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Where to shop?| mrmicky |
Posted: April 11, 2010 02:20 pm
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 The Pwnerer  Group: BB:S Team Posts: 1397 Joined: September 15, 2006  |
As my 18th is appraoching i'm considering lots of places to buy my next computer.
I'm talking comparison of price/customer service and of course, whats in the tin! Help plex? --------------------  Lightsaver the energy efficient Lightsabre |
 
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| hunter |
Posted: April 11, 2010 07:40 pm
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 Fantasma Cazador Group: Old BB:S Betatesters Posts: 3702 Joined: December 08, 2004 |
Dont fancie a pop at building your own? Normally turns out cheaper as well lad and its quite an interesting project. At least you can dump your volcanoe of a graphics card! --------------------  |
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| mrmicky |
Posted: April 12, 2010 10:17 am
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The Pwnerer Group: BB:S Team Posts: 1397 Joined: September 15, 2006 |
I know how to build a computer, but I just don't want the hassle. Finding compatible parts, and putting it all together will annoy me
 Might just Dell it, it's cheap and the specs are good. This post has been edited by mrmicky on April 12, 2010 10:58 am -------------------- Lightsaver the energy efficient Lightsabre |
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| gordon_frohman |
Posted: April 12, 2010 12:28 pm
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 Frohtastic ! Group: Members Posts: 2357 Joined: November 19, 2006 |
shop at calvin kleins, always good clothes there
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| mrmicky |
Posted: April 12, 2010 01:51 pm
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The Pwnerer Group: BB:S Team Posts: 1397 Joined: September 15, 2006 |
Gordon is a ninja
Edit: Lol i just took all the parts out of my comp, looked at them, put them back in. My GPU went from 41 degrees C to 75 degrees C in 5 minutes of the computer being IDLE. How stupid is that? This post has been edited by mrmicky on April 12, 2010 03:41 pm -------------------- Lightsaver the energy efficient Lightsabre |
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| hunter |
Posted: April 12, 2010 06:59 pm
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Fantasma Cazador Group: Old BB:S Betatesters Posts: 3702 Joined: December 08, 2004 |
Are you sure it has a heatsink on your graphics card? lols right lets have ourselves some fun! Whats your budget and any specific needs? -------------------- |
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| hunter |
Posted: April 12, 2010 10:52 pm
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Fantasma Cazador Group: Old BB:S Betatesters Posts: 3702 Joined: December 08, 2004 |
Heres a good start, with a few changes could be decent
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/186606 This post has been edited by hunter on April 12, 2010 10:58 pm -------------------- |
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| iliketoblowzombieheadsoff |
Posted: April 13, 2010 12:35 am
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 Ratatatatatatatatatatatattatatt Group: Members Posts: 4896 Joined: May 26, 2006 |
DON'T buy a Dell, because it has lots of advertisement addon bullcrap that it makes it suck. I prefer an HP. But seriously, I'm an American Consumer so I don't know what you would want.
This post has been edited by iliketoblowzombieheadsoff on April 13, 2010 12:36 am -------------------- Current game(s): Uh uh not updatin' this no mo
Looking forward to: Some shit Name Shortcut: Zombie, Isit, Bob(not recommended) |
 
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| Keyes |
Posted: April 13, 2010 02:24 am
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 I'm On A Boat Group: Moderators Posts: 2264 Joined: December 04, 2004 |
DON'T buy a refurb from PC world. Ex-girlfriend bought two from them - one as a replacement for the first - and they were both crap. And not in terms of specs, I mean they didn't work properly.
Also, build your own. Chances are it'll work out cheaper. Unless this has changed in the past four years... --------------------  |
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| mrmicky |
Posted: April 13, 2010 10:57 am
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The Pwnerer Group: BB:S Team Posts: 1397 Joined: September 15, 2006 |
Thats a really nice rig, considering that now  Edit: Using Riva Tuner with Manuel fan control 100%, it's staying at 80 degrees in-game roughly. Not switching off on L4D2 atm, the noise is so loud but the game is working I think. I doubt this can be a permenant solution but it works for now. This post has been edited by mrmicky on April 13, 2010 12:59 pm -------------------- Lightsaver the energy efficient Lightsabre |
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| hunter |
Posted: April 14, 2010 05:41 pm
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Fantasma Cazador Group: Old BB:S Betatesters Posts: 3702 Joined: December 08, 2004 |
Usually it works out cheaper, just get a cracked version of windows that saves you moneys! Wouldnt ever buy anything from pc world, i laugh at people who shop there. Its funny walking into pc world and watch them try and sell a laptop loaded with manufacturers crap ughhh, nice clean boot does for me! Btw micky your from the uk arnt ya? -------------------- |
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| mrmicky |
Posted: April 15, 2010 08:37 am
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The Pwnerer Group: BB:S Team Posts: 1397 Joined: September 15, 2006 |
Scrap all i'v said, removed Heatsink on GPU. Cleaned it up a bit, then diddn't reattach the plastic casing, and now it's 50c idle. 70 (maximum in-game). Seems fixed.
 Thanks for all your help. This post has been edited by mrmicky on April 15, 2010 03:16 pm -------------------- Lightsaver the energy efficient Lightsabre |
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| DavidRoxZoRs |
Posted: April 21, 2010 04:17 am
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 Doom Trooper Group: Members Posts: 1189 Joined: December 18, 2004 |
@iliketoblowzombieheadsoff
My Dell XPS 400 works great, and my dad's XPS 410 works great as well. We both recently upgraded to the 9000 series graphics card, I got a 9400 GT (1GB) and he got the 9500 GT (1GB) and it runs games like MW2 and Bad Company 2 beautifully. Unfortunately I do need a new CPU because I have a Pentium D. So it's (apparently) basically a "literal" dual-core, in a physical single-core. I may not be correct on that, it's just what I heard/read. And I'm not supposed to technically be able to run Bad Company 2 according to "Can I Run It?" but I still run it perfectly fine. Very few issues. Dells are great. -------------------- -=U.N.C.L.E=- David
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| iliketoblowzombieheadsoff |
Posted: April 21, 2010 04:29 am
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Ratatatatatatatatatatatattatatt Group: Members Posts: 4896 Joined: May 26, 2006 |
Well that's awesome.... it sounds as if yours is just like mine, but even better. Mine's an old-ass Dell, I'll put it at that.... 34GB harddrive. I worn it down some more when I finished the whole HL2 without its graphics card being upgraded (had a default, crappy one). Now it's got a GEForce 9500 GT, 4GB RAM. I can run L4D2 on semi-low settings, as it'll lag on too low and still lag on too high. I can't run Bioshock 1 that well since it lags... so I'm pretty sure it's gonna be worse for any other high-res game. I can however, run HL2 without too much trouble. So mine's a worn-down, single core PC that got its prime upgrades but not enough...
It's just that, a few friends told me Dell had too many things already installed on it already and that makes it suck. Plus, I'd really like to try HP, since my brother's is an HP and it looks fine. But, I think I would rather just get a better DELL pc. -------------------- Current game(s): Uh uh not updatin' this no mo
Looking forward to: Some shit Name Shortcut: Zombie, Isit, Bob(not recommended) |
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| gordon_frohman |
Posted: April 21, 2010 03:22 pm
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Frohtastic ! Group: Members Posts: 2357 Joined: November 19, 2006 |
zombie, this site will solve all your problems This Site
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