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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Dont give into future proofing, something better will be out in 6 months. For case, I would suggest the Coolmaster CM690 , it can fit 7 fans in it + toolless design. 600W PSU is good for future upgrades. Do you plan to Overclock?
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Oct 20, 2007, 03:09 AM // 03:09
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Jul 2006
Profession: W/
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Oct 20, 2007, 03:40 AM // 03:40
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Profession: Mo/
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self built is usually not cheaper, but you will know what is in your computer.
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Oct 20, 2007, 04:26 AM // 04:26
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Jan 2007
Guild: The Elite Lords of Chaos [LoC]
Profession: R/
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Oct 20, 2007, 04:39 AM // 04:39
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Canada
Guild: Grenths Rejects [GR]
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...yeah self building is usually a lot cheaper when compared to the pre built ones that just look like a better deal with a monitor or something thrown in at the expense of quality.
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Oct 20, 2007, 05:05 AM // 05:05
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Building a computer is better but if you have to get retail software to run it it cost alot, vista for instance. Plus you dont have to deal with defect parts and testing to make sure your computer works. Many people may think it is easy to build and test a computer but I have had stuff crap out on me a week into use. New build systems not being able to touch for month due to RMA and hassles. I am use to it so it is easy for me but it is annoying to deal with.
Anyhow I see many people are suggesting quad core cpu. Quad cores are not going to be utilized properly for almost 2 years. Crysis is the state of the art engine and it only can work well with 2 cores, additional cores dont receive any significant gains in performance. Even the 8800GTS isnt fully utilized and will take 1-2 years for programmers to fully unlock its potential. I have been using a 7800GT and it still works flawlessly for all games. Guildwars has 76FPS -100+ on top settings with standard rez.( no anti aliasing set because it runs hot.) Anyhow when I use to build systems I use to go for bleeding edge but I learned my lesson. I now upgrade consistently into low end. If I spend 500 today and 500 6 months -1 year later I will have a better system than spend 1k today. That is my rule of thumb. GPU can be upgraded when needed but as of right now drivers just started to unlock its potential and will still have at least 1 year of life before moving to dx10. |
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Mar 2006
Profession: W/
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Yeah, RMAs and defective parts are a pain in the ass, but that's what warrantees are for. If something were wrong with your Dell XPS, you'd have to send that in, too. I don't think anyone is saying that Guild Wars/Crysis/Solitare/Whatever else is optimized to take full advantage of the Quad core's potential. Very few games take advantage of dual core or 64-bit processors for that matter. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't use an AMD 64 or Intel Core 2 Duo/Extreme. Its irrelevent, the Core 2 Quad is a faster processor whether its using its extra two CPU cores or not. Last edited by iridescentfyre; Oct 20, 2007 at 04:31 PM // 16:31.. |
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Oct 20, 2007, 07:23 PM // 19:23
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Mar 2007
Profession: W/Mo
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Video cards-$590X2=$1180
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...IN#detailspecs Memory ----------have---------4G Hard drive -----------have---------2 400g I think i have 1-2 160g and I know I have a 160g umm I forget what it's call but it was new I just reverted back to the old dtyle becase it's EZer if my Power supply craps and I have to through a spare in there. Case -----------have---------Steel case with alot of stuff I don't even utalize it's really cool too looks like a sweet old fashion multi CD player if you don't know what your looking at Sound card-$30 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...098&CatId=2771 Screen ----------have-------20.1in flate plasma Power supply-$300 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...093&CatId=2036 Mother boards-$350 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...770&CatId=2051 Cpu-$1080 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?EdpNo=3285775 $2940 my wish list feel free to donat I will accept lol looks good on paper but probubly not worth buying tell sometime in the futur. Last edited by dark_prince2023; Oct 20, 2007 at 07:37 PM // 19:37.. |
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Oct 20, 2007, 07:56 PM // 19:56
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Banned
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: England
Guild: Leteci is [sexy]
Profession: Mo/
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Oct 20, 2007, 09:59 PM // 21:59
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Sep 2007
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http://www.clubit.com/ this shop is awesome I consider better than newegg.
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