Hello everyone:
New as a posting member, long-time lurker here...deciding its time to upgrade my dinosaur comp, and I am considering building it myself (though a little leery as I have never built one before). Anyways, I have been looking at some of the "pre-made" systems out there from some of the online places, and I have come up with a list (generated off of their pre-made comps and selectables), and as such I want to list it here and see what you fine folks think we can do on a price/cost basis.
The only thing I really do with a comp (since I am an old fart family man - no essay papers for me) is play some MMO games and a bit of web browsing, forum searching,etc., so I do not need anything that is capable of more than that. I do, however, want it to be able to run ArcheAge, Rift, WoW, and similar-style games on MAX settings. The game I am playing the most, and plan to play the most, is ArcheAge and this is vastly more GPU intensive than the other two (at least on my current comp?).
I also would like to stay <$1000, preferably in the $850-900 range, but again, if its worth the few extra bucks, then I certainly will chip in for it. I would also like this build to be relevant for the next 3-5 years (if that is even possible in today's technology age?).
Ok - here is the list....and I appreciate the input!
CAS:CYBERPOWERPC X-Saber w/ USB 3.0, Large Side Panel Window (Black with Red LED)
CD:LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3D Playback Combo Drive (BLACK COLOR)
COOLANT:Standard Coolant
CPU:AMD FX-8320 3.50 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 6MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
CS_FAN
efault case fans
FAN:Cooler Master Seidon 120M Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Enhance Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
FLASHMEDIA:INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer [+10] (BLACK COLOR)
HDD:2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
HEADSET:SYBA GAMESTERGEAR CRUISER PC200-B Headset
IUSB:Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
KEYBOARD:AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard
MEMORY:8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
MOTHERBOARD:GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P AMD 970 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 4 Classic, On/Off Charge, GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 2 PCI
MOUSE:AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge
NETWORK:Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS:Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (64-bit Edition) + Office 365 FREE 30 Days Trial
POWERSUPPLY:600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
SOFT1:McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2014 [+0]
SOUND:HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO:XFX Double D AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)
WNC:802.11b/g/n 300Mbps PCI Wireless Adapter Network Card [+26]
Price for this build is $931+tax and delivery...what does everyone think?
New as a posting member, long-time lurker here...deciding its time to upgrade my dinosaur comp, and I am considering building it myself (though a little leery as I have never built one before). Anyways, I have been looking at some of the "pre-made" systems out there from some of the online places, and I have come up with a list (generated off of their pre-made comps and selectables), and as such I want to list it here and see what you fine folks think we can do on a price/cost basis.
The only thing I really do with a comp (since I am an old fart family man - no essay papers for me) is play some MMO games and a bit of web browsing, forum searching,etc., so I do not need anything that is capable of more than that. I do, however, want it to be able to run ArcheAge, Rift, WoW, and similar-style games on MAX settings. The game I am playing the most, and plan to play the most, is ArcheAge and this is vastly more GPU intensive than the other two (at least on my current comp?).
I also would like to stay <$1000, preferably in the $850-900 range, but again, if its worth the few extra bucks, then I certainly will chip in for it. I would also like this build to be relevant for the next 3-5 years (if that is even possible in today's technology age?).
Ok - here is the list....and I appreciate the input!
CAS:CYBERPOWERPC X-Saber w/ USB 3.0, Large Side Panel Window (Black with Red LED)
CD:LG 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive & DVDRW, 3D Playback Combo Drive (BLACK COLOR)
COOLANT:Standard Coolant
CPU:AMD FX-8320 3.50 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 6MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
CS_FAN
efault case fansFAN:Cooler Master Seidon 120M Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Enhance Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
FLASHMEDIA:INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer [+10] (BLACK COLOR)
HDD:2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
HEADSET:SYBA GAMESTERGEAR CRUISER PC200-B Headset
IUSB:Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
KEYBOARD:AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard
MEMORY:8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
MOTHERBOARD:GIGABYTE 970A-DS3P AMD 970 ATX w/ Ultra Durable 4 Classic, On/Off Charge, GbLAN, 2 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 2 PCI
MOUSE:AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge
NETWORK:Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS:Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (64-bit Edition) + Office 365 FREE 30 Days Trial
POWERSUPPLY:600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
SOFT1:McAfee AntiVirus Plus 2014 [+0]
SOUND:HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO:XFX Double D AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)
WNC:802.11b/g/n 300Mbps PCI Wireless Adapter Network Card [+26]
Price for this build is $931+tax and delivery...what does everyone think?
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