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Building A High-End Gaming Workstation

Posted by Hemos on from the build-it-correctly-or-pay dept.

Alan writes "What's the best platform for playing games *and* doing work? That's the very question FiringSquad tries to answer in the sequel to last year's short but popular workstation building article. This time, they've went with a "no-budget, but don't waste money" approach. There are a dozen products reviewed in the article, some never before reviewed on the 'net, and this time, there's no system building detail left untouched. Discussed are AC line conditioners, 2D graphics performance, and more. This more than 12,000 word article is the most detailed article ever in its genre. "

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  1. Why? by MacBrave · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I take all of these system building articles with a grain of salt, especially when it picks specific video cards, processors etc.

    Most people usually don't have the $ for the 'latest and greatest' hardware. And by the time they can afford the lastest whiz-bang video card, it's already outdated.

  2. Pissing away money by TrekkieGod · · Score: 5, Insightful
    These folks are the ones who piss away their money, so folks like me can get useless and obsolete hardware, like the terribly out-of-date Radeon 9700, for cheap cheap cheap. Yeah, you're absolutely right. These folks piss away their money so that you can buy your old (and still good) hardware. Because guess what...if everybody waited for the price of the top of the line to come down, or if everybody waited until they needed faster hardware for their system, prices wouldn't come down as fast, and the 9700 would still be too expensive for you to buy (not to mention that development of faster hardware would slow down). Supply and demand, pal.

    You should thank those people, not complain about them. If they have the money to spend, why shouldn't they? Good for you that you can save money and still get a great system.

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  3. You gotta know what to shoot for. by pr0ntab · · Score: 4, Insightful

    1) Read article about whizbang rig.
    2) Search forums about hardware that is equivalent to but slightly underclocked and sells for 1/2 as much
    3) Ignore the $200 keyboard/mice recommended, LCD, silent DVD-ROMs, etc. and get unbranded Taiwanese OEM manufacturer's product line wherever possible.
    4) Wait 4 weeks for shipping instead of going to retailers.
    5) Assemble, overclock, pray, sacrifice old RAM sticks.
    6) Enjoy near-equivalent machine for half to third price.
    7) ???
    8) Profit!

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