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Default A 750$ Gaming machine... lol
Hey guys... what's happenin'

So, the short of it is this... friend of mine has about 800 to spend and she is a big WoW/Aion fan... and asked me what kind of system she could get for that money.

I was not being trying to be mean, but it made me smile a little bit, but a gaming system can easily run triple that, so I figured I challenge all you guys/girls a little...

If you had 750-800 and you were trying to build a system from scratch... what would you throw at it?

Go crazy and have fun and try not to lol too much.



Remember, below 800$ (that is including shipping, no peripherals needed).
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I built my rig for ~$750, what with shipping costs, replacement parts, and RMA.


But you could probably put much better stuff together for that much
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does she need mouse monitor keyboard etc.?
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It can be done easily if she doesn't need a monitor or keyboard etc.

I'll throw something together.
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does she need mouse monitor keyboard etc.?
Nope she has all that fun stuff... and yes.. she does want to run a dual monitor set-up... lol trying to keep it interesting...
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Here is what I got:

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Forgot the cpu cooler, here

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-029-_-Product

And a dvd burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136167

With the $60 in MIR your right near 750.

And don't get a tri core... Buy the antec 300 and 955 combo
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Couple years back, this might of been a challenge. It's pretty easy to build a gaming rig now thats decent for 750.
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