January 6, 200917 yr Well, i have $150 to spare on money on the holidays also we are selling our old computer which should bring in like $400 and my dad agreed to put $350 himself to fund our new PC. Doing math that's: $150 $400 $350 = $900 That's pretty good, could someone build a rig around that much? It will be used for gaming mostly, but it will also serve the purpose of "family" PC. What kind of games? CoD, Battlefield, Source games (YAY L4D!), Total War games, for something to base yourself, let it play Warhead at a good framerate on High and good with small slowdowns on Very High. Also, my dad thinks he has a "17 LCD lying somewhere. I suppose it will look horrible. Any suggestions? Now, i am also asking for a bit of parent help :| They want to get HP or a Dell, but i told them we could get someone to assemble one. It's cheaper and we could get a better one for less money, of course, they don't believe that, they think MS invented computers and only HP/DELL/Sony can make computers. I took them to a place where they saw some people building computers and they still won't believe me, they think they are HPs that people buy and disassemble and people get some parts out and sell them for more. And that only Hp can make computer because MS lets them do it. (And they believe Macs are more like those Barbie laptops) Also: They believe that everyone in the Internet wants to kidnap you and sell your organs and everything you "buy" will never ship and they will steal your credit card. Could someone explain them, please? I have tried alot, but they won't believe it :wall: Please. HELP. :pray: My Last.fm
January 6, 200917 yr [hide=Stuff I ordered]Video Card: 4850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131125 Processor: Intel Core2duo @ 3.16ghz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036 Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=650w%20corsair%20psu Hard Drive: Western Digital 500gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073 Ram: 4gb ocz 1066 ones http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227289 Motherboard: gigabyte p45 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358 Disk Drive: samsung optical drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151171 Case: XION Onyx XON-301 Black Steel ATX http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208020 Vista 64 bit http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488[/hide] about $850 including everything. For your parents look at this build and find the closest dell/whatever pc and show them the price difference. Show them reviews and stuff of newegg to try and convince them. 8,180WONGTONG IS THE BEST AND IS MORE SUPERIOR THAN ME#1 Wongtong stalker.Im looking for some No Limit soldiers!
January 6, 200917 yr What he said^ as to the parts. As for the parents, some people simply will not change. Just keep at it though, took me 10 years of nagging for my parents to finally get internet. :wall: "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti
January 6, 200917 yr Author [hide=Stuff I ordered]Video Card: 4850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131125 Processor: Intel Core2duo @ 3.16ghz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036 Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=650w%20corsair%20psu Hard Drive: Western Digital 500gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073 Ram: 4gb ocz 1066 ones http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227289 Motherboard: gigabyte p45 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358 Disk Drive: samsung optical drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151171 Case: XION Onyx XON-301 Black Steel ATX http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208020 Vista 64 bit http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488[/hide] about $850 including everything. For your parents look at this build and find the closest dell/whatever pc and show them the price difference. Show them reviews and stuff of newegg to try and convince them. That's a nice one. What if i trade the case for a plain one? I don't want the lights, maybe a side panel. But no lights TYVM. Let's see what i can find... My Last.fm
January 6, 200917 yr [hide=Stuff I ordered]Video Card: 4850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131125 Processor: Intel Core2duo @ 3.16ghz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115036 Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=650w%20corsair%20psu Hard Drive: Western Digital 500gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073 Ram: 4gb ocz 1066 ones http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227289 Motherboard: gigabyte p45 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358 Disk Drive: samsung optical drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151171 Case: XION Onyx XON-301 Black Steel ATX http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208020 Vista 64 bit http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488[/hide] about $850 including everything. For your parents look at this build and find the closest dell/whatever pc and show them the price difference. Show them reviews and stuff of newegg to try and convince them. That's a nice one. What if i trade the case for a plain one? I don't want the lights, maybe a side panel. But no lights TYVM. Let's see what i can find... look in my thread, I think OldJoe recommended me a regular, plain, nice, cheap case. 8,180WONGTONG IS THE BEST AND IS MORE SUPERIOR THAN ME#1 Wongtong stalker.Im looking for some No Limit soldiers!
January 6, 200917 yr Author http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811105004 I first saw that. But it looks (and reviews say) the plastic front is cheap, but it's a overall good case. But then i saw this http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208009 Looks nice, but again the lights are a no. Could i avoid the lights or they need to be there? I will check the case OJ mentioned. EDIT: Didn't noticed it was Canadian, how the hell did i ended up there? :? My Last.fm
January 6, 200917 yr The above set-up jaerkd00d mentioned is very good, Intel are a safe bet, but you could save a bit of money going with AMD, you could get a Phenom x3 for less than a Core2Duo 3.16ghz, and you could get a cheaper MoBo than a P45. It's totally up to you, but I would cerainly listen to jaerkd00d, he seems to know his sutff. :thumbup: :
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