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Should I save up for this?
Wanting to buy a new gaming PC
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Should I save up for this?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+Essenti...64&count=1

Is this worth it? I won't have enough money saved up for this until some time after Christmas, but for now I'm content with this PC. I wanted to build my own but I'm a lazy bastard.

What do you guys think?
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30/10/2010 09:46 PM
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RE: Should I save up for this?
Has poo poo graphics card, but if you don't need anything decent there, it looks alright.

You'll probably always save if you self build.  Laziness demands a premium, and your personal laziness-to-price meter will determine how worth it it is.
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RE: Should I save up for this?
Well I'm looking to get a pretty good gaming PC. My current income is about $40 a week. Any ideas?
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30/10/2010 10:15 PM
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RE: Should I save up for this?
If you're only getting $40/week, you should consider being less lazy XD
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RE: Should I save up for this?
(30/10/2010 10:22 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  If you're only getting $40/week, you should consider being less lazy XD

I'm in school full time.
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RE: Should I save up for this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6883220045

ASUS Essentio CG5290-BP009 Intel Core i7 920(2.66GHz) 9GB 1TB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Not bad and it costs less, $849.99.
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RE: Should I save up for this?
Hm. For almost 1K AU$, it seems like a pretty mint computer. I reckon the graphics card will do pretty nicely, imo.

Save up for it, definitely. But I'd make it fast; things you really desire have a habit of being the last one sold to a guy earlier that day, once you pony up the cash.
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RE: Should I save up for this?
Radeon 5450 is a graphics card designed for HTPC purposes, not gaming, so don't expect to be able to play your new games on decent settings on that.

Actually, that PC is sort of weird.  Very strong CPU, very weak GPU.  Encode box?  Nah, noone besides for me encodes shit all day.  HTPC or workstation PC probably.
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RE: Should I save up for this?
You could buy that and then put a better GPU in it...
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RE: Should I save up for this?
I'm probably just going to build my own, my friend will help me pick out the best hardware.
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05/11/2010 10:07 AM
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