In the states you can get a decent rig for about 600 bucks, pre built with windows. That assumes you don't need a monitor.
― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
best: http://shsc.info/PCPartsPickingGuide
― kingfish, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 08:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Don't build a gaming rig! They're going to be obsolete in a few months, cos of this:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/25/video-onlive-streaming-game-demonstrated/
― JimD, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 10:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Too good to be true! Hard to imagine how someone could pull a 500-fold increase out if thin air. I can't even *guarantee* error-free music streaming over my connection.
― ledge, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 10:32 (fifteen years ago) link
cheers kingfish btw, great link. think i will go the build-yer own route, yet again, just 'cause i don't actually need a complete system.
― ledge, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 10:52 (fifteen years ago) link
streaming gaming discussion continued here:THE END OF CONSOLES
― ledge, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 11:36 (fifteen years ago) link
sooo on line gaming didn't happen. I need a new gaming rig.
I could build one or I could buy this one from Amazon:
I7 6700Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 5 MotherboardNvidia GTX 980TI 6gb16 GB DDR42TB Seagate HDWin 10
It's got very good reviews, but for £1300 is it better to build my own?
I know there are 1080 gfx cards now but I think a 980 is sufficient for myself
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Saturday, 16 July 2016 13:27 (seven years ago) link
Ignore that, it's completely out of balance. I'll find another.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Saturday, 16 July 2016 13:35 (seven years ago) link
ok, this one. Didn't require the 2tb hard drive at all. and realised that 980 gfx card may as well have been a 1070 one. So I've dropped down to a 970 which is still well within my needs.
Freshtech Intel Core I7 4790 1tb 8gb 1600Mhz GTX 970 4gb Galaxy Computer Gaming PC Gigabyte H81M-S2H Motherboard 8GB DDR3 1600mhz Performance Ram Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 4gb VR Ready Corsair CX600 80 Plus Bronze Certified 600w Power Supply 1tb Western Digital WD10EZEX 64mb Cache 7200rpm
at £747
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Saturday, 16 July 2016 13:59 (seven years ago) link
(£832 with Win 10)
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Saturday, 16 July 2016 14:00 (seven years ago) link