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Old 09-10-2009, 03:47 PM   #1
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New comp for FF - help me out

Ok so I'm gonna get a new comp cause my olds really shit...
I don't really play games much apart from FF so it only needs to be good for that.

Got any suggestions on what parts to buy (will assemble myself)?
Thinking I might just keep my old harddrives since that doesn't really affect things anyways. Also it seems duocore would be enough since FF can't use more than 1 core anyways (?).

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Old 09-10-2009, 04:13 PM   #2
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If you have the money, spend it on building the best machine possible within that limit. Don't just be like, well I only play FF so.. Be a man, build a beast. QuadCore SLI Machine.
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Alright mate, no worries, glad I could help.

You need to ask them for a SEGA MEGADRIVE. this is the best money can buy, yes u can use ur old hd in it. go to the shop and buy a pound of butter and shove it in the cartridge slot, this will give u 300fps. any deviation of the above will result in u living a sad lonely life and dying alone with cats.
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I would highly recomend posting in the tech area. Start a thread and give us your budget and a few of us will bitch and moan until you have a good computer for the price.

As for single core:
1) For the most part, single core systems are obsolete.
2) In fact, you need to spend MORE on a single core processor since they don't even make the motherboards for them any more. (Minor exception on the 3.2GHz P4)

Also Note:
You can build a low-end gaming computer cheap. Without a screen or OS, you can build something half-decent for about $350. Post a thread and let us know. Also note what you need besides just the physical computer (screen, OS, keyboard, mouse, speakers, mic, chainsaw, ect.)

What type of HDD do you have? IDE is about obsolete... Plus, SATA drives are cheap.
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Old 09-10-2009, 05:25 PM   #5
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Thinking I might just keep my old harddrives since that doesn't really affect things anyways.
You would be surprised. Getting a hard drive with better speeds/cache can significantly increase the loading, copying, pasting, etc times. If money isn't an issue I would recommend getting the cheapest SSD you can find just to install your OS and games on, then use a SATA drive for your other programs and files.

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IDE is about obsolete...
So is the acronym IDE.
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Old 09-11-2009, 09:25 AM   #6
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I g2 check my hd and see what they are, but I think theyre sata-discs. Each one is at 120gig. I might get proper ones later on, but for now I thnk they'll do. Not too hard to just get new ones in a couple of months anyway (not made of money atm).

I'm just gonna pass my newly bought monitor to a friend (same price pretty much) and get a 120hz lcd instead, this 60hz bullshit is more than I can handle.
I don't need anything apart from phsycal comp + chassi and maybe a keyboard. Got mouse, got monitor etc.
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Old 09-11-2009, 12:31 PM   #7
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Mikael I would imagine your current Hard-drives are IDE, and if you are buying a new computer it would most definitely require SATA drives. I think the best way to build a PC is to look at pre-builds on sites that fit your budget then work out how much the seperate components cost. I know in the UK sites like ebuyer offer well priced pc's that are not even worthwhile building by yourself for the money you would save.

I have 9800GT with Q8200 and it handles FF easily.
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mikeal the pc in ur mothers room is much better than urs, why don't u just speak to her about swapping, she's a very accomodating women! trust me
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... and get a 120hz lcd instead, this 60hz bullshit is more than I can handle.
From what I know there are only 2 120hz LCDs on the market and I heard they both suck and cost about ~$300. The only reason to buy one of those would be to use nvidia 3d vision. I personally looked into this before due to wanting the extra hz myself, but from the reviews out there they aren't worth it.

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I know in the UK sites like ebuyer offer well priced pc's that are not even worthwhile building by yourself for the money you would save.
America/Canada has Newegg. Although some of my Canadian friends told me shipping from Newegg is super high so they prefer to shop at NCIX depending on the price of the actual part.

Mikael_hs, give us your budget and I'm sure people will help you find stuff.
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Old 09-11-2009, 07:32 PM   #10
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Well ive heard from many who actually have the samsung that its great. Guess I'll find out ^^
However the other one has pretty crappy reviews yes.

My budget is max 500 euro. I don't need a monitor and I don't need a mouse nor any cd drivers really; maybe a keyboard. Don't need speakers.

Should I get 3.0ghz (or more) duocore?

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make sure you get a model with a flux capicitor
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We could probably help a little more if we knew more about what you already have. There are programs you can run on your computer to tell you what you have.

I like to use a program called Everest, or a more comprehensive one called System Information for Windows (SIW).

If you can generate a report in either program, and post it. People could probably help you a lot more.

http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html (Everest)
http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html (SIW)
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Alright mate, no worries, glad I could help.

You need to ask them for a SEGA MEGADRIVE. this is the best money can buy, yes u can use ur old hd in it. go to the shop and buy a pound of butter and shove it in the cartridge slot, this will give u 300fps. any deviation of the above will result in u living a sad lonely life and dying alone with cats.

