phyregod
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Well, my friend is building a gaming PC.. And I used to be his "go-to" guy for anything computer related.. I've been out of the computer game for 5 years now, so I'm sure I have no idea whats going on anymore as far as technological advances, prices, etc.
So, he is building a PC to play world of warcraft. This game is very hard on a system and eats resources like crazy. I would like to know how to build a good solid system for cheap. He also likes to run 98698765 programs in the background, such as limewire, a crapload of WOW add ons, virus protection, half a million IE windows, etc..
I think he is looking to spend $1k or so. He already has all the junk (keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc..
So, I need specifications on two systems.. The very best, and the best for the money. He is heading to Fry's today.
So far, the "best for the money" is a Dell system in a business catalog I'm looking at. He, however, is looking to custom build. (the dell, as far as i can tell is pretty lackluster)
Specs on the Dell:
Pentium 4 524 HT, 3ghz, 1mb L2 cache, 533 FSB
Windows xp home
1gb shared dual-channel ddr2 SDRAM
80 gig SATA HD
"Intel graphics accelerator 900" <--- no idea, but I'm sure its not good enough
48X CD rom (read, no burner)
integrated NIC
Free 19" flat panel monitor <--- nice freebie!
$449.00
So, he is building a PC to play world of warcraft. This game is very hard on a system and eats resources like crazy. I would like to know how to build a good solid system for cheap. He also likes to run 98698765 programs in the background, such as limewire, a crapload of WOW add ons, virus protection, half a million IE windows, etc..
I think he is looking to spend $1k or so. He already has all the junk (keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc..
So, I need specifications on two systems.. The very best, and the best for the money. He is heading to Fry's today.
So far, the "best for the money" is a Dell system in a business catalog I'm looking at. He, however, is looking to custom build. (the dell, as far as i can tell is pretty lackluster)
Specs on the Dell:
Pentium 4 524 HT, 3ghz, 1mb L2 cache, 533 FSB
Windows xp home
1gb shared dual-channel ddr2 SDRAM
80 gig SATA HD
"Intel graphics accelerator 900" <--- no idea, but I'm sure its not good enough
48X CD rom (read, no burner)
integrated NIC
Free 19" flat panel monitor <--- nice freebie!
$449.00