My New Gaming, er, Business PC
All SEO and no play makes Jack a dull boy
Do you participate in multiplayer online pc games after finishing your webmaster tasks? It’s not unusual for me to spend 12 – 14 hours during the day in front of a pc–that includes working a full time job and coming home to attack my webmaster and search marketing tasks. I’ve found pc gaming, especially the online variety, to be an important stress reliever in the evenings after the electrical activity in my brain starts to wan. First person shooters, 3D strategy and combat simulations are the genres that interest me most. My pc gets vigorous use for both business and pleasure.
Five years have passed since my last pc purchase. In graphics card years, that’s a very long time. I was getting tired of things looking dull and moving slow, so I did a little research and made the leap to a new pc that can handle business tasks and pack a punch on the gaming servers. It’s kind of like buying a new pair of glasses.
Just one rule… don’t ask how much it costs!
This is not a top-of-the-line gaming pc. If any of my online multiplayer competitors out there are reading this, know that I fully plan on upgrading to an overclockable processor and DirectX 10 graphics card at a time of my choosing.
I purchased this machine from Vision Computers. I had never done any business with this company but had heard good things about them. So far, I am more than happy with their service and would recommend them. When a glitch was discovered with the graphics card, they actually repaired and delivered it to my home on a Saturday afternoon! Feast your eyes upon these specs:
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2 Processor
- EVGA Nvidia nForce 680i SLI 775 Mother Board
- CM Stacker 830 Case
- 4 GB DDR2 1066MHZ RAM (added 2 November 2008)
- EVGA Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX Graphics Card (added November 2008)
- Raptor 150 GB SATA 10,000 RPM Hard-Drive
- Operating System: Vista
- Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 Computer Speaker System (added April 2008)
- Logitech MX400 Performance Laser Mouse (added April 2008)
Let the fragging begin…
March 8th, 2007 at 7:03 am
Hey, wanna exchange with my pc? I use Celeron 336. That’s just 1/4 or even 1/6 of your computer price…
(Restrain myself from drooling – opps… just dreaming of playing WoW with that computer)
March 9th, 2007 at 2:48 am
That just looks expensive. I hope you got a nice LCD display to go with it.
March 9th, 2007 at 9:22 am
The facia is very nice….but ….the specs….I’m just drooling?!
Technically, I’m on an OLD IBM NetVista 1Ghz 512MB Ram…..
does the trick for me…
March 11th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Awesome! Now I want to upgrade to a newer system.
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Yes, but, does the mouse work properly?
May 1st, 2007 at 12:19 am
Yes, the mouse works fine, but I have discovered a bug that occasionally causes me to lose frags to smart-alecky cousins.
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