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[Alex]

It's cheap, and even though I can't take full advantage of it, it's a good investment, just like I don't need the 756MB DX10 card, but it's nice to have.
Onboard sound is good enough =P There isn't that much of a difference ha ha.
I'll be running 32 Bit WinXP. It uses about 3.5 Gigs, and there is nothing that I'd be using this computer for that would require anything over 2 GB =P Just nice to have the extra lol.
American Beer is cheap and after around 12 you start to feel em =P

Most American Beer tastes like water, easy to chug down ya know. Although I must admit, I had some nice Sake a while ago. It was expensive as hell, but felt oh so good going down.

Dude you're crazy, sound cards make a huge difference in sound quality. It'll be the difference between playing a beautiful game with bland 2 dimensional sound and playing a beautiful game with 3d dimensional sound that makes you feel the action. I'd say a sound card is a must with any strong computer like that =/

[Gargar]

I don't know why you would pay over $100 for just the case, seems like a waste of money that could be put to something else to me.

[Alex]

I don't know why you would pay over $100 for just the case, seems like a waste of money that could be put to something else to me.

the case is pretty important but it doesnt have to be that expensive xD
mostly just needs good airflow
+ the ability to fit a huge video card and 4x hard drives. I dont even know if that will even fit to be honest since its a mid tower...and the GTX is a huge mofo'ing card.
I would have just gotten a couple of Raptor drives with 10k RPM, made everything hella fast.

You should change some stuff xD
I'd say go for 2 Gigs and buy 2x raptor drives and a gaming sound card I mean *

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835100007
Should probably get that thermal compound paste too, although get a second opinion.

Edited by Alex, 20 July 2007 - 07:58 PM.

[Bryan]

the case is pretty important but it doesnt have to be that expensive xD
mostly just needs good airflow
+ the ability to fit a huge video card and 4x hard drives. I dont even know if that will even fit to be honest since its a mid tower...and the GTX is a huge mofo'ing card.
I would have just gotten a couple of Raptor drives with 10k RPM, made everything hella fast.

You should change some stuff xD
I'd say go for 2 Gigs and buy 2x raptor drives and a gaming sound card I mean *

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835100007
Should probably get that thermal compound paste too, although get a second opinion.

My friend has a mid tower and it's big enough to SLi the two cards together =P And the hard drives can fit in easily =P

I would get raptor, but I like the Seagates for some reason, plus their a lot cheaper, and I'm more for storage than speed (in most cases).

Bought a fan and a new heatsink, along with that exact thermal paste =P

[Alex]

My friend has a mid tower and it's big enough to SLi the two cards together =P And the hard drives can fit in easily =P

I would get raptor, but I like the Seagates for some reason, plus their a lot cheaper, and I'm more for storage than speed (in most cases).

Bought a fan and a new heatsink, along with that exact thermal paste =P

why do you need 1.2 terrabytes lol. Porn addict? xD jk
2x raptor drives would be more than enough for a bunch of games, music, videos.
But it's your choice. Man I'm so jealous

Edited by Alex, 20 July 2007 - 08:05 PM.

[Mr. Hobo]

why do you need 1.2 terrabytes lol. Porn addict? xD jk
2x raptor drives would be more than enough for a bunch of games, music, videos.
But it's your choice. Man I'm so jealous

Ya same. My computer is litterarly less then 1/4th of yours

1.2 ghz single core
1gb ram
200gb hd
32mb video card

I wouldn't spend more then 1200 on a computer, I don't feel the need for 1920x1600 4x aa/af and max settings. I'm fine at 1024x768 at medium settings

[Alex]

Ya same. My computer is litterarly less then 1/4th of yours

1.2 ghz single core
1gb ram
200gb hd
32mb video card

I wouldn't spend more then 1200 on a computer, I don't feel the need for 1920x1600 4x aa/af and max settings. I'm fine at 1024x768 at medium settings

It wouldn't even run any of the new games on the very lowest quality man lol xD

[Mr. Hobo]

It wouldn't even run any of the new games on the very lowest quality man lol xD

I'm saying if I was to get a new computer I'd be happy to run stuff at low settings . Only recent game this can run is Civ4/Half-Life 2 on near minimum settings

[Bryan]

I've been running a 1.3GHz Athalon Processor
512 MB of Ram
a 32MB onboard GFX Card
Windows ME

for 7 years, don't tell me about minimum requirements =P At least you can install the damn game.

[Fatal]

It's cheap, and even though I can't take full advantage of it, it's a good investment, just like I don't need the 756MB DX10 card, but it's nice to have.
Onboard sound is good enough =P There isn't that much of a difference ha ha.
I'll be running 32 Bit WinXP. It uses about 3.5 Gigs, and there is nothing that I'd be using this computer for that would require anything over 2 GB =P Just nice to have the extra lol.
American Beer is cheap and after around 12 you start to feel em =P

Most American Beer tastes like water, easy to chug down ya know. Although I must admit, I had some nice Sake a while ago. It was expensive as hell, but felt oh so good going down.

There isnt that much of a difference between onboard and an x-fi or auzentech.... WHAA?!?!?!


Your ram isnt that great of a buy, mobo isnt that great either, other then that its a good rig, but you get what you pay for,

why do you need 1.2 terrabytes lol. Porn addict? xD jk
2x raptor drives would be more than enough for a bunch of games, music, videos.
But it's your choice. Man I'm so jealous

I have 1.28TB RAID ftw

I don't know why you would pay over $100 for just the case, seems like a waste of money that could be put to something else to me.

Quality and looks, 50 dollar cases have cheap ass plastic parts or other problems

I paid 150 for my Lian Li PC65B Plus, and I'm very happy with it

4GB Ram?

you're a clever one eh

practically required if you're ever running vista, 2gb works well on it too though

Make sure to get a 64 bit OS, a 32 bit won't be able to fully utilize your 4 gigs of RAM.

true

Dude you're crazy, sound cards make a huge difference in sound quality. It'll be the difference between playing a beautiful game with bland 2 dimensional sound and playing a beautiful game with 3d dimensional sound that makes you feel the action. I'd say a sound card is a must with any strong computer like that =/

true

Ya same. My computer is litterarly less then 1/4th of yours

1.2 ghz single core
1gb ram
200gb hd
32mb video card

I wouldn't spend more then 1200 on a computer, I don't feel the need for 1920x1600 4x aa/af and max settings. I'm fine at 1024x768 at medium settings

you can spend around 900 and max out every game at a good res