thoughts?

[MaSonZ]

Got an email from NewEgg. Looks like a pretty nice machine for a starter. thoughts?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.627553

i know, it doesnt come with a moniter..but that can be concerned at another time.

[Spikes]

Looks good, just get a better power supply and keep the one it comes with for backup. And a video card.

[MaSonZ]

recommendations for both a power supply and vid card?

[guncrasher]

getting another ps might eat up all the savings for that combo.  perhaps look into buying separate and look for combo savings on each individual part.  the case itself only has 1 fan, there's some others in that price that have 2 or 3 fans.  considering that each fan costs about 10 bucks and the more fans the better.

semp

[gyrene81]

it's an amd based system...get an ati 5770 and you won't have to replace that psu right away...just make sure you make plans to buy a good psu within a few months after you buy the system.

[MaSonZ]

it's an amd based system...get an ati 5770 and you won't have to replace that psu right away...just make sure you make plans to buy a good psu within a few months after you buy the system.

with a cheapy mouse, keyboard and Windows 7 with the combo deal im lookin 602.95 right now. throwing in a grpahics card right now isnt feasible. the card onboard the mother board should run AH fine, no?

[Spikes]

No, not at all. You'd be lucky to open AH.

[MaSonZ]

would i need a larger PS with this here card?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131374

[Skuzzy]

Onboard video chips will usually run the game, but with everything set to bare minimums and low resolutions.  Also note, onboard video chips do not have any dedicated video RAM.  They steal RAM from the system.

Whatever RAM they claim to have can be subtracted right off the system RAM.

[MaSonZ]

Onboard video chips will usually run the game, but with everything set to bare minimums and low resolutions.  Also note, onboard video chips do not have any dedicated video RAM.  They steal RAM from the system.

Whatever RAM they claim to have can be subtracted right off the system RAM.

combo comes with 2 sticks of 2gb, 4gb total.

[Skuzzy]

That means you will lose up to 1GB to the video chip.  So you really only have 3GB of system RAM.

[MaSonZ]

better then no ram   

[AAJagerX]

You could pick up a cheap vid card for about $50.  That would be more than worth the cost in performance increase.

[MaSonZ]

You could pick up a cheap vid card for about $50.  That would be more than worth the cost in performance increase.

let me see whats around me. best store for me is 45 minutes away....gotta go up there this week or this coming week so ill check it out. may have saved me some money Jager. 




fer those that haven't noticed. I know minimal about computer hardware. software too.

[100Coogn]

let me see whats around me. best store for me is 45 minutes away....gotta go up there this week or this coming week so ill check it out. may have saved me some money Jager. 




fer those that haven't noticed. I know minimal about computer hardware. software too.

Then I hope you're listening some of the advice that's being offered you.

Coogan