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Ricdic
Caldari Corporate Research And Production Pty Ltd Zzz
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Posted - 2007.09.19 11:37:00 -
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Hi guys, as the subject says I am buying and building a new PC tomorrow and am hoping for some advice on what I should get. I have a budget of $800 AUD, and don't need a monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard.
I am using the following site as this will likely be the store I buy from:
www.zipcomputers.com.au
I want the PC for gaming specifically, and to be able to run vista smoothly as well as some video conversion stuff. I don't see a point in going completely nuts as it will all be old in another year or two, but want something stable. Am hoping a few of you out there have some knowledge in the area and can point me in the right direction.
This is what I have chosen from my limited experience:
2 * Silicon Power 1GB DDR2 800mhz Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer Palit ATI Radeon HD2400 Pro 256mb Athlon64 X2 5200+ AM2 Barracudea 7200.10 320gb (ST3320620A)
It would be very much appreciated if you guys could give your input and help point me in the right direction.
Thanks again Ricdic
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Cornucopian
Gallente Orias Fringe Enterprises United Freemen Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.19 11:43:00 -
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Originally by: Ricdic
Hi guys, as the subject says I am buying and building a new PC tomorrow and am hoping for some advice on what I should get. I have a budget of $800 AUD, and don't need a monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard.
I am using the following site as this will likely be the store I buy from:
www.zipcomputers.com.au
I want the PC for gaming specifically, and to be able to run vista smoothly as well as some video conversion stuff. I don't see a point in going completely nuts as it will all be old in another year or two, but want something stable. Am hoping a few of you out there have some knowledge in the area and can point me in the right direction.
This is what I have chosen from my limited experience:
2 * Silicon Power 1GB DDR2 800mhz Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer Palit ATI Radeon HD2400 Pro 256mb Athlon64 X2 5200+ AM2 Barracudea 7200.10 320gb (ST3320620A)
It would be very much appreciated if you guys could give your input and help point me in the right direction.
Thanks again Ricdic
your gonna need AT LEAST 486dx with 32MB of RAM at 50mhz. 512kb bus should be fine. To go with that I would suggest something that supports vesa and vga graphix, and maybe a soundblaster 16.
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Sokratesz
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Posted - 2007.09.19 11:45:00 -
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I would step down to a slower CPU and maybe a less luxury-motherbaord and spend alot more on the VGA. Definetly keep the 2 GB ram though.
This is a much better videocard to suit your needs.
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Ricdic
Caldari Corporate Research And Production Pty Ltd Zzz
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Posted - 2007.09.19 15:38:00 -
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Thanks Sokratesz I will take your advice regarding that video card. What motherboard on that list should I downgrade too? And what would you consider a decent cpu speed to aim for? 4400 or so?
Thanks for your help.
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Nyphur
Pillowsoft Total Comfort
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Posted - 2007.09.19 15:45:00 -
[5]
This is a great idea for a thread, I will have to do the same for buying my new computer.
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Krasnij Okjabre
Caldari Havoc Inc
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Posted - 2007.09.19 16:19:00 -
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Edited by: Krasnij Okjabre on 19/09/2007 16:20:31 Not a dissimilar system to the one I bought recently...
ASUS M2N-X2 Mobo 2Gb DDR2 Ram nVidia 8500GT 512Mb card Athlon64 X2 3800+ CPU Sony DVD/RW Western Digital 320Gb SATA HDD
Runs anything that I've thrown at it more than happily, games like STALKER, Bioshock etc are as good as it gets. I think the golden rule is to work within your means and not spend more than you have to. My system pre-built cost me around ú350. I'm not a huge fan of ATi cards so sold my soul to the other side. Good luck!
Edited for spelling.
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Kysumi Tsun
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Posted - 2007.09.19 16:30:00 -
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Edited by: Kysumi Tsun on 19/09/2007 16:33:02 Prices from MSY
$750 Box:
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4400+ AM2 2.2GHz $114 Motherboard: ASUS M2N $89 RAM: 2x 1GB Corsair DDR2-667 $109 HDD: Maxtor 320GB SATAII $88 GPU: 256MB Sapphire x1950pro $192 Case & PSU: CoolerMaster CAC-T05 w/ 430W CM Extreme PSU $108 Optical Drive: Pioneer 212D SATA Beige/Black OEM $50
Total: $750
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Grimpak
Gallente Trinity Nova KIA Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.19 16:41:00 -
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dunno about the rest, but I would go for a P35 intel chipset mobo.
gigabyte mobos are good too.
of course that would mean changing from AMD to intel, but I hear that the E4400 and E4500 are nice. ---
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Sharupak
Minmatar Knights Of the Black Sun Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.09.19 19:53:00 -
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Originally by: Cornucopian
Originally by: Ricdic
Hi guys, as the subject says I am buying and building a new PC tomorrow and am hoping for some advice on what I should get. I have a budget of $800 AUD, and don't need a monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard.
