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Offline wpeters

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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #60 on: August 30, 2013, 03:37:35 PM »
Thanks a lot. Guess I kinda sound like Idot in this thread, trueth be told  i  am when it comes to shopping for a gaming computer
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Offline edog1977

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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #61 on: August 30, 2013, 03:44:19 PM »
It's all good. Better to ask then to buy something that doesn't live up to your expectations.

There was a lot of good advice given earlier in this thread. I would go back click through all of the links and read. Then I'd go back and read them all again.

If your looking for performance on a budget building your own computer is the way to go. You are going to pay a premium for someone to build it for you. If you build it yourself you will have complete control of the components that go into it.
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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #62 on: August 30, 2013, 04:24:35 PM »
On the topic of computers, my friend wants to get a computer in the $500-$600 range. He was looking to get the parts and build it himself (well, get ME to build it for him  ;) ). My knowledge of computers can only help him so much, can someone here post parts to build a computer for less than $700?

He'll be using it for gaming, game like Heroes of Stalingrad and DayZ.
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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #63 on: August 31, 2013, 01:06:25 PM »
@Latrobe, look at my post a couple of pages back and Bino's answer and the comments to both and you'd surely find an idea about what components you'd get for $700 or less.

@wpeters, I'd rather read posts about people asking before buying if a certain computer would fulfil their needs than answering why their "brand new" ultra low budget "grammy goes banking" laptop doesn't produce a crispy live-like image with full eye candy settings. The idiot is the one who buys before asking.  :salute

One hint: If it says "Intel -- Graphics", forget about it or prepare for buying both a video card and a power supply, adding another $200 or more to the price. I see you already have a post in the AH Classifieds forum for multiple mid range gaming rigs. Is this about the same project or do you have another going on for one for yourself? In the latter case, another thread there might help.
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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #64 on: August 31, 2013, 05:36:42 PM »
This is another one for myself.  Those are ones that my school kids might  :xsell
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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #65 on: September 01, 2013, 07:23:04 PM »
Whatever choice you are doing, put as much money as you can on the graphics card, its pretty much always the bottleneck with modern components.

The 7870 suggested is an excellent choice !

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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #66 on: September 02, 2013, 08:52:05 AM »
Quote from: save on September 01, 2013, 07:23:04 PM
Whatever choice you are doing, put as much money as you can on the graphics card, its pretty much always the bottleneck with modern components.

The 7870 suggested is an excellent choice !



Be careful about blanket statements Save!

Think all the celerons and AMD cpus out there. Plus they still sell Intel Pentiums etc. which will bottleneck a 7870 easily. Let's say that as long as the OP will choose Intel i-something then he should shell all remaining money to graphics.
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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #67 on: September 11, 2013, 09:53:15 AM »
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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #68 on: September 11, 2013, 09:57:50 AM »
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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #69 on: September 11, 2013, 09:58:12 AM »
"Integrated/On-Board Graphics" means that Aces High will be a stuttering slideshow at almost any setting.
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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #70 on: September 11, 2013, 10:05:49 AM »
I know i need a graphics card but other wise how is it
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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #71 on: September 11, 2013, 10:30:22 AM »
You'd probably have to get a new PSU sooner and later to feed the video card. From those two I'd prefer the latter because the two cores are faster than on the quad. It also has windows7 which seems to have less problems than win8 at least considering AH. For second hand/refurbished items they both seem overpriced IMO. 

A small calculation:

A used Dell or such ~450
a mid class vid card~100
a reputable GPU     ~100

Total                   ~650

Compare that to the "Budget" conversation starting from page 2 of this thread to find out a brand new build would cost only about $100 more.
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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #72 on: September 11, 2013, 02:12:39 PM »
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Offline gyrene81

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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #73 on: September 11, 2013, 03:21:41 PM »
you're missing ram...and save some cash, go with a 500gb wd caviar black...you can buy a 2tb later for a secondary drive.
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Re: Desktop computer
« Reply #74 on: September 12, 2013, 12:58:42 AM »
How does a ssd compare to a regular drive  :bolt:
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