From work my wife and I have gotten a discount from Dell, along with their normal discounts we've been able to get some good deals. With our current CPU's we play World of Warcraft, Mechwarrior Online, Guild Wars 2, the Secret World, League of Legends, Wild Star beta and Everquest Next beta, do some 3D work, video editing and for work. We play with Max/Ultra settings and haven't had any issues with lag or gameplay.
We ended up getting 2 free video cards: Raedon HD 7850 and Nvidia 560Ti. Originally I was going to swap video cards around so that we had better video. But our children have also wanted to play games with us and they have been needing a new computer. We figured if we could throw a couple computers that are on par with ours for $800 total then we would do that. But if we could build 2 computers that were upgrades to ours for $1000 instead, then they could use our current systems and we would upgrade.
My Current CPU and Wife's Current CPU
Processor: Intel i7-2600 and Intel i7-870
RAM: 16 GB
Video Card: Nvidia 560Ti and Raedon HD 7500
Hard Drive: 1 TB
Approximate Purchase Date: Within the month
Budget Range: $800 for kids computers - $1000 for new gaming computers for us, let them use our old ones
System Usage from MOst to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the internet, video editing
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, prefer Windows 7
Preferred Websites: newegg.com
Location: Portland, OR - USA
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: Dual monitors - 1920x1080
Additional Notes: Please keep in mind we don't overclock or plan on overclocking. That is why I am coming here for help. Most reviews and tests take over clocking into consideration which makes it hard to determine what we'll get with a base system.
Thank you!
We ended up getting 2 free video cards: Raedon HD 7850 and Nvidia 560Ti. Originally I was going to swap video cards around so that we had better video. But our children have also wanted to play games with us and they have been needing a new computer. We figured if we could throw a couple computers that are on par with ours for $800 total then we would do that. But if we could build 2 computers that were upgrades to ours for $1000 instead, then they could use our current systems and we would upgrade.
My Current CPU and Wife's Current CPU
Processor: Intel i7-2600 and Intel i7-870
RAM: 16 GB
Video Card: Nvidia 560Ti and Raedon HD 7500
Hard Drive: 1 TB
Approximate Purchase Date: Within the month
Budget Range: $800 for kids computers - $1000 for new gaming computers for us, let them use our old ones
System Usage from MOst to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the internet, video editing
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, prefer Windows 7
Preferred Websites: newegg.com
Location: Portland, OR - USA
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: Dual monitors - 1920x1080
Additional Notes: Please keep in mind we don't overclock or plan on overclocking. That is why I am coming here for help. Most reviews and tests take over clocking into consideration which makes it hard to determine what we'll get with a base system.
Thank you!