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  1. 26-07-2007 01:37 AM #1
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    Default PC Gaming: GTA:SA

    Well, lately. I have been getting into pc gaming. Most recently, i have been playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Multiplayer alot. However, use one laptop for gaming and business doesn't work out the best as you may have thought. I was wondering if anyone have any ideas on a good and cheap computer made for gaming. I was planning on buying a new laptop for my business (found one for about $300 something), and modding this one up so it would be pretty good for gaming.

    I wanted to know if anyone has any good suggestions for me. Also, if you know of any cool action-type games, let me know.
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    well, you can buy a really nice machine rate now for about nothing. Seriously, AM2 stuff is really cheap, you can build a machine that will be able to do anything you really want rate now for around $500 like a 4200 x2, 7600gt a couple gigs of ram(could save a little and just do a single stick) really nice board, 500w powersupply and get a cool case as well. If you want specifics i could put together a list, but thats just general stuff if you want to shop around yourself.
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    Oh yeah, cool action games, oblivion is sweet, but its a little in-depth, fable the lost chapters, jade empire is sweet, balders gate, titan quest is good to, yeah and you should be able to pick any of those up for under $30 dollars to, oh yeah can't forget Morrowind, thats the sweetest, and you can run that on pretty much any machine.
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  3. 03-08-2007 02:39 AM #3
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    Thanks. If you could put together a list of the parts i could buy, that would be great...

    I wanna make a pretty neat gaming system that runs well and would be able to run at gta and SWAT4....
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    well, i possible went a little bit overboard, but i can revise any of this. After looking over everything, this stuff is really really cheap, back when i built my machine, most of the hardware here was a couple hundred dollars more, so this is a beast of a machine, for really cheap.

    Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

    Newegg.com - ECS KA3 MVP (V1.0A) Socket AM2 AMD 580X CrossFire ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

    Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100186L Radeon X1950XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 VIVO HDCP Video Card - Retail

    Newegg.com - FSP Group (Fortron Source) Blue Storm II 500 ATX 2.2V 500W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CSA, VDE, NEMKO, CNS, CE, CB, FCC - Retail

    Newegg.com - OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

    Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail

    Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE Combo - Retail

    total cost is something like $738
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  5. 06-08-2007 07:27 AM #5
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    Thank you so much. But I was wondering...does the case i use really matter?

    I was thinking of going with this one:
    Newegg.com - RAIDMAX Smilodon Extreme Black ATX-612WEB SECC STEEL ATX Mid Tower Computer CaseNo Power Supply - Retail

    Unless you have one in mind that would be perfect..but i like a nice flashly one.
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    Default Re: PC Gaming: GTA:SA

    The only thing that matters with a case is size, make sure you get one that's big enough for the motherboard to fit in.

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    Thanks. I was gonna a pretty nice big one so i could have it like maxed out lol. Basically, a mini-super computer . I hope. Or at least close.
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    Sorry for double posting......

    But do you know where I can get a CD/DVD combo drive that doesn't use a door? You can just enter the disk..
    When i say combo, I mean one that allows you use and burn both cds and dvds.

    Also, wont I have to purchase an operation system? Such as XP or Vista?
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    Default Re: PC Gaming: GTA:SA

    yes, you will have to get an OS, also, trayless drives are really expensive, like in the hundreds, sometimes you can find then under a hundred dollars, but its rare. You just need to get a DVD burner, it will burn CD's as well.
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    Oh ok. I found out they are called Slot-Loading. I searched......couldn't find any of them.... That sucks. If you know where I can get one, please let me know. I don't care about the price. Ill find someway to work that out.
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    Panasonic UJ-85J-B Slim Slot-Load DVD+/-RW Drive - Black Color

    A5220-67003 DVD NARROW SE SCSI-2 SLOT LOAD DVD-ROM DRIVE Laptop and Desktop spare parts Compaq HP Dell IBM Sony Gateway

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    OMG, thank you so much lol. I think the last one will go well with my case:
    Ultra Black Aluminus ATX Full-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, Firewire and Audio Ports ULT31824 at TigerDirect.com
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    Default Re: PC Gaming: GTA:SA

    thats a pretty neat case, but on that note, since your going all ballin outta control on this smaller stuff, you might as well go crazy with the other stuff to, i wasn't really sure of you budget or what you planned on doing, but there is definitely better performing hardware out there.
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    Yea I know. I had another computer friend of mine go over with me about the parts you posted and he told about some other parts that would be great.
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    well it basically comes down to this, are you going to get XP or Vista and also, how big is your budget.
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