I am using the following site as this will likely be the store I buy from:
www.zipcomputers.com.au
I want the PC for gaming specifically, and to be able to run vista smoothly as well as some video conversion stuff. I don't see a point in going completely nuts as it will all be old in another year or two, but want something stable. Am hoping a few of you out there have some knowledge in the area and can point me in the right direction.
This is what I have chosen from my limited experience:
2 * Silicon Power 1GB DDR2 800mhz Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer Palit ATI Radeon HD2400 Pro 256mb Athlon64 X2 5200+ AM2 Barracudea 7200.10 320gb (ST3320620A)
It would be very much appreciated if you guys could give your input and help point me in the right direction.
Thanks again Ricdic
your gonna need AT LEAST 486dx with 32MB of RAM at 50mhz. 512kb bus should be fine. To go with that I would suggest something that supports vesa and vga graphix, and maybe a soundblaster 16.
smack on that huuuuge 17 inch CRT monitor, and you are a go!
 
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Sokratesz
Paradox v2.0 Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.09.19 20:00:00 -
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Originally by: Ricdic Thanks Sokratesz I will take your advice regarding that video card. What motherboard on that list should I downgrade too? And what would you consider a decent cpu speed to aim for? 4400 or so?
Thanks for your help.
I am offering 20m to the person who gives the best advice so feel free 
I'll gladly take that 20mil :)
http://www.zipcomputers.com.au/store/view_product.php?product=MB-GA-M55S-S3
that mobo is good enough for your purposes and saves you 100 bucks
On this price level, switching to an intel setup makes very little difference
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CTV99
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Posted - 2007.09.20 00:52:00 -
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Depends on if money is the object if not then i would do
intel mombo from gigabyte quad qx6600 dual 8600 512mb 4gb dvdrw vista ulitimate 64bit
:) thats close to my current specs
also would watercool it all with peltier as an addon
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Praxis1452
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Posted - 2007.09.20 01:15:00 -
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Originally by: Ricdic Edited by: Ricdic on 19/09/2007 15:38:46 Hi guys, as the subject says I am buying and building a new PC tomorrow and am hoping for some advice on what I should get. I have a budget of $800 AUD, and don't need a monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard.
I am using the following site as this will likely be the store I buy from:
www.zipcomputers.com.au
I want the PC for gaming specifically, and to be able to run vista smoothly as well as some video conversion stuff. I don't see a point in going completely nuts as it will all be old in another year or two, but want something stable. Am hoping a few of you out there have some knowledge in the area and can point me in the right direction.
This is what I have chosen from my limited experience:
2 * Silicon Power 1GB DDR2 800mhz Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer Palit ATI Radeon HD2400 Pro 256mb Athlon64 X2 5200+ AM2 Barracudea 7200.10 320gb (ST3320620A)
It would be very much appreciated if you guys could give your input and help point me in the right direction.
Thanks again Ricdic
edit: Paying 20m to the person who gives me the best pc setup for my budget 
Are you building this yourself? Because if so your missing a power supply.. If not nevermind but it will probably be a crap power supply.
As someone who built their computer I personally prefer intel over Athlon X2's. The Intel Core 2 Duo is simply much better. Of course Athlon X2's are cheaper.
Your Ram selection is fine since your not planning on overclocking I am guessing and if so then it works great. around $138 I think.
You don't need SLI so Gigabyte 965P-S3 $139
E6320 cpu $229
8600GT 256mb if you care about DX10, X1950GT if you don't. they are both roughly $210
Everything else is there. Downgrade the cpu to an E4500 if it is above the price and I have the exact same hard drive but other than that my setup is quite different heh.
Hope this helps. 20m would be appreciated =P
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Max Morrel
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Posted - 2007.09.20 03:26:00 -
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Edited by: Max Morrel on 20/09/2007 03:35:03 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128059 Processor Intel C2D 4400 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115014 Memory Kingston 667MHz 2Gb (2x 1Gb) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820134046 Hard Disk Drive Seagate 250Gb 7200 RPM 16MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148262 Video Card Sapphire X1950 Pro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814102061 Case Cooler Master RC-690 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811119137 Power Supply Corsair 520HX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817139001 Optical Drive NEC 7170A http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827152076
TOTAL 717.92 USD which is 835.789 AUD
Here are some things to consider:
1) C2D is better than what AMD has to offer now. The 35 AUD over your budget is well worth it :) The 4400 can easily overclock to 3.0GHz so it's really worth it.
