I have some money, which should I buy?

khoikn

khoikn

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-Athlon x2 3200 on an ECS Motherboard
-2GB of DDR2
-Radeon x1850 PCI-E
-100GB HDD
-Soundblaster Audigy Card
-Area 51 Case
-Windows XP
For 125$

Or I can get a computer with:
Intel Quad Core 2 Q6700 2.66GHz CPU, Socket 775
- ATX Mid Tower Case
- GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L Motherboard
- 2GB Corsair PC-6400 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 Memory
- Maxtor 300GB SATA Hard Drive
- 52X LiteOn CD Rom
- 22X LG GH222NS40 SATA DVD Burner
- On Board Video Card
- Onboard Sound
- USB 2.0 ports
- Onboard 10/100MBps LAN
- Windows 7
For 275$
 
I say if you have extra money, save some more for a better computer. But then again, don't know what you need the computer for.

So take the second, more expensive but obviously better.
 
I think those prices are very good for the hardware. The second option has a much better processor and overall has newer parts, however the onboard video is killer if you plan on gaming. Are you able to spend a bit more afterwords and purchase a new video card?
 
Umm...
Well I was planning to use the PC that I bought to run some simple games, nothing too big.
 
khoikn said:
Umm...
Well I was planning to use the PC that I bought to run some simple games, nothing too big.
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Well depending on what you consider simple (such as solitaire is simple to me) you will probably have to buy a PSU + a new GPU to play most games comfortably.

Still a quad for $300 is not a bad deal...rig in my sig cost me like $800 at the time I made it :P
 
Twist86 said:
Well depending on what you consider simple (such as solitaire is simple to me) you will probably have to buy a PSU + a new GPU to play most games comfortably.

Still a quad for $300 is not a bad deal...rig in my sig cost me like $800 at the time I made it :P
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But look at your card, and 4GB of ram.

OP, you will want to get a video card, something like a 8600GT will do fine if you don't plan on playing games such as crysis on max graphics. The 8600GT will run crysis fine, just not max settings. Also, another 2GB of RAM is something I would highly recommend. And of course as said, the PSU. Look at spending around $80-100 on top of the system, if you plan on gaming. Technically, you can get something like the 8500GT/9400GT. I had the 8500GT when I first played Crysis, and the card survived :D
 
The second rig although showing some age is much better, the first one is already very obsolete.

I would get the second rig, and keep your eye out for a 9600gt or an ATI 4670 or 4850 for fairly cheap.
 
linkin93 said:
yeah, not max settings. the absolute lowest. 800x600, low settings, no aa.. looks like arse :o
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Well I wouldn't go that far....with my dual-core 2.3ghz and 8800GT I was high/medium @ 1024x768 on Crysis :P


Elimin8or said:
But look at your card, and 4GB of ram.
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Cost me $30 for the ram all 4GB at that time and cost me $40 for the GPU which was a later upgrade from a 8800GT ($120 at the time).
 
Twist86 said:
Well I wouldn't go that far....with my dual-core 2.3ghz and 8800GT I was high/medium @ 1024x768 on Crysis :P
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Dude, an 8800gt is a pretty decent graphics card, a lot stronger than an 8600gt or 9400gt.

What we really need to know is what games he's considering ''simple''.
 
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