Nice i'll probably wait for a bundle pack or christmas sale as i plan to get a awsome computer from futureshop that has the following features *wont list the whole thing but what i think matters -Processor Type Intel Core i7-2600 Processor Speed 3.4 GHz Processor Cores 4 RAM 8 GB DDR3 Hard Drive Capacity 1 TB Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT420 Pre-loaded Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Dedicated Video Memory Yes Video Memory 1 GB p.s i could of sworn it had 12 gb ram it must be a different computer i saw from last time pretty sure that makes it more powerfull then my consoles combine or something lol
and quick question has anyone have valiant of arms cause the computer to shut down on them and wont start up properlly giving u the blue screen?
I second this. The remaining L4D maps are coming soon and are free so you'll be getting a lot of game for your $. Plus it's always good to have new people to annihilate in Versus, lol.
Nice i'll probably wait for a bundle pack or christmas sale as i plan to get a awsome computer from futureshop that has the following features *wont list the whole thing but what i think matters -Processor Type Intel Core i7-2600 Processor Speed 3.4 GHz Processor Cores 4 RAM 8 GB DDR3 Hard Drive Capacity 1 TB Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT420 Pre-loaded Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Dedicated Video Memory Yes Video Memory 1 GB p.s i could of sworn it had 12 gb ram it must be a different computer i saw from last time pretty sure that makes it more powerfull then my consoles combine or something lol
and quick question has anyone have valiant of arms cause the computer to shut down on them and wont start up properlly giving u the blue screen?
I'm not any professional computer guy but I think that the Nvidia Geforce GT420 isn't a gaming graphics card. I'd take something more powerful because your processor is pretty much one of the best cpus around right now.
I've been playing a little bit Spiral Knights so I got the hat for soldier in TF2. I have no need to buy L4D2 because I already have it and I haven't played it much (7 hours I think).
Nice i'll probably wait for a bundle pack or christmas sale as i plan to get a awsome computer from futureshop that has the following features *wont list the whole thing but what i think matters -Processor Type Intel Core i7-2600 Unless you plan on doing lots of video encoding and such, the i5 2500k (the k is important since it will allow you to overclock and the 2500k overclocks like a beast) is a much better value and currently the best cpu out (other than 2600k) Processor Speed 3.4 GHz Processor Cores 4 RAM 8 GB DDR3 Should be 1333 MHz at least, but 8 GB is plenty; no need for 12 GB Hard Drive Capacity 1 TB But what hard drive is it? Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT420 To be completely honest; crap, but you would be able to get a new GPU to upgrade, but this almost certainly will require a new power supply. Actually, the reason they used that GPU would be to get the cheapest piece of crap power supply possible. Just what these companies do. I should note; never cheap out on your power supply. It powers all of your components and without the proper fail-safes, can also destroy those components. Some of the cheaper ones will catch fire Pre-loaded Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Dedicated Video Memory Yes Video Memory 1 GB p.s i could of sworn it had 12 gb ram it must be a different computer i saw from last time pretty sure that makes it more powerfull then my consoles combine or something lol
First of all, why are you getting a computer from Futureshop? Secondly, build it yourself. I'll just edit above.
I would recommend posting here at the very least. Other tech sites like Bit-Tech and Tom's Hardware would due of course. Just post what your expectations are, budget, what you're gonna use it for, etc. Some sites will have stickies guiding you through what info you need to post. You will get much better value in all likelihood by going someplace else.
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Nice i'll probably wait for a bundle pack or christmas sale as i plan to get a awsome computer from futureshop that has the following features *wont list the whole thing but what i think matters -Processor Type Intel Core i7-2600 Unless you plan on doing lots of video encoding and such, the i5 2500k (the k is important since it will allow you to overclock and the 2500k overclocks like a beast) is a much better value and currently the best cpu out (other than 2600k) Processor Speed 3.4 GHz Processor Cores 4 RAM 8 GB DDR3 Should be 1333 MHz at least, but 8 GB is plenty; no need for 12 GB Hard Drive Capacity 1 TB But what hard drive is it? Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT420 To be completely honest; crap, but you would be able to get a new GPU to upgrade, but this almost certainly will require a new power supply. Actually, the reason they used that GPU would be to get the cheapest piece of crap power supply possible. Just what these companies do. I should note; never cheap out on your power supply. It powers all of your components and without the proper fail-safes, can also destroy those components. Some of the cheaper ones will catch fire Pre-loaded Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Dedicated Video Memory Yes Video Memory 1 GB p.s i could of sworn it had 12 gb ram it must be a different computer i saw from last time pretty sure that makes it more powerfull then my consoles combine or something lol
First of all, why are you getting a computer from Futureshop? Secondly, build it yourself. I'll just edit above.
I would recommend posting here at the very least. Other tech sites like Bit-Tech and Tom's Hardware would due of course. Just post what your expectations are, budget, what you're gonna use it for, etc. Some sites will have stickies guiding you through what info you need to post. You will get much better value in all likelihood by going someplace else.
turned out it wasnt the computer i was looking at, it must of gotten sold out again so it didnt appear on the website but i did a little test on the computer i was thinking of and it was powerfull obviosully the graphics card was better then the one i listed from the other computer
and im from canada so i have no idea about the places you listed plus futureshop is the only place around here i can get a heavy computer with 12 gb ram and with other similiar features i listed like the 1 tb harddrive it didnt state what kind but i planned to get a portable one or something to regulary backup.
to be honest i would love to build my own computer but im not very knowledgable with tech to the point i know i would screw something up down the line with this or that too much information you would likely consider me one of those casual type when it comes to something like that lol plus i had a nice converstation with a employee at futureshop who i should state is asian for obvious reason saying building your own computer isnt really that cheaper etc etc, cant get into it because it was about a half year ago lol
beside with the features i listed above that u say i wouldnt need well think of it as saving my self the trouble of upgrading it in the future where games would start to use more
Canada? Try: http://www.canadacomputers.com/ or http://www.newegg.ca/ (Newegg does not have any physical stores, in Canada at least) I am actually in the process (I just have to wire everything up) of building my first. Now, I have spent over a year lurking various forums learning of different aspects until I finally figured I could spend the money, but doing it is not very hard at all. You should look up some youtube videos. The guy from Future Shop is mostly correct, but it is only because you tend to buy higher quality parts or add fancier stuff.
