fallout 4 and want something that can play it on max settings. Any recommendations or suggestions as to what to get and where the best places to get one would be?

We don't know. Gstaff said that they'd have specs ready between three and five weeks before the release, so, sometime between Oct. 7 and 21, hopefully.

However, if the specs of what you have right now are excessive for Skyrim with the High Def pack, you're probably going to be good to go.

Right now I have a 32 bit OS and figured that this is a good time to move to 64 bit, plus I mistakenly bought a 64 bit game (Far Cry 4) and don’t have anything to play it on yet.

That's probably just a good idea in general.... now that the consoles have 8gig memory, odds are that more and more games will require more RAM (plus more video RAM). ie, 64 bit.

Here's what you're probably going to need, spec-wise, to have a good gaming machine for few years: at least 8GB of RAM, a decent processor (really any recent i5 or above for Intel. I don't know much about AMD, sorry.), any mid-range graphics card from this or the last gen of cards, an SSD for good loading times, I recommend 256GB or higher, a 600W (At least) Power Supply, a X-Fire/SLI capable Motherboard (just because) and a 64-bit OS, Windows 7 is a personal favorite but at this point you may as well get 10.

That will at least run the game. Probably decently, too. Really, as long as your processor is decent and you have enough RAM your main concern, and main expense, is going to be the GPU. Obviously more powerful the card the better the performance, but I highly doubt that Fallout 4 will use much more resources than Skyrim with graphics mods.

You should have trashed that 32 bit OS a long time ago. The only reason Microsoft didn't was because X360 and PS3 were holding back technology. 64 bit OS is by far the norm, so that's a mandatory upgrade. BGS said we won't have system requirements until October, so your best bet at this point is to just look at the specs of current consoles.

No, do not go by whether you can play Skyrim on max settings or not. Skyrim was made for ten year old hardware (a bucket could run Skyrim as the vanilla game is ugly) and Fallout 4 will definitely require a lot more as BGS overhauled the Creation Engine for Fallout 4. You are going to need at least 8GB of RAM. An i5 or i7 is mandatory if you go with an Intel Processor. With new games they generally set their recommended settings based on the last GPU model or the year before. I'd wager for PC the GPU recommended requirements for Nvidia would probably be no higher than a GTX770 (that was the recommended GPU for TW3).

A GTX970 goes for a little over $300, which is by far the most affordable and current Nvidia GPU on the market. It's what I would probably buy if you are constrained by cash and you want a card that will be relevant and run games at max settings for two or three years. If you have more money, you can look at the GTX980 or the recently released GTX980ti, although those will be pricey.

Heh. Whereas I'd consider a 150-200 card to be normal, 300 to be splurging, and higher to be the realm of crazy enthusiat builds.

Anyway, I've generally found the Tom's Hardware "Best GPU for the money" articles to be a useful guide. They have recommendations at multiple price brackets, so you can go by your budget... Here's http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html.

Agreed. I switched to 64-bit era when the first public beta of Win 7 was released and haven't looked back since. I see absolutely no reason to stick with 32-bit OS this long, unless there's some very crucial software that really refuses to run with 64-bit OS.

Is it normal to release the specs info that close to release date? Seems like you'd want your PC market to know the specs a bit in advance.

No clue. All I know is that there was a thread asking when the specs was released, and Gstaff said they were working to get them out, with an ETA of 3 to 5 weeks before the release.

I’m going to try for an i7, GTX 980Ti, 16 GB RAM, 500GB SSD and I’m presently shopping around for a place that can build one. If my work schedule wasn’t so intense I’d build it myself.

If you can get about an hour of free time you can build it yourself, even if you've never built one before. It's really quite simple, just plug whatever fits into a socket that is the correct size. There are actually very few things that fit where that aren't supposed to, unless you really push it, and most things are labeled.

Also, case, PSU and Motherboard are important. You should not skimp on the Power supply as cheap ones can literally burst into flames. Make sure that whatever case you choose has a decent amount of airflow. I reccommed Cooler Master cases because they live up to their name.

I've been able to play games FO3, FNV, Splinter Cell, etc. at max settings, high frame rates, smooth game play and there has been no need to switch to 64 bit until now.

If I build it myself the parts I have in mind are a Phanteks Enthoo Pro case, SeaSonic X Series 1050w PSU, ASUS Maximus VII mobo, i7-4790K 4.0 GHz, Corsair H100i GTX liquid cooler, EVGA GTX 980 Ti, G Skill Trident X (2x 8GB) RAM, Samsung 840 Evo 500GB SSD, Seagate 3TB HDD.

So far I've looked around at a few prebuilt machines and if I can't find something reasonable I may just go ahead and build it myself.

Be wary of liquid-cooling systems. Those things are a bastard to do right. You probably don't need it, though, not unless you plan to overclock the hell out of it. If you do want it and you have no experience with liquid cooling I suggest you get a professional to do it for you. Liquid + electronics = bad.

Guide:

64bit OS and CPU (yes required). Quad core CPU, 4gb+ of ram. 4gb GPU = AMD 380 or Nvidia 960 (whatever's cheapest and has good vendor reviews really).

That should about do it for ya'll, yes it will hit all very high at 1080p assuming Bethesda does anything like a decent job. To be honest the 980ti's and Fury X's are vast overkill unless you're trying to run a game on a 4k monitor or v-sync @ 144hz or something. A 380/960 4gb can hit 45+fps for Far Cry 4/Witcher 3/etc. etc. on maxed out setting at 1080p.