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Offline 230G

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$500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« on: July 28, 2010, 05:53:03 PM »
  Anyone seen these $500 systems? Will they work for AH2? If not, explain!

1) http://www.hardware-revolution.com/500-gaming-computer-2/

2) http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-gpu-overclock,2659.html

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3)CPU  AMD Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition  $69  
 Motherboard  Foxconn A7GM-S 2.0 $70  
 Memory  Crucial 2x1GB DDR2-800 $23  
 Graphics  Radeon HD 4770 $100  
 Hard drive  Seagate 7200.11 160GB  $39  
 Optical Drive  Sony Optiarc AD-7200S  $22
 Case  Cooler Master 534 $74  
 Power Supply  Cooler Master 460  (Included with case)
 Operating system  Windows Vista Home Premium OEM  $97  
 Total  $494  


  Thanks,
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« Last Edit: July 28, 2010, 07:01:03 PM by 230G »
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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2010, 08:25:12 PM »
It'll run AH but don't expect any type of stellar performance out of it.  You may want to also increase the amount of RAM if the motherboard allows it.  2 gigs is the minimum needed to run Vista.


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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2010, 08:35:35 PM »
Get it, buy a copy of either XP or Win 7, wipe vista off and reload from scratch.

You'll have a better system.
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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2010, 09:03:36 PM »
When you have more monies invested in the case then the memory do not expect to much. 

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Offline 230G

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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2010, 09:18:03 PM »
Quote from: Ghosth on July 28, 2010, 08:35:35 PM
Get it, buy a copy of either XP or Win 7, wipe vista off and reload from scratch.

You'll have a better system.


 YES. I'm running XP on this 7 year old system. What I've seen of Vista, I want NO part of it. Whatever I buy and assemble, it'll for sure have Windows 7. And actually, I have no plans to build any one of these systems verbatim, but maybe use them as a sort of basis. TilDeath has spec'ed me a system. He's as nice a guy as everybody said. Thanks a million for your help, Rich!
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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2010, 09:56:49 PM »
that foxconn board is old but the newest bios (July 2, 2010)-
will support even the newest AMD Phenom II four and six-core processors.

what resolution do you plan to play at?
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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2010, 10:38:39 PM »
For $2 more on the OS

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM   $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=368&name=Operating-Systems

Good luck finding some of those parts at some of those prices
but
without doing a ton of research

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3320613AS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive  $44.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148316

AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor ADX250OCGQBOX  $62.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103681

ASRock 770 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 770 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard $74.99    Original Price: $89.99 You Save: $15.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157195

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL  $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
or

Kingston HyperX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KHX6400D2K2/2G $47.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134012

XFX HD-555X-ZNF2 Radeon HD 5550 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card  $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150492

Broadway Com Corp 712-4HLW-BK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811162011

Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA CD/DVD Burner - OEM  $19.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118039

Totals (rounded up)
Including OS

W/4 gig memory $503.00

W/2 gig memory $453.00


Course you can save more the more of your old parts you can use, Case CD rom drive etc











    


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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2010, 10:45:59 PM »
Quote from: skribetm on July 28, 2010, 09:56:49 PM
what resolution do you plan to play at?

    :headscratch:  No idea. Suggestion?
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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2010, 12:12:05 AM »
Quote from: 230G on July 28, 2010, 10:45:59 PM
    :headscratch:  No idea. Suggestion?
You could run native resolution at 512 textures with that video card. Just keep the system running lean and clean.
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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2010, 01:20:16 AM »
wait a couple of months, save about $300 more dollars and buy a computer that will play ah full blast.  I bought mine one part at a time as I could afford it, reusing some parts from my old puter.  sometimes its better to wait, than to buy something you may not like.

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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2010, 02:51:09 PM »
The 5770 rips this game apart...you'll love it.
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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2010, 02:52:31 PM »
Quote from: Spikes on July 29, 2010, 02:51:09 PM
The 5770 rips this game apart...you'll love it.

how about w/out xfire spikes?
what are the FPS? thanks.  :aok
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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2010, 03:11:02 PM »
Quote from: skribetm on July 29, 2010, 02:52:31 PM
how about w/out xfire spikes?
what are the FPS? thanks.  :aok
Still the same...60 solid w/o shadowing (I personally don't like it anyway) with slight dips into the 56-57's in massive furballs. Then again me res is only 1440x900.
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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2010, 06:22:42 PM »
Obvious there are other bottle necks on the cheap system but as far as cards go, that Radeon 4770 is more than enough to run AH at full blast with 1024 hi-res textures.  The old gaming rig I use for AH has an AGP 4670 installed on it and runs AH at full settings using 1024 textures at a steady 59fps.

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Re: $500 Gaming Systems: Will any of these work for AH2?
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2010, 03:07:17 AM »
A 4850 would be another card to look into, the downfall is, it will not be direct x 11. Depending on what the PC will be used for and future palnning that issue may not matter.
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