SleepingLesson
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Looking to get a decent rig for playing some PC games, but I'll be looking to upgrade down the line. I've got about $700, but I would hate to spend all of it unless I was really getting a killer deal.
I'm not terribly confident in building, but I'm not really sure what's involved there...
I've been comparing prices online, and I keep going back to this: Gamer Ultra SLI GT. Am I paying too much because I'm not building it? Also, is this even a deal? I don't plan to run Crysis anytime soon, just some Star Wars Galaxies laughing and some home music recording.
I realize there's plenty of alternatives out there, but this one jumped out at me. Opinions greatly appreciated!
POWER SUPPLY: 680 Watts Power Supplies (Hush Power Supply SLI/CrossFire Ready)
CPU: AMD Athlonâ„¢ X2 6000+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
COOLING FAN : XtremeGear Ultra Heatpipe Cool Copper Heatsink CPU Cooling Fan (Extreme Silent at 20dBA & Overclock Proof)
MOTHERBOARD: MSI K9N SLI-F V.2 NVIDIA nForce 570 LT SLI Chipset DDR2/800 SATA RAID PCI-Express MBoard w/GbLAN, USB2.0, &7.1Audio
MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
VIDEO CARD 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Optical Drive: (Special Price) LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
Wireless 802.11B/G Network Card: PCI Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Interface Card
I'm not terribly confident in building, but I'm not really sure what's involved there...
I've been comparing prices online, and I keep going back to this: Gamer Ultra SLI GT. Am I paying too much because I'm not building it? Also, is this even a deal? I don't plan to run Crysis anytime soon, just some Star Wars Galaxies laughing and some home music recording.
I realize there's plenty of alternatives out there, but this one jumped out at me. Opinions greatly appreciated!
POWER SUPPLY: 680 Watts Power Supplies (Hush Power Supply SLI/CrossFire Ready)
CPU: AMD Athlonâ„¢ X2 6000+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
COOLING FAN : XtremeGear Ultra Heatpipe Cool Copper Heatsink CPU Cooling Fan (Extreme Silent at 20dBA & Overclock Proof)
MOTHERBOARD: MSI K9N SLI-F V.2 NVIDIA nForce 570 LT SLI Chipset DDR2/800 SATA RAID PCI-Express MBoard w/GbLAN, USB2.0, &7.1Audio
MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
VIDEO CARD 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Optical Drive: (Special Price) LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
Wireless 802.11B/G Network Card: PCI Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Interface Card