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I plan to buy grandson a new pc for holidays. He plays wow and minecraft as well as some others. So confused as to what is nec
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Tabris DarkPeace
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Link to say 3 to 5 computer systems you are considering, or similar models, and have people here critique each one.
- You can copy/paste, or manually type out, the address or 'URL' of web pages you see, so far we don't even know which part of the world you're residing in. (I'm from Australia).
Within a few 'passes' of doing this eventually you'll have enough information to do some research at places of purchase without getting led astray by sales people.
Get some 'intel', then post your experience(s) back here and you'll get the best bang for your buck.
Do not just walk in and let a sales person talk a swift one and pull the wool over your eyes. They either outright lie (at times) or simply have ah heck all idea what they're selling at the best of times.
If you are comfortable with 'a PC *parts* shopping list' the people here are very good at providing them but it would require assembly and OS + drivers + software installation. All best done at your local PC shop if you have one.
If you're looking at Electronics Megastores, stick with the 'collect intel' approach, and just run it by 3+ IT folk so you don't get ripped off. Post experiences back here, with prices and basic system specs (or Internet links to pages of similar or same systems).
For WoW and Minecraft an Intel HD3000 is OK, but an Intel HD2500 or less would be too slow.
It may be advisable to look at systems with Radeon HD7700 'series' or GeForce GT640 'series' (or above) graphics cards.
For a laptop beware that they use similar names but only offer about half the performance of their desktop / tower brethren.
A good mini tower PC will most likely suffice ($500 or so), then just add a nice monitor (1600x900 resolution, at least 20 inch), keyboard and mouse.
Being an old timer you can probably tell keyboard and mouse quality better than most the young buyers today anyway.
It's just the 'bits inside the box' that you'll need help with (I hope).
Oh, you can use the Windows Experience Index (have them run it whilst in store, as the numbers can be set 'fake' like an odometer) to get a rough idea. Anything that scores 5.0+ in all categories and thus 5.0+ overall isn't a 'bad' PC.
Today there are machines that score over 7.6 in practically everything though, these would be overkill for World of Warcraft and/or Minecraft though.
The Windows Experience Index scores are not linear by the way; 7.5 is about 4 to 6 times as powerful/fast as 5.5 is. (Often more).
- It is like the Richter scale used for Earthquakes.
- You can copy/paste, or manually type out, the address or 'URL' of web pages you see, so far we don't even know which part of the world you're residing in. (I'm from Australia).
Within a few 'passes' of doing this eventually you'll have enough information to do some research at places of purchase without getting led astray by sales people.
Get some 'intel', then post your experience(s) back here and you'll get the best bang for your buck.
Do not just walk in and let a sales person talk a swift one and pull the wool over your eyes. They either outright lie (at times) or simply have ah heck all idea what they're selling at the best of times.
If you are comfortable with 'a PC *parts* shopping list' the people here are very good at providing them but it would require assembly and OS + drivers + software installation. All best done at your local PC shop if you have one.
If you're looking at Electronics Megastores, stick with the 'collect intel' approach, and just run it by 3+ IT folk so you don't get ripped off. Post experiences back here, with prices and basic system specs (or Internet links to pages of similar or same systems).
For WoW and Minecraft an Intel HD3000 is OK, but an Intel HD2500 or less would be too slow.
It may be advisable to look at systems with Radeon HD7700 'series' or GeForce GT640 'series' (or above) graphics cards.
For a laptop beware that they use similar names but only offer about half the performance of their desktop / tower brethren.
A good mini tower PC will most likely suffice ($500 or so), then just add a nice monitor (1600x900 resolution, at least 20 inch), keyboard and mouse.
Being an old timer you can probably tell keyboard and mouse quality better than most the young buyers today anyway.
It's just the 'bits inside the box' that you'll need help with (I hope).
Oh, you can use the Windows Experience Index (have them run it whilst in store, as the numbers can be set 'fake' like an odometer) to get a rough idea. Anything that scores 5.0+ in all categories and thus 5.0+ overall isn't a 'bad' PC.
Today there are machines that score over 7.6 in practically everything though, these would be overkill for World of Warcraft and/or Minecraft though.
The Windows Experience Index scores are not linear by the way; 7.5 is about 4 to 6 times as powerful/fast as 5.5 is. (Often more).
- It is like the Richter scale used for Earthquakes.
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