 Gaming Computer, Will This Do? |
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 Jul 7 2006, 05:47 AM
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Super Member  Group: Members Posts: 309 Joined: 3-July 06 From: Middle Earth Member No.: 26,018  |
Ive nearly got enoughmoney to buy myself a computer, its going to be used for gaming and web design stuff. Will these specs do, yes/no/ what would you change?
Also please dont go say 500gb harddrive, watercooling, dual 2gb rams etc... Dual 2.6GHz Processor 768mb RAM 80Gb Harddrive A decent graphics card (havent looked into) (hopefully) inbuilt 56k modem. CD RW, DVD Reader. Can i egt away with 512ram?? |
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Jul 7 2006, 08:48 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 4-July 06 From: Manchester, UK Member No.: 26,067  |
Well personally id go with these tell me if its in your budget
3G - 3.2G CPU (INTEL) 120GB+ Harddrive No in built modem if your gaming you want Broadband Really good graphic card 256 - 512 (Splash out for future release of games) Also keep the RAM how you said if not more Hope this helps, It will be a good spec but not too expensive Good luck bro let me know what you think |
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Jul 7 2006, 03:21 PM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 937 Joined: 14-April 05 From: West Chester, PA Member No.: 5,636 |
I definitely would do atleast 1 gig of ram. Currently i run 1gb and still games push it to like 95 - 100%. I would recommend 2gig to 4 gig.
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Jul 7 2006, 06:31 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 309 Joined: 3-July 06 From: Middle Earth Member No.: 26,018 |
QUOTE I definitely would do atleast 1 gig of ram. Currently i run 1gb and still games push it to like 95 - 100%. I would recommend 2gig to 4 gig. 4gb ram.... Youd need like 2 motherboards to fit them on lol. Get a better video card and youll run games fine. QUOTE 3G - 3.2G CPU (INTEL) You dont think dual processor? Anyone else got suggestions/comments? |
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Jul 7 2006, 06:35 PM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 381 Joined: 1-December 05 From: Xempt..T17 GFX Crew Member No.: 15,202 |
For CPU if your into gaming go with an AMD processor. Its lightning fast for gaming, but Intel is better for design stuff etc. So its basically a tradeoff... whatever your more into.
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Jul 7 2006, 06:54 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 309 Joined: 3-July 06 From: Middle Earth Member No.: 26,018 |
K thanks alot, theyre about the same price arnt they?
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Jul 7 2006, 07:40 PM
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Trap Grand Marshal Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,308 Joined: 11-January 06 From: Chennai, India Member No.: 16,932 |
Think about adding the new PhysiX Gaming Physics Processor Unit(PPU). This will greatly improve your gaming performance.
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Jul 7 2006, 10:17 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: 29-April 06 From: San Francisco, CA Member No.: 22,735 |
I noticed that you said you didn't know what video card you were going to choose. I'd highly recommend Nvidia for a gaming video card. They're quite good and powerful.
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Jul 8 2006, 12:13 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 309 Joined: 3-July 06 From: Middle Earth Member No.: 26,018 |
K, living in New Zealand its alot more annoying, not as much to choose from and stuff. Most RAM and motherboard parts are easily obtained but not pro video cards
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