I want to buy a gaming PC for around a grand. I know Alienware has become nothing more than a name that is stupidly expensive. Any suggestions? I'm looking for a SLI vid card system with at least 2gb of video ram. I can't be bothered with building the system myself, I want it pre-frab and good to go the day it's delivered.
Any suggestion?
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Skip alienware as a choice. Ever since Dell bought it the quality has gone to the dumpster. What you would get is an overpriced POS using Dells cheap parts.
For a desktop it's best to build your own these days. Have Kao set you up with a recipe for a nice machine in your price range.
Edited, Apr 16th 2011 9:44am by Tailmon
For a desktop it's best to build your own these days. Have Kao set you up with a recipe for a nice machine in your price range.
Edited, Apr 16th 2011 9:44am by Tailmon
http://wow.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=25
Would probably be a better choice for this thread.
Would probably be a better choice for this thread.
If you're running Windows 7, you should probably go for at least 6 gigs of RAM. I'm not sure if it's just the Ultimate, but before I upgraded to 16gb, 7 was running at a constant 1.5gb out of my 4.
This will end well. Welcome back by the way Rime. How's Minnesnowda treating you? Or Bahrain I guess since I see you're still in the Navy.
Edited, Apr 16th 2011 5:15pm by Paskil
BeanX the Irrelevant wrote:
http://wow.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=25
Would probably be a better choice for this thread.
Would probably be a better choice for this thread.
This will end well. Welcome back by the way Rime. How's Minnesnowda treating you? Or Bahrain I guess since I see you're still in the Navy.
Edited, Apr 16th 2011 5:15pm by Paskil
Paskil wrote:
If you're running Windows 7, you should probably go for at least 6 gigs of RAM. I'm not sure if it's just the Ultimate, but before I upgraded to 16gb, 7 was running at a constant 1.5gb out of my 4.
This will end well. Welcome back by the way Rime. How's Minnesnowda treating you? Or Bahrain I guess since I see you're still in the Navy.
Edited, Apr 16th 2011 5:15pm by Paskil
BeanX the Irrelevant wrote:
http://wow.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=25
Would probably be a better choice for this thread.
Would probably be a better choice for this thread.
This will end well. Welcome back by the way Rime. How's Minnesnowda treating you? Or Bahrain I guess since I see you're still in the Navy.
Edited, Apr 16th 2011 5:15pm by Paskil
No, that's just the way Windows 7 is. It optimises RAM performance in a way that previous versions don't. It tries not to waste it. If you start gaming it'll shift those ****** processes no one cares about to virtual memory.
Though, I have to say, it doesn't use 1.5 gb unless you're actually, you know, doing something. If that was its resting state from your perspective you must've had a lot of background processes. Mine's running at 1.4 gb right now and I have an enormous amount of **** going on.
Here's the cpu I was looking at, it got great reviews on the web from what I can tell. I just don't want to spend a lot of money and get hosed on a computer, I know the lot of you know a thing or two about computers so what the hell?
It's made by CyberPower Black Pearl
* Case: * Azza Hurrican 2000 Full Tower Gaming Case with 4 Hot Swappable HDD Cage & (4) 230MM Fans
* Extra Case Fan Upgrade: Default case fans
* CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-960 3.20 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366
* Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking: No Overclocking
* Cooling Fan: XtremeGear Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
* Motherboard: * (3-Way SLI Support) MSI X58A-GD45 Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Triple-Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 Audio, eSATA, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, RAID, IEEE1394a, 3 Gen2 PCIe, 3 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI (All Venom OC Certified)
* Memory: 12GB (2GBx6) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module (Corsair or Major Brand)
* Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 16X PCIe Video Card (Major Brand Powered by AMD)
* Multiple Video Card Settings: Non-SLI/Non-CrossFireX Mode Supports Multiple Monitors
* Power Supply Upgrade: 800 Watts - XtremeGear Gaming Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
* Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
* Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
* Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
* Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)
* Service: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
All for about $1200.
-NW
It's made by CyberPower Black Pearl
* Case: * Azza Hurrican 2000 Full Tower Gaming Case with 4 Hot Swappable HDD Cage & (4) 230MM Fans
* Extra Case Fan Upgrade: Default case fans
* CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-960 3.20 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366
* Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking: No Overclocking
* Cooling Fan: XtremeGear Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
* Motherboard: * (3-Way SLI Support) MSI X58A-GD45 Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Triple-Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 Audio, eSATA, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, RAID, IEEE1394a, 3 Gen2 PCIe, 3 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI (All Venom OC Certified)
* Memory: 12GB (2GBx6) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module (Corsair or Major Brand)
* Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 16X PCIe Video Card (Major Brand Powered by AMD)
* Multiple Video Card Settings: Non-SLI/Non-CrossFireX Mode Supports Multiple Monitors
* Power Supply Upgrade: 800 Watts - XtremeGear Gaming Power Supply - Quad SLI Ready
* Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
* Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
* Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
* Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)
* Service: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
All for about $1200.
-NW
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* CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-960 3.20 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366
i7 2600k is faster than an i7 960 for $15 more. It only has 16 PCIE lanes but they are twice as fast as the 1156 and 1366's PCIE lanes so there's little difference between 2x16 on 1366 and 2x8 on 1155. It also has "only" dual channel memory but even on the LGA1156 i7's that didn't make much difference on quad core CPUs.
LGA1366 is a dead man walking. The higher end of Intel's "midrange" LGA1155 socket has surpassed it and later this yeah it's replacement, LGA2011 is coming out with quad channel memory and 40 PCIE lanes allowing 3x16 Crossfire/SLI.
Also, "low latency" and "high speed" memory isn't worth the money on Intel CPUs. The difference between 7-8-7-24 1600mhz memory and 9-9-9-24 1333mhz memory is 1% or less. Quad core i7's just don't need that much memory bandwidth. Just stick with standard timings and whatever the standard memory speed your board calls for. Buying expensive high speed memory (which is actually overclocking memory because anything higher than 1066mhz on LGA1366 and 1333mhz on LGA1156 and LGA1155 is faster than what they are designed for) is just wasting your money.
Edited, Apr 16th 2011 9:50pm by Lobivopis
Final Fantasy XI 12-14-11 Update wrote:
Adjust the resolution of menus.
The main screen resolution for "FINAL FANTASY XI" is dependent on the "Overlay Graphics Resolution" setting.
If the Overlay Graphics Resolution is set higher than the Menu Resolution, menus will be automatically resized.
The main screen resolution for "FINAL FANTASY XI" is dependent on the "Overlay Graphics Resolution" setting.
If the Overlay Graphics Resolution is set higher than the Menu Resolution, menus will be automatically resized.
I thought of it first:
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=10&mid=130073657654872218#20
I'm not up to speed any more on computer hardware, but as far as I can tell, you want a minimum of a dual core computer if you want to handle any of the latest games... including old MMOs that have had updates/expansions.
Also, find the beastiest video card you can afford.
Also, find the beastiest video card you can afford.
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I'm not up to speed any more on computer hardware, but as far as I can tell, you want a minimum of a dual core computer if you want to handle any of the latest games... including old MMOs that have had updates/expansions.
Also, find the beastiest video card you can afford.
Also, find the beastiest video card you can afford.
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