This field intentionally l Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I spent €340 on my FM pc. I run 36 leagues, 36 additional nations etc.All you need is a good dual core with 4gb of ram (2 is fine at a push) and an efficient software setup. Spending more than €400 on a PC is pointless as not only is it largely worthless the moment it is assembled and powered on, it will be out of date within 18 months. The point about warranties on OEM machines is fud too - with respect - they are engineered on a margin with quality and reliability coming a distant third in the list of priorities. You'd likely need the warranty on one of those machines. Self assembly, you often get similar or equivalent warranties on individual components (LCD 3 years, motherboard 3 years, RAM Lifetime, HDD four years) and the added satisfication of knowing that you are not paying a brand premium for mcguffin whizz bang and that you know exactly whats in it and what to expect from it. AMD 6000+ ASUS M2N 4gb of Corsair 6400 200 GB SATA 2 HDD ATi HD 3850 80% efficient PSU €350 (a year ago) Job done. Seriously. PS: Yes, power consumption is a concern for me. Not being American, we actually have to pay for our energy sadly. I guess you enjoy putting systems together. I don't. Order a system on the web, unpack it, plug it in, job done! Given that Alienware use off the shelf components, as you have, your argument about warranties is specious. Wow, this has to be the most boring thread in this forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iglesia Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 AMD 6000+ ASUS M2N 4gb of Corsair 6400 200 GB SATA 2 HDD ATi HD 3850 80% efficient PSU That's pretty much the exact same system I built 18 months ago, but I've got a 500GB hard drive. I don't know how you can get away with only 200GB's. You mustn't download a lot of porn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Guy! Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I guess you enjoy putting systems together. I don't. Order a system on the web, unpack it, plug it in, job done! Given that Alienware use off the shelf components, as you have, your argument about warranties is specious.Wow, this has to be the most boring thread in this forum. Alienware is a ripoff... I'm currently in the process of building a new computer, for other reasons than football manager. Anyhow, it would cost two grand more to get it from them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMagpies Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I too build my own. FM is 1 of the few games that actively support multiple cores on the PC. The latest PS has upto 8 cores and currently no releases make use of all of them. As developers gain confidence with multithreading then we'll see an increase in game performance due to multicore technology, but you have to remember until fairly recently systems with more than 1 cpu were dedicated servers and server based OS's were not designed with being game friendly in mind. Also there is a fairly new development tool from the Khronos Group that will allow dev's to split code over the cpu/gpu so the future of gaming is starting to look interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
This field intentionally l Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Looks like there might be a business opportunity for you guys that build your own systems. If you put together a PC optimized for FM, get SI to endorse it as "SI approved" or "FM Ready", you could easily undercut Alienware/Dell etc... Sell the things on e-bay. Hell, I might buy one. No probably I wouldn't; I like being ripped off ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svenc Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Not so sure about that.Forgott to say that the actual resolution you are playing at makes a huge difference. Fixed. 200€+ cards are overkill for any bog standard 1280x1024 resolution. The awful port of GTA4 sadly plays like ***** on any totally random machine it comes across apparently - except for the expensive ones. Somebody said that spending more than 400 bucks on a new built'd be pointless - that totally depends what you're doing with the machine. My late 2007 built would cost me about 300 bucks right now, and it still serves me well. I don't do a lot of Photoshopping. Or video encoding. I do writing. Multimedia. And I game quite a lot - I just don't buy that many new games. There is probably an awful lot of users who spent way too much money on their setups, though. Hardware prices are dropping as fast as ever. Right now I could sell my video card on ebay, add 30 bucks to that and buy another one that's four times as fast as what I had before. That new one'd be also significantly faster, energy-efficient and cooler a card than models that were twice as expensive in late 2007 when I built my rig. Upgrading can totally work out, and it can safe you a lot of money. Regardless if you're into upgrading or not: determining what you actually want to do with your built prior to shopping works out anytime. Anywhere. ASUS M2N Unless you know you're not going to upgrade your rig anyway, this board is not recommended anymore. There are decent AM3 (and thus PhenomII) ready boards out there for 50 bucks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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