Done, closed out, and the computer ordered. Final tally:
Just beneath $900. And some of the freelance writing cash is coming in, so I have gone ahead and ordered the machine. Specs after the fold; if I screwed up somehow, try not to laugh too hard, OK? – Oh, and everybody’s advice on this was helpful, not least because it encouraged me to think in these terms again.
And, as always: thanks to everyone who donates, reads, or even just lurks. I have excellent readers. …Scratch that: I have readers who are made of Awesome.
Specs:
1 × CFI Boreallight Black Full-Tower Gaming Case Item
1 × AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz(4.2GHz Turbo) CPU and AMD 760G Chipset Motherboard Combo Item
1 × AMD CPU Cooler
1 × Major Brand 1TB 7200 RPM SATA III 6.0
1 × 8GB DDR3 1600MHZ (2 X 4GB)
1 × AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB Video Card (Require Min. 600W Power Supply)
1 × CYBERPOWERPC 600 Watt 80+ Power Supply
1 × 12X Blu-ray Player & DVD-Rewriter Combo Drive
1 × Microsoft Windows 8.1 64 Bit – OEM
1 × Azza Keyboard and Mouse Combo
It’s not quite up to the Insane The Witcher: Wild Hunt stats*, but it’s pretty close, methinks. It’s certainly likely to work better than my current machine.
Moe Lane
*Oh, geez. Now I actually have to go buy the damned thing. Well, that’s what Amazon referral fees are for.
I glad to see you have the new system. It looks very good.
BTW that is the call I would have made on the video card also. I have noticed that you have definite performance differences in cards up to about $150. Cards more expensive that that are catered to enthusiasts so the diminishing returns can get pretty steep.
Its far easier to slightly adjust some minor video settings than to pay $200 bucks for the privilege of having everything at ultra
And video cards are easy to swap out later if need be.