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« on: January 12, 2009, 10:11:44 AM » |
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So I'll have the cash to buy a new gaming rig in March.
My question is if you have a limited amount of money what parts should get the most love?
CPU
GPU
RAM
Harddive
(anything I missed)
EDIT: for WoW or future MMOs
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« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2009, 10:22:50 AM » |
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For running wow?
CPU, then RAM.
Wow is a very cpu bound game, now this dosen't mean you can buy a 40$ vidcard and expect great framerates, but any number of the 150-200$ range cards will run wow quite well if you have a good cpu.
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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2009, 10:36:37 AM » |
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I'm not a hardcore gamer, so I spend my money on a Mac. Love this machine and the simplicity how easy everything is.
The only game that I play is WoW, when I decide to play more games or have more time to play, I would buy a PS3. I think this is the better investment.
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« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2009, 11:31:00 AM » |
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I bought my wife and I Macbook Pros expressly for playing WoW. It was a great choice. I wish Rawr worked with Mac, but alas it doesnt.
I know alot of people build their own machines, but I've found that laptops for us are very convenient.
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« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2009, 06:09:58 PM » |
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Thanks for the replies. Not a fan of Apple computers, never have been.
Ok so CPU, RAM, then GPU/hard drive?
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« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2009, 08:52:58 PM » |
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Mke sure you get a good processor yeah, Intel would be a better choice as of right now due to price/performance ratio, and it takes a lot for me to say that as I am a hardcore AMD Fanboi ( I will never buy intel). Get a medium end core 2 duo, and get 4 gigs of fast ram, Looking for 800MHz speed ram. This will give you a really good system to run wow on as long as you get a semi-decent GPU and hardddrive.
Just about any SATA harddrive will work, and any GPU priced in the 150-200$ range will do just fine as well, ATi 4850s are a really amazing performing card for the price.
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« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2009, 12:20:50 AM » |
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intel is more relialebel these days then amd
as for card assus ENGTX260 is pretty neat for the price
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« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2009, 06:04:00 AM » |
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Intel would be a better choice as of right now due to price/performance ratio, and it takes a lot for me to say that as I am a hardcore AMD Fanboi ( I will never buy intel). This is very true. My bf has been a hardcore AMD fan over the years - but his latest rig has an Intel and he does not regret it at all! Sometimes newegg.com has some great deals over the day/week/etc so if you can keep an eye on that and try and save some bucks by putting pieces together over time - woot. Look out for sales around holidays coming up. Also! Keep an eye out on new hardware coming out - you might be able to get some stuff after a price drop; or just splurge and treat yourself to something new & shiny  |
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« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2009, 09:23:04 AM » |
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what about HD set up?
If I have the cash should I get a raid 0 set up or a 10,000rpm HD with a 7,500rpm data drive?
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« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2009, 03:06:17 PM » |
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I don't think that HDD performance is worth it compared to video performance. Once I had a good CPU/Memory setup, I would put my money into video. WoW may not be that big of a video user - but there are lots of games out there that are.
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« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2009, 07:03:14 AM » |
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I upgraded about a month ago from an AMD X2 6000+ with a Biostar board to an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 and a Gigabyte board. My motherboard was concerning me - I think I was getting some data corruption with the Biostar board. WoW would crash a lot, normally related to not being able to read files. I've had issues with 2 hard drives becoming paperweights, so I decided to upgrade.
Intel C2D E8500 (3.16ghz)
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P
Corsair 750W power supply
Western Digital 500GB HD
I already had 4gb of Corsair DDR2 PC800 ram, a GeForce 8800GT, and a couple other hard drives laying around.
Went from 15-20fps in Dalaran with a bunch of stuff on to 40ish fps with everything except shadows on. Computer runs raids great. Total cost of upgrade (including an SATA DVD Burner and a Logitech G11 keyboard) was around $600. C2D E8500 was $187, I'd highly recommend it.
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« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2009, 07:30:55 AM » |
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Imho if u are lower than 1Gb Ram ... Ram is the priority.
Else i also think that first Cpu then Ram then Gpu
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