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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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 Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:23 pm Post subject: Re: High end i5 760 gaming PC + 26"monitor + Logitech Z |
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| moochy wrote: |
| Plays anything you throw at it at max setting at 1920x1200. |
I don't usually crap on people's ads but I hate seeing this statement. Your rig is no where close to being able to do this. |
Actually it is. Sure, the odd game will crap it out, but for the most part, games will run well at that resolution (probably with no AA or AF). Heck, I have a Q9550 (@ 3.2GHz) paired with a HD6870 (a pretty similar card in terms of performance) running great on a 24" monitor (1920x1200).
Its a good gaming system. Not the best, but far from the worst. High-end mainstream I think is a fair statement. |
No AA and no AF means it's not a "high end gaming PC" perhaps a high end general use PC but not a high end GAMING PC. |
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noky
Joined: 14 Jul 2010
Location: Yeongcheon
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:02 am Post subject: |
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As a fellow 460 GTX owner, I can safely say the card is definitely not high end. It will destroy all of the older generation engines (Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2, etc.) but try anything coming out this year and you'll see the truth. Final Fantasy XIV takes my graphics card to town if I try to play at 1080p.
We don't have the same exact setup though.
4GB of Generic Samsung RAM (runs great though)
Phenom II X6 1055T
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The truth is, it's a mid-range setup that's pretty much spot on when it comes to bang for the buck. It'll play anything you throw at it this year and the next, just don't expect to run it at max (probably high performance at 720p) if it's made in 2011 and beyond. Focus on what's important, it'll play anything and probably play it (very) well. My rig cost me a little over a 1m (including monitor, OS, and everything).
Don't know why I even added my two cents now. Hope it helps someone. |
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jordanwa
Joined: 06 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey i'm a new to this forum so i can't pm. I'm interested in all of the stuff you have. Send me an email at [email protected] and maybe we can figure something out |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| noky wrote: |
As a fellow 460 GTX owner, I can safely say the card is definitely not high end. It will destroy all of the older generation engines (Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2, etc.) but try anything coming out this year and you'll see the truth. Final Fantasy XIV takes my graphics card to town if I try to play at 1080p.
We don't have the same exact setup though.
4GB of Generic Samsung RAM (runs great though)
Phenom II X6 1055T
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The truth is, it's a mid-range setup that's pretty much spot on when it comes to bang for the buck. It'll play anything you throw at it this year and the next, just don't expect to run it at max (probably high performance at 720p) if it's made in 2011 and beyond. Focus on what's important, it'll play anything and probably play it (very) well. My rig cost me a little over a 1m (including monitor, OS, and everything).
Don't know why I even added my two cents now. Hope it helps someone. |
Is your GTX460 1GB or 768? The 1GB is pwn, especialyl OC'ed. You are probably also experiencing a CPU bottleneck. |
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noky
Joined: 14 Jul 2010
Location: Yeongcheon
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Triban wrote: |
| Is your GTX460 1GB or 768? The 1GB is pwn, especialyl OC'ed. You are probably also experiencing a CPU bottleneck. |
I have an EVGA 1GB "Superclocked" version with the External Exhaust. I have no pushed it farther than the stock "overclock." So it's pretty much running at the default speed. I recognize the Core i5s tend to have better performance in games not optimized for multiple cores but I doubt there's a serious CPU bottleneck at 2.8ghz with six cores (though I could be wrong -- quick check says that I probably am as the Core i5 beasts the X6 in gaming benchmarks; 40FPS in DA:O). |
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realworldexperience
Joined: 02 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:52 am Post subject: |
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Are you guys that are selling the computers bringing them from USA/Europe/Australia/ETC. or are you guys buying each part here in Korea and assembling them yourselves?
Just wondering 
or people with gaming computers in Korea |
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noky
Joined: 14 Jul 2010
Location: Yeongcheon
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:35 am Post subject: |
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| I bought my parts here from joyzen.co.kr -- pretty sure that's what most people are doing. Shipping desktop is crazy expensive. |
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Carbon
Joined: 28 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: High end i5 760 gaming PC + 26"monitor + Logitech Z |
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| red_devil wrote: |
| Carbon wrote: |
Its a good gaming system. Not the best, but far from the worst. High-end mainstream I think is a fair statement. |
No AA and no AF means it's not a "high end gaming PC" perhaps a high end general use PC but not a high end GAMING PC. |
So we agree then. Good. Have a seat. |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| noky wrote: |
| I bought my parts here from joyzen.co.kr -- pretty sure that's what most people are doing. Shipping desktop is crazy expensive. |
Did you check Yongsan at all? I'm trying to figure out if Yongsan or online would be cheaper. |
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Meow?
Joined: 06 Oct 2010
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Joyzen has fixed prices posted on their items. Yongsan takes skills and ultimate patience for haggling and what not. Joyzen takes a single call. Yongsan takes a lot of roaming around for "good ajoshis."
I bet even with the slightest price difference, Joyzen is still the better choice. |
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noky
Joined: 14 Jul 2010
Location: Yeongcheon
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Triban wrote: |
Did you check Yongsan at all? I'm trying to figure out if Yongsan or online would be cheaper. |
I don't live in Seoul so Yongsan wasn't an option. Plus:
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| Yongsan takes skills and ultimate patience for haggling and what not. |
I don't have said patience.
I did some comparison shopping with Danawa/Gmarket and Joyzen was for the most part around the same price (in a couple cases cheaper - but not usually) and getting all my pieces from one place was an advantage to me (only one office to firebomb if things go wrong). |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah I got you. I was looking on joyzen and the P67 MOBO was cheaper but other stuff was FARRRR more expensive! what gives? |
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usmustrust
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| noky wrote: |
| I bought my parts here from joyzen.co.kr -- pretty sure that's what most people are doing. Shipping desktop is crazy expensive. |
Shipping is not that bad it costs about 45 bucks for 20KG. You just strip the system to non essentials , take your HD, Monitor, Vid Card , ram and cpu on the plane in a carry on and ship the case, with power supply.
You send it regular korean postal service w / little or no insurance and boom its home or here.
Declare the box as parts for repairing a system and your set...
Its a myth that its super expensive to send a machine home it just depends on how you choose to do it.
Shipping Korean postal service using EMS would murder your pocket though. Sending a 10KG package insured would be like 120K
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usmustrust
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| noky wrote: |
| I bought my parts here from joyzen.co.kr -- pretty sure that's what most people are doing. Shipping desktop is crazy expensive. |
Other good sites as alternatives to Yongsan Haggling would be:
Auction.co.kr
gmarket.com
11st.co.kr (give a better discount coupon on many items) **IMHO best deals are here for new items.
used.auction.co.kr is also good because you can find decent parts fairly current that people wanna get rid of quick.
http://cafe.naver.com/joonggonara - is great for if you can handle a bit of korean..... by far the clearing house a lot of stuff here cheaper than anyplace else |
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noky
Joined: 14 Jul 2010
Location: Yeongcheon
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| Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| usmustrust wrote: |
Shipping is not that bad it costs about 45 bucks for 20KG. You just strip the system to non essentials , take your HD, Monitor, Vid Card , ram and cpu on the plane in a carry on and ship the case, with power supply.
Its a myth that its super expensive to send a machine home it just depends on how you choose to do it.
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For me that meant packing around fragile parts and devoting most of an entire bag for my 24" monitor. Don't know what you decided to bring on your first trip here but that wasn't even an option for me.
That said, you're right if you can fit most of the important parts inside your luggage then you can send the case/psu over for very little. For not much more you can simply buy a new case/psu (unless you buy high quality parts at which point yeah just ship them). |
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