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Kirk Captain's Log Joined: 06 Dec 1999 Posts: 1235	Posted: 08-01-2009 10:10 PM                  So its time to build a new one. I have had this one for over 5 years running smooth, and am thinking about the intel I7 processor with either an asus or gigabyte mobo. minimum 6 gigs of ram .....have heard of a new solid state harddrive out but will wait on that. any ideas of video cards....i will eventually put in 2 and have 24 gigs of ram and 1 tb hdd sataII _________________ Spock!!! Are you outa yer Vulcan mind?!?
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obsidian I'm the dude! Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 10434	Posted: 08-02-2009 06:28 AM                  Prices in Canadian back in February, memory and GPU prices have since dropped but this is working well for me. shaft has an i7 as well. http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewto ... 13&t=39781 i7's are NOT best bang for buck and are rather expensive. If it's just for games and normal computer stuff, Core2Quads are an excellent performance processor and are much cheaper for processor, memory and mobo. Paired up with a powerful video card, you'll still get some impressive frames. I do content creation on my computer, so that's where my i7 does it's job. _________________ GtkRadiant | Q3Map2 | Shader Manual
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Plan B foolproof Joined: 11 Jan 2001 Posts: 7285	Posted: 08-02-2009 07:44 AM                  Kirk wrote: 24 gigs of ram why?
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Kirk Captain's Log Joined: 06 Dec 1999 Posts: 1235	Posted: 08-02-2009 08:20 AM                  well why not? i am running 4-5 memory hogs at a time _________________ Spock!!! Are you outa yer Vulcan mind?!?
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AmIdYfReAk Elite Joined: 10 Feb 2000 Posts: 27909	Posted: 08-02-2009 09:15 AM                  Well, how much are you willing to spend here? Cdn or USD?
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Kirk Captain's Log Joined: 06 Dec 1999 Posts: 1235	Posted: 08-02-2009 10:10 AM                  usd 1500-2000 _________________ Spock!!! Are you outa yer Vulcan mind?!?
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Foo Timed Out Joined: 02 Aug 2000 Posts: 37834	Posted: 08-02-2009 11:30 AM                    Kirk wrote: i will eventually put in 2 Nah you won't. Everyone plans to do this but when it actually comes to it down the line, just buys a single, faster card.
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Scourge Pestilence Joined: 25 Mar 2002 Posts: 15073	Posted: 08-02-2009 12:20 PM                  Not true. Lots of people have 2 or more cards.
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