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Hahaha! Indeed! xD
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This project sounds truly amazing, woah! I love how they were able to do Simlish versions of Rey's and Kylo's voices, but was disappointed that they had only simple vocals -- so if you were to ask Kylo or Rey "About Day" they would suddenly become mutes, lol. I'll be keeping a close eye on this voice project :D
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Signed :)
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9 times out of 10, a game actually runs WORSE in Dual Graphics mode - i.e. using an APU and discrete GPU together, plus it's not supported by every game. I don't think Sims 4 supports it, but I know it does support AMD's MANTLE graphics technology, which the R series of cards has. Besides, you CANNOT run an A10-7850K and a…
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If I may - about the above build. I don't really see the point of getting an APU if a dedicated GPU is on the part list. APUs are more suitable for builds that are extremely low budget or the person doesn't do gaming or does game but can't or doesn't want a dedicated card. I think an AMD FX CPU and dedicated card would…
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Liv, unfortunately I don't think an i3 is good enough for The Sims 3. The i3 is a dual core CPU. So, basically, you would have one core running The Sims 3, and the other would be running the rest of the computer. Dual core CPUs are quickly becoming obsolete. For The Sims 3 (or any of the modern PC games of today), you need…
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Sid, if I may suggest? I'd swap out that Raidmax power supply for something more reliable from Corsair, Antec or Seasonic. When it comes to power units, the most important thing to remember is DO NOT SKIMP ON IT!!! Buying a low quality, bargain-bin-priced PSU has the very real potential of blowing up and taking your whole…
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Asura, yes you can "get worse than this" it's called the 6670. That card is significantly worse than a 7770. The 7770 is not a low-end,bottom-of-the-barrel card, especially if the OP is only going to be playing The Sims 3. The game can be played with most of the settings on HIGH with this card. Besides, Sims 3 is more CPU…
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Hehe, it's kinda of ironic how people use liquid cooling in their high-end PCs nowadays, and yet we all know water and electronics don't mix. :mrgreen: Unless I become a rabid PC gaming junkie with an affinity for extreme overclocking, which is about as likely as EA giving us a glitch-less Sims 3 experience, I'll never…
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Hiya ceejay! Yes as far as I know, the Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition has reached EOL status, though you can still buy them they are no longer being produced. The FX-6100 is looking like a sure thing purchase-wise at this point. Considering it's $89 dollars at the closest Micrcenter (some 400-something miles away from…
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I've been researching since November-December last year. Here's what I've got in my possession thus far: CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (Dad wants it so I'm going to get an FX-6100 or FX-6300 instead) Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 (970 Chipset up to 32 GB of RAM, CrossfireX Capable) RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB…
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Boy deciding on a graphics card is hard :? So far I've went from a 7750 to a 7770, and now a 7790 or 7850, lol. It was easy when all I wanted to play was The Sims 3, but all the sudden I want to play all these different PC games, like Bioshock and Tomb Raider, The Walking Dead, etc. And seeing how those 3 games are more…
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Holy crap you have a Titan, DarkAmaranth?! :-o I sure hope you play other games than The Sims, lol.
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Thanks for the links friend. :) I understand the Phenom II X4 is a great chip, but it's about 3 or 4 years old now and it's starting to show its age compared to the FX line. I think the FX-6300 is about the BEST AMD CPU you can get for the $130-$140 USD price point (excluding Microcenter), and it's newer technology over…
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I wish I'd seen this topic sooner. I highly advise AGAINST the Opteron as it is intended for servers, not gaming. Instead I suggest something like a Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, or a newer FX-4300 or FX-6300. The 6300 has 6 cores, the 4300 has 4. The FX CPUs run on the AM3+ socket, and the Phenom II X4 runs on the AM3…
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^ This. I have a Toshiba Satellite P105-S9337 that I bought way back in 2007. Cost me around $2,500 when I bought it, but it came with high-end -- at the time -- stuff like 2GB of RAM, an Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GS card, 17" display, Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0 GHz CPU... I originally got it to play The Sims 2 on, and work on my…
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Hiya! I'm not familiar with Packard Bell, so I can't help there. I can tell you that refurbished ANYTHING, whether it be a computer or something else, is generally not a good idea to buy, as you don't know exactly if the computer will work or not, why it's been refurbished, etc. Now, regarding what you'll need in order to…
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Unfortunately I don't have a liquid cooling set-up, and I'm somewhat clueless as to how to overclock as I've never done it before, but know what it is. I think the only settings I wouldn't turn up to maximum are the tree detail, super water, and high detail lots. I think I'm more worried about a possible bottleneck should…
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I've been looking for a topic concerning this very card, as I too am in a bit of a conundrum when it comes to what card I want to put into my yet-to-be-built custom rig. So far I've got a Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition CPU, Cooler Master Hyper 212 (because I got the CPU as an OEM, ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 motherboard, Corsair…
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This sounds all too familiar to me. I can completely relate to your situation. I bought a Toshiba Satellite P105 laptop in 2007 for around $2700 so I could play The Sims 2 on (I've since moved on to Sims 3). It was a pretty hot-rod laptop back when I bought it -- had 2GB of RAM, 200GB hard drive, an Nvidia GeForce Go 7900…
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You could always return the card for something like an AMD Radeon HD 7770 or 7850....
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I strongly suggest going with option 1. The reasons I say that is because it's a full-size ATX board, and those generally allow for more of an upgrade path. Secondly, it's got a max memory capacity of 32Gbs, whereas option two is only upgradeable to 16GBs (though that's still decent) and option 3 is just awful - 8GBs is no…
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Anything but CyberPower or IbuyPower. These companies are notorious for building sub-par "custom computers" from refurbished parts, and their customer service, if you can even call it that, is horrendous. It is either hit or miss with either of them -- there might be a lucky person who buys a PC from them and it works…
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Ok then. Since I got an extra $100 added to my initial budget, I can splurge a bit more. I've been looking into either an FX-4300 "Vishera" or FX-6300. GFX card I've decided to go with is an HD 7770. Also still going with 8gbs of RAM. Which of these FX series CPUs would be better?
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Hi guys, I'm back again with more questions. Because I'm specifically looking for a quad-core AMD CPU -- mock me all you want, lol -- and it seems that over the past few days, the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black went up to $98, I've had to change things up a little bit. Now I'm looking at a Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, which…
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Well, I don't ever plan on doing SLI or Crossfire graphics configurations, so I only require the use of one PCI-e x16 slot. 16 GBs of possible memory is more than adequate I think, 32 GBs and beyond just boggles me, lol. As far as the GT 640 goes, I was specifically looking at the 128 bit version, as it is confirmed to…
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