# WTB: Gaming Computer

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**Category:** Classifieds\
**Created:** [June 20, 2009, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-gaming-computer/244903 "2009-06-20T08:06:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-gaming-computer/244903/20 "2009-06-24T07:49:25Z")

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> [@channel 4 news tonight 11/6 @11pm v. drama for my dad](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/channel-4-news-tonight-11-6-11pm-v-drama-for-my-dad/19778/70):
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> Ditch the sound card in that setup, just about every motherboard out there as a good integrated sound card.
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> I’m building something very similar, but I’m getting a slightly less expensive graphics card (GTX 275 vs the GTX 285) and running 2 64G solid state drives in Raid 0 (for a total of 128gigs with SUPER fast read speeds).

Integrated sound card while getting much better… Do not have the options and clairity that a 3rd party card does.

When I have my X-Fi set as my default vs the Integrated you can deffinatly tell a difference in quality… and plus in a gaming situation it takes less load off of the processor… Not that that means much no a days but id rather pay 50 bucks for quality sound and more features

If you have a shitty set of speakers like some cheap 30 dollar logitechs or something im sure it wont be as noticeable… but when you have a nice setup you can tell

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