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Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:12 pm
by lmpulse
I will buy a new pc soon...
What do u guys think about this pc?
Case:
NZXT Tempest
Motherboard:
XFX nForce 790i SLI
CPU:
Core 2 Duo E8500 (will OC to 3,8GHz)
CPU cooler:
Cooler Master Hyper 212
Memory:
OCZ 2x2GB 1600MHz DDR3 Platinum Kit
Graphics card:
2x XFX GTX280 1GB XXX (OC'ed) in SLI (yeah im crazy)
Sound card:
Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Audio
HDD:
2x500GB Seagate (Raid 1)
Burner:
Samsung S223F
PSU:
Cooler Master Realpower 1000W
OS:
Vista Ultimate 64bit
Speakers:
Logitech X-530
Monitor:
Samsung T200HD
Keyboard:
Logitech G15 (v2)
Mouse:
A4-Tech X750-F
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:13 pm
by AnemuS
Overkill :/
Anyways if you have the budget , why not...
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:33 pm
by MiKe 51-50
Memory:
OCZ 2x2GB 1600MHz DDR3 Platinum Kit
Graphics card:
2x XFX GTX280 1GB XXX (OC'ed) in SLI (yeah im crazy)
If you have these you should get a quad core or you will bottleneck that dual core. DDR3 has a very small performance gain over DDR2 but cost a ton more.
What games do you plan on playing?
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:02 pm
by lmpulse
MiKe 51-50 wrote:What games do you plan on playing?
Crysis Warhead, FarCry 2, WoW
, CoD:WW, GTA IV, Fallout 3, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway and maybe WAR
I want to play them on 1680*1050, max graphics, AA and AF
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:31 pm
by TheForce
Wow, very nice. You must have money to spend freely
Although, I would recommend that you buy a bigger power supply, like 1200 watts.
And a bigger case would make your life easier lol. Full tower is the way to go.
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 8:16 pm
by MiKe 51-50
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
Any one of these would be nice for your set up.
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:15 pm
by tedtwilliger
I'd be going with a quad core as well, if you have the budget for it than do it. An extra $100 or so is well worth it.
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:51 pm
by Azilius
If you have the money (by the looks of it you do) I'd go with 8gb ram, I have 4 with vista and it eats around 2gb idle.
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:36 pm
by xxxduelxxx
do u think right now is a good time to buy a new computer? i mean u know the economy is in a recession, everything is cheap cheap.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 8012521591what u guys think?
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:28 pm
by Kirkaldi
GFX card is just way too good. Just get a GEForce 8800 GTX
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:46 pm
by MonstaH
Kirkaldi wrote:GFX card is just way too good. Just get a GEForce 8800 GTX
It's not just 1, it's 2 of them in SLI XD
Yeah, that system is pretty overkill... would last you 5 years easily
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:34 pm
by cuchulainn
FYI, WoW doesn't play nice with SLI.
You're not really going to see a difference over a single nice card, but those other games should look pretty good.
Re: Buying new PC (help plz)
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:13 pm
by crazy_foo
your playing at 1680x1050 with that setup u gotta be kidding... I play with 4GB DDR2, Q6600 OCed to 3.2Ghz and a 9800GTX card at 1920x1200 just fine on all the games, of course games like Crysis and far cry 2 I am not gonna be able to do AA but at that res who cares! lol. The SLI is overkill for that res, the scaling for SLI only makes a significant difference at 1920x1200 or higher res, u might as well just get one GTX280 and save the money u will notice little difference. If u want to future proof your pc take the extra money from the SLI card and buy a Q9650 and a watercooling system and OC it like mad. That's my suggestion
