Recommendations for budget rig.

Ark Law

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Example of a typical convo

ItemX - $252 from price list
Me: Eh bro, give me X
****: Wait ah....*check at comp*....bro $225
Me: Aiyah, give me $200 lah
****: *check some more*....bro $218
Me: Round down $210 can lah...
**** *ask boss*....$215

Then just take at $215 :s13:
 

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Thanks Ark Law and royfrosty for sharing their personal experience.

Then for mobo bundle supposed already discounted, do they accept counter-offer price if not getting the whole PC (casing+psu+ram+hdd)?
 

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Thanks Ark Law and royfrosty for sharing their personal experience.

Then for mobo bundle supposed already discounted, do they accept counter-offer price if not getting the whole PC (casing+psu+ram+hdd)?

Counter offers are always welcome. They are open to bargains. So no issue.
 

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Roy, someone pm-ed me(shall not name him)

"If you aren't going to use it for any gaming at all the a GPU is unnecessary. Your CPU's will handle movies just fine. If you wish to use it for gaming, then you'd have to get a better GPU. At least a GTX660 or AMD7850. Both cost approximately the same, just choose whichever brand you like."
 

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Roy, someone pm-ed me(shall not name him)

"If you aren't going to use it for any gaming at all the a GPU is unnecessary. Your CPU's will handle movies just fine. If you wish to use it for gaming, then you'd have to get a better GPU. At least a GTX660 or AMD7850. Both cost approximately the same, just choose whichever brand you like."

Cabal is not a hard game to drive, CPU will play back movie just fine, no need to get 7850 or 660... The r7 250 is just there to make up for the not so good igpu in the g3258 so that you can still do some light gaming
 
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Cabal is not a hard game to drive, CPU will play back movie just fine, no need to get 7850 or 660... The r7 250 is just there to make up for the not so good igpu in the g3258 so that you can still do some light gaming

If the price is the same as r7 250 like what he said, why not?
 

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Roy, someone pm-ed me(shall not name him)

"If you aren't going to use it for any gaming at all the a GPU is unnecessary. Your CPU's will handle movies just fine. If you wish to use it for gaming, then you'd have to get a better GPU. At least a GTX660 or AMD7850. Both cost approximately the same, just choose whichever brand you like."

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q281/noelng33/EDMW%20Photos/*******Lah_zps280e8cab.png

Since when GTX660 and R7850 were in the same price bracket?
 

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Cabal is like way back in the 2007 iirc.

Back then all the GPUs at that time was just gtx200/300 series R4000/5000 series. That is way too old. Modern GPUs like the gtx750 and the r7 250 would be able to perform cabal more than sufficient.

FYI: 7850 r7 260X is at around $200-$230 sub range.

A 7870 r9 270 and GTX660 is around $260-300 sub range.
 

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Cabal is like way back in the 2007 iirc.

Back then all the GPUs at that time was just gtx200/300 series R4000/5000 series. That is way too old. Modern GPUs like the gtx750 and the r7 250 would be able to perform cabal more than sufficient.

FYI: 7850 r7 260X is at around $200-$230 sub range.

A 7870 r9 270 and GTX660 is around $260-300 sub range.

April 2008 till now.. :)

Did a check on those two graphics cards.. sibei ex ahh!
 

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On the sidenote, do you think my friend's rig is overkill?

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royfrosty

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A lot of redundant stuffs that he bought.

The psu
The fast ram
The OS
And 4 ssd
 

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Btw currently playing on a 1600 x 900 resoultion, do i need to upgrade my monitor too?

And where can i buy foldable trolley huh?
 
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