2) If you're planning on playing newer games such as Crysis, I recommend you get a cheap video card and wait for a month or two for nVidia to announce their new video card lineup. They should be arriving in November.
3) I suggest you find another store where you can get better prices, the website you posted seems expensive.
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Stephen HB
Mystical Knights Legionnaire Services Ltd.
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Posted - 2007.09.20 03:49:00 -
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Originally by: Max Morrel Here are some things to consider: ... 5. Newegg doesn't deliver to Australia
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Max Morrel
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Posted - 2007.09.20 04:01:00 -
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Originally by: Stephen HB
Originally by: Max Morrel Here are some things to consider: ... 5. Newegg doesn't deliver to Australia
I know, just used Newegg to price the computer then used a currency converter to get the total in AUD. He can find the parts in local shops around his location for pretty much the same price.
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LaVista Vista
Corporate Research And Production Pty Ltd Zzz
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Posted - 2007.09.20 04:03:00 -
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Originally by: CTV99 Depends on if money is the object if not then i would do
intel mombo from gigabyte quad qx6600 dual 8600 512mb 4gb dvdrw vista ulitimate 64bit
:) thats close to my current specs
also would watercool it all with peltier as an addon
If it fits inside the budget, this, IMO, is the best shot so far. If you cant quite afford it, go 2gb ram.
Intel Core 2 > AMD x2 any day. Theres certain technologies which they use on the chipset from intel which AMD doesnt have, which makes the intel core way better.
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Max Morrel
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Posted - 2007.09.20 04:14:00 -
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Edited by: Max Morrel on 20/09/2007 04:16:00
Originally by: LaVista Vista
Originally by: CTV99 Depends on if money is the object if not then i would do
intel mombo from gigabyte quad qx6600 dual 8600 512mb 4gb dvdrw vista ulitimate 64bit
:) thats close to my current specs
also would watercool it all with peltier as an addon
If it fits inside the budget, this, IMO, is the best shot so far. If you cant quite afford it, go 2gb ram.
Intel Core 2 > AMD x2 any day. Theres certain technologies which they use on the chipset from intel which AMD doesnt have, which makes the intel core way better.
It's missing a Power Supply and a Case though. And only that already breaks the budget if I counted correctly. Also, 4Gb if you're using Vista x64, 2Gb is fine for Vista x86.
This is what I'm using:
Asus P5K SE Intel E6750 2Gb Kingston DDR667 Gigabyte 7600 GT 250Gb Seagate 16Mb Corsair 520HX NEC 7170A 19" Viewsonic G90F
Waiting on the new nVidia cards to grab one. Also waiting for some extra $ to get a nice 22inch widescreen LCD.
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Ricdic
Caldari Corporate Research And Production Pty Ltd Zzz
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Posted - 2007.09.20 04:49:00 -
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Thanks for all your suggestions. I ended up going with an Intel after lots of reports that it is a better alternative.
New PC Specs:
Asus P5B Motherboard Intel E4500 Core 2 Duo 2gb DDR2 800mhx 320gb SATA II 8500GT PCI-X 512mb
With a fancy cooling case with more neons than a riced up Honda Civic
I will study the answers and award the funds to the best info given that helped. I might pay a couple of places
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Sokratesz
Paradox v2.0 Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.09.20 06:50:00 -
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Originally by: Ricdic Thanks for all your suggestions. I ended up going with an Intel after lots of reports that it is a better alternative.
New PC Specs:
Asus P5B Motherboard Intel E4500 Core 2 Duo 2gb DDR2 800mhx 320gb SATA II 8500GT PCI-X 512mb
With a fancy cooling case with more neons than a riced up Honda Civic
I will study the answers and award the funds to the best info given that helped. I might pay a couple of places
Even though i am an intel fan myself, changing sides in this price category will yield you very little. Also, the 8500 is plain crap compared to the x1950pro - and thats where you're gonna notice it first, in games.
I would highly recommend you switch back to the AMD setup with the 1950pro videocard or fidn a way to include it into the intel setup? (sc*****together a few extra bucks) You will regret having to buy a new videocard in 6 months because you didnt at least got a decent one right a way.
