Good Gaming PC?

rebal88

Specs:

CASE: ($15 off Mail-in Rebate) Xion III Gaming Mid-Tower  Case with Side Window (BLACK COLOR) 600W thermaltake power supply)

CPU: (Socket AM2) AMD Athlon™64 X2 4000+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology

MOTHERBOARD: (Socket AM2)GigaByte GA-M57SLI-S4 nForce 570-SLI Chipset DDR2/800 SATA RAID PCI-Express MBoard w/GbLAN, IEEE1394, USB2.0, & 7.1Audio

MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Mushkin Brand)

VIDEO CARD: NEW!!! NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)

VIDEO CARD 2: NEW!!! NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 256MB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)

LCD Monitor: NONE

HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

Data Hard Drive: NONE

Optical Drive: (Special Price) 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)

Optical Drive 2: NONE

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO



It also has windows XP home...a wireless keyboard and mouse.

Anti-Virus and MS works

3 year warranty



Price: $1377.00 about 1430w/ shipping

What do you think?

gpett

Product Description		Total Price
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model LH-20A1S OEM BK - OEM Item #: N82E16827106070		$32.99
COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-SKN2-GP Black / Silver Aluminum & Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail Item #: N82E16811119104		$49.99
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Item #: N82E16822144417		$64.99
PNY VCG88GTS32XPB GeForce 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail Item #: N82E16814133193		$269.99
Transcend JETRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model JM2GDDR2-8K - Retail Item #: N82E16820208283		$88.99
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6320 - Retail Item #: N82E16819115015		$168.00
Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM Item #: N82E16832116204		$119.99

Enhance ENP-5150GH 500W                                                                                                                                                                       $69.01



GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA775/ P965/ DDR2-800 Motherboard                                                                                                       $114.00



Total = $977.95



Those items are from newegg.com and ewiz.com.  This setup is under your $1000 without tax and shipping.  A single 8800 GTS will be faster than those cards in SLI.  I prefer the core 2 duo processors.  Also, that enhance powersupply is very highly reccomended by johnnyguru.  I do not like SLI.  It adds double the heat, power consumption, and cost for about 1/3 the performance gain.  Not, to mention you have to buy more expensive motherboards and power supplies.  Just pick a really good single video card and upgrade when it shows its age to another really good video card... don't bother with SLI.  Have fun picking parts and assembling them.

rebal88

Thx for the reply but wich 8800 GTS? 320mb or 640mb or 768mb (i really cant afford it though. And how much power supply do you reccomend?

gpett

Of course you can afford it.  That build is $977.95 before tax and shipping.  That is a lot cheaper than your build and I am confident it is a better gaming rig.



Wattage of power supplies is misleading.  For current video cards you need to look at the Amperage on the 12 volt rail.  For example: the 8800gts requires a power supply with at least 26A on the 12v rail.  If you want to read up on power supplies head to Jonnyguru.com.   In the power supply part of his forums he recomends that enhance powersupply.

rebal88

Sadly I will not be building for a few years, im just getting into this stuff and for now would like to buy a custom one. Could anyone recommend a good site to order from?

I have been on cyberpowerpc

Galupa

newegg.com

RK-Mara

I'd go with Intel Core 2. They are much more effective in gaming. Even E6700 beats 6000+.



Two different video cards? What's the point of that?

Ohaan

Originally posted by gpett



A single 8800 GTS will be faster than those cards in SLI.  I prefer the core 2 duo processors.   I do not like SLI.  It adds double the heat, power consumption, and cost for about 1/3 the performance gain.  Not, to mention you have to buy more expensive motherboards and power supplies.  Just pick a really good single video card and upgrade when it shows its age to another really good video card... don't bother with SLI. 

QFT

Listen to what this man is saying. SLi is nothing but an expensive gimmick for all but the biggest budget systems. Once you are prepared to max out on a single video card choice (ie 8800 GTX) then consider SLi for increased performance. Otherwise the extra costs in cards, mother boards, and power supplies is not justifiable.