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    top of the line

    HI! i whant to build me a good pc this year i have ben saveing for this for 4 years now little by little and i whant to do it this year i have more money then i will be can use to build 1 so i whant to get the best parts that i can get but i don't no what that is so
    any 1 have an ideal of what i should use
    best parts you no of no matter the price just whant good stuff
    i need sometign that i can play world of warcraft on and everquest 2 whit no lag and thats about it thank's!!!

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    In the english language, the punctuation is supposed to go between the sentences not at the end in one big lump.

    First off, you need to ask yourself how much money are you willing to spend on this PC. Then check the recommended specifications for those games and start with that as your minimum. Most likely you should require about 1Gb of RAM, a 3.0Ghz processor and a high quality 256Mb graphics card. ATI Radeon cards or GeForce 4s are your best choice in that line. Once you get a price quote on your minimum specifications, then start rationing the rest of your savings for whatever upgrades you feel you'd need in the future.
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    world of warcraft? Got DSL or Cable? 'cause you'll need it that's for sure.
    But here is a good list of components that is similar to my system:

    Case w/good power supply $120.00
    AMD Athlon 64 4000+ $350.00
    Gigabyte K8NF-9 Motherboard w/PCI-Express $100.00
    Corsair 1Gig dual channel kit $100.00 (upgrading to 2Gig might not be an overkill some say)
    250GB maxtor with 16mb buffer $150.00
    NVidia GeForce 6600 GT with 256mb ram $180.00
    Samsung DVD-RW burner $40.00
    OS XP Pro $150.00

    Total could hit aprox $1500, or even $2000 by the time your are done decorating and setting up the whole shot.

    Also I don't suggest the ASUS A8V-E board due to poor northbridge fan performance, I had to replace my with an aftermarket heatsink, and i also took of the fan so it runs quiter, and stays at normal temps.

    I do suggest to get a good heatsink and fan for the CPU unless you will be placing your machine in the basement where it's usually cool and dry, otherwise be prepared to hit that power button, 'cause AMD will overheat and fry on you! they don't throttle like Intels P4.

    And if you don't plan on christmas tree i would get some red and green light tubes and decorate the inside of your case to make it look cool, and no hastle with all the needles on the floor.

    Get some exhaust fans for the rear of the case, and an intake for the front.

    If you gonna build a gaming system don't cut back on power supply, you'll need a good one with at least 400wats, Enermax is a good brand, they got fan controller on the back that I like.

    Play games on CRT monitors, LCD screens are not that good yet, not enough kick out of them for their price. But if u insist on LCD get one with 8ms responce time or less

    Thats a lot of info, hope u understood it all, it ain't that hard.
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    i have a case whit a 450w power supply

    http://cgi.ebay.com/BLU-CHROME-601-P...QQcmdZViewItem

    i can buy a biger power supply if i need 1
    as for a price range like i sead in thefirst post that i have more then i can spend i have $4000.00 so i was asking the best parts that you can get cuse i don't whant to have to upgrade for a long time i hate building computers so i whant 1 that will last me a long time
    but i don't no what is the best ........ i can buy im a power gamer so i like playing more then 1 game at a time like i play tibia and world of warcraft at the same time my old pc lags alot whin i do this i whant a pc that won't lag so i need soemting good=)


    Intel Pentium® IV 1.5 GHz or AMD XP 1500+ MHz
    1024 MB RAM
    64 MB 3D graphics card with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX 5700 class card or above


    thats the Recommended Specifications for world of warcraft id like to have batter then that
    my price limet is 4grand but i don't whan't to spend that but i will=)

    o and yes i have dsl
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    my bro sead i should go whit

    got my caseing today
    Amd Athlon64 3200+
    Asus A8N-e motherboard
    Corsair 1Gig dual channel kit
    250GB maxtor with 16mb buffer
    NVidia GeForce 6800 GT
    NEC 3540
    OS XP Pro

    how dose that sound

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    Seems good...still well under $4000, right?
    So save the remainder for when your great new PC is not good enough for the newest games that come out in 2 years!
    "So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life" - Peter Gibbons

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    Quote Originally Posted by KidA
    Seems good...still well under $4000, right?
    So save the remainder for when your great new PC is not good enough for the newest games that come out in 2 years!
    in 2 years ill have anther 4grand to wast on a new 1 =)

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    I hope English is not your first language. If it is, then I suggest you take some of that $4K, and invest it in a language tutor.

    And if you're looking for a good way to reduce application load times, then you could get two hard drives, and stripe them together.

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    o got a brocken arm its hard for me to type whit 1 hand and for useing 2 hard drives i have no ideal how to do that

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    ok i picket some of the part i need to make shore they all work right togather some of thes i have never used or even reley seen any of thes parts so please take a look for me.


    Case w/good power supply------xxxxxxx
    AMD Athlon™ XP 3200+ (400 FSB)----------cpu
    asus A7N8X Deluxe----------------motherboard
    Corsair 1Gig dual channel kit--------------ram
    250GB maxtor with 16mb buffer-------------hard drive
    NVidia GeForce 6800 GT-----------video card
    NEC 3540---------------DUAL LAYER DVD+/-RW
    OS XP Pro-----------------operating system

    the case has xxxx cuse i have 1 i got a weak ago ben looking at parts sines

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