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HHBach

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I need help building a decent computer for under $380. I'm looking for something to play counterstrike source or team fortress on without getting any lags.

I already have:
-keyboard & mouse (usb, if that matters)
-an window XP, sp2
 
I'm not asking for anything fancy, I can live with onboard graphic, the only problem is which board is decent enough to play counter strike source?
 
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Integrated video will not be enough for Counter-Strike: Source or Team Fortress 2.

$500.00 may be enough for a decent build.
 
you sure? Counter strike source is quite old, and there are some pretty good on board graphics out there now.
 
 
simpletron said:
WD 160gb - 41.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136075
Open Box: ASUS 9600GT - 79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121229R
Antec EA 380w - 29.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371005
ocz 2x1gb - 49.49 before 25 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227139

combo case and dvd drive - 37.98
rosewill case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147095
samsumg dvd burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151173

combo mobo and cpu - 108.98
zotac 7050
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500005
e2180
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116052

total with shiping before rebates - 388.52
after rebates - 363.52
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impressive!
 
I still recommend increasing your budget a little more, rather than settling for really low end parts.
 
Integrated video will not be enough for Counter-Strike: Source or Team Fortress 2.
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Yes it will...my friend plays CS:S on some high settings (dunno his exact configuration) out on some NVIDIA 7-series onboard and a single-core Athlon 64, and I've never seen it lag.
 
if i could send a PM i wouldn't be telling him this, but there's no other way to do so. i also can't post in the FS area.
 
if i could send a PM i wouldn't be telling him this, but there's no other way to do so. i also can't post in the FS area.
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That's because you need at least 100 posts to post in FS section - it's simply againist the rules to try and buy/sell anything here until you have the 100 posts.
 
hackapelite said:
Yes it will...my friend plays CS:S on some high settings (dunno his exact configuration) out on some NVIDIA 7-series onboard and a single-core Athlon 64, and I've never seen it lag.
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That's very hard to believe. You sure it wasn't Counter Strike 1.6.

I tried playing on a Pentium D dual-core 2.8 GHz, 2GB of RAM, and a Radeon 2600 XT 512mb, and it was very choppy on high settings.
 
That's very hard to believe. You sure it wasn't Counter Strike 1.6.
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Yes. He did have a not-particularly-great CRT monitor though, so he might have had the resolution and some other settings down a little without me noticing it. He did say that he'd maxed out the settings, but thenagain he though that the expansion cards were RAM, constantly mixes up terms "hard drive" and "motherboard", and also asked me why his CPU wasn't running at fullspeed... (in system properties it said 2.00GHz and he didn't understand why it wasn't running at 2.4GHz even though he had a 240GB HDD...) The picture looked great w/o any lag all the same...
 
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