Hello,
I currently play FFXI on crapbox360 (2nd one in a year). My wife plays FFXI on laptop pc. I'm tired of the freeze-ups, disconnects, disk reading errors, etc of the 360 and im looking to switch to PC. But I dont have $2-3k to spend on a gaming PC.
I'm thinking of trying to build a gaming PC.
If I had a used destop PC tower, with say...(xp home, 1.2 P4, 512MB SDRAM, 80 gig, crappy 32MB nVidia graphics card). What would I need to purchase to make a decent gaming PC?
I tried WoW on my destop but wasnt compatible due to graphics card. I tried WoW on wife laptop and it played for a couple hours before turning the screen blue and causing a display error. Would like to play a little WoW also with the built PC.
So, any advice on decent priced components and possibly where to find them. I'm basically looking for a shopping list of PC upgrades/replacements with an approximate cost to get a decent gaming PC.
Thanks,
BTW- I'm a long time console player, looking to switch to PC. Atari, Sega, Sega Gen., Nin, Super Nin, Playstation, PS2, Xbox360
Edited, Apr 11th 2008 5:41pm by RobbyFaces
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Alienware Area-51 7500
It's pretty cheap (1,200$) for a quality gaming PC.
If you just want to build your own or upgrade your current tower, look for a duo core processors, at least 2.0GB memory, and 250GB+ hard drive, and maybe a external hard drive. I don't know a lot about graphic cards, but I have a ATI Radeon X300 SE and it has run all MMO's that I have owned fine.
I hope my weak knowledge helps you out a little bit.
It's pretty cheap (1,200$) for a quality gaming PC.
If you just want to build your own or upgrade your current tower, look for a duo core processors, at least 2.0GB memory, and 250GB+ hard drive, and maybe a external hard drive. I don't know a lot about graphic cards, but I have a ATI Radeon X300 SE and it has run all MMO's that I have owned fine.
I hope my weak knowledge helps you out a little bit.
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So, any advice on decent priced components and possibly where to find them. I'm basically looking for a shopping list of PC upgrades/replacements with an approximate cost to get a decent gaming PC.
I don't have a 64bit OS
http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04/ubuntu-8.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso
It's pretty cheap (1,200$)
Giant waste of money unless you're terrified of ******** things together.
If I had a used destop PC tower, with say...(xp home, 1.2 P4, 512MB SDRAM, 80 gig, crappy 32MB nVidia graphics card). What would I need to purchase to make a decent gaming PC?
Sell that for $50.
You can build a PC that will play any game for $500. It won't play any game at 1920x1200 at 60fps, but if you're just looking for "playable" at normal non enthusiast resolutions, definitely.
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Thanks for the replies, that is what I was looking for. Now I can plan ahead a little bit.
Edited, Apr 13th 2008 8:53am by RobbyFaces
Edited, Apr 13th 2008 8:53am by RobbyFaces
I do not reccomend the 700 series nforce motherboards.
IIRC, neither did I!
Glad it's mostly working out the way you hoped, though.
Disclaimer:
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.
I have just upgraded my PC.
Here's what I had:
AMD 64 3200+
1gb ram
7800GT OC
Here's what I got for ~1200$
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 ~250$-260$
2x XFX GeForce 9600 GT XXX 512MB in SLI setup ~210$ each
P6N diamond mobo with 680i chipset ~210$
4GB OCZ hight quality ram ~115$
With this stuff - NOTHING lags. Ever. And this system is SOOO easy to overclock too..
With 5 minutes of lazy overclocking I got 15000+ in 3D Mark 06
This upgrade has the best price/performance ratio I could find.
I've seen people overclock this cpu by a stable 1GH. ONE GIGAHERTZ XD
Anyhow, hope I helped...
If you want more direct help P.M. me I am pretty price savy...I have upgraded our computers at work, built all the PCs I've ever owned and am currently building my cousin a gaming PC for my cousin for about 1300$.
Edited, May 6th 2008 2:17pm by Bludfury
Here's what I had:
AMD 64 3200+
1gb ram
7800GT OC
Here's what I got for ~1200$
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 ~250$-260$
2x XFX GeForce 9600 GT XXX 512MB in SLI setup ~210$ each
P6N diamond mobo with 680i chipset ~210$
4GB OCZ hight quality ram ~115$
With this stuff - NOTHING lags. Ever. And this system is SOOO easy to overclock too..
With 5 minutes of lazy overclocking I got 15000+ in 3D Mark 06
This upgrade has the best price/performance ratio I could find.
I've seen people overclock this cpu by a stable 1GH. ONE GIGAHERTZ XD
Anyhow, hope I helped...
If you want more direct help P.M. me I am pretty price savy...I have upgraded our computers at work, built all the PCs I've ever owned and am currently building my cousin a gaming PC for my cousin for about 1300$.
Edited, May 6th 2008 2:17pm by Bludfury
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