I'm trying to decide on a budget gaming rig that could play recent games in the higher graphics settings with decent FPS. In particular, LOTRO in 'Very High'.
With my experience I'd rather build from a barebones and not have to follow advice like for the Saphire X1950 I've seen alot that suggests I'd have to do some custom cooling etc I think with my budget I can't do the newer shuttles like the SD39P2...maybe more like the price of an Asus T3. Don't mind if its AMD/Intel based and I guess I need something around an E6400. 2 gig of RAM seems a must now.
I'd be interested on opinions between a WD Raptor or using 2 SATA drives on RAID when I only need HD space for games.
So anyway, every time I get near to deciding I hear that this component might not fit in this barebone or that the PSU isn't powerful enough and so on. So if you have a budget tried-and-tested rig and want to share the specs that would be great.
tnx in advance peeps.