- Jan 7, 2008
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Hello everyone! I used to be up on all the hype about 5 or 6 years ago, but really have no clue with all the major changes over the years. I'm looking to buy or build a new gaming computer. Obviously the cheaper the better, so I could probably push for $1,200 max. I used to build my own computers until I bought my Dell XPS 630i. I'm still using it, but it's really starting to show it's age, even though I upgraded the video card to a Radeon 7850 about a year or so ago. Plus there have been some quirks and issues here or there, and its about 6 or 7 years old now. It originally had XP Pro. I upgraded it to Vista Ultimate 32-bit.
So to cut to the chase. I do not play any first person shooters, so I don't care how well it can run Call of Duty BLOPS 2, or Battlefield 3, or anything like that. I do play MMO's and MMORPG's, and will occasionally play other games as well. So my focus, currently I play World of Warcraft and Diablo 3, I will be playing Elder Scrolls Online as well as maybe some other games in the future. I do realize the specs for ESO are not available, and I can only speculate. I'd like to play these games on the highest settings possible at least for the next 3 years maybe, and would like something to last a total of another 5 or 6. I realize that is probably far fetched. To take into consideration, my monitor I have a 21 Acer Widescreen, and would like to upgrade to a 23-24ish at some point in time soon. So basically I would like some recommendations as to maybe build or buy a pre-built (custom) PC, with specs either way.
I've been told that Alienware x51 pc's are good. I can't, however drop the money for a decked out Aurora. So I'm all ears and hoping for some feedback about what I should do or what I should be looking for. I do read the system builder marathon stuff, etc, but after a little bit all the numbers and specs, just boggles my mind now, lol.
Thank you all for your time and effort.
So to cut to the chase. I do not play any first person shooters, so I don't care how well it can run Call of Duty BLOPS 2, or Battlefield 3, or anything like that. I do play MMO's and MMORPG's, and will occasionally play other games as well. So my focus, currently I play World of Warcraft and Diablo 3, I will be playing Elder Scrolls Online as well as maybe some other games in the future. I do realize the specs for ESO are not available, and I can only speculate. I'd like to play these games on the highest settings possible at least for the next 3 years maybe, and would like something to last a total of another 5 or 6. I realize that is probably far fetched. To take into consideration, my monitor I have a 21 Acer Widescreen, and would like to upgrade to a 23-24ish at some point in time soon. So basically I would like some recommendations as to maybe build or buy a pre-built (custom) PC, with specs either way.
I've been told that Alienware x51 pc's are good. I can't, however drop the money for a decked out Aurora. So I'm all ears and hoping for some feedback about what I should do or what I should be looking for. I do read the system builder marathon stuff, etc, but after a little bit all the numbers and specs, just boggles my mind now, lol.
Thank you all for your time and effort.
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