New Computer Suggestions...
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Dark Ether,
Posted on: 2010-05-15 05:36 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Intel's E5400? No not all that great but considering your target price range it's to be expected. At least it's not a Celeron or even an Atom.
A better choice is Intel's E6xxx/E7xxx series, Intel i3 or an AMD Athlon II CPU.
Yes, the game does run under Windows 7.
Shoot for at least 4GB of memory and 64-bit Windows 7.
At that price range you will be stuck with integrated graphics. AMD and nVidia integrated graphics tend to be faster than Intel's.
Stay away from slim-line systems/narrow cases, they limit what video cards can physically fit in there.
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IMO, definitely get Win 7 over Vista, and 4 Gb Ram for sure.
I'd try to get the best motherboard and processor you can with integrated graphics, and then save up some money for a dedicated vid card to install later on. As you go along you can upgrade certain parts at a time without needing a whole new system. That will mean steering clear of the smallest cases, if you can. If not, just do as good as your budget allows, and know you're going to have to keep the game settings down on the lower end of things.
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I looked around a bit, and you might see if you can find this HP Pavilion or something along those lines. I believe it's in your price range, and has some upgrade-ability.
I'd definitely see about upgrading the power supply on that, though.
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Ok...So my old comp has basically took its toll after 6 years and I will be looking for another one very soon. Im not current with my computer knowledge of whats best out there on the market or where I can get the best deals for my money. I went to Best Buy last night to see what all they had to have a baseline of what is somewhat current. Ive noticed almost all there duo-core computers had 5400 processors. In your opinions, is that a very good processor? Im looking to get 4-6gigs of ram as well. (which most of those had)...which leads me to my next question. Does City of Heroes run on Windows 7? I think I wanna go that route instead of Vista. Im looking in the price range of $400-$600 total to start with. Best Buy comps come with Integrated Graphics which prolly wont run anything, but I can snag me a new video card shortly thereafter. I just want a good solid start on a new rig which will give me good performance.
Best Buy comps were HP, Emachines, Dell, and Asus. Im willing to also buy off Newegg.com or other sites if anyone knows something better then what Ive seen so far.
Im open to all opinions so fire away.
Thanks in advance!