Ah yes. Yes, I know there are more dedicated forums out there for this sort of thing. But first off, I actually trust the advice of some of the people on here more than that of quite a few people around those boards; secondly I like that I can at least ask things here without being told to STFU and GTFO N00b, and thirdly,...Well, I dunno. Why not.
So anyway, I'm looking to replace my current system, as it's starting to fall behind. Yes, I'll be able to play D3 - but it won't be as pretty. Can't play Skyrim. Can't play The Witcher 2. Can just barely but not quite play Total War Shogun 2. You get the picture. My current gaming computer's an Acer Aspire 7738G (to save you the annoyance of looking: Intel core 2 Duo T6400 - 2x 2.0GHz; 4GB DDR; NVidia GeForce GT130M, 320 GB HDD)
What I'm looking at right now is about this (sorry it's in Dutch, I'm pretty sure you can make out what's what from the names and numbers
):
Unfortunately, with the addition of a new monitor, that's just a bit north of my budget. I could, but....Is it worth it? This would be built-to-order, prices are next to the objects. I've found premade computers with similar stats and quite a bit cheaper, but always lacking in at least one aspect. I'd rather buy one with an Ivy Bridge than a Sandy Bridge at this point, obviously. I do sort of insist on an SDD as primary drive because I've seen the difference and that's just plain worth it at this point in time. I don't really care about HD space, I can alwyas buy another one...And I guess I could get a cheaper graphics card and replace it later, but I wouldn't know what the best way to go would be.... So anyway, input please ;-) Theoretically, I'd like to keep it under €1.000, excluding monitor (which isn't in there yet) and windows (which is in there).
*edit* man, that screwed up my table. Let's reformat a bit :-P
So anyway, I'm looking to replace my current system, as it's starting to fall behind. Yes, I'll be able to play D3 - but it won't be as pretty. Can't play Skyrim. Can't play The Witcher 2. Can just barely but not quite play Total War Shogun 2. You get the picture. My current gaming computer's an Acer Aspire 7738G (to save you the annoyance of looking: Intel core 2 Duo T6400 - 2x 2.0GHz; 4GB DDR; NVidia GeForce GT130M, 320 GB HDD)
What I'm looking at right now is about this (sorry it's in Dutch, I'm pretty sure you can make out what's what from the names and numbers
):CPUs Koelers
€ 34,99*
Grafische kaarten ATI PCIe€ 249,90*
Software System Builder Besturingssystemen€ 99,90*
CPUs Socket 1155€ 199,90*
Voedingen€ 59,90*
Midi Tower
€ 109,90*
Solid State Disk 2,5 inch SATA€ 124,90*
Moederborden Socket 1155€ 122,90*
Intel® Z77 PCH
maximaal 6 apparaten, RAID 0, 1, 5, JBOD, 0+1, 600 MB/s
AS Media 1061
maximaal 2 apparaten, 600 MB/s
USB 3.0 Controller
600 MB/s, USB 3.0, maximaal 127 apparaten
USB 2.0 Controller
60 MB/s, USB 2.0, maximaal 127 apparaten
HD Grafik
Realtek ALC892
3 x Line-out, 1 x Optisch-Uit, Realtek ALC892
1 x RJ-45, 10/100/1000 Mbps
Harddisks 2,5 inch SATA€ 94,90*
Geheugen DDR3-1066€ 49,99*
DVD-drives Serial-ATA€ 17,99*
Subtotaal:
€ 1.165,17*
Unfortunately, with the addition of a new monitor, that's just a bit north of my budget. I could, but....Is it worth it? This would be built-to-order, prices are next to the objects. I've found premade computers with similar stats and quite a bit cheaper, but always lacking in at least one aspect. I'd rather buy one with an Ivy Bridge than a Sandy Bridge at this point, obviously. I do sort of insist on an SDD as primary drive because I've seen the difference and that's just plain worth it at this point in time. I don't really care about HD space, I can alwyas buy another one...And I guess I could get a cheaper graphics card and replace it later, but I wouldn't know what the best way to go would be.... So anyway, input please ;-) Theoretically, I'd like to keep it under €1.000, excluding monitor (which isn't in there yet) and windows (which is in there).
*edit* man, that screwed up my table. Let's reformat a bit :-P
Guess I could make more sense of their numbering? I'm all in favour of replacing it with an nVidia graphics card.
