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Doodle

Posts: 1,725 Mithril Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

I know nothing about compooters and this is what im currently looking at:

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Mega_Special_II

Gaming Chasis

: Thermaltake Core V31 Black Mid-Tower Gaming case w/ USB 3.0 & removable Drive Bays & Side-Panel Window
Laser Engraving: None
Neon Light Upgrade: None
Extra Case Fans: Default case fans
Noise Reduction Technology: None

CPU

: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K 3.50GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake)
Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel: None
Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking: No Overclocking

CPU / Processor Cooling Fan

: Asetek 550LC 120mm Liquid Cooling CPU Cooler - Extreme Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: Standard Coolant

Motherboard

: ASUS Z170-PRO GAMING ATX w/ USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1 SATA Express, 4 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2
NFC: None

RAM / System Memory

: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR4/2400MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)

Video Card

: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Maxwell) (Single Card)
Sli Bridge: None
Freebies: None
Video Capture Card: None

Power Supply

: 600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
M.2 SATA SSD: None
INTERNAL PCI-E SSD CARD: None

Hard Drive

: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
Secondary Hard Drive: None
Hard Drive Cooling Fan: None
External Storage: None
Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: None
External Optical Drive: None
WiDi Router: None
Internal Wireless Network Card: None
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
LCD Monitor: None
Cables: None
Speakers: None
Internal Network Card: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
Keyboard: AZZA

Twitter: @RS_Doodle[/darkred][/centre][/i]

14-Oct-2015 19:48:53 - Last edited on 14-Oct-2015 19:55:17 by Doodle

Doodle

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All im really looking to get out of it is to play RS smoothly so 1 question I have is

- is an i7 processor really worth the price jump over an i5?

Any other tips or adjustments would be greatly appreciated Twitter: @RS_Doodle[/darkred][/centre][/i]

14-Oct-2015 19:56:19

Dec

2023

NPC

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Nope, i5 is just fine.

Try something with a better graphics card.

950 is sort of bottom barrel unless all you're playing is runescape.

390 (amd) or 970 (lolvidia) are the sweet spot.

Do you not want to build one yourself? You typically get a better product since you know what's going inside of it. Original message details are unavailable.
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That is all.

14-Oct-2015 20:23:18

Redditch

Posts: 4,311 Adamant Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

If it's only for runescape/general functions and not for other high end games you don't really need one that good. A computer that will run runescape well if built correctly will run you $500-600.

14-Oct-2015 20:29:51

Doodle

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NPC said :

Do you not want to build one yourself? You typically get a better product since you know what's going inside of it.
This website allows you to pick parts and swap them in, so technically it is building it, just someone else doing it

(id fuck it up)

ty both for the info Twitter: @RS_Doodle[/darkred][/centre][/i]

14-Oct-2015 21:10:52

Doodle

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NPC said :

390 (amd) or 970 (lolvidia) are the sweet spot.

eeeeeep

AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)

[+$232]

AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Single Card)

[+$356]

thats a lotta extra moolah Twitter: @RS_Doodle[/darkred][/centre][/i]

14-Oct-2015 21:17:53

Mar

2015

Bewitch

Posts: 2,174 Mithril Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

Why not SSD?

I am bad at hide and seek.

15-Oct-2015 15:49:47

Redditch

Posts: 4,311 Adamant Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

Doodle said :
NPC said :

Do you not want to build one yourself? You typically get a better product since you know what's going inside of it.
This website allows you to pick parts and swap them in, so technically it is building it, just someone else doing it

(id fuck it up)

ty both for the info
it's much easier than you think, you're paying $100 for them building it usually, give or take.

15-Oct-2015 16:00:46

Jun

2020

Araragi

Posts: 429 Silver Posts by user Forum Profile RuneMetrics Profile

cyberpowerpc is absolute trash, build your own or at least buy them off of your local pc store and pay them $100 or w/e to build it for you you'll be way better off than the markup you get slogged with "gaming" prebuilders.

honestly look into learning to build, i learned everything necessary to do pretty easily in a few hours of browsing videos etc while doing some skilling

get a good power supply too

15-Oct-2015 16:17:46 - Last edited on 15-Oct-2015 16:18:50 by Araragi

HomeScape

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Buy an ssd instead of an hdd, diffrence like night n day #845

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15-Oct-2015 16:55:59 - Last edited on 15-Oct-2015 16:56:09 by HomeScape

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