04-10-2012, 03:53 PM
I bought a mobo (GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R), RAM 6GB, SSD 160GB, processor (i7). Everything else was ported over from my old system (I had a Radeon HD4850 vid card Im still using, 2 HDs, case, PSU). When you build your own, you tend to take advantage of what you have already. Also work at a place where we have about 100 unused OS licenses. There are many ways, both legal and not to get Windows 7 64bit on the cheap.
So yeah, taking that into account $1k is probably right where you want to be for a full system. This was also in September 2010 so prices were different. SSDs are cheaper now, as is RAM.
It's starting to show it's age but it still runs SWTOR fine. I will upgrade the vid card and RAM eventually.
So yeah, taking that into account $1k is probably right where you want to be for a full system. This was also in September 2010 so prices were different. SSDs are cheaper now, as is RAM.
It's starting to show it's age but it still runs SWTOR fine. I will upgrade the vid card and RAM eventually.