You do have other options though. This place (http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/) is usually recommended for being able to buy relatively cheap custom PCs pre-built. I don't see any way to ship to Canada, but they do have resellers such as Future Shop and Best Buy. I do recommend building one yourself since it is fun and rewarding; a little nerve-racking but it's fun.
Anyhow, I would shop around first. You may be able to use that cyberpower site to get an idea of how a similar PC will run a certain game. Kind of a neat idea they've got going on thar. You could also ask me if you like; or ask on a tech site. Oh, the second post on here has a short list of stores in Canada (special and custom built stores are at the bottom). I live in Ontario by the way.
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Canada? Try: http://www.canadacomputers.com/ or http://www.newegg.ca/ (Newegg does not have any physical stores, in Canada at least) I am actually in the process (I just have to wire everything up) of building my first. Now, I have spent over a year lurking various forums learning of different aspects until I finally figured I could spend the money, but doing it is not very hard at all. You should look up some youtube videos. The guy from Future Shop is mostly correct, but it is only because you tend to buy higher quality parts or add fancier stuff.
You do have other options though. This place (http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/) is usually recommended for being able to buy relatively cheap custom PCs pre-built. I don't see any way to ship to Canada, but they do have resellers such as Future Shop and Best Buy. I do recommend building one yourself since it is fun and rewarding; a little nerve-racking but it's fun.
Anyhow, I would shop around first. You may be able to use that cyberpower site to get an idea of how a similar PC will run a certain game. Kind of a neat idea they've got going on thar. You could also ask me if you like; or ask on a tech site. Oh, the second post on here has a short list of stores in Canada (special and custom built stores are at the bottom).
I live in Ontario by the way.
ontarian here too man coincidence maybe? im not so sure lol i'll try to keep you in mind in the future wish there was some sort of freind list on here though
I should also mention that 12 GB of RAM is way overkill and could hinder performance if they just filled up all the DIMM slots with RAM.
Sean Aaron ~ "The secret is out: I'm really an American cat-girl." Q: How many physicists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Two, one to hold the light bulb, the other to rotate the universe.
I should also mention that 12 GB of RAM is way overkill and could hinder performance if they just filled up all the DIMM slots with RAM.
gahhhh no idea what your talking bout and im 20 years old it hurts my BRAIIIIIIIIIIN lol no idea what the heck the dimm slots are that is just new to me
Motherboards wither have 4 DIMM slots or 6. These are what your RAM go into and are called dual channel and triple channel set-ups respectively. They run fastest with either 2 (for dual channel) sticks of RAM or 3 (for triple channel). While I do not know the magic behind the scenes that they use to get the separate sticks to run so well together, I do know that filling all the slots up will strain the power between all the sticks a bit more and they will not perform as quickly. Again, unless you are editing giant resolution photos in photoshop, 12 GB will not help. It is recommended to get at least 4GB, but 8 GB is nice to have. Anyhow, RAM is not the most important part of a computer (despite how they promote things that way). That computer, I am guessing, has 6 sticks of 2 GB or 3 sticks of 4 GB in triple channel. Which I believe means it will not be one of Intel's newest processors (which blow everything else away).
I'm going to sleep now Night shift kinda sucks that way
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Motherboards wither have 4 DIMM slots or 6. These are what your RAM go into and are called dual channel and triple channel set-ups respectively. They run fastest with either 2 (for dual channel) sticks of RAM or 3 (for triple channel). While I do not know the magic behind the scenes that they use to get the separate sticks to run so well together, I do know that filling all the slots up will strain the power between all the sticks a bit more and they will not perform as quickly. Again, unless you are editing giant resolution photos in photoshop, 12 GB will not help. It is recommended to get at least 4GB, but 8 GB is nice to have. Anyhow, RAM is not the most important part of a computer (despite how they promote things that way). That computer, I am guessing, has 6 sticks of 2 GB or 3 sticks of 4 GB in triple channel. Which I believe means it will not be one of Intel's newest processors (which blow everything else away).
I'm going to sleep now Night shift kinda sucks that way
theres always something that blows something else away every year maybe i should just stick to consoles and forget about the star wars mmo and other interesting stuff and just live the false hope that it may come to ps3 or something someday in my mind that is
ive only plan to use the computer for games and going on the internet
anything to do with music except maybe just listening to it i can do without because im hard of hearing with a cochlear implant
video editing as cool as it sounds im unlikely to use it nor do i have any plans too unless a career or job that involves helping people makes it so for learning in school to get the job for which i havent decided yet
pictures well i got a camera it doesnt take much to just put them on there and place it on facebook or the likes lol
well thats about it i cant think of anything else people use computer for so what im bassically saying is my computer will be purely a gaming pc with a side of internet viewing for game news etc etc lol so you know what ravage your right what i listed seem a bit too excessive and way more then what i'll need for something as simple as i only plan to use it for
I don't really think so. I mean, I guess Valve has everything in-place for a free-to-play version of TF2 to exist (hats, buying weapons that normally come with achievements, etc.), but I don't really see it happening.
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