what about this pc for a budget gaming rig?

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#1 gregdpw
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my friend wants me to buld him a gaming pc. i want him to game at 1920 by 1200. what do you guys think? its should work right?

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#2 General_X
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Overall a quality build, only thing that might be lacking in the near future is that CPU, but it should work just fine for modern gaming (for now).
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#3 broken_bass_bin
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CPU is fine for now (I have an E7300, and it's great), but it's probably the first thing that will need upgrading when the time comes, which will be sooner rather than later.

Overall, yeah very good.

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#4 Slig0
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The graphics card is a little to weak for 1920x1080, yet two of those in CF would rock. And of course, the CPU should be replaced with a Phenom II 550 along with an AM3 mobo.

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Ya,replacing that E7400 with a Phenom X2 550 with an AM2+/AM3 motherboard would be a better bang for your buck.
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#6 simardbrad
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does he HAVE to game at that resolution. What is the monitor he is using?

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#7 eikast
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I game with an HD4870 512mb in 1920x1080, so he should be fine. The only game that gives me trouble is crysis.

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#8 gregdpw
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yeah and he knows that crysis is really the onl game that will give him problems. he saw my almost two year old machine blow through games, and not he wants one. and my pc is a q6600 4gigs of ram and a 8800 gtx. so he should be happy
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#9 washd123
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honestly i suggest going to AMD they have intel cornered for budget gamers. for less than the e7400 you can get a athlon II X2 550 which is a better proc. pluas the motherboards are cheaper spec for spec. i also suggest a better case like antec 300, just for better cooling so then you can have to option to OC (the HD4890 stays cool even at 900mhz and above with proper cooling). other than that it looks solid

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#10 04dcarraher
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honestly i suggest going to AMD they have intel cornered for budget gamers. for less than the e7400 you can get a athlon II X2 550 which is a better proc. pluas the motherboards are cheaper spec for spec. i also suggest a better case like antec 300, just for better cooling so then you can have to option to OC (the HD4890 stays cool even at 900mhz and above with proper cooling). other than that it looks solid

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I had a Centurion 5 case they are pretty good mid ranged cases. The front mesh,cpu airduct,toolless design, it well be plenty for that Pc.