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    Yet another thread? Can't stay indecisive forever ~.^

    Quote Originally Posted by CrystalRainbow View Post
    Sadly, "Budget" and "PC gaming" tend to be mutually exclusive.
    Sorry, but I gotta disagree with this. Now if the OP wants a console just to avoid the hassle of fussing with computer specs, sure, more power to him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SavageRico View Post
    Thank the stars your here! I found two more but sadly it seems all my choices suck.... Please any input on the new systems I added?
    1. Solid gaming machine that sticks to the basics with no frills. Oh, someone going to complain it can't do good graphics? Hahahahahaha.
    2. Same as above, but with a slightly worse video card in exchange for a slightly better CPU. This might be a good trade off for video editing or something but for gaming... #1 is better.
    3. ...Video GPU is nvidia but has less memory and performs slightly worse than the R7 250 (but only very slightly).... I wouldn't bother with it
    4. Same video capability as #1, but with a bigger hard drive and an SSD and a stronger CPU. So it gives you some room to grow. As discussed before, SSDs do give you better load times but any desktop hard drive will be faster than your old notebook. So, do you want loadtimes to be lightning fast? (I won't deny it; like a performance car, it's really nice... but it's also a luxury).
    Honestly, you won't notice the CPU difference unless you edit videos, encode DVDs, run some really intense simulations (they kind they do in universities, not ones branded Microsoft or something)....that sort of thing

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    It is worth noting that, as others say, you do get the best bang for your buck building your own. However, the markup from those smaller names like the ones you link to is considerably less. So... if you want to go that route, it's really how comfortable you are with building a computer (go on youtube and search around, lots of guide videos).

    The console route is also viable if you just don't want to deal with all this. xD (But you would need to buy FFXIV for the PS4 to move your account over)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
    Yet another thread? Can't stay indecisive forever ~.^



    Sorry, but I gotta disagree with this. Now if the OP wants a console just to avoid the hassle of fussing with computer specs, sure, more power to him.
    Thank the stars your here! I found two more but sadly it seems all my choices suck.... Please any input on the new systems I added?
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    I'm hoping that number one comes back in stock by next Friday then if not I'll see about number four if I can afford it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SavageRico View Post
    I'm hoping that number one comes back in stock by next Friday then if not I'll see about number four if I can afford it.
    Cheers.

    It's also worth mentioning there is one very distinct advantage of PCs. If you come into some money down the road a bit, you can pull out that graphics card and put in a monster, or similarly upgrade any other part. For now... just enjoy having a lot more capability than the 4000HD and the pretty sights in all the world and dungeons and, when you get to 60, the fancy endgame raids.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
    Cheers.

    It's also worth mentioning there is one very distinct advantage of PCs. If you come into some money down the road a bit, you can pull out that graphics card and put in a monster, or similarly upgrade any other part. For now... just enjoy having a lot more capability than the 4000HD and the pretty sights in all the world and dungeons and, when you get to 60, the fancy endgame raids.
    with my luck it will still be out of stock and ill have to try to understand how to tell a bad video card from a decent one ^^;
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