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| Thread ID: 68108 | 2006-04-17 11:41:00 | What do u think about this budget gaming rig? | zahmad (8963) | Press F1 |
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| 447052 | 2006-04-17 11:41:00 | Simply what the title says.........what do you think, how can I make it better, cheaper etc.......thanks :D Details: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 939 with fan retail box ADA3000BP MSI K8NGM2-IL Socket 939 NVIDIA 6150 Chipset Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB 7200RPM ATA100 2MB HDD ST380011A Transcend JetRAM 512M DDR-400 (X2) ASUS DRW-1608P2S 6x DUAL Layer 16X DVD+/-R DVD Writer Galaxy nVidia GeForce 7300GS 256MB DDR2 64bit DVI HDV TV PCI-E P.S. It is an upgrade of an old p4 1.4ghz (that's ram can't be upgraded [rdram],and will be used for 'casual gaming' |
zahmad (8963) | ||
| 447053 | 2006-04-17 11:49:00 | More ram and a better graphics card. (Dont we all say that :)) | bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 447054 | 2006-04-17 12:10:00 | Spend some extra $$$ (like $20 more or so gets you a hard drive 50% bigger) on the hard drive. The vid card looks are though it dies with AA or AF on. No mention of a power supply.. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 447055 | 2006-04-17 20:45:00 | I would also have to say more RAM, a better GFX card, maybe you would be better with last gen 6600GT but the 7300GS is a no no for gaming if you want performance. Deffinately bigger HDD Also better CPU if possible |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 447056 | 2006-04-17 21:16:00 | And a better brand motherboard..... | pctek (84) | ||
| 447057 | 2006-04-17 21:41:00 | I have just had a quick look at Pricespy and other places and got a total of roughly $750, you are seriously NOT going to get good performance, for an average gaming rig I would pay $1500 at least, what about PSU, Case, Keyboard, Mouse, Screen? | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 447058 | 2006-04-17 21:49:00 | For a budget gaming rig, yeah not bad.. but look to upgrade (esp the RAM and grafix card) | Myth (110) | ||
| 447059 | 2006-04-17 22:53:00 | Why are some saying to upgrade the RAM? Is 1GB not enough? I would get a bigger HDD, 160GB min and don't cost much more than an 80GB HDD. SATA would be better too. Also the 7300GS is not a gaming graphics card, a 6600GT would be a better bet for a budget gaming rig. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 447060 | 2006-04-17 23:00:00 | Bigger HDD ain't gonna do diddly to improve gaming performance. But if the mobo supports it get a SATA drive, or if he upgrades the mobo, then definitly get SATA capable. | Greg (193) | ||
| 447061 | 2006-04-17 23:36:00 | Bigger HDD won't help game performance but it will allow him to install more games :thumbs: Some games are pretty big in size these days. |
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