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[kat_black181 10+ year member]

Last one I built was up near $2k. I don't know anything about building budget computers :/
But if you wanna run SLI, do some overclocking with quad-channel memory and some watercooling, RAM disks, RAID arrays, VM's, let me know.

Haha. I don't think I need all that...... I just want it to be fast and have nice graphics and sound.

 

[West]

She is looking for a laptop btw.

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

Haha. I don't think I need all that...... I just want it to be fast and have nice graphics and sound.

Most onboard sound cards are decent for just gaming. I wouldn't worry about adding a card unless you plan on streaming movies somewhere and having the computer do the D/A conversions, not to mention on your budget. I ain't doin that shyt, I'm letting my Pioneer reciever take care of that.

For graphics cards, I'm a fan of Nvidia, and the brand EVGA. I think a GTX 550 should do pretty well, and I think they are like $100-150 right now. But again, I'm not super sure what will do that well on that low of a budget without building an entire computer. And, well, I just ain't got the time for that right now. Sorry :/

Just look for stuff that's on sale, sometimes the barebones kits on newegg and tigerdirect are pretty decent. You know everything that you need to get and how they are/need to be compatible?

 

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She is looking for a laptop btw.

Oh....TOTALLY didn't catch that.

Pretty much forget everything I have said.

 

[West]

Most onboard sound cards are decent for just gaming. I wouldn't worry about adding a card unless you plan on streaming movies somewhere and having the computer do the D/A conversions, not to mention on your budget. I ain't doin that shyt, I'm letting my Pioneer reciever take care of that.
For graphics cards, I'm a fan of Nvidia, and the brand EVGA. I think a GTX 550 should do pretty well, and I think they are like $100-150 right now. But again, I'm not super sure what will do that well on that low of a budget without building an entire computer. And, well, I just ain't got the time for that right now. Sorry :/

Just look for stuff that's on sale, sometimes the barebones kits on newegg and tigerdirect are pretty decent. You know everything that you need to get and how they are/need to be compatible?

 

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Oh....TOTALLY didn't catch that.

Pretty much forget everything I have said.

Well she didn't post it, but that's what she wants.

 

[kat_black181 10+ year member]

I think I will wait until Black Friday & prolly do an Asus or Lenovo. Prolly buy a Nexus 7 tablet then, too. Then I can DL the emulator and play Pokemon!! yayyyy!

 

[gckless 5,000+ posts]

Asus FTW

 

[skar4lyfe]

slooty mud flaps

 

[dvcevoblack 10+ year member]

I'm debating to sell my Asus g73jh-a3 laptop, along with asus laptop backpack and asus gaming mouse, so I can build my desktop //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

def want to get a laptop with a dedicated video card if you are going with a laptop like

Newegg.com - Acer Aspire V3-771G-9697 Notebook Intel Core i7 2670QM(2.20GHz) 17.3" 8GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

 

[Farmacist 10+ year member]

def want to get a laptop with a dedicated video card if you are going with a laptop like
Newegg.com - Acer Aspire V3-771G-9697 Notebook Intel Core i7 2670QM(2.20GHz) 17.3" 8GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M

that would definitely work, but id also switched out the hard drive for a SSD, yes it would be smaller compacity but it would be a huge speed boost since the read and write times blow rpm hd's out of the water (especially 5400rpm hd's)

It wouldnt be a waste either, just get a usb 3.0 external drive shell for the 1tb it comes with and now you have your storage as well. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif