EPTOS: Windows XP
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 2gb
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Desktop resolution:1920x1200
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Lucikka
Finland17 Posts
OS: Windows XP CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Memory: 2gb Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Desktop resolution:1920x1200 | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On October 29 2009 06:06 Lucikka wrote: Is this enough? OS: Windows XP CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz Memory: 2gb Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Desktop resolution:1920x1200 obviously that's fine. I hope that q6600 ia overclocked. | ||
GTR
51664 Posts
The specs are; CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 Memory: 4GB Graphics Card: GeForce GT210 Now, what would be the best graphics card to upgrade to for $200 AUD (since that above is total crap), also, what potential upgrades could be done to the CPU? | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On October 29 2009 10:59 GTR wrote: Hey, my friend is buying a system from a retailer for $800 AUD, it's pretty good but I would like to know some options; The specs are; CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 Memory: 4GB Graphics Card: GeForce GT210 Now, what would be the best graphics card to upgrade to for $200 AUD (since that above is total crap), also, what potential upgrades could be done to the CPU? Q8300 is pretty weak but isn't really the problem here as it's a 45nm quad core, which is perfectly fine for anything. GT210 is a rebranded 9500GT so a good replacement would probably a gtx260, which i'm sure is within $200 AUD although i don't know the prices there. | ||
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Huggusten
Sweden50 Posts
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred Mobo: MSI p7n platinum sli CPU: Intel Q9550 2,83ghz Memory: 4gb ddr2 1066mhz cl5 Graphics: Asus GTX 275 HDDs: System drive: 40gb SCSI 15k rpm (getting a 300gb soon <3 ) Storage: WD caviar green 1tb OS: Vista ultimate 64bit (upgrading to win7 ultimate 64 bit with new drive ) Monitor: Samsung P2450H | ||
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onmach
United States1241 Posts
VisionTek 900244 Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 ASUS Rampage II GENE LGA 1366 Intel X58 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 3GB (3 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Hopefully this will be good enough for sc2. I may be able to send video out to my other computer for recording purposes, but I won't lose any sleep if that doesn't work out. | ||
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johnnyD
United States78 Posts
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit (legit) Cpu: Intel Quad Core Q9550 @2.83ghz Mobo: I forgot Memory: 4gb ddr4 Graphics: 2x SLI nvidia GTX 275s Hard Drives: 30gig Solid State HDD + 500gb Seagate 7krpm (storage) | ||
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
I want to buy a notebook. I'm IT Specialist myself, but I've never had a notebook before, so I want to ask for your advice and/or experiences. I need a multimedia/gaming notebook which can guarantee me following things: - can play 720p and at best 1080p movies without lag - let me play mid-class games (graphic wise, examples: Titan Quest, Torchlight, Warcraft 3) - 15,4" - 17" display - HDD doesn't matter that much. Everything from 160GB ++ is fine. - No onboard graphic trash.. Yes.. and it should be around 400-700 Euro. Thanks in advance! | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On November 03 2009 22:43 G.s)NarutO wrote: Hey, I want to buy a notebook. I'm IT Specialist myself, but I've never had a notebook before, so I want to ask for your advice and/or experiences. I need a multimedia/gaming notebook which can guarantee me following things: - can play 720p and at best 1080p movies without lag - let me play mid-class games (graphic wise, examples: Titan Quest, Torchlight, Warcraft 3) - 15,4" - 17" display - HDD doesn't matter that much. Everything from 160GB ++ is fine. - No onboard graphic trash.. Yes.. and it should be around 400-700 Euro. Thanks in advance! Protip: EVERY SINGLE LAPTOP IN THAT PRICE RANGE CAN DO THOSE THINGS. Laptops are soooooo homogenized, because retailers have realized that with laptops they can charge whatever the fuck they want and can't get undercut by retailers like newegg because ATM people can't build their own laptops. Seriously, buy a netbook and then build yourself a desktop. | ||
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MasterDana
United States114 Posts
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131048 Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187072&cm_re=7600-_-14-187-072-_-Product (Not exactly this one, but highly similar) Memory: 1gb DDR2 (I think) CPU:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6320 @ 1.86GHz EDIT: My budget is ~$600 for upgrading. My ultimate goal is to play SC2 at high settings with a constant 60fps, and other games aswell (Fallout3, Orange Box games, Borderlands, etc). | ||
