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nAi.PrOtOsS
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada784 Posts
February 23 2009 01:36 GMT
#21
Alright the real reason I want to buy a comp, is because I only get like avg 15 FPS on low quality on wow DONT JUDGE ME!!!!
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
February 23 2009 01:37 GMT
#22
you know windows 7 is basically vista with a few fixes right? i find it interesting how people abhor vista like it killed their family yet praise windows 7 for its greatness when the two are more similar than different. doesnt make any sense to me.
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
February 23 2009 01:38 GMT
#23
On February 23 2009 10:33 Centric wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 23 2009 09:29 distant_voice wrote:
don't buy Vista. Windows 7 will be out by the end of the year. this is something I'd consider.

I've heard that they might offer free Windows 7 upgrades for all people who have purchased Vista, but I'm not sure how legit that is. To be safe, I myself would just wait until Windows 7 is out. Vista sucks.

Vista doesnt' suck. Theres just some slight compatability issues but other then that, it's fine
gg_hertzz
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
2152 Posts
February 23 2009 01:47 GMT
#24
On February 23 2009 10:26 nAi.PrOtOsS wrote:
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On February 23 2009 10:22 gg_hertzz wrote:
On February 23 2009 10:11 distant_voice wrote:
if games can't make use of a quad core what else can? this isn't for his rocket science lab (I guess)

still, go to a store and get them to build it for you. It'll be brand new and you get a much more advanced computer.


You can do that?


yeah, they charge like 20-30 dollars but so do the best buy stuff they just include that in the price. if you you need the pc quickly, buy the bestbuy, if you can wait a week do some research on the parts you really want and then buy em from mom and pops.
nAi.PrOtOsS
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada784 Posts
February 23 2009 01:52 GMT
#25
researching the parts sounds fun actually, so I think I will do that, although I don't know about computers much so i might fuck up on some things such as getting a processor that isn't compatible with something.
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20154 Posts
February 23 2009 02:10 GMT
#26
pm maleorderbride he'll build you a comp and ship it for cheaper and better specs
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
distant_voice
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Germany2521 Posts
February 23 2009 02:14 GMT
#27
On February 23 2009 10:37 mahnini wrote:
you know windows 7 is basically vista with a few fixes right? i find it interesting how people abhor vista like it killed their family yet praise windows 7 for its greatness when the two are more similar than different. doesnt make any sense to me.


I don't use it, but it's very expensive and some people seem to have trouble with it. it also seems to be a resource hog. If you have to pay for a new OS and it's over a 100$ it better be something excellent.

I also heard that Microsoft would let Vista users upgrade, but definately not for free. I heard it'll be 50$ but who knows?
This is my truth, tell me yours!
nAi.PrOtOsS
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada784 Posts
February 23 2009 02:19 GMT
#28
I heard that downgrading to XP from vista is somewhat annoying, so I was thinking about just dual booting XP and vista.
gg_hertzz
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
2152 Posts
February 23 2009 02:26 GMT
#29
why would it be annoying? just clean install and never think about it again.
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27172 Posts
February 23 2009 02:47 GMT
#30
On February 23 2009 10:33 Centric wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 23 2009 09:29 distant_voice wrote:
don't buy Vista. Windows 7 will be out by the end of the year. this is something I'd consider.

I've heard that they might offer free Windows 7 upgrades for all people who have purchased Vista, but I'm not sure how legit that is. To be safe, I myself would just wait until Windows 7 is out. Vista sucks.


Yes, but you have to have bought vista after a certain date.
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IzzyCraft
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4487 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-23 03:20:55
February 23 2009 03:19 GMT
#31
Vista doesn't suck it's just fine the person running vista sucks that's the problem. You never hear people compling how annoying to get shit working on linux is, is becuase they are willing and know how to go the extra mile to get shit running just fine and don't fuck shit up.

If you are just looking to run wow that one would run it great. Only porb is refrubished can mean alot of things just get a warranty for awhile i just find refrubished= used HDD if it makes a noise that doesn't sound like a scraping of a fan when you turn it on ask them to replace the HDD it's obviously been used way too much. I would benchmark your parts to see if they been used in a suscide benchmark. Refrubished is fine as long as you can check it's performence computer parts not overclock can easly last 15 years 5 years if they are overclocked.

Only porb with that computer and running wow is the 9800GT is limited to 512mb which can be just fine for like 19" moinor at 22 24 it may be limiting although in WoW more fps problems can be caused by slow internet then slow computer.
I have ass for brains so,
even when I shit I'm droping knowledge.
nAi.PrOtOsS
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada784 Posts
February 23 2009 03:39 GMT
#32
From everyones advice here the best thing for me too do would be too build my own. So I guess I will more then likely make another blog in a week or so with all the parts I am considering including.
IzzyCraft
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4487 Posts
February 23 2009 04:20 GMT
#33
It's not hard to build a computer now of days puting one other is really easy. The hardest part of putting everything toghter is where to plug power,reset, usb and sata ports from the computer case to the motherboard. Else everything is just plug it into the slot that looks right. I would recommend Vista just so you dont have to deal with a crappy floppy drive for achi with sata.

really you just need to tell us what you will be using it for with various degress of importance if games which games nvidia and ati perform differently in some games they are = and cpu and ram is more imporant in certian games and we can recommend you a build.
I have ass for brains so,
even when I shit I'm droping knowledge.
feathers
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States236 Posts
February 23 2009 05:06 GMT
#34
don't get 8gs of ram.You will never need 8gs of ram. It's a big waste of money imo.
nAi.PrOtOsS
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Canada784 Posts
February 23 2009 05:09 GMT
#35
Umm I want it mostly just for gaming, probably will only be wow and starcraft2 but I also want to keep my options open for the future of course.
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