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Originally posted by Storyteller I disagree on the integrated video card. A basic video card costs less than 50E, I got mine for 35Euro. A seperate video card is a bit better for your performance than one that's on the motherboard, isn't it (I'm not 100% sure) ?

Yes. Integrated cards use resources and ram from the pc. This might be ok for a laptop, but desktop pc's today have no reason to run integrated parts. I guess that's why almost nobody uses them anymore.

As for the PC.. depends on your budged ofc. I'd go for an asus/gigabyte motherboard, some top of the line core2duo, 2 or 4 gb ram (dual channel), 2xseagate disks in raid0 + 1 disk for backup and, ofc, the quietest and biggest fans you can find + a insulated "silent" tower. Well at least that's what I'm running, and for the first time ever I can say I've got processing power to spare.

The point is that then the video card is the cheapest and easiest upgradable component in the PC, leaving room to spend 50 dollars extra on the CPU which expensive to upgrade.

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Originally posted by Storyteller Motherboard, processor, RAM are most important for optimal performance.

I agree for performance those are obviously the main things to look at but I don’t think things like the case, power supply & fans should be over looked. Don’t buy a case because it has some plexi-glass on it & a blue light… buy something that is quiet & made to hold back sound. The same goes for the fans… most ppl buy the cheapest available but they sound like a 747 engine.

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Originally posted by Subtle The point is that then the video card is the cheapest and easiest upgradable component in the PC, leaving room to spend 50 dollars extra on the CPU which expensive to upgrade.

Not being an ass, but 50$ isn't a whole lot.

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Originally posted by Beyer Not being an ass, but 50$ isn't a whole lot.

Hey, dont be an ass! 50 dollars is alot of cash, it used to be over 300 NOK.

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its like the shipping cost