Recent content by cluster.roadkill

if your budget is of a big concern (like you only can afford 500$ or something) go for barebones, though as bloodshot said 1grand should be enough to buy a fairly decent gaming pc and i did enjoy assembling my own PC,

true but the A+ cert will help him with some/most customers also - you won't really make a profit much unless you're a power buyer (like 100s of cpus) for your own clients, otherwise a dell.com system will be cheaper to almost everyone. I would suggest you look into tech support for the town...

just read the OP's post and a few other replies on the first page (rest seem like flame wars), decent system +1 to getting another PSU 650-750 range also - since you're on a budget it might not matter but get a crossfire ready board for an AMD video card? I'm currently on an Xfire ready board...

good thing you steered away from water cooling, bit of a waste if friend isn't really a gamer. build looks good to me, though i'm not a big fan of non WD hdds. good case, PSU - personally would go with corsair, decent mobo, good processor (a bit of an overkill perhaps? ), good enough RAM and...

ssd's don't really factor into gaming. things like processing power (CPU), RAM and GPU (video card) are more important to game performance. The only benifit to an SSD over a HDD is that it allows for faster seek times from the drive, thus things like moving files between folders and in general...

i'd play T more often if you guys RUSHED! seriously, it's no fun being the only one to rush and then waiting ~2mins just sitting there staring at people go in 1 by 1 or stay back.

haha i'll be one costly baby sitter. pay for my plane ticket :) im playing on dust2 now, join us in death?

noone wants to live next to you lady, your latency is ridiculous :P