Hey, ive been using an alienware i bought in 2002 ive been wanting an upgrade and i know nothing about building a pc myself. i was wondering if anyone could tell me about some good deals under 2000 bones
Originally posted by surge11 Hey, ive been using an alienware i bought in 2002 ive been wanting an upgrade and i know nothing about building a pc myself. i was wondering if anyone could tell me about some good deals under 2000 bones
I just bought my son one over the weekend and its a terrific deal. Oh yeah, and they have them on the shelf, you just walk out, plug it in and are good to go.
Biggest weakness is the power supply (400w) but it can easily be swapped out if you need to one day.
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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If you plan on overclocking, move down to the Q6700 processor, and buy an aftermarket heatsink. You should also definitely get a soundcard for that PC, even a cheap X-fi will sound way better than onboard sound.
dam...q6700 went down in price...i remember it cost double the q6600 for 0.2 extra ghz
Originally posted by Kyleran Originally posted by Housam
Originally posted by surge11 i forgot to say i want to play next gen games. not perfect but above minium or minium requirements
you can run all games maxed out on this rig And you can buy this rig from BestBuy right now for $1099 that is comparable to your rig. www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp I just bought my son one over the weekend and its a terrific deal. Oh yeah, and they have them on the shelf, you just walk out, plug it in and are good to go. Biggest weakness is the power supply (400w) but it can easily be swapped out if you need to one day.
the ram and 8800 are no way near as powerful as my pc2-6400 and my 3870x2...but for that price thats is a damn good pc
My Recomendation. Go to new egg and build a system, then shop those items around on the net.. Pricewatch.com etc. Most prices are going to be best on new egg anyway. Read the reviews. lots of good info there. I'm building a system now for my kid that rivals systems that sell for 2k but wil only const me $750 inclusing shipping and after rebates. Here are the main componants sans PSU, Case and DVD/cd burner
Yes it should. Looks like it's on back order though . I sent you a pm with some info that might be helpful to you in looking for a gaming pc that can run AoC.
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you ca build that for under $2000 :P
i forgot to say i want to play next gen games. not perfect but above minium or minium requirements
you can run all games maxed out on this rig
i dont know how to build my own comupter im very noob at techy
I of course recommend you building one yourself off of newegg.com (always the cheapest option)...
But if you don't want to get your hands dirty, this is a great option from Cyberpower.
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Infinity_SLI_Ultra/
If you plan on overclocking, move down to the Q6700 processor, and buy an aftermarket heatsink.
You should also definitely get a soundcard for that PC, even a cheap X-fi will sound way better than onboard sound.
you can run all games maxed out on this rig
And you can buy this rig from BestBuy right now for $1099 that is comparable to your rig.
www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp
I just bought my son one over the weekend and its a terrific deal. Oh yeah, and they have them on the shelf, you just walk out, plug it in and are good to go.
Biggest weakness is the power supply (400w) but it can easily be swapped out if you need to one day.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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dam...q6700 went down in price...i remember it cost double the q6600 for 0.2 extra ghz
you can run all games maxed out on this rig
And you can buy this rig from BestBuy right now for $1099 that is comparable to your rig.
www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp
I just bought my son one over the weekend and its a terrific deal. Oh yeah, and they have them on the shelf, you just walk out, plug it in and are good to go.
Biggest weakness is the power supply (400w) but it can easily be swapped out if you need to one day.
the ram and 8800 are no way near as powerful as my pc2-6400 and my 3870x2...but for that price thats is a damn good pc
My Recomendation. Go to new egg and build a system, then shop those items around on the net.. Pricewatch.com etc. Most prices are going to be best on new egg anyway. Read the reviews. lots of good info there. I'm building a system now for my kid that rivals systems that sell for 2k but wil only const me $750 inclusing shipping and after rebates. Here are the main componants sans PSU, Case and DVD/cd burner
GIGABYTE GV-NX88T512HPV1 GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $139
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E7200 - Retail $130 This overclocks on air to about 4 ghz
ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 120mm 2-ball UFO Bearing / Transparent CPU Cooler$39
GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard $90 Solida state transistors and high bus speeds
OCZ ReaperX HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) $90
will the gateway play AoC
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Yes it should. Looks like it's on back order though
. I sent you a pm with some info that might be helpful to you in looking for a gaming pc that can run AoC.
[quote]Originally posted by exzibit
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yes it will play AOC maxed no problem
Quad 6600(2.4ghz)
3GB DDR2 (suppose 1GB, add 2gb ($30 -- corsair)
250GB
8800GT 512MB (paid $170 but have $30 rebate, after rebate $140)
Vista premium
24inch Wide screen LCD
I paid like under $900 for the PC + 24 inch LCD (from Dell Inspiron 530) The pc + lcd is $690 .. with $30 ram, $170 video card so it comes to $900..