If you need help building a computer or advice on parts.

[Nuclearranger]

Answers in practice are never so black and white. Life resists simplicity. All things neutral sure it would be but life is never that.

Right and I mean no disrespect.

IF YOU ALREADY OWN A PC-
It will be fairly cheap to upgrade. This is probably your best route as long as your PC isn't running on a P4 processor still

IF YOU DON'T OWN A PC-
Buying a completely new PC only to scrap half of it and replace the parts is probably not the most efficient route. However I could never know the prices of ALL prebuilt systems so I can not guarantee this statement.

I would also like to state that if you build your own you can also chose how it looks. So instead of getting this... http://images.mylot.com/userImages/i...os/2028151.jpg

You can get this....
http://gallery.techarena.in/data/513/image112.jpg

[xmoonprismpowerx]

My boyfriend recently built us two computers from scratch and it cost roughly 300-500 dollars for each. I wouldn't say we have THE BEST COMPUTARS EVARRR but I think we are going to be very good for awhile. And the only advice I can give everyone, is that I second Newegg as the place to buy parts. They literally are the cheapest, and it's 3-day shipping. We got everything in nearly 3 days later (and we brought in parts multiple times).

[Malachite]

Lol, that's a nice way to look at things, but I've built many many PCs over the years, as has Nuclear Ranger apparently. That is just how it is, believe me.

Wait, Nuclear Ranger, don't I know you? Didn't I have an argument on MSN with you, about whether or not PSO's music changed to calm/battle depending on whether or not you were fighting? lol

[BIG OLAF]

I don't know anything about computers. When people say "build a PC", they might as well be telling me to construct an orbital satellite laser.

[Malachite]

It's easy, Olaf. I know it sounds hard, but honestly you could do it just watching a Youtube video to guide you through. Basically certain parts go in a certain place, and certain plugs go into a certain socket. It's almost impossible to mess up if you're watching a proper guide.

It's like putting a chair together.

[BIG OLAF]

I don't know. I have a knack for mucking up simple things, mostly because I over-analyze and over-think everything. I'm not worried about it right now, though, since I have exactly $3.00 to my name, and no visible opportunities for employment in the future right now.

[ShinMaruku]

I have done both and sometimes I get rotten luck.
Thus I like parts support.

[Nuclearranger]

If anyone is questioning whether or not their PCs will RUN PSO2 post your stats and I can give you a fairly good guess(Wont be perfect) but it should be obvious to me fairly easily.

[cheapgunner]

If anyone is questioning whether or not their PCs will RUN PSO2 post your stats and I can give you a fairly good guess(Wont be perfect) but it should be obvious to me fairly easily.

Can you tell if my labtop could run PSO2 (aphla-level):

Acer - Windows 7

Processor: AMD Athlon II P340 Dual-Core Processor 2.20 GHz

RAM: 4 GB

System-type: 64 bit

I don't have a graphics card but from what the specs requirement says for the Alpha testing, it shouldn't be too expensive to get one. This labtop is one of those cheap models (Walmart ), so I know that gaming will be too lackluster for it...

[Nuclearranger]

Can you tell if my labtop could run PSO2 (aphla-level):

Acer - Windows 7

Processor: AMD Athlon II P340 Dual-Core Processor 2.20 GHz

RAM: 4 GB

System-type: 64 bit

I don't have a graphics card but from what the specs requirement says for the Alpha testing, it shouldn't be too expensive to get one. This labtop is one of those cheap models (Walmart ), so I know that gaming will be too lackluster for it...

Depending on the model of laptop it can be nearly impossible to ADD anything to a laptop besides memory. I did do a CPU upgrade on one once.

I would say without a Graphics card PSO-2 MIGHT run on some lower settings. No guarantee on that.

If I were you I would go and call Acer and see what they have to say. Laptops are tricky and on a case by case basis unlike desktops where they are all about the same.

What happens when you don't have a GPU your CPU has to do everything.
-Processing
-Graphics
-Sounds
-ect

If you are building a PC I recommend a lower end sound card ($20-$50) This will allow your CPU to be free. The more you can do with EXTRA components the LESS your CPU must do.
Believe it or not a sound card, and network card can actually make your computer faster and give you higher frame rates.