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cbanks161

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ok, well i need to upgrade my system, i play Conquer Online and BF 2142, anyone got some suggestions on what kinda system i would need to buy.
 
Well first off, welcome to the forums! Now, what kinda budget are you looking at, and are you looking at building your own computer or buying a pre built system?
 
thanks, and currently my price range is $600, which i relaize wont get me an awsome computer, i would like to build one, but money isnt coming in so fast and i have an itch to scratching playing computer games, so unless there is away to build one for $600 then ill do that.
 
http://www.computerforum.com/149242-wanting-build-my-first-pc.html#post1229553 check this out and welcome to the forum


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AMD Phenom 9950 2.6GHz Quad-Core Black Edition ($149.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103291

EVGA 113-M2-E113 AM2+/AM2 ATX Motherboard ($89.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188036

CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 RAM ($44.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184

EVGA GeForce 9500 GT Video Card ($69.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130378

CORSAIR 650TX 650W Power Supply ($99.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005

Sony Optiarc Black 20X DVD Burner ($24.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118011

Antec Three Hundred Black Computer Case ($54.95)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129042

Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit ($99.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116488

Grand Total: $634.88 USD
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This build is by bodagitt not by me
 
Ok, so vista home premium 64 bit will drop overall budget to $500, which should still be doable;)

Case:
COOLER MASTER Elite RC-331-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $49.99 Free Shipping

CPU:
AMD Phenom II X3 710 2.6GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Processor - Retail $119.99 Free Shipping

Mobo:
ASUS M4A78 Plus AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $79.99 Free Shipping

Hard Drive:
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $54.99 Free Shipping

Memory:
OCZ SLI-Ready Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $38.99 Free Shipping

Power Supply:
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail $89.99, $69.99 After Rebate Free Shipping

GPU:
HIS Hightech H483FN512P Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail $86.99 Free Shipping

Optical Drive:
LG Black 22X (CAV) DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X (CAV) DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM $24.99 Free Shipping

OS:
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM $99.99 Free Shipping

Total Before rebates----------------------------$645.91
Total After rebates------------------------------$625.91

Ok... it went about $45 over, but everything has free shipping in this list and should play pretty much any game out there right now decently. If you wanted to go down to $600 even you could drop down the cpu to a dual core, but this provides a little better bang for the buck. Plus there is a $20 mail in rebate on the power supply. By the way... the build above has no hard drive.
 
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ok nice, ok lets say if i wanted to go with a computer pre build, like from newegg or tiger direct which ones would want to look at.
 
cbanks161 said:
ok nice, ok lets say if i wanted to go with a computer pre build, like from newegg or tiger direct which ones would want to look at.
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Are you worry'd about building one? You over pay for stuff pre built..... Unless you go with a barebone kit
 
cbanks161 said:
lol ya i kinda am worried about building one, just dont wanna mess anything up
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Dont sweat it! We all worried when we built our first pc's, but we have an excellent guide here on computerforum:

http://www.computerforum.com/16363-building-computers-101-a.html

With Photos:
http://www.computerforum.com/104641-how-build-computer-step-step-photos-10.html

thandakid said:
The GPU of bombers rig is better than the pre-built one but the cpu of the pre-built is better
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Actually, not really, the Q8200 isnt better than the tri core phenom, yes its a quadcore but its clocked only at 2.33Ghz, so they are similar in performance, and the power supply in that rig is a generic one prone to failure apparently. Plus with a built computer you can overclock if you so choose;)
 
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