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buying new desktop pc at akihabra
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2012/1/30 06:41
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my money is only 5-6–œ i plan to use it for online gaming, surfing net ,watching some hd stuff... i would like it to at least have some decent video card like nvgeforce 9400.. stuff like that and at least 500gb space ..
is it possible or my budge to low?
oh and for monitor it would be great if it come with a new one but if not i have my old one ...
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by noobpc (guest)
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Re: buying new desktop pc at akihabra
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2012/1/31 02:23
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How about looking secondhand store Sofmap or BTO small shops like DosPara, Faith, Clevery, Tsukumo, Storm, PC-Koubou and so on. However maybe they can speak Japanese only.
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by ajapaneseboy
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Re: buying new desktop pc at akihabra
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2012/1/31 02:47
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I don't know how pricey hardware is in Japan, but the equivalent in dollars is more than enough to build a decent pc and a monitor.
Few pieces of advice: - A 9400 is utter crap, it's 5 series old and at the bottom of the well as far as the 9000 series is concerned. - Pre-built computers you buy in shops are most likely going to have a bad price/quality ratio. The best idea, if you can find a technician or somebody at least a bit experienced in computers, is to buy the parts yourself and have someone build it for you. It's actually very easy to build it yourself, but if it doesn't work for some reason then it's going to be bad unless you have a clue of what you're doing.
If you still want to go for a pre-built, do some research online to see what's a good configuration for your budget, then go shopping and look for the pc closest to the specs you've found.
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by dariofr8
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Re: buying new desktop pc at akihabra
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2012/1/31 06:53
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is this a good video card SAPPHIRE HD6450 512M GDDR5
better than geforce9400?
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by noobpc (guest)
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Re: buying new desktop pc at akihabra
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2012/1/31 07:32
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which is better intel(r)core(tm)2Duo cpu e8500 @3.16ghz 3.17ghz or Phenom II X6 1065T 2.9ghz
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by noobpc (guest)
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Re: buying new desktop pc at akihabra
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2012/1/31 08:21
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oh and this to pls compare Core i5 2320 3GHz
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by noobpc (guest)
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Re: buying new desktop pc at akihabra
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2012/2/1 00:40
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the i5 is very good, although a bit pricey for your range.
generally with videocards you have to look at the number: let's take the 6450 as an example. 6 is the number of the series, so generally the higher the number the NEWER the card. the next numbers tell you where the card is "placed" in that series. So a 6890 (which I don't know if it even exist) is better than a 6450. At the same time, a 4890 (older, but at the top of the 4 series) might be better than the 6450 despite being older. I'd suggest an ATI HD6770 or better, or an nvidia 550GTX.
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by dariofr8
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Re: buying new desktop pc at akihabra
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2012/2/6 00:09
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I don't know Japanese prices because I live in Kazakhstan, but here some starting point:
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO RAM: 8GB (2x4 kit) Transcend HDD: Western Digital 5400 rpm SATA-III 750 GB Video: NVidia GeForce GTX570 Sound: Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Monitor: Acer 24" 1920x1080 G245HAbid
It will be well above average gaming PC. If it is too expensive, you can change Core i7 2600K to Core i5 2500K, avoid using external sound, change motherboard to ASUS P8Z68-M PRO and change videocard to GTX 560Ti. But, of course, in that case your PC will have slightly less power. But if this also too expensive, you can step down to GTX 550Ti, but keep in mind, that 550 have only 192-bit memory bus width (against 320-bit in 570). It will drastically degrade 3D performance due to memory bandwidth (152 GB/s in 570 against 98 GB/s in 550, i.e. 570's memory runs 64% faster)! And you can go even further changing CPU from Core i5 2500K to 2320, but you will get locked frequency multiplier, so this CPU will have less overclocking potential (letter "K" in CPU label means "unlocked frequency multiplier", that kind of processors is the most expensive, but have huge overclocking potential. With right cooling system you can achieve 4.2 GHz, and even more, in Core i7 2600K without any overheat).
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