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It's expensive to play with low-level friends.

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If we’re not supposed to use the waypoints so much, I want to be able to run faster. Either that or give me a mount. Exploring is fun, sure, but I don’t want to run to my next story quest across the continent in slow motion.

Not only that, do you guys notice that you still have to pay the fee if you DIE? WHAT?

A slight concern about weapon skills.

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So, as you level, you gain new burst skills. Your weapon skills, however never change. I know that you can obviously change your weapon, but I’m not sure that will be enough after many hours in endgame.

On my Warrior, it’s no problem, because I like to switch it up. A friend of mine plays a ranger, however, and the build that he likes requires a short bow up close and a long bow from far away.

Again, I know that he can just change is build if he gets bored, but I’m curious about what A-Net could do differently in the long run.

What do you guys think?

750 Budget Desktop

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That’s another $100. This is a budget build. What he is getting is perfect to build upon.

750 Budget Desktop

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That PSU and DVD drive are perfect.

I would say that a high-end i5 would be on par if not better, but you’d be paying almost twice the money for it. If you bought everything I listed plus the items I added from your list, you’d have a fully built computer.

BE CAREFUL putting it together if you plan on it. If you never have, go on YouTube, do some research. I can’t tell you how many fried motherboards I see come in the store every week.

EDIT: Also, for the GFX card, the higher clock, the faster/better the card is. The XFX that I linked is 900mhz which is very good.

750 Budget Desktop

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That will be fine, MAYBE try bumping it to a 650, but no more. You will be able to power everything just fine with a 550, the only thing you have to take into account are extra things like fans in the long run.

I personally use a 650 and I haven’t had any type of issues whatsoever.

EDIT: Sorry for the late reply.

EDIT2: Just to let you know, anytime you see OEM, all that means is that you don’t get the box with it. So Windows 7 is still a completely authentic version of Windows, it just doesn’t come with a fancy box.

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Free World Switches

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It is as of last night, my brother and a friend transferred to my server instantly for free.

750 Budget Desktop

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Case NZXT GAMMA Classic – $40
Power Supply XFX Core Edition PRO 550W – $66
CPU Intel i3-2120 – $125
Heatsink Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO – $32
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H – $120
Memory 8GB G.Skill DDR3 12800 – $53
Graphics Card XFX 6870 or ASUS DCII GTX 560 – $137/ $170
Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB – $103
DVD Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW – $22
Total $698 – $731[/quote]

1. If you’re going to spend over 120 for a processor, get AMD. At that price range, you get more for your money w/ a quad core for just over $100.

2. Don’t buy a heatsink. You’re not overclocking, so forget about that.

3. Check out ASRock for some good Mobos. They are a sister company to Asus and are built very well. Again, AMD will run WAY cheaper.

4. You don’t need more than 4GB of RAM. Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that you NEED more. It’s just not true.

5. If you go Nvidia, go with the 560Ti, no less. For ATI, the 6870 1GB is what I use and I average about 45 FPS. Don’t listen to anyone who says you need more than that. Do not spend over 170 for that.

6. You have to find a cheaper HDD. 500GB is plenty. Don’t over do it with this build. You can always add another HDD or SSD later.

Trust me, I build these every day.

PROOF:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727 $109
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157316 $89
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231313 $21
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150521 $179
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148767 $69
Case NZXT GAMMA Classic – $40
Power Supply XFX Core Edition PRO 550W – $66

TOTAL
$573 + $99 for Windows 7 OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

$672 + tax.

You can’t beat that dude. Trust me.

What are you running GW2 on?

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i7 2600k 3.4Ghz
ATI 6870 1GB
8GB G-Skill 1600 RAM

I run everything on max except for Native sampling instead of supersample. I’ve never seen it drop below 35 no matter where I was or how many spells were going off at once.

Suggestions wanted on upgrading my video card

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Get a 560ti. It will last you forever. I have an ati 6870 and I never drop below 35 fps.