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I have know little to nothing about whats good in computer stuff, So with some help of you guys I can afford a good computer. : D

Budget: 2000(including shipping and handling.)
What I'm going to use it for more: Playing games and Using it for multiple applications at once.
Sites Prefered: http://www.newegg.com/ and http://www.directcanada.com/


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Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:40 pm
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get an alienware dude i got one for playing minecraft works perfectly


Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:09 pm
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Do you have anyone who's rather knowledgeable about hardware in your family/circle of friends? Reason I say this is because selecting the parts and building it yourself is cheaper and you'll end up with a stronger finished product. Further inquiry, what kind of games are you looking to play, and how? Do you want to go extremely hardcore and play on like 4 monitors on max settings? Play the newest releases on max settings? Or a bit more tame?

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get an alienware dude i got one for playing minecraft works perfectly
Shut the f*** up.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:24 pm
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Hakker wrote:
kyuubit wrote:
get an alienware dude i got one for playing minecraft works perfectly
Shut the f*** up.

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Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:32 pm
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Hakker wrote:
Do you have anyone who's rather knowledgeable about hardware in your family/circle of friends? Reason I say this is because selecting the parts and building it yourself is cheaper and you'll end up with a stronger finished product. Further inquiry, what kind of games are you looking to play, and how? Do you want to go extremely hardcore and play on like 4 monitors on max settings? Play the newest releases on max settings? Or a bit more tame?

kyuubit wrote:
get an alienware dude i got one for playing minecraft works perfectly
Shut the f*** up.

I just want a duo screen, I would like to play Star Craft, Skyrim, and every game I can't with this laptop. Max setting if I could.

I do have friends; just They are never online, and in college.

@Kyubit LOLno

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Touching everything wrote:
Hakker wrote:
Do you have anyone who's rather knowledgeable about hardware in your family/circle of friends? Reason I say this is because selecting the parts and building it yourself is cheaper and you'll end up with a stronger finished product. Further inquiry, what kind of games are you looking to play, and how? Do you want to go extremely hardcore and play on like 4 monitors on max settings? Play the newest releases on max settings? Or a bit more tame?

kyuubit wrote:
get an alienware dude i got one for playing minecraft works perfectly
Shut the f*** up.

I just want a duo screen, I would like to play Star Craft, Skyrim, and every game I can't with this laptop. Max setting if I could.

I do have friends; just They are never online, and in college.

@Kyubit LOLno
I'm not the right person to ask, then, I've yet to use any multi-screen setup, and I never purchase prebuilt. But Starcraft (2, I'm assuming) on Max settings... You're gonna need a pretty powerful setup for that, given how ridiculous the highest settings for that game are. Are monitors included in your budget, or is this just for the PC itself?

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Hakker wrote:
Touching everything wrote:
Hakker wrote:
Do you have anyone who's rather knowledgeable about hardware in your family/circle of friends? Reason I say this is because selecting the parts and building it yourself is cheaper and you'll end up with a stronger finished product. Further inquiry, what kind of games are you looking to play, and how? Do you want to go extremely hardcore and play on like 4 monitors on max settings? Play the newest releases on max settings? Or a bit more tame?

kyuubit wrote:
get an alienware dude i got one for playing minecraft works perfectly
Shut the f*** up.

I just want a duo screen, I would like to play Star Craft, Skyrim, and every game I can't with this laptop. Max setting if I could.

I do have friends; just They are never online, and in college.

@Kyubit LOLno
I'm not the right person to ask, then, I've yet to use any multi-screen setup, and I never purchase prebuilt. But Starcraft (2, I'm assuming) on Max settings... You're gonna need a pretty powerful setup for that, given how ridiculous the highest settings for that game are. Are monitors included in your budget, or is this just for the PC itself?


For reference, I built my desktop about 3-4 years ago with a $1000 budget and it runs SC2 on max.

@OP: I'm assuming you're not buying a prebuilt, and are willing to do it yourself?

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Fri Nov 23, 2012 7:25 pm
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Yea, I'm building my own.

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tbh if you have 2k you can get industry-leading specs and still have lots left over... you might as well just go buy a prebuilt.

EDIT: especially if you want a laptop/all-in-one. which I bet you do.

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If I had a 2k budget I would NOT buy a pre-built system for gaming. The main thing you got to watch out for is that all your parts are compatible. I have a current wishlist sitting in my newegg account of a computer I want to build. Current cost would be $1482 USD with OS and everything. Here is my build if you want to get an idea of what I would build:

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit, $179.99
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, $54.99
GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP4 TH LGA 1155 ATX Intel Motherboard, $184.99
EVGA GeForce GTX 680, $469.99
Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W Power Supply, $59.99
Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 Quad-Core Processor, $319.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600, $84.99
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, $79.99
ASUS SATA 24X DVD Burner, $19.99
ASUS PCE-N15 PCI Express Wireless Adapter, $27.99
Total Cost: $1,482.90

Building your own you need to have at least:
-Case
-Motherboard
-CPU
-RAM
-Hard Drive
-Video Card (Most gaming cards nowadays will support dual screen, so no need to worry about it too much)
-Power Supply (Make sure to get one that is powerful enough, also never cheap out on this component, everything in a computer relies on a stable power supply)

Some accessories you'll probably want:
-CD/DVD drive/burner
-Internal wireless
-Secondary hard drive for backups or extra space

Let me know if you need more help. I have built several computers for my own personal use and for businesses as well. When picking parts, you have to make sure everything will be compatible with the motherboard you are choosing. For example, the cpu and motherboard combo you chose in your OP, they don't fit together. Just make sure to post your final list before buying and I'll give it a look.

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Deep Thought 42 wrote:
-CD/DVD drive/burner

get with the times bro, all us cool kids have BD drives


Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:11 pm
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Ok well, get blu-ray if you feel like playing movies off your computer, but it's not really worth it unless you got a ridiculous screen to be able to see the difference between a regular DVD and Blu-Ray.

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you don’t really need a ridiculous screen to know that something in a lower resolution looks worse, you just need to not be blind

then again, watching all my animes in HD means that anything lower than 720p looks like s*** to me

maybe it’s spoilt me or something


Tue Nov 27, 2012 5:31 pm
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Well it's about a measly $15 more for a Blu-ray Drive, so if you don't mind paying the extra cost for Blu-ray movies, it's really up to OP whether or not it's worth the investment.

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That deeply helped me.

I really don't know whats truly good, but after your list, I have an understanding.

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