RE: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-11 Thread Eric Roberts
ke she was trying to game or anything on it. My customer service experience really sucked with them. I would never buy another EVGA product again. -Original Message- From: PT [mailto:cft...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:07 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: need a new

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-11 Thread PT
Huh .. usually EVGA is good about customer service stuff. You have to be careful with those higher end cards. You have to watch the temps. If you rely on the default fan speed settings, your card might get up to the 90's under heavy load. A single card shouldn't be a problem under normal lo

RE: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-11 Thread Eric Roberts
: cf-community Subject: Re: need a new system for star wars Initiating Information Overload ... This is really a wide open question. For $600 you can get a quality machine, but you are going to have to DIY. You are also going to need to seriously shop around. It took me a month to find everything

Re: need a new system for star wars - correction #2

2012-02-11 Thread PT
Correction #2 - Machine was $692. $20 off for 3 day sale on the memory, $40 mail in rebate for the case, $35 off for the CPU/case combo and a $20 promotional code for the hard drive. Free shipping on everything. Also, the Motherboard went on sale, $35 off, 3 hours after my order went through

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-11 Thread PT
er ... Invisible Hand > Oh, there is an add-on for Firefox called helping hand. If you are > looking at an item on, say, newegg, it will drop down a little bar at > the top of the browser telling you where you may find it cheaper. I have > saved about $30 because of that thing so far, heh.

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-11 Thread PT
Initiating Information Overload ... This is really a wide open question. For $600 you can get a quality machine, but you are going to have to DIY. You are also going to need to seriously shop around. It took me a month to find everything I wanted for my latest build. It was a lot of time i

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-11 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > SWTOR is better than Rift. Rift got old real quick. It's not much > different than World of Warcraft and not quite as playable. > 40 + gig's of download, it better be worth it; just hope my computer does

RE: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Eric Roberts
SWTOR is better than Rift. Rift got old real quick. It's not much different than World of Warcraft and not quite as playable. -Original Message- From: Vivec [mailto:gel21...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 1:04 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: need a new system for

RE: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Eric Roberts
SWTOR isn't available on the XBOX... -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 10:29 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: need a new system for star wars I don't suppose an XBox or PS3 is an option. That is if you

RE: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Eric Roberts
give you rewards in certain areas. It's pretty cool :-D Great cinematics too! -Original Message- From: Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions [mailto:ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 9:54 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: need a new system for star war

RE: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Eric Roberts
Yes...I have been playing since it was in beta...is it very awesome... -Original Message- From: Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions [mailto:ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 9:33 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: need a new system for star wars On Fri

RE: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Eric Roberts
Tiger direct and New egg have some pretty cheap barebones systems that would do the trick... -Original Message- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 8:23 AM To: cf-community Subject: need a new system for star wars hey guys I have like $600 and I'

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread LRS Scout
hey viv, which side, and whats your handle? On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:33 PM, LRS Scout wrote: > I played champ online and it didn't enthuse me. > > Also D&D:O which got old quick. > > I'm gonna check out rift now. > > > > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Scott Stewart > wrote: > >> >> I've b

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread LRS Scout
I played champ online and it didn't enthuse me. Also D&D:O which got old quick. I'm gonna check out rift now. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Scott Stewart wrote: > > I've been playing Champions Online and occasionally City of Heros.. > > running like a champ on a Dell XPS 420, running Vist

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Scott Stewart
I've been playing Champions Online and occasionally City of Heros.. running like a champ on a Dell XPS 420, running Vista 32 bit (on a 64 bit quad core processor) On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Vivec wrote: > > Oh..if all you want is something new to play then I would HIGHLY HIGHLY > recomme

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Vivec
Oh..if all you want is something new to play then I would HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend RIFT. It's better than World of Warcraft and is one of the premier MMORPGs out on the market today. use the 20 level Trial and play it for FREE up to level 20 and let me know what you think. I find it incredible. H

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Her's a better link for their bare bones systems http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=31&name=Barebone-Kits On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > I don't suppose an XBox or PS3 is an option. That is if you're just > going to be doing some ga

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Larry C. Lyons
I don't suppose an XBox or PS3 is an option. That is if you're just going to be doing some gaming. But 'gel is right, for 600 its better and much cheaper to build your own. Alternatively you may want to get a barebones PC and build up from there. You may be able to get something decent for around

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:49 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > Looks to be. > > I'm bored with wow, been playing LOTR:O but thats getting old. > > Need a new addiction :) > > I've never played PC games. Now that's I'm back on a real Desktop PC I'm considering getting into something. Star Wars might be a

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread LRS Scout
Looks to be. I'm bored with wow, been playing LOTR:O but thats getting old. Need a new addiction :) On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:22 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > > > > hey guys I have

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread LRS Scout
Been trying to avoid that. I've been looking around on E-Bay. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Vivec wrote: > > At 600 bucks you will need to build the system yourself. The lowest cost > gaming systems from boutique vendors is around 1200 from what I was > researching a few days ago. > > Let

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:22 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > hey guys I have like $600 and I'm looking for a new system so I can play > Star Wars. > > Suggestions? > > No a question - Is it worth playing? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusio

Re: need a new system for star wars

2012-02-10 Thread Vivec
At 600 bucks you will need to build the system yourself. The lowest cost gaming systems from boutique vendors is around 1200 from what I was researching a few days ago. Let me find a link for you. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i5-overclock-performance-gaming,3097.html The CPU should