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Gaming Wife Needs New Computer Badly!
« on: September 22, 2009, 11:06:35 AM »
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Ok those of you with time, here is your assignment...my old college computer kicked the bucket last month and Gretel needs a new computer to play a certain MMO that we cannot discuss..but that's not the point. Here are the pieces I have found so far...can you do cheaper for the same quality?... Appreciate all responses  ;D Depending on how much you can save me, I might be able to send a random TeP card to the best build  :o

I think I have found the best package I can come up with..let me know your thoughts...

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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/271433-31-building-gaming-computer-wife-trim#t1993285
 
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Re: Gaming Wife Needs New Computer Badly!
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2009, 11:27:43 AM »
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After a quick lookover, I see that:

1. The case is 8 inches wide(roughly 20.32cm) and the card is 22.9cm wide I am not sure the 250 will fit in your case.

2. If the system is specifically going to support a single game, you may want to find out if that game takes advantage of multiple cores, and how many.  IF it only uses 2 cores, then getting a quad core may be a waste when you get a duo core save some cash and get better performance.

If I have time I will add more later, And possibly a build for you to consider.  

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Re: Gaming Wife Needs New Computer Badly!
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2009, 01:14:20 PM »
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Another suggestion from the peanut gallery:

Nowadays, if this MMO that shall not be named is one that I have played recently, most of the game manufacturers are giving specs based on Radeon cards and capabilities.  If you have something against Radeon cards, then I understand, but if not it may not hurt to consider looking into a radeon build.

Were you planning on enabling the SLI, or just running a solo card?
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Re: Gaming Wife Needs New Computer Badly!
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2009, 02:17:54 PM »
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Basic performance, running one solo card. I am not "against" Radeon per se, matter of fact Tom's Hardware forum recommend I use it...my old computer was AMD and Radeon...but so long as I can still maintain a strong performance...Feel free to use a Radeon/AMD build...thanks!

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Re: Gaming Wife Needs New Computer Badly!
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2009, 09:19:46 PM »
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Made an AMD version too, especially after seeing performance benchmarks...thoughts?

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Re: Gaming Wife Needs New Computer Badly!
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2009, 09:21:20 PM »
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You might want to check www.tigerdirect.com as well.

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Re: Gaming Wife Needs New Computer Badly!
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2009, 07:32:59 AM »
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I tried tiger direct, didn't like the products they were showing...didn't have everything I was looking for...

 


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