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Jun 11, 2008, 08:55 PM // 20:55
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Never Too Old
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests
Guild: Order of First
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Need to buy a computer (old one died)
What's the best to buy in the $1k-$1.4k range. Need ASAP so my Mom can do her banking and bill paying.
Any advice on where to look and what to avoid appreciated. Snograt sent me here which probably means I'm doomed.
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Jun 11, 2008, 09:03 PM // 21:03
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Perfectly Elocuted
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Only planning to do banking and bill paying? You don't really need much of a computer to do that. 1k seems quite high.
Does she plan on using it for other things as well?
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Jun 11, 2008, 09:04 PM // 21:04
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rattus rattus
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Gaming is the main aim - mom's bill paying is a convenient excuse
 Here's a starter to get the discussion moving: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883229030 Someone will pop in and show you how it's much better to buy components individually and self-build - that's just a Newegg pre-build that's not too shabby.
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Jun 11, 2008, 09:15 PM // 21:15
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Perfectly Elocuted
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Well, there was a nifty article awhile back ....goes to look...about a $900 dollar computer that would run Crysis on High smoothly:
http://www.incrysis.com/index.php?op...sk=view&id=595 Here's the snippet: Quote:
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Jun 11, 2008, 09:26 PM // 21:26
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Never Too Old
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Rhode Island where there are no GW contests
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I'll take a look. Thanks. Is Intel still outperforming Athlon now? I always preferred the Athlon chip in the past.
The "Mom" factor is because of location. I can game anywhere, she can only work on the computer at home with her own mouse/keyboard/printer. Anything else and she gets confused. I can only change out one component at a time, so she can get used to it slowly. (She is 85 after all.)
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