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Konata Izumi Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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elpacco Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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You can start by not getting a $200 case.
Get something simple, but that is big enough for your needs. What is inside your computer should be much more important than how it looks on the outside.
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FangBanger wrote: | What is the best way for a lv19 Soldier to solo Sledge on Borderlands? | Shoot him. |
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Hero I'm a spammer
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If it comes down to needing to cut some off, ditch the graphics card for now and get a mobo with a decent chipset. Get the card later. My sisters shit pc has a geforce 6600GT chipset and its from walmart. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE MAN.
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NeverForgotten Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Low down on the Case like elpacco said
and choose a cheaper PSU that seems a bit overload
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Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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1TB WD HDD - $95
HD5850. It's not out yet though.
Asus P7P55D Pro + 4GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 - $275
Core i7 750 - $200
Cooler Master RC-690 - $70
Corsair CMPSU-550VX - $80
Asus VH222H - $150
You're going to have to find a decent aftermarket LGA1156 cooler, unless you're satisfied with the stock one. i5 750 is $160 at Microcenter, grab it from there if you're near one and save yourself a nice chunk of cash (o.o it's even cheaper than my E4300 from 3 years ago!). Also, wait for the stuff to drop on Black Friday. The CMPSU-550VX posted $55 after MIR once, and a similar Seagate drive went for $80 with a Newsletter promo code just the other week.
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Konata Izumi Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:14 am Post subject: |
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i wont play anything other than source games and i think that 70fps with the 4870 is fine.
and i want the monitor. and thats like 1000 total. i have 1200 ish budget.
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Codeslinger I post too much
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:10 am Post subject: |
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Cheaper case, cheaper motherboard, cheaper power supply, more expensive graphics card
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Konata Izumi Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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why better gpu?
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Zarr Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Because you can do a lot better than a 4870 if you're looking to spend >$1k on a build.
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Konata Izumi Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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but, all i will be playing is cs:s, tf2, l4d. so the 4870 will do just fine.
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elpacco Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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*ʍ* wrote: | but, all i will be playing is cs:s, tf2, l4d. so the 4870 will do just fine. | Then you don't need half as good of a build as that. Downgrade everything else.
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FangBanger wrote: | What is the best way for a lv19 Soldier to solo Sledge on Borderlands? | Shoot him. |
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Konata Izumi Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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i want to play with max settings at over 60fps.
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*ʍ* wrote: | i want to play with max settings at over 60fps. | Yep. You have twice as good of a build needed to do that.
You really do.
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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*ʍ* wrote: | i want to play with max settings at over 60fps. |
a 4x series card will do this easily.
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Konata Izumi Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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with max aa and af. and when they come out i want to do this with counterstrike 2 and all those other games.
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