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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Between now and a week before Christmas Eve
BUDGET RANGE: (e.g.: 600-800): 400-500
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Surfing, streaming video and radio, Flight Simulator X, pictures.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Monitor, Mouse, Speakers, DVD/CDRW drive, HDD, case, PSU? (Plan on using Enermax ELT500AWT with a Thermaltake Power Express 250W GFX PSU, but I'm not sure this will be enough for the vid card).
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, ZZF, whereever cheap with a good return/exchange program really.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: California, USA (Darn taxes!)
PARTS PREFERENCES: FSX is supposedly Intel architecture biased ($$$$!), but if you can recommend from experience a good AMD setup, I wouldn't mind since it's cheaper.
OVERCLOCKING: Yes / No / Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1280x1024
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This is a gift because they are currently on my own 1997 build and that thing cannot keep running reliably. They honestly don't spend that much time on the computer, but they want it to be fast for anything. Gaming is less important, but my dad likes Flight Simulator, so CPU is probably most important, then RAM, then GPU (I was thinking a GTS 250 is sufficient since he doesn't really care about any other games, and I'll probably tweak FSX to run at his system's level). Oh, and they need Windows 7.
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The most important question is if the ELT500AWT + Thermaltake Power Express 250W GFX PSU will run the GTS 250 reliably. Remember that the Thermaltake Power Express 250W is a DEDICATED GFX PSU. All else needs to be problem free for the next half decade at least!
Thanks!
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Between now and a week before Christmas Eve
BUDGET RANGE: (e.g.: 600-800): 400-500
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Surfing, streaming video and radio, Flight Simulator X, pictures.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Monitor, Mouse, Speakers, DVD/CDRW drive, HDD, case, PSU? (Plan on using Enermax ELT500AWT with a Thermaltake Power Express 250W GFX PSU, but I'm not sure this will be enough for the vid card).
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, ZZF, whereever cheap with a good return/exchange program really.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: California, USA (Darn taxes!)
PARTS PREFERENCES: FSX is supposedly Intel architecture biased ($$$$!), but if you can recommend from experience a good AMD setup, I wouldn't mind since it's cheaper.
OVERCLOCKING: Yes / No / Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1280x1024
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This is a gift because they are currently on my own 1997 build and that thing cannot keep running reliably. They honestly don't spend that much time on the computer, but they want it to be fast for anything. Gaming is less important, but my dad likes Flight Simulator, so CPU is probably most important, then RAM, then GPU (I was thinking a GTS 250 is sufficient since he doesn't really care about any other games, and I'll probably tweak FSX to run at his system's level). Oh, and they need Windows 7.
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The most important question is if the ELT500AWT + Thermaltake Power Express 250W GFX PSU will run the GTS 250 reliably. Remember that the Thermaltake Power Express 250W is a DEDICATED GFX PSU. All else needs to be problem free for the next half decade at least!
Thanks!
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