Gamerhomie
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Hello everyone. My friend and I have been talking for the past week about getting a new PC for him. Right now, he has a decent one and can play Morrowind fine. But this is where everything starts to come into play. He wants to get World of Warcraft, but the only way his parents will let him is if he gets his own computer. Well, I suggested he build his own, and I know he doesn't know too much about computers, so my other friend and I are going to help him build his own. The thing is, none of us know everything about all the current technology, and we've never built a computer before. I want to get some advice from a lot of members to see what they think. But onto what's what.
So, he wants a computer now for World of Warcraft. He also wants to be able to play Oblivion when it comes out sometime by the end of this year (hopefully). We've been talking, and we've decided on a few key factors. We will build a pretty good custom PC right now, and then he will upgrade what's needed to be upgraded by the time Oblivion comes out (video card, maybe RAM, etc...).
Finally, here's what I'm thinking:
- Some big case with a lot of slots
- Power Supply - 400W
- Motherboard - AMD 64 (don't know whats the difference between all the 64's)
- AGP and PCIe ports - (don't know the difference, except that pcie is for newer cards)
- Processor - At least a 3.0 Ghz (around 3.5)
- Front Side Bus - (don't know what a front side bus is, how much should it have?)
- A fan - (if thats enough)
- A few usb ports, and an Ethernet port - (he wants a wireless router to run his connection form the basement to his room)
- A GB of RAM - (are 2 512MB sticks better than a 1GB stick?)
- 80 GB hard drive
- A dvd rom, at least a cd burner, if not a dvd burner
There is more (like the monitor and the accessories), but we'll decide that later on. The above is what we'll get, or even better, with suggestions.
The above would be good to run games now, but will it be enough to run games half a year from now? (Like Oblivion, just a guess) I would think to upgrade the video card at least.
What do you guys think?
So, he wants a computer now for World of Warcraft. He also wants to be able to play Oblivion when it comes out sometime by the end of this year (hopefully). We've been talking, and we've decided on a few key factors. We will build a pretty good custom PC right now, and then he will upgrade what's needed to be upgraded by the time Oblivion comes out (video card, maybe RAM, etc...).
Finally, here's what I'm thinking:
- Some big case with a lot of slots
- Power Supply - 400W
- Motherboard - AMD 64 (don't know whats the difference between all the 64's)
- AGP and PCIe ports - (don't know the difference, except that pcie is for newer cards)
- Processor - At least a 3.0 Ghz (around 3.5)
- Front Side Bus - (don't know what a front side bus is, how much should it have?)
- A fan - (if thats enough)
- A few usb ports, and an Ethernet port - (he wants a wireless router to run his connection form the basement to his room)
- A GB of RAM - (are 2 512MB sticks better than a 1GB stick?)
- 80 GB hard drive
- A dvd rom, at least a cd burner, if not a dvd burner
There is more (like the monitor and the accessories), but we'll decide that later on. The above is what we'll get, or even better, with suggestions.
The above would be good to run games now, but will it be enough to run games half a year from now? (Like Oblivion, just a guess) I would think to upgrade the video card at least.
What do you guys think?
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