How’s this for a new rig?

speak english please.. hehehe!! just dropped by accidentally.. :D never mind me…. :D

In all honesty, it’ll be outdated within a few months and you’d be able to get the same PC with the same specs at half the price here in the US. For WoW though, it’s decent. WoW doesn’t exactly use cutting edge technology.

Mine works fine, costs around 30-32k including the mouse, keyboard, headset, table, chair, monitor glass filter, cover, and a 500W AVR:

– Athlon 64 3500+
– 512MB 533MHz Corsair Value Ram
– 256MB DDR3 Inno3D 7600 GST
– 80GB SATA Seagate HDD
– Asus M2V Motherboard
– LG 17″ Flatron T710SHK
– Logitech Classic Keyboard Pro Spill Resistent

Anyway, I’ve been running all of the following games at maximum or near maximum quality and frame rates are good (at 800×600, except for Halflife 2 which I set at 640×480 resolution)!

– Far Cry
– Halflife 2
– Generals Zero Hour
– Warcraft 3
– Need for Speed Underground 2
– Need for Speed Most Wanted
– Age of Empires 3
– Civilization 4
– Heroes of Might and Magic 5

Sir Abe,

ok na choices mo. CPU is more than enough for day to day and gaming. GPU is ok for WoW (Me and Jayvee plus a couple more are starting over sa isang server lang once BC hits, sama ka abe!). as for Vista, Ill be running an article sa PC Mag about vista with and without aero and based on internal testing so far, a vast majority of users can live without the full aero interface.

you can even for for an old skool amd64 if your budget is really tight. my 2 year old amd64 3000+ rig is still fast enough for today’s apps (paired with sli 6600gt)

re monitor: this is one item that you wont be upgrading soon so good choice viewsonic with 19ich na screen estate. AOC is cheaper pero given a choice between the two (especially is price discrepancy is minimal) e viewsonic na ako =)

re: discrete soundcard; for only approx 1k? get the discrete one na. just pair it a a good set of speakers para lumabas fidelity.

re PSU: i agree get a good psu sir abe. for better power sa case plus expansion in the future

re: sata drive: yeah minimal sata and sata 2 difference for everyday work, pero maybe you can skimp on this muna if you think a 100gb or a 120gb can do.you can always add more naman later. pero sayang din kse 1k or 2k lang difference at the most eh

No entry for WinXP? That’ll set you back 9k for the Pro version. I assume this won’t be a Linux box (WoW is still hit-or-miss in Wine).

I say own rig is cheaper! though the built ones not the branded built ones are cheap because most of the parts included in them are either old or non sell able ones…

the branded ones are expensive because you buy the brand not the parts included.

not bad for a rig but maybe you can up the sta to sata 2 drive… i think a thousand pesos difference,

Samsung TS-H552B 16x Dual Layer DVD±RW Drive – Php2,800 (i’ll go with lg, benq) hehe personal choice secondly samsung i think release a 18x lightscribe drive just this week. so prices will this go down

Viewsonic 19 inch VG1921 wide – P 12,650.00 — why not try aoc para makatipid ka??? hehe not bad brand ang aoc… i think 1k lesser and don’t stick with one shop maraming shop na haggle able yung mga shop na will lower their prices just to sell hehe.

Inno3D 7100GS 256ddr2 64bit dvi – Php 2,650 —> is inno3d that good, oh well cheap eh maybe try palit for a change

add 400 watts of power supply, or maybe 500 watts para di ka kulanganin.

@Yuga

Is it cheaper to build your own rig or buying a already built rig?