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make sure you get a model with a flux capicitor
Ok if you have nothing to contribute don't post. Not one of your posts in this thread was helpful. One more BS post and it's infraction time.
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Old 09-12-2009, 04:38 AM   #14
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Should I get 3.0ghz (or more) duocore?
If you are going to spend for a 3.0ghz+ dual core, I would just spend the few extra bucks and get a quad core.
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Old 09-12-2009, 10:45 AM   #15
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Kiljen, I already have a monitor and I guess I don't really need new cd/dvd-drives either. Since most seem to think new harddrives are essential im gonna go buy one of them as well, theyre not very expensive anyways. Maybe i'd need a new xp (or vista bleh), since I only have 1 core now??? Different version for more cores?

Mooga, OK quadcore maybe then. ;P



I've done some research and these are all packages that cost about the same (give or take 50). Which one is the best u think? Does anything need changed?

1. http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=323787 (prepackaged, build it yourself; CPU-Fan is included, and cooling paste is preassembled under the cpu-cooler)


2. http://data.fuskbugg.se/skalman01/--5k.jpg


3. A guy showed me this "package", saying "this is the shit for your budget":

https://www.inet.se/?page=product&st...233&a=6901233& - chassi

https://www.inet.se/datorkomponenter...r-xms2/5304234 - 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC6400 Corsair XMS2

https://www.inet.se/datorkomponenter...z--am3/5308630 - AMD Phenom2 X4 905E 2,5Ghz, AM3

https://www.inet.se/datorkomponenter...70-ud3/1900939 - Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 (motherboard)

Corsair CX 400W 80+ - power supply (might not need)

https://www.inet.se/datorkomponenter...-512mb/5407989 - Gigabyte Radeon HD4850 512MB

https://www.inet.se/datorkomponenter...ata-ii/4303036 - 500GB Western Digital Caviar SE SATA II

Price on deal 1 is 538 Euro
Price on deal 2 is 482 Euro
Price on deal 3 is 544 Euro

What y'all think?
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None of those looked very good for the price. I live in the US though and used a currency converter for 500 euros to US dollars ($729.70). Over here you can get waaaay better stuff for that price. I'm sure you can get better stuff there for the price too.

Also, you really should name off all the parts you already have. This way you can use some old parts and spend more money to get better new parts.

Monitor - Don't need
Mouse - Don't need
CD Drive - Don't need
Keyboard - Probably don't need
Speakers - Don't need
OS - If you are buying wait on Windows 7

Case - Can you use your current case?
HDD - Give us the model number.
RAM - Give us the model number.
PSU - Give us the model number.

CPU - ?
Mobo - ?
GPU - ?

Thermal Compound - Just listing so you don't forget to buy it.
80mm fans - Prob don't need.

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Old 09-12-2009, 07:36 PM   #17
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In sweden I won't get better for less money unfortunately. Socialistic bs but what can u do. We have + 22% in tax on all electronics (getting taxed twice basically).

I already have:
Mouse
Monitor (coming home in a few days)
Cd/dwd-drive (but new one is cheap so what the heck)
power supply BUT I might sell it along with comp to a friend.
WINXP

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After some more scrutinizing I might buy this shit:

Cooler Master Elite 333 black Chassi
Gigabyte Radeon HD4870 512mgbyte
Corsair TWIN2X PC6400 DDR2 4GB KIT CL5
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 1333MHz
500GB Western Digital Caviar SE SATA II
WHAT MODERBOARD???

Im past my budget now but what the heck...


I could also get this fairly nice deal on a 2nd hand comp:

Quad core 8200 @ 2,33Mhz

4GB Corsair xms3 memory (DDR3) 4x1gb

Scyth Ninja cpu cooler

Corsair HX620 Nätdel

2 st raided 80GB seagate SATA2 hdds

Saphire Radeon HD4850, 512 mb memory

Asus P5E3 Deluxe wifi-ap@n Moderboard with wireless lancard builtin, crossfirex support

The price for that is atm only 220 euro, but might rise a lil bit since theres 2 more days on the auction.

Sooooo what to do, what to do...

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You are better off getting a new SATA DVD drive anyways...
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Thanks for all the help guys; I'm settling for this lil deal:

Gigabyte Radeon HD4870 512MB
Cooler Master Elite 333
Corsair TWIN2X PC6400 DDR2 4GB KIT CL5
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 1333MHz
500GB Western Digital Caviar SE SATA II
Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L

+ Some cooling mb I dunno.
Will prolly buy new cd/dvd later on but atm im pretty much broke with this
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Thanks for all the help guys; I'm settling for this lil deal:

Gigabyte Radeon HD4870 512MB
Cooler Master Elite 333
Corsair TWIN2X PC6400 DDR2 4GB KIT CL5
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 1333MHz
500GB Western Digital Caviar SE SATA II
Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L

+ Some cooling mb I dunno.
Will prolly buy new cd/dvd later on but atm im pretty much broke with this
ONLY 500GB?!?! Come on, this isnt 2004! *Has 6TB*
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