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iRuler

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I work in a computer shop, ~70% of all hard drives that fail are WD, seagate was bad, but have recently improved.
I still wouldn't trust them (yet).

And yea RAM basicaly is the same, but I mean if your looking for a high performance gaming machine then high-speed is probably better.

yes/no depends

Anyway rough estimate on some priving if you want it one sometihng we just built:
i7 2600K, Gigabyte UD7 mobo, SLI 560Ti's, 16gb RAM, 120gb SSD, 2tb hdd, Antec DF85 Case, 1000w PS for about $2600
System is way too overkill and too expensive, could make it a lot cheaper tbh.
 

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hate on WD?
Seagate still has their flaws but i'd rather it over the WD

dont rush a build coz' your dying to play, save another 300-400 on top of your 500 and your looking at a quality build that will last ALOT longer than a small upgrade that would be bottlenecked by your lacking cpu
 

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I have a HP-Dv5 series, I got it 4-5years ago and I can play any game, even those you can get today. I never had a problem with it and never have upgraded it. I would recommend it (If you weren't going to custom build one)

Mine has a 512MB graphics card Intel, but i would recommend a 1GB graphics card (I forgot the name but i will post a link soon)
 

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I work in a computer shop, ~70% of all hard drives that fail are WD, seagate was bad, but have recently improved.
And yea RAM basicaly is the same, but I mean if your looking for a high performance gaming machine then high-speed is probably better.

Anyway rough estimate on some priving if you want it one sometihng we just built:
i7 2600K, Gigabyte UD7 mobo, SLI 560Ti's, 16gb RAM, 120gb SSD, 2tb hdd, Antec DF85 Case, 1000w PS for about $2600
$2600 on a computer for gaming...ergh...
 

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I have a HP-Dv5 series, I got it 4-5years ago and I can play any game, even those you can get today. I never had a problem with it and never have upgraded it. I would recommend it (If you weren't going to custom build one)

Mine has a 512MB graphics card Intel, but i would recommend a 1GB graphics card (I forgot the name but i will post a link soon)
GB isn't everything... fyi :p
 

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I work in a computer shop, ~70% of all hard drives that fail are WD, seagate was bad, but have recently improved.
And yea RAM basicaly is the same, but I mean if your looking for a high performance gaming machine then high-speed is probably better.

Anyway rough estimate on some priving if you want it one sometihng we just built:
i7 2600K, Gigabyte UD7 mobo, SLI 560Ti's, 16gb RAM, 120gb SSD, 2tb hdd, Antec DF85 Case, 1000w PS for about $2600
is this THE tim ashton in my software class? ;)
 

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i have a 4k rig at home lol...

- i7 990X hexa core 3.7 turbo 12mb cache
- 32gb ram
- 2x radeon 6990
 

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i got 6gig never have gone over usage of 4gig and thats running two screens, 20 tabs open, torrent open, a movie running, a few other programs open.
 
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lol wow my comp idles on 3.3gig of which only ~1gig is accounted for in processes tab (with show processes from all users ticked)
 

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yeah mine is at 3.91gig atm, but i have like shitloads open and what not. I need to clean up my comp, get rid of all those background programs.
 

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