Quote Originally Posted by Trey Yeoman View Post
Well it's also in reference to priorities... for die hard gamers, the statement about no computer buying and usage is overkill, is a valid statement... for someone that doesn't play video games as hardcore, and spend more time with the snakes and music (ipod/ipad etc) would probably completely disagree with that statement...

I have since this post decided on a build that costs like 800 dollars... which is good for me Intel I5 dual core 3.4 ghz, 4 gb of ddr3, 1/5tb hd, and a nvidea geforce gtx 460 (fermi) graphics card... basically much less than what I had planned before and not a SUPER COMPUTER, but it will run WoW better than my last computer and I will still have another 800 bucks for other things

(I don't know if I mentioned that I am shopping on a budget of 1,600 dollars... which is refund money from my college... so it's free money... that I get back... AFTER I pay for my classes, books, and special lab fees... )
So you have absolutely no loans for school and you have $1600 coming to you?
If any of that is loan money then you are proving my point. That money you spend today will end up costing you a lot more by the time you pay it off. I am the head of IT/IS for a small company so I know a thing or two about computers. The problem with getting the better system is diminishing returns. You will probably get a great system for 800 dollars. $1600 will not get you twice as fast a computer. The pricey super fast stuff is going to devalue quickly. It has nothing to do with priorities. You say no computer is overkill as if $1600 is the most you can spend. I know people who have spent over $3,000 on a gaming rig. Its overkill. You want solid state drives, I can get most of the benefit with non of the downside out of a striped raid for less than half the cost. You want to see real speed. Setup a ram drive. Not that you need to. Most modern games require a killer video card more than anything else. The original poster is making a big fuss out of a bunch of factors that don't matter half as much as the video card. I stand by my statements.