powerful PC for less than 1200$?
 

well My PC is old enough, the Prostreet is not playable,pes2008 is almost not playable,
i need a pc for 1200$ or less.
i have a screen, speakers,keyboard and a mice.
i saw pcandparts and checked these parts:

• 2.66 GHz - E6750 1333MHz/4M Core 2 Duo
• (2X1GB KIT) kingstone
• HD not less than 250GB sata2
• DVD RW
• Geforce 8800 gts 320Mb or more,but not less.
• case???
• Motherboard????

drop out ur suggestion plzzz.

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loooooool man, i think ur gone crazy!
u dont need a 8800:P get a 8600gts and stick to the cpu and others, while u dont need any fancy case or motherboard.

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Before u buy a computer u should note that a faster CPU clock speed may not deliver the best performance . for example a 1.86 Duo Core2 is faster than 2 Ghz Intel Duo core2 becuase it has a larger L2 cache and faster FSB(front side bus).

instead of E6750 get a Q6xxx it's the same in clock speed but the quad has a 4 core instead of 2 & 8Mb L2 cache instead of 4 Mb ...el fari2 bel money between the 2 is less than 100 $ or around.

i prefer :

• 2.4 GHz - Q6600 1066MHz/8M Core 2 Duo ( or higher but i don know the num)
• 4 or 2 Gb DDR2 667MHz

This will cost around 800$(including HD +DVD) ...choose the vga card & the coolest case:D ...
thats an excellent budget u can choose the best

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i don't want a fancy case or MotherBoard.
but the 8800 is for sure.i know that if i got the 8800,i won't be sorry.
same here:D
i know but the quad core mentioned cost 286$ and the core 2 duo that i choose is 200$.(fi fare2)

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86 $ is ntn compared 2 wht ur gonna pay. invest for the future;)

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isnt the Geforce 8800 GTS 640mb and not 320 mb ?!

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well, u r right.the quad core is more powerful than the dual one in benchmark like SISOFT,everest,he is as twice as powerful as the core 2 duo.but guess wat in gaming Q6600 isn't so powerful,well it is but the same as E6750,and the E6750 is sometime more powerful.
im a gamer so why to spend 286$ to buy a CPU that give me same performance as a 200$.
no there is a 320 Mg of it.:D

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lets do some calculation's:
1st of all i'll stick to my screen,speakers,keyboard,and mice.
according to pcandparts:

1. CPU 2.66 GHz - E6750 $200.00
2. WD 250GB SATAII $69.00
3. Asus Geforce 8800GTS 320MB DDR3 Dual w/TV $405.00
4. Pioneer DVR-212D 18X DVDRW - Dual Layer Black SATA $42.00

these are for sure
here is a motherboard cheap and support 1333Mhz bus speed:
Intel DP35DP w/Sound+SATA+Firewire+1GB Lan& PCI Express(DDR2) Supports 1333Mhz CPUs (well its cheap and support ddr2 and1333mhz) any other choice tell me plzz 110$
lets say there cost:908$(w/ TVA)
i still need a case and a PSU and a ups

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All fellow gamer, what i suggest is this:
1.For ur gaming pc, ur main concern will be ur gpu, because as you know these things die out fast and u should think carefully before investing in one. So if u cant wait and want to get ur pc now, nvidie has just released the affordable geforce 8800 gt, which is more powerfull than the gts and will cost u between 200$-299$.
2.Rams are cheap, dirt cheap, so i suggest u crank up ur ram to 3gb, kingstone with a relatively high mhz.
3.Ageia Phyx card, i know i know, its expensive, but the way im seing it, in about 2 years almost most game swill have a hugely most advandced phyx engine and phyx simluations so to counter that u must have a phyx card, as the phyx in game take a huge portion of cpu performance.
4.Get a relatively medium-high cpu.
5.I think that hd space is important to us gamers. Because i tend to install almost every game on my hd i need lots of space, so i recommend getting a seagate 400gb hd, its relativly cheap.
6.Sound! its worth investing if u have surround sound setup, other than that settle for the onboard sound device. But if u do have surround sound, it would be a good idea to get a creative audigy 2 zs.
7. Always opt for Pioneer when it comes to cd/dvd roms, surely its more expensive but will save u alot of trouble and frustration.

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for sure i will get the 8800 GT bas lebanon "2ta3et l2amal minnou",cuz i asked 4 the price of 8800 GTS and 8600 GTS and no such parts.so probably i'll get it from USA.hope so:D:D:D

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first, it's called physx, coming from the word physics, and after some googling and some reading, i found out that it's a pci card, that contains a PPU, or a physics processing unit, the processes the physics. i think that it is not necessary now, because few are the titles that are made using the physx SDK (18 titles, some of them aren't released yet). furthermore, physx has a competitor, called hovak fx, that is made to take advantage of SLI and crossfire, and 150 titles are already built on it.
anyway a physx card costs 150$ in the usa, but it is not mandatory for gaming pcs right now.
BUT, i can't ignore that it's AWESOME.

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Do mind my pointless abreviations :P.
The company that is opting for the phyx card is ageia. Havok wants to add a phyx processing unit on gpu's.
I believe that phyx will be play a major role in games in the near future, because with such capabilites the possibilites are quite endless and mind blowingly awesome!
True it is awesome, just check out some ageia phyx simulations and grasp the holy spark that advandced phyx in games will bestow on our lives!

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if someone is not that rich, he should wait for a winner.. it's either ageia or havok (now acquired by intel), so it's either u get a similar card to the one u have, or u put a pci card. if u can afford both things, do it:p

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When The Physx Technologie will be here?in 2 years,i have some doubt about that.
anyway it is good to got this card but later when it hit the market and the PC world.
in 2-3 years, one should not spend a penny on his old PC.