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All monitors under $300 are the same. It doesn't matter what you get. As long as it is 1920x1080 and about 21-23" @ 60Hz, it is good. Generally, at the $200 or under price range, ASUS and Viewsonic are good.

Yes, they are all good. You shouldn't have any trouble playing rs on max.

Then instead of dissing my suggested build, say "just downgrade to an i5-3450 and an H77 motherboard". No need to be that way. We are humans and sometimes overlook things.. Here's a better build than even the one I suggested earlier: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-3450 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($87.55 @ Newegg) Memory: Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($40.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($409.99 @ Newegg) Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($63.98 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($46.98 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS224-06 DVD/CD Writer ($27.98 @ Newegg) Total: $947.45 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

That is very wrong. Case fans do not have the same amount of airflow with a heatsink. OCing without an aftermarket cooler is just asking for a burn out.

If you're just going to get a weak graphics card at your budget, you might as well cut down the whole budget to $700.

For now, just upgrade the GPU and PSU.

Since you are now considering building your own, here is what I recommend: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.99 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg) Memory: Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($40.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg) Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($322.86 @ Newegg) Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($46.98 @ Newegg) Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS224-06 DVD/CD Writer ($27.98 @ Newegg) Total: $963.76 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-09-22 21:47 EDT-0400) Since there is an MIR, the total is actually $980. This will run anything at very high settings with very high fps.

Quests will build the foundation for your membership adventures. I recommend doing Lost City for access to the DDS.

That will only play on low settings, so if you're fine with that, get it. What is the rest of the config for that build? What model and make of PSU? What resolution monitor? What games will you play? Will you be OCing? CF/SLI?

Unfortunately, 1k won't be enough for gaming with a prebuilt pc.

Or just go into command prompt and type ipconfig/flushdns..

Devnull is right. Your CPU's per clock speed is low for RS. MMOs are almost entirely CPU-dependent. That is not to say you should neglect the GPU. I recommend an i5-2310M with atleast a Geforce 9400GT.

HD3000 cannot and will not be able to play GTA IV even at low settings, EVEN at his resolution. http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2094252

I'd rather get the Radeon 7850 as it can OC to the level of a GTX 580 without a hike in power consumption (well, not enough to be not worth it).

Raidmax is notorious for broken parts. My friend had that same case and the power button got stuck and the frontplate fell apart.

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131781RAM: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131781Case: http://www.newegg.co...N82E1681313178 That is all the same thing. :P I would have gotten a better PSU.

I have had no problems on RS.

I wonder what I was looking at then. Ignore my recommendation then.

If you can spend $15 more, get the 560 non ti. it is much better than the 460. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/543?vs=539

The GTX 460 far surpasses the 550ti in performance, so you could look into that. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130749 Here is a review of it: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/star-wars-gaming-tests-review,3087-5.html

Intel G630 $80 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116406 This beats A LOT of the AMD GPUs out right now. ASUS P8H67-V (REV 3.0) ATX Motherboard $105 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131783 Crucial Ballistix Sport 2x2GB RAM DDR3 1333MHz $23 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148541 Crucial has the lowest failure rates of any ram out right now. They have been around the longest as well. Radeon 6570 1GB $60 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102934 This should run RS fine after Jagex fixes the FPS issues. Do you have a spare optical drive and hard drive to use?

AMD cleared up the driver issues for the most part. The Radeon 6850 is a much more powerful card than the 550ti. What is your PSU atm? It might not be good quality. The i3-2120 beats most AMD CPUs in the arse. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pentium-apu-benchmark,3120-10.html Even the i3-2100 beats AMD.

As said above, $300 won't get you anything good for rs in a laptop. A desktop for $300 might, however.

Yes, an SSD is one of the best upgrades you can do to a computer for stability.

Yeah, Jagex will hopefully fix the mouse lag as well.