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Complete build... Need some opinions

AMD RIG: - Great case - I dunno, Graphics card is good, but I always perfer Nvidia - Get a better brand PSU (Seasonic, Antec are good) - 1GB is basically standard. You may want to upgrade to 2GB INTEL RIG: - Looks pretty good, I've heard both good and band things about the PSU.
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- Post #5
- Jun 14, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Budget Gaming Rig REVISED

Nope. AM2 is great for future upgrades, but it will probably put your price over $1,000 considering you need a new mobo, DDR2 800Mhz, and a newer CPU. Also, you sure you want to go with only a 80GB hard drive? I know a lot of source games take up lots of space, and if you have music, movies...
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- Post #7
- Jun 13, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Few questions before building

Hi, I'm going to attempt to build a PC this summer, and was wondering what specific things am I missing. So far, I understand the process to be this: ** Prep case & install Power Supply ( Take off side panel, etc...) 1) Install Hard drive, DVD, and DVD-RW drives 2) Install Processor in...
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- Jun 11, 2006
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Computer Building
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DDR2 recommendations please

I'd go with OCZ, they are a good brand, and never failed me before...
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- Post #5
- Jun 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Is my video card going?

I'm actually on a LCD, and I got 90 fps on this PC with those games before. I just did a fresh format and going to see how it works out...
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- Post #7
- Jun 8, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Is my video card going?

p4 3.4 Ghz 1gb DDR2 6800 GT
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- Post #3
- Jun 7, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Is my video card going?

Now that school is over with, I decided to get back into some great gaming with WoW, BF2, CS:S, and CS. I loaded up BF2 and CS:S back on my computer, and tried playing them. CS:S was average at best. I got an average of about 60 fps when I put all video settings on low. These weren't even the...
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- Jun 7, 2006
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Is my video card going?

Now that school is over with, I decided to get back into some great gaming with WoW, BF2, CS:S, and CS. I loaded up BF2 and CS:S back on my computer, and tried playing them. CS:S was average at best. I got an average of about 60 fps when I put all video settings on low. These weren't even...
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- Jun 7, 2006
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Review my college gaming rig...

Hello all, I recieved quite of bit of money from relatives/friends for graduating high school, and plan on building a PC for my college needs this fall. I have a few questions regarding Conroe or AMD X2. Here is my list of componets that I plan to use... CASE...
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- Jun 6, 2006
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Computer Building

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