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2013.06.14, 08:10 AM | #501 |
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Just got a new desktop with 2GB graphics card....can finally play all those games I bought off Steam cheap over the past....3 years? Like Left 4 Dead and Burnout Paradise. I know, welcome to 2008.
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^My laptop's so old and decrepit I can't even run PSO or the majority of Humble Bundle stuffs and it struggles on everything else. Feels bad.
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2013.06.14, 06:18 PM | #503 |
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My first laptop (which has usurped my desktop as my main computer):
CPU: 2nd-gen Intel i7 2.0GHz quadcore, with 8 logical cores GPU: nvidia GeForce GTX 560M 3GB I'll have to see how that performs with Total War Rome 2, before deciding whether or not I need a newer laptop (with a 4th-gen i7, and a GeForce 7 series). It already gets the job done with Shogun 2. Yeah, pretty much. I've been averaging about 10 hours per week. What that really means, is on some weeks I play nothing at all, while on others I might play 20 hours.
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That said, I do rather enjoy keeping up with it. Anything tech related, really. In other news, someone call a doctor and bring me a first aid kit, 'cause the trailer for Dark Souls II is SICK. |
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2013.06.15, 05:20 PM | #505 |
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I'm actually really, really interested in building my first PC. I have a laptop but it's pretty weak and I bought a bunch of games on Steam from bundles and sales that I can't really play well. (I can play most games, but my fan goes CRAZY loud and I think my CPU is probably getting too hot)
Only problem is that I'm cheap, and I don't really want to spend $600, let alone $800, on an enthusiast-class Desktop. But I figured that cheaping out will only lead to compromises, and that a more-expensive laptop has better performance per dollar value and will probably last longer (play games adequately longer) |
2013.06.15, 06:08 PM | #506 |
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>$800 on an enthusiast Desktop
You should totally build a pc! Its fun and its easy and saves you in price/performance. I assume you want to play high end games, so I would wait and save until you can sink ~$6-800.
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2013.06.15, 07:07 PM | #507 |
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Yeah, with Jihad. Building yourself a desktop will get you better performance AND longevity than a comparably-priced laptop. After all, if something craps out (other than the motherboard) on a PC, you just replace/upgrade it and go on about your day. A part dies on your laptop that isn't the HDD or (maybe) RAM? Nine times out of ten the solution is buy a new laptop.
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Oh absolutely. I know, in terms of getting the most performance for my dollar, building my own desktop is the way to go. The only question is: do I really want to spend $800 on something just to play more video games? After all, my laptop is capable of all the regular stuff I use it for (research, productivity, light video/photo editing)
I rarely take my laptop out of my house, simply due to its weight (it's almost 7 pounds). But I think having a laptop is still good, so when this one dies I would want another one. A desktop would literally be a luxury, not something I really need. (Of course, I could always just get a solid low-cost laptop to replace my current one and do most of my computing on a desktop, but I'm trying to reduce redundancy.) I'm a bit weird in that I've gone back and forth from "Oh yeah, I'll build an AWESOME PC" to "OH shit, I can't spend $800 on a PC!" several times already. The draw of gaming power is tempting, but the sense that there are so many other things I should be spending my money on (or even saving my money for post-grad) is always there. EDIT: At first I thought "Oh, I can take advantage of sales and probably build a dirt-cheap desktop with an overclocked AMD A10-6800K (Richland) but then I realized that with an extra $100 I could double my performance. The value sweet spot is clearly in the $800 range. EDIT EDIT: And at the same time, I'm thinking now is the perfect time to do it. I'm young, I have enough free time to build a computer and play games. Once I start post-grad I won't have time to be a "hardcore" gamer and if I built a pc then I would have more money (probably) but less time to play. Last edited by TurtleFu : 2013.06.15 at 07:52 PM. |
2013.06.15, 08:39 PM | #509 |
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You're right, Turtlefu, a high-end PC is a luxury item, but a few months' savings would cover it. I'm willing to bet you can save $20-50 a week by cutting back on the little luxuries of your day. In 3-4 months, you will have the funds for a PC that can play most games.
You'd have to fork over at least $1K to build yourself a mid-tier gaming PC, and about $1500 for near top-of-the-line. (No need to go higher unless you need a multiple-monitor setup and do intense video rendering/editing.) If you're doing a lot of research, and your monitor isn't big enough, it's really hard. Is your laptop screen really big? Do you use a mouse? Speakers? All those peripherals make a researcher's life so much better. God, after 2 years of using a teeny tiny little laptop screen to read PDFs in one window and type notes into a different window, and having the internet open in yet another window to check data, names, etc....I don't know how I did it without going crazy. |
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Oh, I definitely would never spend more than $800 on a computer. That's bottom of high-end, but I would be able to run every game I want for several years and I've read articles that show how, at a certain point, the "high end" gpu and cpu give less performance per dollar. Things like running two graphics cards isn't appealing to me. I might want an SSD though, but that' ssomething that could be added in later
Oh definitely, one of my former jobs had a 2 monitor setup, it was so nice... It depends on what you mean by "research". I mostly do reading scholarly articles and such. It would probably help to have a much better screen, but, whatever. My school has top of the line maxed out new iMacs that I use for my more advanced video/photo editing (which I only have to do as part of my classes anyways) The snapping option on Windows 7 makes everything so much easier, but multi-monitors would definitely make things easier. I just don't think the extra cost is really worth it. I do use a mouse, yeah. I also have a laptop stand that has an extra fan in the back. Last edited by TurtleFu : 2013.06.15 at 09:46 PM. |
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