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Sokratesz
Paradox v2.0 Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.09.20 06:51:00 -
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Originally by: Ricdic Thanks for all your suggestions. I ended up going with an Intel after lots of reports that it is a better alternative.
New PC Specs:
Asus P5B Motherboard Intel E4500 Core 2 Duo 2gb DDR2 800mhx 320gb SATA II 8500GT PCI-X 512mb
With a fancy cooling case with more neons than a riced up Honda Civic
I will study the answers and award the funds to the best info given that helped. I might pay a couple of places
Even though i am an intel fan myself, changing sides in this price category will yield you very little. Also, the 8500 is plain crap compared to the x1950pro - and thats where you're gonna notice it first, in games.
I would highly recommend you switch back to the AMD setup with the 1950pro videocard or find a way to include it into the intel setup. (scra pe together a few extra bucks?) You will regret having to buy a new videocard in 6 months because you didnt at least got a decent one right a way.
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Reiisha
Eve University Ivy League
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Posted - 2007.09.20 06:56:00 -
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Originally by: Sokratesz
Originally by: Ricdic Thanks for all your suggestions. I ended up going with an Intel after lots of reports that it is a better alternative.
New PC Specs:
Asus P5B Motherboard Intel E4500 Core 2 Duo 2gb DDR2 800mhx 320gb SATA II 8500GT PCI-X 512mb
With a fancy cooling case with more neons than a riced up Honda Civic
I will study the answers and award the funds to the best info given that helped. I might pay a couple of places
Even though i am an intel fan myself, changing sides in this price category will yield you very little. Also, the 8500 is plain crap compared to the x1950pro - and thats where you're gonna notice it first, in games.
I would highly recommend you switch back to the AMD setup with the 1950pro videocard or find a way to include it into the intel setup. (scra pe together a few extra bucks?) You will regret having to buy a new videocard in 6 months because you didnt at least got a decent one right a way.
Agree on the 1950 Pro - It's simply better for gaming than most other mid range Ati/NVidia cards. DirectX 10 is no reason for the 8500, it's slow even in DX9, and tests have shown that even the most powerful cards out there (2900XT/8800Ultra) can't even play on DX10 properly, so for get about that.
I'd stick with the Intel though, since they are horribly easy to overclock. You can squeeze a lot more performance out of that E4500 than you would be able to get from an AMD X2 6000+, and the motherboard should also ensure you can use the new Intel CPU's which will be even faster.
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Imperius Blackheart
Caldari Trinity Nova KIA Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.20 07:34:00 -
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The chosen graphics card isn't good enough for gaming if you want DX10 expect to pay though the nose for a decent card.
You'll want a 8800 or 2900/2800 family card at least.
If your happy sticking with DX9 (in which case get XP not vista as vista is slower for gaming) then get a X1950.
As for the ram a gig used to be loads but these days you want to be shooting for 2 really minimum especially if you run 2 eve clients.
You could shoot for a slightly worse motherboard/hdd and if you really must CPU to raise the cash for more ram/graphics grunt.
Problem is anything below a 5000+ isn't going to cut it with the high powered graphics cards I mentioned, the CPU will become the bottleneck and slow down your entire machine (when gaming)
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Sokratesz
Paradox v2.0 Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.09.20 08:34:00 -
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Well he said he got 2GB already, so the only thing he should change in my opinion is the graphics card, being a definite bottleneck of the system now when it comes to gaming performance.
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Whang'Lo
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Posted - 2007.09.20 09:42:00 -
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My 2 cents, I'm running a:
E6300 conroe 2x512 ram DDR2 pc5400 7600GT nvidia Gigabyte DS3-P
My machine will overclock to 3GHZ no problems on air cooling. Although the only thing I've found overclocking useful for so far is crunching SETI numbers. With no overclocking it runs every game I have with all video options cranked all the way up. I'm sure there is games out there that would choke on this video card but I haven't found em yet.
My play by play on your latest build.
New PC Specs:
Asus P5B Motherboard Really good mainboards the only thing here is I would want to know the "exact" model of board before I got it and then check it out and see what kind of results other people are getting. Theres like 10 or so variations of the Asus P5's. Some good stuff here about these boards: Extreme systems (Dont forget the Gigabyte DS3-P it's excellent)
Intel E4500 Core 2 Duo Great processor 2gb DDR2 800mhx Good choice, get the name brand stuff like corsair, OCZ etc etc if you have a choice.
320gb SATA II You originally mentioned Seagate I personally do not like seagate drives as I have a couple of them that sound like harrier jets taking off. I would prefer maxtor, western digital etc.
