DanTheMiataMan
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I dont plan to OC at all. I did that back in the day but now I just want sh** to WORK problem free without sounding like a freaking tornado in my room or having to deal with WC'ing.
I know PC's are all ZOMG FPS MOUSE AND KEYBOARD FTW FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU but I'm not that big into FPS and the few that I am into I can deal with just fine on a console. Again RPG's and RTS is what I miss as RTS suck on consoles and RPGs with lots of controls (Dragon Age, NWN type, Diablo type, etc..) suck as a controller has only so many buttons.
Also for a Video card looking max $150 bux.
BTW these are the three cases
http://www.sizeasy.com/page/size_com...-vs-My-Item-2-
LIAN LI PC-A05NB Black Aluminum ATX Mini Tower Computer Case is the biggest one
LIAN LI PC-A06FB Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case is the 2nd biggest one
LIAN LI PC-V351B Black Aluminum MicroATX Desktop Computer Case is the smaller one
| Originally Posted by Head Injury /img/forum/go_quote.gif My suggestion: Go full MB and a mid-tower. It'll give you more room to play around. Go with a single card now, but find a MB with 8x/8x. Then in the future when whatever card you picked is dirt-cheap and not up to snuff anymore, buy another and SLI/CF it. My suggestion for card: Wait for the pressure of Nvidia's GTX400 series to push the ATI 5000 series down in price. The 5000 series has been selling above MSRP due to demand, but when the GTX400 is finally released to the public it will be enough competition to lower prices. However, initial benchmarks don't look promising for the 400 series, and even the 470 will probably be overkill for you. Buy a 5850 when it gets to like $250. One hell of a card. Nearly as good as the $350 GTX470, overclocks like nobody's business (but you probably won't have to worry about that), sips power like a $100 consumer card, and is nice and quiet too. If you don't need that much power, get one of the 5700 cards, which still have the benefit of power sipping. I still suggest waiting to see what happens to prices though. Oh, and PLAY FPS! PC was made for RTS and FPS. If you play FPS on a console, you're missing out. And for everyone else in the thread: My new rig is in my profile. I'm also a SSD-for-boot-drive user, and it's great. 37 second boot from cold, everything in Explorer is very snappy, installation might as well be instant for all but the biggest programs. Even GIMP loads in less than ten seconds, which takes half a minute on my other PCs. |
I dont plan to OC at all. I did that back in the day but now I just want sh** to WORK problem free without sounding like a freaking tornado in my room or having to deal with WC'ing.
I know PC's are all ZOMG FPS MOUSE AND KEYBOARD FTW FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUU but I'm not that big into FPS and the few that I am into I can deal with just fine on a console. Again RPG's and RTS is what I miss as RTS suck on consoles and RPGs with lots of controls (Dragon Age, NWN type, Diablo type, etc..) suck as a controller has only so many buttons.
Also for a Video card looking max $150 bux.
BTW these are the three cases
http://www.sizeasy.com/page/size_com...-vs-My-Item-2-
LIAN LI PC-A05NB Black Aluminum ATX Mini Tower Computer Case is the biggest one
LIAN LI PC-A06FB Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case is the 2nd biggest one
LIAN LI PC-V351B Black Aluminum MicroATX Desktop Computer Case is the smaller one
