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Lyrids

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I'm making a little bit of money this summer before I go away to college and I'm having some trouble deciding what to do with it. On one hand, I've been having some trouble with my PC (long story short I only have 512 MB of RAM now and to fix it I would have to buy a new motherboard) and I need a new mouse and keyboard.

On the other hand, the Xbox 360 is really tempting. I briefly considered the PS3 but the prices are are really turning me off. Would anyone vouch for the Xbox 360?
 
Oh lord yes. I've been an avid pc gamer since 1992 and I can saftely say that my Xbox 360 was probably my best gaming purchase in the last 6-8 years. For the price of just what my video card was on my last build I have a complete online next gen console system with so many damn good games coming.

Of course do your own research and try not to be influenced by others, including me. But since you asked ...

The 360 comes highly recommended. :D
 
Until I go away to college I would be using it downstairs where I wouldn't have access to an ethernet cable. Does it support Wi-Fi?
 
Yes. That's how mine is hooked up to Live. You'll need to get a bridge if you don't have one.

BTW, do you have a HDTV or a widescreen LCD? I think the 360 is overkill if you don't. I've got a 50" plasma and, of course, I am quite happy with that setup. :p
 
Not quite a 50" plasma but the TV we have downstairs is an HDTV. I'm thinking that either my roomie is going to bring his HDTV to college but if that falls through then I'm going to hook it up to my VX2025WM with the MS VGA Adapter. Any opinions on that?
 
I used to be a hardcore PC gamer and would highly recommend the X360. Seriously, for the price of a new motherboard, memory, cpu, and GPU, you can buy an X360 and buy a lot of games or accessories for it.
 
This is like an episode of the usual suspects. I say look at where your gaming priorities lie, since you're asking this in the gaming forum. See what's out for the 360, and see what interests you on PC. Whichever one interests you more, make the purchase! It's as easy as that.
 
The 360 is nice, but it only has Xbox games. That means if you don't want to race it, shoot it or smack the hell out of it, you won't find it. There's so much neat stuff you'll never see on a Xbox that you might consider a new PC for the same price to be worth it, and there's tons of ways to get a seriously improved bang for your buck. However, if you really enjoy the genres the 360 lineup is made of then it's a fucking sweet deal.
 
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