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Binary got a reaction from Huff in Looking for a Prebuilt to buy this summer.
Anyway, in that price range, you should be able to do decently.
I'm not too great with brands, and a quick search didn't have anyone I really felt comfortable with recommending. So, instead I'll just outline what you should look for in that price range:
3.0Hz+ CPU (AMD tends to have the most bang for your buck, saw a few i3s and i5s, though.) (Not sure if this is still relevant, but cores used to not be able
8 Gigs of RAM if fairly standard, and frankly all you need.
GTX 6-series (660 most likely) or Radeon 6-700 series. (I prefer Nvidia but whatevs.)
You'll want at minimum a 500W power supply, the higher the more stable.
Thats pretty much all that counts, Gaming wise.
A few tips:
DONT get suckered in by a Blue-Ray drive. You wont use it, and they're expensive.
Try to get Windows 7. It tends to be cheaper and its better.
Fancy cases may look good, but tend to hike the price. You want airflow, not lights.
Be careful with pre-clocked rigs. They get more power for less, but a bad clock can make it unstable.
Thats about as much as I have to say, so yeah.
Oh, and here's a few good sites:
http://www.newegg.com/ <-my personal preference
http://www.tigerdirect.com/ <- Heard good things about here as well
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Binary got a reaction from DCP_16 in The Official Random Image Thread!! SPUF style
OH NO HES ANGRY https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/4779937280/h1C378FE3/
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Binary got a reaction from Idiot Cube in Movie Night 8!
Oh yeah this is a thing. Stream starts in an hour.
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Binary got a reaction from The Last Templar in TF2 general
Thats just a glitch with the !robot models. They don't have the bone that that connects to, so it just sits at the center point of the map. I ran into it when making those Gmod robots. -
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Binary reacted to Cretler in EA is at it again
Silly EA, people working at your company don't count as "consumers". -
Binary reacted to Splosion in Splosion's Story Time.
Remembered another good one I've yet to share and I think this is one everyone's going to love.
That one time Zakk wouldn't wake up.
During conventions people tend to pass out. Not your typical "Dear god I've been awake for 30 hours I need sleep now" type passing out but more along the lines of "CONSCIOUSNESS OFF NOW!". Zakk is incredibly susceptible to this kind of heavy sleeping as we can see here from a few years ago.
No one could ask for a better target when playing decorate the drunk.
A few years ago when Zakk entered one of these hibernative states the timing could not have possibly been worse. It was 10:30 AM monday morning and we had just arrived back in our room to pack our things after a very long all nighter, we needed to check out of our hotel NOW! As soon as we entered the room Zakk laid down on a bed and fell asleep instantly.
I decided Chris was better suited to the task of waking him up and let him go for it. Chris started by shoving zakk a bit, then eventually slapping him in the face and so on with no luck. He resorted to full on punching zakk in the nuts and that finally did the trick. Zakk sprang up and sat there asking us why his nuts hurt.
"We need to get ready to leave, NOW!" I informed him. Zakk told me that after he had one cigarette he would be ready to leave and pulled his lighter from his pocket. He then held up his two fingers thinking he was holding a cigarette and lit his lighter. Well the imaginary cigarette wasn't lighting so Zakk continued to move the lit lighter closer and closer to his face until it was close enough to ignite his hair and burn his fingertips. He screamed in pain for a moment while rubbing the singed portion of his scalp and fell backwards back onto the bed and went back to sleep in seconds.
I told Chris to get him up again. This time Chris decided we had wasted enough time and went to his bag for the lightsaber he had bought during the con. Now the wasn't one of those $20 plastic folding lightsabers you get from walmart. No this was a $250 fiberglass movie prop replica and when you got hit with it, it FUCKING HURT.
Chris took the Sabre in both hands and reared backwards before bring it back down on Zakk's nuts. Zakk woke up once more, again confused as to why he was in pain, and said that he'd pack his things after we let him use the bathroom. Chris and I watched as he got up, walked down the hallway, and stood in front of the front door of our room for a moment.
Well somewhere between "get up" and "piss" Zakk had forgotten a step, namely going to the bathroom. He then unzipped his pants and pissed on the front door of our hotel room. Once he had finished he started poking at the door handle in an attempt to flush our front door. A moment passed before he gave up and fell asleep while still standing and fell flat on his back.
After Chris and I confirmed he wasn't dead we decided to just pack his things ourselves and loaded our things onto a luggage cart then placed zakk on top of the luggage...
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Binary reacted to <Witty Name> in Heart Transplant Simulator
Also I just pulled it off in four minutes nine seconds with 3449.64ml of blood remaining
however I kind of dropped one of his lungs on the floor.
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Binary reacted to Moby in The Return of the Revenge of the Son of subSPUF Movie nights pt. II!
Man, I forgot how the CGs from 90's looked like. Also, the video of when we were talking about 'Can Adam Jensen slam?'
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Binary reacted to Razputin in North Korea is at it again. Plans on "3rd nuclear test" against US.
I always wonder how this works in the minds of NK's leaders. I mean they have China babysitting them but imagine if they'dactually nuke the US. NK: "Ha! we nuked America! Take that capitalist pigs! China, come celebrate!" China: "Uh yeah no the USA is too good of a trading partner and we're not gonna sweettalk nukes" USA: "Silly NK, we have a space laser. Here, have some nukes" And then we had to redraw the world map to add in the Korean sea.
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Binary got a reaction from KillaWaliid in SketchToy
Drawgogogogo http://www.sketchtoy.com/19264664 http://www.sketchtoy.com/19277089 -
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Binary reacted to DCP_16 in Source Film Maker
Let's make this thread live again posting this awesome video:
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Binary reacted to Idiot Cube in Idiot Cube's stupid animations
>Jack: Go check out the Dersite heroes.
You decide that this is a good time to make sure the purple jammie-wearing brats aren't causing any trouble. They're at the top of these UNUSUALLY LONG STAIRS.
You make your way up the stairs. After a while you start to ponder-OH NO!
WHAT A SHOCKINGLY UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS!
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Binary got a reaction from Dvdgg in A perfectly serious and reasonable request
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Binary reacted to Silent in Dota General
Surge so he can get around the world so quickly, Wall so he can be in multiple places at once. :tin: -
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Binary reacted to KillaWaliid in Planetside 2
http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHN9CdBqSYM&
Yeah. We're pretty badass. oh and there's also videos for