New System any advice accepted

okee

Hi my mate is building a new pc, mainly for gaming (Oblivion)
Here's the hardware he's contemplating:

Graphics Card: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=317392&view=detailed

MOBO: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=311239

RAM: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=312364&view=detailed

CPU: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=309927

Looking for any opinions on the choices, or advice on better graphics card
or better combinations of similar hardware.

Much Appreciated

Okee

awhir

graphis=http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=318801

cpu=http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=311700

ram=http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=312364&view=detailed

mobo=http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=310787

this is if he is willing to overclock.

awhir

this is 1 i just bought of overclockers.co.uk

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX)
£179.95 £179.95
DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-013-DF)
£94.95 £94.95
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£15.95 £15.95
16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-043-LG)
£22.95 £22.95
Seagate Barracude 7200.9 NCQ 300GB ST3300622AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
£72.95 £72.95
PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI
(PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC)
£194.95 £194.95
CoolerMaster Stacker STC-T01 - Silver Trim (No PSU) (CA-054-CM)
£89.50 £89.50
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS)
£49.95 £49.95
Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)
£89.95 £89.95
Belkin F5D7000UK 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter (NW-007-BE)
£16.95 £16.95
G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB) CAS3 Dual Channel Kit
(F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ) (MY-008-GS)
£129.95 £129.95
Subtotal £958.00
VAT £167.65
Total £1,125.65

8T8

Little point spending money on the 6800GS as the cheaper 7600GT is about on par with it performance wise. So you save a bit of cash for something else.

Dont bother buying an SLI motherboard unless you really plan to down the road though I can understand if he wants the option.

I don't think going with a Pentium D is a good choice for a gaming PC get an Athlon 64 or Athlon 64 X2, it's not only cheaper but better suited to games as well.

Graphics €204 euro
CPU €160
Motherboard €71
1GB RAM €91

For €526 you will get a system that will deliver the same performance as the €886 total cost of components you listed.

zedlomania

Thanks guys for your assistance. I'm not going to rush into anything yet until I have reviewed all my options (which could take years in my case).

As the project PC will be used in a home office, I would be looking at not only a gaming PC, but also it would be used for video editing and CAD.

Your continued input into this project would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks OKEE for posting the origional message.

zed

8T8

An Athlon 64 3200+ or Athlon 64 X2 3800+ would still be an overall better choice than a Pentium D for gaming, video editing and CAD thrown into the mix.

awhir

whats your budget.

nadir

I got a enw PC recently, and its pretty sweet.

Specs:
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG01, M-ATX, Brushed Aluminium.
Power: Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0
Board: MSI K8NGM2-IL, M-ATX, Nvidia 6200 vga, 7.1 Intel High Def Audio.
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2GHz
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS7700-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU
Memory: Corsair 2048MB Kit w/two matched
GFX Capd: Gainward GeForce 7800GT 512MB,1,4ns DDR3 ,PCI-Express, Dual DVI, Svideo in/out ::: (Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler)
HD: 74G Raptor X 2 (Software RAID1 in gentoo)
Akasa AK-182-L2B Ultra Quiet 80mm Fan
DVD: NEC 16X Dual layer / silver front
NetGear WG311T

now if you are running windows, you can use the hardware raid on the board, also the netgear windows drivers are dodgy, it works brilliantly in linux however, so I'm happy, so get a different network card if you are running a windows only install. The card dows work in windows you just need to fiddly with it a bit.

awhir

nadir wrote:

I got a enw PC recently, and its pretty sweet.

Specs:
Case: Silverstone Sugo SG01, M-ATX, Brushed Aluminium.
Power: Seasonic S12 430W Silent ATX2.0
Board: MSI K8NGM2-IL, M-ATX, Nvidia 6200 vga, 7.1 Intel High Def Audio.
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2GHz
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS7700-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU
Memory: Corsair 2048MB Kit w/two matched
GFX Capd: Gainward GeForce 7800GT 512MB,1,4ns DDR3 ,PCI-Express, Dual DVI, Svideo in/out ::: (Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler)
HD: 74G Raptor X 2 (Software RAID1 in gentoo)
Akasa AK-182-L2B Ultra Quiet 80mm Fan
DVD: NEC 16X Dual layer / silver front
NetGear WG311T


now if you are running windows, you can use the hardware raid on the board, also the netgear windows drivers are dodgy, it works brilliantly in linux however, so I'm happy, so get a different network card if you are running a windows only install. The card dows work in windows you just need to fiddly with it a bit.

mines nicer:D

zedlomania

My budget is in the region of €1500, and possibly more if I get those nixers.

My old system was a PB iMedia (5051?) runing Win Me, which I have left very close to the skip at the moment.

I will be retaining the DVD ROM, Floppy drive and monitor from the old pc (for the moment), so that will allocate funds elsewhere.

I'm hoping to have the system up and running by mid May.

Zed

nadir

claregalway Qs wrote:

mines nicer:D

yeah but your gay and I'm not...
so there!

awhir

nadir wrote:

yeah but your gay and I'm not...
so there!

srry did not mean to hurt your fealings about that(there is no need to cry):D