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sluggaslamoo
Australia4494 Posts
You can also optimise your build for gaming at the cost of slower disk read/write, crappy mobo's, non-modular PSU's and what not. For a cheap gaming PC you wanna fork out as much money on a GFX card as you can get, and then cut costs everywhere else. Get the cheapest PCI 2.0 mobo, 2GB RAM, a low-clock dual core and overclock, a cheap WD 80GB HD, and one of those crappy grey cases if possible. However in terms of practicality (office use) and looks (if you have friends) it just sucks. So you might wanna use that as a base and then balance it out. Anyways Mine is a server computer, once better GFX cards come out though ill probably build a gaming computer (again, i sold my last one), because its gonna get bottlenecked by the x16 PCI slot, and DDR3 seems to support 12GB anyway. Intel S5000XVN Mobo GF GTS250 16GB Fully Buffered DDR2 RAM 2x Quad-Core Xeon 5410 (8 cores in total) I use a disk hierarchy to keep everything fast 1 disk for games and apps, another as a repository for code and internet cache, and another for my OS. And then some big ones on a server sitting in another room for storing all my media/code backups/etc. I did have an SSD which i used for loading the games/apps (damn it was fast) but it failed a while ago, which is why im using a normal disk atm. | ||
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JoxxOr
Sweden1502 Posts
Anything you guys think i should change before i buy it (early next week) ? OS: Windows 7 CPU: Intel Core™ i7 920 Quad Processor 8MB Graphics: XFX Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0, 2xDVI-I, HDMI, HDCP, 850MHz, Lite Ram: 6Gb Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz PSU: Corsair Powersupply 650W Black,ATX/EPS, 120mm fläkt, 8xSATA, SLI | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On November 10 2009 07:54 JoxxOr wrote: Hi i'm trashing my old 2003 comp for this setup. Anything you guys think i should change before i buy it (early next week) ? OS: Windows 7 CPU: Intel Core™ i7 920 Quad Processor 8MB Graphics: XFX Radeon HD 4890 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0, 2xDVI-I, HDMI, HDCP, 850MHz, Lite Ram: 6Gb Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333MHz PSU: Corsair Powersupply 650W Black,ATX/EPS, 120mm fläkt, 8xSATA, SLI Sounds great. Don't just overclock the 920 via multiplier, also overclock it via raising the FSB so your RAM will run a bit faster. Also 650w MIGHT be a bit skimpy for a 4890 but it will probably work fine. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
A 520W would be skimpy. Not a 650W. It is a Corsair ffs. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
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Pigsquirrel
United States615 Posts
Mobo: nForce 750i A friend has it and loves it. Graphics: GeForce 9800 By recommendation of another friend. CPU: Pentium Dual-core E6500 Wolfdale 2.96 gigahertz overclocked to 3.3 ish Ram: 2gb for starters Power supply: 700 watt Rosewill Green HDD: WD 350 gig SATA 3gb/s OS: Windows 7 64 bit to allow for future ram And found a case with 3 built in 120mm fans, Front, side, and back with 3 more 120mm fan spaces: 2 on top and one on the other side, and an 80mm slot on back. Total is $700-ish not including monitor. What do you think | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
If you are going to go 64bit, just start with 4gig ram, you will be using ddr2 anyway. That said, ddr2 and ddr3 prices are converging, if memory price is a concern for not moving on, well, that's not an issue anymore. That price, btw, feels quite wrong though. I recently build an AMD equivalent (slightly more expensive at that) of that for a friend at a much lower price, and that's with 4gig ram and a much better gfx card. Check for deals. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
On November 10 2009 09:57 Pigsquirrel wrote: Gonna build a comp soon. Here's the semi-final plan: Mobo: nForce 750i A friend has it and loves it. Graphics: GeForce 9800 By recommendation of another friend. CPU: Pentium Dual-core E6500 Wolfdale 2.96 gigahertz overclocked to 3.3 ish Ram: 2gb for starters Power supply: 700 watt Rosewill Green HDD: WD 350 gig SATA 3gb/s OS: Windows 7 64 bit to allow for future ram And found a case with 3 built in 120mm fans, Front, side, and back with 3 more 120mm fan spaces: 2 on top and one on the other side, and an 80mm slot on back. Total is $700-ish not including monitor. What do you think Geforce 9800 is old and weak  Same for E6500 ( well this one isn't that weak ).Get an Athlon II x4 or a Phenom II x 3 + a 4870 or a 5770. If you are low on budget get a 4850. PSU Corsair VX450-> http://www.corsair.com/products/vx/default.aspx Also you should really get 4 Go Ram. Get Seven pro for free if you are a student with MSDNAA. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
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