- Aug 13, 2009
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I already have a laptop which I use for all my daily needs, which I'm quite satisfied beside having a lame GPU. I play at low settings 2006 games and my fan runs at maximum and lots of heat comes out of the grill. My laptop is obviously not made for gaming.
I have 2 VGA that I LOVE, having for resolution 1792 x 1344 which I both got < 40$. Of course both those VGAs will need to show games in extended mode (not repeating the same image). I also have a 10K RPM HDD from a laptop that died. Other peripherals are not an issue. I'm pretty sure I can get a used tower for a few bucks, I'd pick one up in the trash if I'd see one ; of course I wouldn't use its power supply. I can put computer parts together ; I did it at least 5 times. I'm willing to obtain used parts, which have less tendency to become defective.
So as I'm satisfied with my laptop for watching videos, editing large images, editing videos, etc., I don't need to do any of this with the system I'd use for gaming. I basically need the best GPU I can get with the minimum needed for the rest: CPU, RAM, power supply, etc. I understand there will be a minimum for the other things but the only goal is to play, so send stuff to the GPU, which should take an important portion of my budget.
My budget was initially 300$, I then realized 400$ would be reasonable ; 500$ would be really stretching it for me, considering I got a HDD and monitors. I'd like to make the purchase within a month, so before mid-February 2013 I'd love to play better-looking games, but within a budget ; otherwise the games will be just as fun on my lame integrated laptop GPU, albeit lacking visually.
Thank you kindly for helping me choose parts for a system which main or only use will be gaming.
I have 2 VGA that I LOVE, having for resolution 1792 x 1344 which I both got < 40$. Of course both those VGAs will need to show games in extended mode (not repeating the same image). I also have a 10K RPM HDD from a laptop that died. Other peripherals are not an issue. I'm pretty sure I can get a used tower for a few bucks, I'd pick one up in the trash if I'd see one ; of course I wouldn't use its power supply. I can put computer parts together ; I did it at least 5 times. I'm willing to obtain used parts, which have less tendency to become defective.
So as I'm satisfied with my laptop for watching videos, editing large images, editing videos, etc., I don't need to do any of this with the system I'd use for gaming. I basically need the best GPU I can get with the minimum needed for the rest: CPU, RAM, power supply, etc. I understand there will be a minimum for the other things but the only goal is to play, so send stuff to the GPU, which should take an important portion of my budget.
My budget was initially 300$, I then realized 400$ would be reasonable ; 500$ would be really stretching it for me, considering I got a HDD and monitors. I'd like to make the purchase within a month, so before mid-February 2013 I'd love to play better-looking games, but within a budget ; otherwise the games will be just as fun on my lame integrated laptop GPU, albeit lacking visually.
Thank you kindly for helping me choose parts for a system which main or only use will be gaming.
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