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yotsuya:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on October 14, 2012, 09:30:50 pm ---By the time I graduated high school, I was good friends with everyone at Western Auto

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Western Auto? How old are you,bro? Last time I saw a Western Auto, you could play a straight-off-the-assembly-line Ms. Pac-Man.

Yenome:
Here is the system i would build right now if i was building a new one. Im assuming your using some of the parts from the old one. (case, HDD,) if you do this build will put you under your 500 budget. which means room for extra bells and whistles. or you just save money. or you can buy  a new case and HDD.

ASRock N68C-GS FX AM3+ NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
$44.99

XFX Double D HD-685X-ZDFC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 (same brand i have)
$139.99
   
RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-530SS 530W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V(same brand PSU i use)
$39.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
$39.99

AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz (4.3GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Quad-Core
$119.99

total is $384.95 before shipping or any tax depending on where you live to me in Nc it would be $395.59 shipped. no tax for NC
also get a free photo editing software with the game.
 
If you need a HDD and a case i would get the following

Rosewill FBM-01 Dual Fans MicroATX Mini Tower
$29.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
$79.99

With everything its $510.56  shipped to NC still round 500 for an entire system with the best gaming cpu and gpu for the money at current time.

pinballjim:

--- Quote from: yotsuya on October 14, 2012, 11:57:23 pm ---Western Auto? How old are you,bro? Last time I saw a Western Auto, you could play a straight-off-the-assembly-line Ms. Pac-Man.

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It was the Caribbean.  Things are different there - they still have KMart.   :P



Yenome - That parts list looks great.  What are you doing for an operating system?

HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on October 15, 2012, 09:42:56 am ---Yenome - That parts list looks great.  What are you doing for an operating system?

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8Gb of RAM, so it needs to be something 64 bit at least.  XP64 is atrocious, I would recommend Win 7 64.

Le Chuck:

--- Quote from: HaRuMaN on October 15, 2012, 11:54:17 am ---
--- Quote from: pinballjim on October 15, 2012, 09:42:56 am ---Yenome - That parts list looks great.  What are you doing for an operating system?

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8Gb of RAM, so it needs to be something 64 bit at least.  XP64 is atrocious, I would recommend Win 7 64.

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I had totally planned on using XP64, got it downloaded and everything ready to go.  Is there a certain build that was just crap or is the general consensus that they're all junk?  It shouldn't be too hard for me to squirrel up Win7 64 but had wanted to go with a slimmer build.   

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