Aerro's guide has become my bible and i am always checking for ways to improve my merc as i gear it up. Even after the nerfs from previous patches i was glad to see that someone was able to show the class is still strong and viable.

they have tech people you can chat with while building your PC online so that you can make sure all of your parts work together well. plus they have some nifty features that tell you what FPS you will run at certain settings on certain games (this is pretty limited at the moment for game selection).

this is my second cyberpower pc and i have not had issues with them. their CS can be reached by email if they cannot be reached by phone (phone can be hit or miss sometimes).

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com if you want a cheap, yet good gaming PC check out CyberPower. just messing around for a couple of mins and i put this together and its a beast and still under your budget by a few hundred $$$ Custom Gamer Scorpius 8000 - $1675 Case: Thermaltake Commander Mid-Tower Gaming Case (Black Color) Extra Case Fan Upgrade: Maximum 120MM Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+9] Noise Reduction Technology: Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts [+9] CPU: AMD FX-8150 3.60 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology [+70] Cooling Fan: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan) Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: Standard Coolant Motherboard: [CrossFireX/SLI] ASUS Sabertooth AMD 990FX Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ UEFI Bios, TUF Thermal Radar & 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III RAID, 4 Gen2 PCIe X16, 1 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI [+124] Memory: 32GB (8GBx4) DDR3/1333MHz Dual Channel Memory [+301] (Corsair or Major Brand) Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2GB 16X PCIe Video Card [+191] (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA) Power Supply Upgrade: 700 Watts - Standard Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready [-14] Hard Drive: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [+25] (Single Drive) External Hard Drive (USB3.0/2.0/eSATA): None Optical Drive: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR) Sound: Creative Labs SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio 24-BIT PCI Sound Card [+48] LCD Monitor: 24" Widescreen 1920x1080 ASUS VS247H-P LCD [+157] Speakers: Creative Inspire T3130 2.1 Speakers System [+26] Keyboard: AZZA Multimedia USB Gaming Keyboard Mouse: AZZA Optical 1600dpi Gaming Mouse with Weight Adjustable Cartridge Internal USB Port: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition) so thats an 8 core, with 32 gigs of ram and 2 gigs of ram on the video card with 2 terrabyte hard drives, for under 2 grand AND its LIQUID COOLED...

the problem is you are comparing it to WoW, things that WoW called "expansions" are content updates in other games. New races and increased level caps in Horizons were content updates Eve Online expansions were content updates (with new features) every single Lineage 2 expansion with a "fancy name" were free content updates. While we are on the subject of WoW, lets see what they add in their "expansions" New races New areas New dungeons/raids New PVP zones Increased level cap what did they announce for TOR at E3? New race - Cathar New areas - Makeb New operation - Terror from Beyond New PVP zone - Ancient Hypergates Increased level cap they only thing they DIDN'T do......... was give it a NAME..

having lived in Phx for a few years myself, what ELSE is there to do once the temp goes over 100 degrees?