Hello all,
I convinced my friend to jump on the $20 BC2 deal the other day, but his rig definitely cannot run it, so he's looking to upgrade. I've been out of the loop since building my own rig a year ago, so I'm not too confident in specifying a system for him.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming - needs to run at least the aforementioned bad company 2. Secondary uses would be torrenting, watching videos, some programming.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$800 with some wiggle room probably, I'd say try for $800 before tax/shipping.
3) Where do you live?
He lives in Los Angeles.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Everything inside the tower - case, cpu, mobo, ram, video card, psu. He also wants an SSD.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Peripherals and monitor will be reused. He can reuse his existing SATA hdd if needed.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Most likely not.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Dell 2001fwp, but should probably plan on having enough power to run games at 1920x1080 when he eventually decides to upgrade his monitor.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next month or so.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
None.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
He has a windows 7 license already.
Thanks in advance for your help!
I convinced my friend to jump on the $20 BC2 deal the other day, but his rig definitely cannot run it, so he's looking to upgrade. I've been out of the loop since building my own rig a year ago, so I'm not too confident in specifying a system for him.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming - needs to run at least the aforementioned bad company 2. Secondary uses would be torrenting, watching videos, some programming.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$800 with some wiggle room probably, I'd say try for $800 before tax/shipping.
3) Where do you live?
He lives in Los Angeles.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Everything inside the tower - case, cpu, mobo, ram, video card, psu. He also wants an SSD.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Peripherals and monitor will be reused. He can reuse his existing SATA hdd if needed.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Most likely not.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Dell 2001fwp, but should probably plan on having enough power to run games at 1920x1080 when he eventually decides to upgrade his monitor.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next month or so.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
None.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
He has a windows 7 license already.
Thanks in advance for your help!