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salutage14xxsalutage14xx Posts: 170 Arc User
edited May 2015 in Champions Online Discussion
Hey hello hai. Okies first things first i love playing champions online have been playing it nearly 5 years(not counting the time i went for a break ofc) and i have played most of it on lowest/minumun quality which is kinda lame somi decided im gonne save up for a new computer. So to the question i have im willing to spend 500 euros 600max! On a new one..but the problem is i have 0 understandings of a computer so i ask the forum for a help and website's? Or anything where someone can assemble one i dont know please ask me questions for more clarification. Thank you^^
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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,732 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    first, which country are you in, so those people closest can answer.
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  • salutage14xxsalutage14xx Posts: 170 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    chaelk wrote: »
    first, which country are you in, so those people closest can answer.

    The netherlands.
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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    salutage14xx wrote: »
    On a new one..but the problem is i have 0 understandings of a computer so i ask the forum for a help and website's? Or anything where someone can assemble one i dont know please ask me questions for more clarification. Thank you^^

    Most motherboards will come with a help-book that should point out some of the spots where your hardware's wires can go. It isn't much, but it can be a good consult. As far as building a PC, it's mostly just a matter of connecting things to the motherboard and power supply using the wires provided with them. Definite must-haves for a PC will include the following:
    • Motherboard (Obviously)
    • Power Supply (To get electricity to flow through the computer so it will run)
    • Processor (Attaches to the motherboard, the "Brain" of the computer. Without this, data won't get processed so nothing will happen)
    • RAM / Random Access Memory (Helps manage active data, The "Byte" Size is the capacity that can be held, not necessarily the speed at which the data can be processed.)
    • Hard Drive (To store all of your data and stuff)
    • Video Card (Pretty important for rendering and playing your games, among a few other things)
    • CD/DVD Drive (To insert disks to install things on a hard drive, like the Operating System you will run on and the Motherboard's BIOS if running on a blank Hard Drive)
    • Fans and other Cooling Systems (An Overheating PC is bad, mkay?)

    Not all PC parts are equal, be sure to check the specs on everything to see which pieces are compatible with one another! For example; Video Card compatibility with your Processor (AMD vs. Intel). All the wires you will need will come included with your motherboard and power supply.

    Hope that helps out.
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  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,000 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    500 - 600 is a a pretty tight budget for a gaming rig. You'll probably have to contend with a mid range PC that runs CO at medium settings if you you want to maintain 30 FPS. CO is a little dated by now so you don't need a high-end PC if you don't need to run the highest graphic settings and run at 60fps.

    If you can get an an Intel dual-core processor, 2GB RAM, an older Nividia GTX video card (GTX 200 or 400 series maybe), 500GB Hard Drive, a cheap casing (with at least rear cooling fan openings) with built-in minimum 400W power supply and Windows 7 Home 32-bit for that price range, that's my suggestion but it's really give and take. If you can get an Intel i5 processor instead for that price range, even better. I'd avoid ATI video cards since I've seen reports of people facing out-of-memory crashes when using them to run the game.

    If you want to use the Windows operating system on your old PC for your new one to save on costs, you can do so if you still have the product key. It does allow you to activate it more than once from my experience. Just make sure you're not using it on both your old and new PC (best to format the old PC's hard drive).

    I don't know what the market is like in your country so this is all really a best guess.
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  • taintedmesstaintedmess Posts: 446 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Can't believe I'm suggesting this but have you looked at dells web site while you will get less for your cash than you would for building your own it would remove any hassle and potential hardware incompatibilities or damage from getting the bits your self.

    This one for example
    http://www.dell.com/nl/p/inspiron-3847-desktop/pd?oc=cd84729&model_id=inspiron-3847-desktop

    Its no super duper gaming rig but its not bad it should run CO with ease its spec are certainly higher than my own
  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,732 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    I have a Dell -Inspiron 23 (Model 5348), Windows 8.1 (64Bit) and I'm running CO and STO on it.
    And Nevermind before i got sick of it.

    runs fine.
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  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,000 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Newegg's worth it only for US citizens.

    I'd go with taintedmess' recommendation (even though I despise Dell a lot). Pretty decent specs for that price and it's his region's currency.
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  • chaelkchaelk Posts: 7,732 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    a lot of prices are completely different outside the US.
    availablility is also different.
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  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,000 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    gradii wrote: »
    Ah I didn't know it doesn't work out cost effectively for outside the US. Guess it's not a multinational company

    It's a limited list of countries (including Netherlands) but there's the international shipping costs and extra credit card charges for making transactions overseas to consider. Buying a complete PC with casing even if not assembled = heavier parcel = costlier shipping. The currency exchange difference between USD and EUR is currently about 0.1 which isn't significant enough even though it's in the EUR's favor.

    Unless there are some really dirt cheap offers at the site to justify the shipping costs, it's probably better to buy locally most of the time.
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