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venn177
Joined: Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:35 am
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Location: Largo, Florida
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 Building a Rig My friend is building a computer. Now normally I'd be able to pretty much do everything for him, but he wants a capable gaming computer for ~$500.
Can DRL do this?
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| Wed May 07, 2008 1:20 am |
 
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Falcon X
Joined: Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:37 pm
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Location: Not Jewtown.
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Re: Building a Rig Does he want a computer capable of gaming, good at gaming, or Crysis like. It Matters.
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| Wed May 07, 2008 1:28 am |
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venn177
Joined: Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:35 am
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Location: Largo, Florida
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Re: Building a Rig Falcon X wrote: Does he want a computer capable of gaming, good at gaming, or Crysis like. It Matters. Not Crysis-like. Just good enough to play upcoming games for about two years. He doesn't care much about graphics.
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| Wed May 07, 2008 1:34 am |
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Grif
REAL AMERICAN HERO
Joined: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:25 pm
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Re: Building a Rig Ehh. If he has a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, I suggest this build: Total cost is ~700 dollars. He can probably tone the processor and etc down some if necessary. Code: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103228
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400 3.2 ghz
163$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16814130318
GeForce 8800GT 512MB
199$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16811119077
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5
57$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16817171018
COOLER MASTER eXtreme RP-500-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 500W Power Supply
50$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16820211064
2x512 mb RAM
25$
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211066
2x1 gb RAM
42$
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262
250 GB Seagate Barracuda HDD
65$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16827106095
LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive
18$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16827106245
LITE-ON Black DVD+RW
27$
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130123R
MSI Motherboard
37$
683$
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venn177
Joined: Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:35 am
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Location: Largo, Florida
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Re: Building a Rig Code: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103228
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400 3.2 ghz
163$
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150247
GeForce 8600GT 512MB
86$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16811119077
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5
57$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16817171018
COOLER MASTER eXtreme RP-500-PCAR ATX from factor 12V V2.01 500W Power Supply
50$
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211066
2x1 gb RAM
42$
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262
250 GB Seagate Barracuda HDD
65$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16827106095
LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive
18$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16827106245
LITE-ON Black DVD+RW
27$
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130123R
MSI Motherboard
37$
481$ Cool. That's what I was waiting for. Now to fix it up and send him the good news. How's the edited one? Edit: I saw no reason for the other gig of RAM, also for now he doesn't need a top-of-the-line vid card.
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Grif
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Re: Building a Rig If you removed the other set of RAM, you can probably get a cheaper mobo. That mobo has dual-channel, so if you got one without that, it might be even cheaper.
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| Wed May 07, 2008 2:29 am |
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venn177
Joined: Sun Mar 18, 2007 5:35 am
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Location: Largo, Florida
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Re: Building a Rig Grif wrote: If you removed the other set of RAM, you can probably get a cheaper mobo. That mobo has dual-channel, so if you got one without that, it might be even cheaper. I was thinking that, but I'm in one of those positions where if I screw up he'll be pissed and whatnot. I'm gonna play it safe and say; recommendations?
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Ophanim
Joined: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:33 am
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Location: Trapped in UCP. Send help.
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Re: Building a Rig Grif just gave you my rig with half the HDD space.
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| Wed May 07, 2008 2:56 pm |
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Grif
REAL AMERICAN HERO
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Re: Building a Rig Did I say it was my build?
No.
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Ophanim
Joined: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:33 am
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Location: Trapped in UCP. Send help.
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Re: Building a Rig Did I say that was a bad thing? No. Now chill or face the wrath of my scrotum.
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DudeGuy
Joined: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:22 pm
Posts: 254
Location: In my happy and/or unhappy place.
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Re: Building a Rig No comment...
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Cinos
Joined: Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:51 pm
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Re: Building a Rig DudeGuy wrote: No comment... What a fantastic contribution!
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Lord Tim
Joined: Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:55 pm
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Location: America!
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Re: Building a Rig Cinos wrote: DudeGuy wrote: No comment... What a fantastic contribution! What a fantastic contribution!
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Grif
REAL AMERICAN HERO
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Re: Building a Rig Lord Tim wrote: Cinos wrote: DudeGuy wrote: No comment... What a fantastic contribution! What a fantastic contribution! What a fantastic contribution!
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