All you computer scrappers out there. Im looking for - Page 2

Originally Posted by ScrapperStoke

I was just going to caution on that issue...use to play Eve. No matter what the specs say, if you want to enjoy the game make sure your vid cards can handle high frame rates in large crowds. Big battles will cripple you system otherwise. I have a pair of GT7600s around for SLI if anyone can use them.

Getting back to the MPC. Throw good vid cards in it and a Blue Ray DVD drive. Make sure you have 4GB min. of RAM and a fast 500GB SATA drive to store your movies. It will pay off later.

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PS Make sure the motherboard has HDMI...critical for component connections.

I just wanted to add that the processor is very important if you are going to be pushing 1080p video output. Depending on the software you might not need it if you have a fast enough video card (PowerDVD for one will offload the processing to the video card for most recent AMD and nVidia models). Otherwise a processor that is at minimum an E6600 Core 2 Duo can do full 1080p processing without any risk of stutter.

If you are going lower than that for the processor here is an article on video card decoding:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2284

I need a computer that can handle world of warcraft. who can build me one? paypal??

Sorry to stay on the gaming theme. While a P4 platform will run Warcraft, in my opinion, modern devices will blow P4s out of the water. I fought two different P4 platforms searching for more frames per second for four years. One day down at Best Buy I see an i3 processor and 8 GB of RAM box for $350 bucks. I bought it, installed WoW and it runs like the wind. Doesn't even have a graphics card. It's a sad day, but it is time to ditch the P4. You will be glad you did.