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« on: June 29, 2014, 07:20:29 pm »
John, you are considering building a gaming PC, as discussed on video game outsiders.  I wanted to show you the machine I built a few weeks ago.  Its an AMD A8 6600K 3.9 Ghz with an ASUS A88X-PRO motherboard.  If I were using it for gaming, all it needs is 1 or 2 high end video cards, here's the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32n7xpQKAdk
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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2014, 07:51:49 am »
Quote from: airsoftmodels on June 29, 2014, 07:20:29 pm
John, you are considering building a gaming PC, as discussed on video game outsiders.  I wanted to show you the machine I built a few weeks ago.  Its an AMD A8 6600K 3.9 Ghz with an ASUS A88X-PRO motherboard.  If I were using it for gaming, all it needs is 1 or 2 high end video cards, here's the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32n7xpQKAdk

Sweet. How expensive?!
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2014, 06:45:15 pm »
Microcenter has great deals on motherboard and cpu combos especially for amd at $50 off they were $215 combined, i used a corsair case $70 and the corsair power supply $70. i put a $60 128GB SSD in there to speed things up and 8GB of Crucial memory, another $70.  Total for everything was about $485, and you get a very upgradeable system that beats the $500 Dell's out there IMHO.
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« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2014, 12:22:06 pm »
I've built a few gaming computers over the years. Currently using a laptop for my current needs. Buy all my stuff through slickdeals.net. Paid about $900 for this a year ago. Doesn't play some games at ultra settings but definitely good enough for my standards.

Lenovo y500
3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor( 2.40GHz 1600MHz 6MB)
Windows 8 64
NVIDIA GeForce GT750M GDDR5 2GB
8.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
15.6" FHD LED Glare Wedge 1920x1080
1TB 5400 RPM+16GB SSD
DVD Recordable (Dual Layer)
6 Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
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« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2014, 10:44:31 pm »
Quote from: airsoftmodels on June 29, 2014, 07:20:29 pm
John, you are considering building a gaming PC, as discussed on video game outsiders.  I wanted to show you the machine I built a few weeks ago.  Its an AMD A8 6600K 3.9 Ghz with an ASUS A88X-PRO motherboard.  If I were using it for gaming, all it needs is 1 or 2 high end video cards, here's the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32n7xpQKAdk

I'm using the same processor.. Also put two decent sized SSD drives and nice video card for warcraft
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