SRL Archive - Gaming

Meh, I am buying a new compy, and wanted some extra opinions.
Does this seem worth the money: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16883113102
I will be buying this to boost performance:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814127434

I kinda veered from building one myself because every time I start shopping, my cart would go over my wanted price before I got more than the processor/mobo/ram/videocard.

I saw Ejjman1 post a forum, and I might check that out…

Wouldn't it be "Computer Choice"?

I have no experience with building a computer, so I am not sure about that.

But I got mine for about $685 and I have same graphics card, a 20in monitor (1600x900), 6gb ram, and a 320gb hard drive. Also @ 2.5ghz.

Eh, I'm not so sure about that one. It comes with Vista, but doesn't seem to include a free update to 7 like a lot of other systems are doing nowadays. Of course, that's the only thing I can find "wrong" with that system, so it might be worth it if you really don't want to build your own system.

But as I'm no expert, you'll probably want someone else's opinion as well.

From: Da 0wner
Wouldn't it be "Computer Choice"?

I have no experience with building a computer, so I am not sure about that.

But I got mine for about $685 and I have same graphics card, a 20in monitor (1600x900), 6gb ram, and a 320gb hard drive. Also @ 2.5ghz.

Ya, I already have a 19 in. monitor and my external eSATA HD, so I don't care about either of those. It is supposedly a very good video card, and they whole system is on sale. My parents already pre-ordered Windows 7(my dad hates Vista), so that won't be a problem… plus I like Windows XP, so I will probably install that.

It looks pretty good to me. I just spent 1200$ on a similar system actually, but I got vista/XP pre installed and a 23inch HD monitor :p

Mine is from Dell though so it is clearly over priced.

I don't really see how you could go wrong if you bought this.

looks like a pretty good deal to me. for about $100 more you could do much better from scratch, but at that price point, it is hard to compete.

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=14402268

Here's one (with vista) with similar performance as the hp for about the same price point

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=14402428

it has slightly fast graphics capabilities.

of course, that is without vista installed, so you are looking at $200 including the OS.

As for the vista haters, STFU. Vista has been by far the best MS operating system I have ever used.

Well, your going to have to invest into a new PSU, 300 watts will not cut it with all that stuff.

I'd also go with a radeo hd4850.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102770



nvidia:
Chipset
Chipset Manufacturer NVIDIA
GPU GeForce 9600 GT
Core Clock 600MHz
Shader Clock 1500MHz
Stream Processors 64
Memory
Memory Clock 1400MHz
Memory Size 1GB
Memory Interface 256-bit
Memory Type GDDR3

Radeon:
Chipset
Chipset Manufacturer ATI
GPU Radeon HD 4850
Core Clock 625MHz
Stream Processors 800 Stream Processing Units
Memory
Memory Clock 1986MHz
Memory Size 512MB
Memory Interface 256-bit
Memory Type GDDR3

Has alot more stream processors and the memory clock is almost 2ghz which will provide the biggest performance boost if you was overclocking it instead of the GPU clock.

So the half size won't matter? And yes, I already have a 550w psu that is in my old compy(its less than 2 months old).

You never mentioned a price range, but since the link you posted was for around 600$ im guessing not much higher then that :\.

If you are looking to play games with it here is a list.

From: Capricorn
Here are some guidelines. (lifted off purepwnage.com)





Hobo Tier

Case: Rosewill R115-P Black
Power Supply: FSP ATX350-PA 350W
Motherboard: ZOTAC GF6100-C-E
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 5400+
Video Card: HD 4670 512MB
Memory: G.Skill 4GB DDR2 800Mhz
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB
Optical Drive: LG DVD Burner

($350 US)

Low Tier

Case: Antec 300
Power Supply: OCZ StealthXtreme 400W
Motherboard: GA-G31M-ES2L
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E5200
Video Card: HD 4830 512MB
Memory: Kingston 4GB DDR2 800
Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB
Optical Drive: LG DVD Burner

($500 US)

Mid Tier

Case: CoolerMaster RC690
Power Supply: OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W
Motherboard: GigaByte EP45-UD3L
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Video Card: HD4870 512MB
Memory: G.Skill 4GB DDR2 1000
Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB
Optical Drive: Samsung CD/DVD rewriter
Heatsink + Fan: Xigmatek HDT-RS1283

($800 US)

From: Capricorn
You never mentioned a price range, but since the link you posted was for around 600$ im guessing not much higher then that :\.

If you are looking to play games with it here is a list.

i don't really go for the duo core.

From: mormonman
i don't really go for the duo core.

From: Capricorn
Here are some guidelines.

Guidelines my friend ;).