Robertson Racing Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 What would be my best option for about $450? I hate the CPU I have now. I only get about 30 FPS and its so laggy online. I want one that will give me a better overall performance. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriotic Canadian Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 >new machine for 500 dollars good luck with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkproductions Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The best way to go is to build one, you could probably get a low end graphics card (better than integrated at least) and an i5 if you can build it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runt9 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 >new machine for 500 dollars good luck with that You don't understand how building your own PC works, do you? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriotic Canadian Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 i built one a month for 1300. mabye it's because my old one was a housewife box worth tuppance and was so old it didn't even have SATA cablas so i had to bin it all, but it got 60fps in ROR easy, so this guy's probably a lot worse off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runt9 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 As long as he has a case, hard drive, and power supply, the mobo/proc/mem/vid card shouldn't cost more than 400-500, realistically. But the rest of that does jack the price up a bit if he doesn't have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmnldr Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I could help you build a computer on Newegg if you would like. o.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertson Racing Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Yeah the computer I have now is a Lenovo 3000 H-Series. Could I get a better graphics card for It to save money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriotic Canadian Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 graphics card won't do much if your processor is pants. it creates a bottleneck, rendering your hardware moot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertson Racing Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Would I save money if I bought a better processor for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriotic Canadian Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 no because then the bottleneck would go the other way. new computers are best done in big bursts i find, but mabye that's just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertson Racing Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 So is this a better option for me? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227442 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriotic Canadian Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 yeah, but you'd want to add a graphics card down the line. Integrated graphics never works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertson Racing Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Sorry im being such a pain but i found this one too http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227442 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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