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Tyrone0706 8/27/08 7:20:37 PM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883113075 Can anyone tell me what they think of it? It's right around my price range, and I've got a brand new 22 inch monitor that'll look nice to play it, however, I wasn't sure if anyone felt there were issues that I wasn't noticing. I don't have time to build my own PC, so I need a prebuilt one.
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SgtFrog 8/27/08 7:34:56 PM
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you dont have 2-3 hours to build a rig....are you just imbarised to say that you dont know how.. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229050
id get this one |
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mbd1968 8/27/08 9:23:52 PM
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I'd watch this then build my own. |
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Tyrone0706 8/27/08 10:01:10 PM
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Well when I mean I don't have time I mean that I don't really have time to learn and such. Right now my job forces me to travel 80% of the year so I'm basically delivering the machine to my home so it's ready to go when I get there. But sure, you could say I don't know how to build them because I don't. I'll definitely check those two out, I was thinking the name of Gateway was a bit more reliable, or are all newegg products fairly reliable?
Edit: I did some watching of those videos, and I definitely feel a little more comfortable about building one, however, I honestly just feel lost when it comes to components still. I get lost in the numbers and such of video cards and RAM. I mainly worry that a part will go bad or something and I won't know how to troubleshoot. Frankly I know very little about computers as I've played games on laptops my entire career as a gamer. How much does one save by building their own? |
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Tyrone0706 8/28/08 1:52:06 AM
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Going to go ahead with a double post here...did a little bit more legwork and I think I can put together the PC. Here are the parts I'm currently looking at and I'd love a critique on them:
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $99.99 ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard $139.99 ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card $182.99 CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $119.99 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8500 $189.99 G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK $104.99 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $84.99 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD $99.99 ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler $24.99
Grand Total: $1,047.91
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SgtFrog 8/28/08 2:39:16 AM
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Originally posted by Tyrone0706 change the ram to this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145194 g-skill is not the greatest company in the world. and get this gpu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102769 if you can spare some extra cash. everything else is fine
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Tyrone0706 8/28/08 11:05:18 AM
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Can you explain to me why the DDR2 1066 RAM is worse than the DDR2 800 RAM? Is it purely because the company does not make as good of memory? Also, I definitely cannot afford to shell out the extra cash to grab that ATI card, is the card I picked going to be the best for the money I can spend? I was aiming to make this machine sit at around 900 dollars and already am nearing the 1100 dollar mark. Any suggestions on things that can be degraded for a little extra savings would be great as well. Thanks so much. |
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n25philly 8/28/08 3:21:44 PM
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Originally posted by SgtFrog
2-3 hours? are you building it blindfolded? |
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mbd1968 8/28/08 6:42:01 PM
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Originally posted by Tyrone0706 This is close to the components I just oredered. The difference are:
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pyrofreak 8/28/08 7:00:49 PM
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