8500GT PCI-X 512mb I think the other peoples advice about the x1950 was good. It is a much better card but depends on prices. If you get on of these it should be a real bargain.
And lastly get a good namebrand power supply. There is some really El cheapo cheapo power supplies out there. You want one that is quality not some no name one. Me personally I would take a couple of minutes and even look up the power supply first just to see.
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Max Morrel
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Posted - 2007.09.21 00:10:00 -
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Originally by: Ricdic Asus P5B Motherboard
Good but I'd get a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L or a P5K-E.
Originally by: Ricdic Intel E4500 Core 2 Duo
Good choice. But will you overclock?
Originally by: Ricdic 2gb DDR2 800mhx
Will you overclock? If not, you will get the same performance from 667MHz memory. Kingston, Corsair & Crucial are good.
Originally by: Ricdic 320gb SATA II
Which one exactly? Try to get the ones with 16MB cache. I've had good experience with Seagate drives.
Originally by: Ricdic 8500GT PCI-X 512mb
No, no, no! The 8500 and 8600 cards are awful and not worth spending money on. The best bang for the buck cards are the X1950 Pro and X1950 XT. I suggest you either get one of those, a 8800 GTS or wait until November for nVidia to release the new cards who are supposedly more powerful than the 8800s, consume less power, draw less heat, and will be around the same price.
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html
Here is a VGA chart. Have fun comparing the X1950 Pro and X1950 XT against the 8600 GTS.
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Sokratesz
Paradox v2.0 Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.09.21 05:44:00 -
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Originally by: Whang'Lo
320gb SATA II You originally mentioned Seagate I personally do not like seagate drives as I have a couple of them that sound like harrier jets taking off. I would prefer maxtor, western digital etc.
Funy, i have exact the opposite experience and i own 6 seagate 7200.7 200GB and 200, 250 and 320gb maxtors.
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xOm3gAx
Caldari Stain of Mind
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Posted - 2007.09.21 12:49:00 -
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Originally by: Cornucopian
Originally by: Ricdic
Hi guys, as the subject says I am buying and building a new PC tomorrow and am hoping for some advice on what I should get. I have a budget of $800 AUD, and don't need a monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard.
I am using the following site as this will likely be the store I buy from:
www.zipcomputers.com.au
I want the PC for gaming specifically, and to be able to run vista smoothly as well as some video conversion stuff. I don't see a point in going completely nuts as it will all be old in another year or two, but want something stable. Am hoping a few of you out there have some knowledge in the area and can point me in the right direction.
This is what I have chosen from my limited experience:
2 * Silicon Power 1GB DDR2 800mhz Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer Palit ATI Radeon HD2400 Pro 256mb Athlon64 X2 5200+ AM2 Barracudea 7200.10 320gb (ST3320620A)
It would be very much appreciated if you guys could give your input and help point me in the right direction.
Thanks again Ricdic
your gonna need AT LEAST 486dx with 32MB of RAM at 50mhz. 512kb bus should be fine. To go with that I would suggest something that supports vesa and vga graphix, and maybe a soundblaster 16.
smack on that huuuuge 17 inch CRT monitor, and you are a go!
Funny story i actually had a 486dx running windows 98...
OP - That seems decent but you should go with corsair ddr its way better. Also, for laser drives it doesnt matter about brand really... light-on usually does the trick and they last just as long. Video Card if your buying a new system you might wanna go for 512mb ram for the cost dif its worth it. - If the Motherboard has SATA i suggest that over IDE otherwise you should be fine. -----------
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vanBuskirk
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.09.21 13:53:00 -
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If I was getting a new machine now, I would want to look at motherboard, CPU and hard drive in that order, especially if you are going to be doing anything except gaming on it. You definitely need 2GB RAM, though, and you need a decent PSU whatever else you stick in it.
Reason - future proofing. You can stick in more RAM, you can upgrade the video card - but a new hard drive means a Windows reinstall, and a new motherboard is really hard to do, as you have to rip everything else out first - and of course a new mobo also means a reinstall.
I'm running a Geforce 5700LE, and it runs EVE fine - of course, that's with XP as the operating system. And it's running at 1280x1024 - if you have a bigger monitor you'll need more from the card.
For video conversion, you need as much RAM, CPU power and hard drive space as you can possibly manage - that job will eat all you can give it. ---------------------------------------------- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
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Death Kill
Caldari direkte
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Posted - 2007.09.21 13:55:00 -
[29]
486 sx, 8 mb ram, super VGA monitor yo!
I await mo monay!
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