I have 8 gigs of ram and i utilize over 6 gigs of it relatively often.
Naturally, i'm also the crazy, crazy mofo who plays a game full screen on one monitor, has a 720p movie on the other monitor, and still has things such as STEAM, hardware monitors and buddy lists running in the background.
I also run 8GB of 1066 DDR2. But, and this is the important part, I disable paging. There are times when I might need more than 8GB (serious Photoshop work or the like) and in those cases I use as few programs as possible.
With paging disabled, you don't beat that HDD up so much, and I've got three velociraptors in RAID0 and they cost too much to beat up.
I think when it comes down to it, yes, a sub $700 computer will get you playing all of the latest games, but if you're a heavy-handed multi-tasker, you're going to need to spend more.
Computers are my life, so I'm happy to spend mid-high dollars. But, I'd never spend more than $2000. Well, unless I win the you know what!
some of us aren't broke and can afford gaming pc's. my current has a 295 with an 1-7 overclocked to 3.66.
my next one will have a 5890x2 or whatever, then i will give the old one to the wife so i have 2 excellent pc's.
but i don't pay for a cell phone and have never text a message, so i spend all the money everybody wastes on cell phones. and i also own both of my cars, a ridgeline and a mazdaspeed 3. sorry to brag but people if you spend your money wisely you can do the same. i work at cost co so i don't MAKE THAT MUCH.....
the average cell phone bill is like 150 bucks? and american's wonder why they are all so broke.....
some of us aren't broke and can afford gaming pc's. my current has a 295 with an 1-7 overclocked to 3.66.
my next one will have a 5890x2 or whatever, then i will give the old one to the wife so i have 2 excellent pc's.
but i don't pay for a cell phone and have never text a message, so i spend all the money everybody wastes on cell phones. and i also own both of my cars, a ridgeline and a mazdaspeed 3. sorry to brag but people if you spend your money wisely you can do the same. i work at cost co so i don't MAKE THAT MUCH.....
the average cell phone bill is like 150 bucks? and american's wonder why they are all so broke.....
NOT HERE!!!!!
You sound like me, I also have never had a mobile phone.
I was paying $120 or so. I had a Blackberry though and the the BB service was $45 a month. Do you NEED a high end rig to enjoy games? No. I haven't had one for many years. I still enjoy the games I play. I guess its all in what you will deal with.
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