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renklaf
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 Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:21 am Post subject: cheap lowend pc ideas |
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| Hello I am looking to build a real cheap pc. I dont need the bells and whistles I just need enough to play Wow, music, emailing, word processing. If anybody could help me out that would be awesome. |
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Roach412
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:57 am Post subject: |
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budget: $real.cheap
how much is "real cheap"?
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renklaf
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| 300-400ish bucks lower if possible. |
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fussnfeathers
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eBay. Seriously. You're not gonna get a new rig that will handle gaming for under $300.......not even a prebuilt eMachines is that cheap.
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renklaf
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| between 3-4 and I dont need it for other the wow. at least give me and idea of a good budget mb and chip to start with and I can go from there. |
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fussnfeathers
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Ugh.....well.........you could get one of the lower end AMD Phenom X3 triple-core procs, an mATX motherboard to match with onboard graphics, a couple of gigs of the fastest RAM you can squeeze into it, and a cheap case and PSU. Honestly, though, you'd be attacking a tank with a butter knife. Given that there's no FPS cap in WoW that I know of, and onboard graphics might get you mid-20's in FPS.....if you could even get off a shot in PVP before you got fragged out of existence you're one hell of a gamer.
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| Frys had a compaq presario with sempron and 2 gigs of ddr2 for $249 a few days ago here in austin. You may have a compusa in el paso, but their prices are higher. Your budget is unrealistic for building your own; memory prices make it almost impossible. I recommend you buy one and add a video card. |
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