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Buying a new pc ( for gaming) need recomendations
Mag-X:
--- Quote from: Osmo on February 03, 2010, 11:38:41 AM ---What's the difference between all the OS? and the 32-64bit thingy? I was thinking 64bit Home premium.
Also what is a solid state hard drive?
Thank you, I might go for this one.
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Just get Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. If you get 32-bit, it won't be able to use all four gigs of RAM. Professional and Ultimate don't offer anything you'll ever use.
Solid state drives use flash memory instead of spinner platters. They're very fast. They're also outrageously expensive for the amount of storage you get. I don't plan on getting one any time soon.
Xtras:
--- Quote from: Mag-X on February 03, 2010, 04:22:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: Osmo on February 03, 2010, 11:38:41 AM ---What's the difference between all the OS? and the 32-64bit thingy? I was thinking 64bit Home premium.
Also what is a solid state hard drive?
Thank you, I might go for this one.
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Just get Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. If you get 32-bit, it won't be able to use all four gigs of RAM. Professional and Ultimate don't offer anything you'll ever use.
Solid state drives use flash memory instead of spinner platters. They're very fast. They're also outrageously expensive for the amount of storage you get. I don't plan on getting one any time soon.
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Indeed memory is the big thing. You will also have a marginal improvement in performance with 64 bit.
Solid State Drives are indeed expensive. I would only ever get one if you had money to spare and were getting two hard drives anyway. I like them nonetheless, because they are less likely to cause you problems, and as was mentioned, they are very fast. But in your case, I wouldn't recommend it.
LordRhino:
In fact, I don't know that I have seen a system that actually has an HDMI port.
My laptop has one. :|
And I think that a lot of TVs have direct DVI input in the back. I know mine does in a slot labeled "computer".
NaRu:
I think its a bad idea to buy a gaming computer that can just play current games. When new games come out your computer will need an upgrade to even play it.
Also you just want the PC to just play the game and not play it to its max
Mag-X:
--- Quote from: NaRu on February 03, 2010, 09:48:55 PM ---I think its a bad idea to buy a gaming computer that can just play current games. When new games come out your computer will need an upgrade to even play it.
Also you just want the PC to just play the game and not play it to its max
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The computer linked to above shouldn't have any issues for quite a while. The 4870 is a fairly decent video card.
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