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Ġ ō Đ??

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2007

In the ★'s

No guild i quit and went to Aion! :)

A/

17 Dec 2009 at 20:23 - 1

Hey guys just was wondering if i could get a little help my friends computer crapped out on him today and since he has no other means to get onto the internet he's making me find him a computer. :P

Anyways there aren't many requirements for the machine all he really wants/needs is to be able to play GW (ofc) Aion BF2 possibly future games and i know that it may be hard to predict but for the pc to run GW2 would be awesome

Price wise i'd say anywhere from 900-1200 dollars possibly a tad more but not too much

thanks again to anyone who helps and also thanks to the Tech community for helping pick out the laptop i'm currently typing on

Elder III

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ohio

I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)

R/

17 Dec 2009 at 23:36 - 2

so, just to clarify, he wants to buy a pre-built computer, not the parts to build one???

Ġ ō Đ??

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2007

In the ★'s

No guild i quit and went to Aion! :)

A/

18 Dec 2009 at 00:11 - 3

yes not the parts prebuilt because he isn't very savvy with computer building

Kapral

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

[LOD]

R/

18 Dec 2009 at 01:25 - 4

ibuypower is a great site as you can customize what you want in the computer and they build it for you, then ship it to you.

A better bang for your buck than a typical Dell/HP prebuilt, but not quite as much as building your own.

Elder III

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ohio

I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)

R/

18 Dec 2009 at 03:50 - 5

I'll second that - also newegg and I believe tigerdirect as well offer some pre-built ibuypower systems, although you may be better off by going to their site and customizing one.

Voltaic Ectoplasm

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mallyx's pimped out Crib

Mo/A

18 Dec 2009 at 04:19 - 6

i am getting a new Desktop Computer and i have my eyes set on one......

AMD Phenom 2.6Ghz Processor
8 GB of Ram
Sapphire HD 4850 Graphics Card
500 GB of Storage
Gigabyte GA-M52L-S3P Socket AMD+ Motherboard
DVD-ReWriter
All in One front mounted Multi Card Reader
Sexy looking EV Galaxy Case

This is a high end gaming computer the price is £599 i dnno the conversion into dollars

Voltaic Ectoplasm

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mallyx's pimped out Crib

Mo/A

18 Dec 2009 at 04:45 - 7

was also thinking about another Desktop.

Processor - AMD Phenom X4 9650
Interface - AM2+
Clock Speed - 2.3GHz
Bus Speed - 3600MT/s
L2 Cache - 2MB

Motherboard - Asrock ATX Motherboard K10N78
Chipset - NVIDIA GeForce 8200
Expansion Slots - 1x PCI Express x 2.0 slot, 2x PCI Express x1 slot, 23x 32Bit PCI slots
Storage Interfaces - 6 x SATA ll 3.0Gb/s Connectors, 1x ATA133 IDE connector, 1x Floppy Connector
LAN - Speed: 10/100 Ethernet
Audio - 5.1 CH Windows Vista Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
Maximum Supported Memory - 16Gb DDR ll 800MHz Memory

Memory (RAM) - 4Gb DDR ll Memory
Memory Size - 4Gb (2 x 2Gb)
Memory Type - DDR ll
Memory Speed - 800MHz

Hard Disk Drive (HDD) - 500Gb SATA ll Hard Disk Drive
Capacity - 500Gb
Interface - SATA ll
Spindle Speed - 7200rpm
Cache Buffer Size - 16Mb

Graphics Adaptor - nVidia GeForce 8200 Graphics Processor
Chipset - nVidia Geforce 8200
Memory - 256MB DDR2
nVidia PureVideo HD - Yes
Direct X - 10.0
Open GL - 1.5
Special Features - HDMI+DVI with HDCP and VGA NVIDIA CineFX 3.0 Engine

Hope this helps

Elder III

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ohio

I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)

R/

18 Dec 2009 at 13:24 - 8

Voltaic - British prices are always way higher than US prices, so it's not a very good point to compare from.... also the NVIDIA 8200 is NOT for gaming of any sort, even Guild Wars.

Voltaic Ectoplasm

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mallyx's pimped out Crib

Mo/A

18 Dec 2009 at 14:21 - 9

Did not say it was for gaming.. but does it really matter? He asked for a Desktop that would run those games...... Those games would easily run on that Desktop

Elder III

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ohio

I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)

R/

18 Dec 2009 at 14:55 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Voltaic Ectoplasm

Did not say it was for gaming.. but does it really matter? He asked for a Desktop that would run those games...... Those games would easily run on that Desktop

wrong, even at lower resolutions and detail settings those games would not run well on 8200 integrated graphics. 2 minutes on google would tell you that, whether you have personal experience with it or not.

Kapral

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

[LOD]

R/

18 Dec 2009 at 18:51 - 11

Start with this. http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Confi...s.aspx?mid=524

Throw in an i7 and a 4890, or a GTX 260 (or higher if you want).

they configure it, set it up, and ship it to you.

Voltaic Ectoplasm

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Mallyx's pimped out Crib

Mo/A

18 Dec 2009 at 23:39 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elder III

wrong, even at lower resolutions and detail settings those games would not run well on 8200 integrated graphics. 2 minutes on google would tell you that, whether you have personal experience with it or not.

it can always be replaced with another Graphics Card.. perhaps a
Sapphire HD 4850 Graphics Card

cebalrai

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2007

Mature Gaming Association

Me/E

19 Dec 2009 at 21:37 - 13

Or 5850.

ATI's 5000-series of cards is getting rave reviews. Not only that but they're affordable too. I've always bought Nvidia, but ATI has Nvidia by the balls right now. If I was buying today I'd go ATI in a second...

Lourens

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

23 Dec 2009 at 20:05 - 14

Ibuypower seems to be a pretty good choice I would say customize and buy one of those

saves the trouble building