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SylelSylel Member UncommonPosts: 6
in Hardware

OK guys..., this is my first post here on mmorpg forums.  However, I've come here for a long time now to stay caught up on the gaming world.  You guys really seem to know a lot about computers....I know you know far more than I do.  Sooooo......I was wondering how I did with the system.  Please keep in mind that I'm a casual gamer...I like gaming but I'm not hard core.  Anyway, I got this system for $1300.  And no, I didn't build it myself....,  I paid to have a local guy build it for me....I WISH I knew how to do it myself...but I don't.  Thanks for your opinion and I just want to know if I did ok with the money that I had to put into it.

Also, for my upgrades in the next year..., what your guys sugest I have done to it?

Here's what I've got;

Blue/Apevia/Aspire X-Cruiser ATX case

Logysis 550 watt dual fan power supply

Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33 ghz LGA 775 65watt dual core

Sabrent internal card reader 65 in 1 usb 2.0

EVGA LGA 775 Nvidia Nforce 680i SLI ATX Motherboard

EVGA GeForce 8600 GT 256 mb Gddr3 PCI Express x16 SLI video card

(2) 1gb Patriot 240 pin DDR2 sdram PC2 6400 dual channel kit

Seagate 320 GB SATA Hard Drive 7200rpm 3.0 gb/s

Samsung 20x DVD Burner

Xp Home with Service Pack 2

1 Year parts warranty

2 Free service calls OR 2 Free cleanings included.

Comments

  • Varlok91Varlok91 Member Posts: 396

    Originally posted by Sylel


    OK guys..., this is my first post here on mmorpg forums.  However, I've come here for a long time now to stay caught up on the gaming world.  You guys really seem to know a lot about computers....I know you know far more than I do.  Sooooo......I was wondering how I did with the system.  Please keep in mind that I'm a casual gamer...I like gaming but I'm not hard core.  Anyway, I got this system for $1300.  And no, I didn't build it myself....,  I paid to have a local guy build it for me....I WISH I knew how to do it myself...but I don't.  Thanks for your opinion and I just want to know if I did ok with the money that I had to put into it.
    Also, for my upgrades in the next year..., what your guys sugest I have done to it?
    Here's what I've got;
    Blue/Apevia/Aspire X-Cruiser ATX case

    Logysis 550 watt dual fan power supply

    Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 Conroe 2.33 ghz LGA 775 65watt dual core

    Sabrent internal card reader 65 in 1 usb 2.0

    EVGA LGA 775 Nvidia Nforce 680i SLI ATX Motherboard

    EVGA GeForce 8600 GT 256 mb Gddr3 PCI Express x16 SLI video card

    (2) 1gb Patriot 240 pin DDR2 sdram PC2 6400 dual channel kit

    Seagate 320 GB SATA Hard Drive 7200rpm 3.0 gb/s

    Samsung 20x DVD Burner

    Xp Home with Service Pack 2

    1 Year parts warranty

    2 Free service calls OR 2 Free cleanings included.
    To be completely honest, you got ripped off, big time.

    e6550 - $160

    power supply ~$80

    case ~$50

    680i mobo ~$150

    8600GT - $100

    XP home - $90

    RAM - $45

    Hard Drive and DVD burner - $100

    That there comes out to less than $800 and whats really bad is, you can build a much better system than that for $800 let alone $1300. Its really not that hard to put together a machine, theres plenty of video tutorials across the web and plenty of instructions.

     

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    Desktop - AMD 8450 Tri Core, 3 gigs of DDR2 800 RAM, ATI HD 3200 Graphics, Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
    Laptop (Dell Latitude E6400) - Intel P8400, 2 GIGs of RAM, Intel X4500, Windows XP Professional

  • SylelSylel Member UncommonPosts: 6

    Thank you for the honest answer.....that's what I was looking for.  Now that I know how bad I was ripped off, I'll learn to build one so that I can do my own from now on.

  • CleffyIICleffyII Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 3,440

    Don't take it too hard.  If you don't build it yourself, you pretty much are going to get ripped off harshly.

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  • Varlok91Varlok91 Member Posts: 396

    Originally posted by Sylel


    Thank you for the honest answer.....that's what I was looking for.  Now that I know how bad I was ripped off, I'll learn to build one so that I can do my own from now on.
    As for upgrades though, I'd suggest looking into a new video card when you are ready. Depends on what you are willing to spend, but you should keep an eye on the new ATI 4000 series that come out within a month or so and NVIDIA's new GPUs should come out shortly afterwards.

    Everything thing in your computer is fine, it was just overpriced. That doesn't mean it sucks though, well except the 8600GT.

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    Desktop - AMD 8450 Tri Core, 3 gigs of DDR2 800 RAM, ATI HD 3200 Graphics, Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
    Laptop (Dell Latitude E6400) - Intel P8400, 2 GIGs of RAM, Intel X4500, Windows XP Professional

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