Buying A Computer Tommorow - Rate These parts: Tell me What to change

2006-10-08 17:32:20

#1

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|6634

Case - Raidmax Ninja-918 ATX Mid-tower Case w/420W Power Supply
PS - 420 Watt Antec
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6400 (2x 2.13GHz/2MB L2 Cache/1066FSB)
Processor Cooling - [New !!!] iBUYPOWER Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit --- [for INTEL CPU]
Motherboard - ECS 965T-A P965 Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, USB 2.0 PCI-E MB
Memory - 1024MB [512MB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module
Vid Card - NVIDIA Geforce 7600 GS 512 mb
Hard Drive - 250 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache]

All taken from this site: http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/conf … 191#header

Configure it to what you think is best, please.

Limit it to $1,100.

No need for monitor, keyboard, or speakers.

2006-10-08 17:40:05

#2

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6745|67.222.138.85

I would get 2 gig of RAM if at all possible, other wise looks good. Personally I would give up the water cooling for a few fans and 2 gig of ram, or a better graphics card.

2006-10-08 17:42:11

#3

FrenziedAU: Member; +6|6485|Australia

I agree about getting 2 gigs of RAM, i recently upgraded from 1 to 2, and it makes a HUGE difference to BF2, no more load-up jerkies

2006-10-08 17:49:02

#4

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|6634

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
I would get 2 gig of RAM if at all possible, other wise looks good. Personally I would give up the water cooling for a few fans and 2 gig of ram, or a better graphics card.

Ok. So should I stick with the 7600 GS, ditch the water cooling, and go for 2 gigs of ram. Instead of getting a 7900 GT with only 1 gig of ram?

Because I am thinking that I am probably going to upgrade the ram in the future anyway.

2006-10-08 17:52:18

#5

norge: J-10 and a coke please; +18|6508

yeah get 2gb now, because u need exactly the same ram for it to be compatible, and sometimes its hard to find the same shit

2006-10-08 17:56:16

#6

Fenix14: scout rush kekeke ^___^; +116|6595|Brisbane, Aus

2 gig ram and those specs you should be set lol

2006-10-08 17:57:34

#7

Ronball9: Sleep Deprived; +8|6885

More RAM makes a huge difference, the game seems to need about 1.4G to run well with XP in the background.

I would also consider a bigger power supply. You never know the demands of your system until things mysteriously stop working because they are under powered.

2006-10-08 17:57:37

#8

Wolfren: Member; +6|6702|USA

Get a 975X chipset on the MB because the 965 wasnt designed around the Core duo. And the Core duo's run cooler so you dont need that water cooling unless you plan to overclock.

edit for spelling error

Last edited by Wolfren (2006-10-08 17:58:16)

2006-10-08 17:57:51

#9

TheCanadianTerrorist: Member; +111|6593

Change that nVIDIA GS to a GT, and if you can afford it get the next Conroe that has 4mb cache.

2006-10-08 17:59:51

#10

Mitch: 16 more years; +877|6563|South Florida

Ide get a 500w power suply along with the second gig of ram if i were you. Nothin sucks more then not being able to power your equipment. Not saying 420 couldnt, but still.

15 more years! 15 more years!

2006-10-08 18:00:05

#11

Ryan: Member; +1,230|6881|Alberta, Canada

I'd get 2GB's of RAM. Good processor, I'm getting a 6300 though.

Good video card, maybe upgrade to a 7800?

2006-10-08 18:06:46

#12

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|6634

Guys, Thanks for all of the input. +1 to all of you who took the time to help me out (and anyone else who is to post). I am still open to suggestions but I will post my final decision fairly soon. I'm having a hard time trying to limit it to $1,100 dollars.

More help is greatly appreciated.

2006-10-08 18:08:29

#13

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6745|67.222.138.85

MorbiD.ShoT wrote:
Flaming_Maniac wrote:
I would get 2 gig of RAM if at all possible, other wise looks good. Personally I would give up the water cooling for a few fans and 2 gig of ram, or a better graphics card.
Ok. So should I stick with the 7600 GS, ditch the water cooling, and go for 2 gigs of ram. Instead of getting a 7900 GT with only 1 gig of ram?

Because I am thinking that I am probably going to upgrade the ram in the future anyway.

If you think you are going to upgrade your ram in the near future, I would go with the 7900GT. The RAM will give you a bigger increase in performance, but is alot easier and cheaper to upgrade than your card. How much does that water cooling system cost anyways?

Basically RAM is better, but to add the RAM you just drop about $100, stick in the RAM and you're good, instead of buying a $150-200 card, then later taking out that card that is now useless and buying a $200-300 video card.

2006-10-08 18:10:35

#14

Twist: Too old to be doing this sh*t; +103|6561|Little blue planet, milky way

Ditch the Mobo.... ECS isn't that good. Get something a bit faster. Also, do like everyone else said, get more ram if you can.

2006-10-08 18:12:09

#15

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|6634

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
MorbiD.ShoT wrote:
Flaming_Maniac wrote:
I would get 2 gig of RAM if at all possible, other wise looks good. Personally I would give up the water cooling for a few fans and 2 gig of ram, or a better graphics card.
Ok. So should I stick with the 7600 GS, ditch the water cooling, and go for 2 gigs of ram. Instead of getting a 7900 GT with only 1 gig of ram?

Because I am thinking that I am probably going to upgrade the ram in the future anyway.
If you think you are going to upgrade your ram in the near future, I would go with the 7900GT. The RAM will give you a bigger increase in performance, but is alot easier and cheaper to upgrade than your card. How much does that water cooling system cost anyways?

Basically RAM is better, but to add the RAM you just drop about $100, stick in the RAM and you're good, instead of buying a $150-200 card, then later taking out that card that is now useless and buying a $200-300 video card.

This is the truth. It's much easier to install RAM thatn a video card, and I can still use the RAM I have in there; unlike the vid card...I'd either have to sell it or give it away.

I'll edit this post with final specs. Sorry if I didn't take all of your guys info and add it in, I had to consider my monetary limitations as well as computer performance.

2006-10-08 18:16:05

#16

Maj.Do: Member; +85|6790|good old CA

2 gigs of ram, ditch the watercooling if your not going to OC.
Everything else seems pretty good

2006-10-08 18:24:49

#17

theknuck: It's pronounced Knuck, like in Knuckle!!; +45|6650|balls

7900 gto on newegg for $245 right now. almost half of a gtx, worth it.

2006-10-08 18:26:40

#18

Stealth42o: She looked 18 to me officer; +175|6710

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Processor (San Diego) Socket 939 Retail ***Free Shipping***

Case
Thermaltake Dream Tower Series -Tsunami VA3000SNA Aluminum Mid Tower Case (Silver) Retail ***Free Shipping***

DVD-CD-RW
Sony CRX320E DVD 16x + CD-RW 52x24x52 Combo Drive (Beige)***Free Shipping***

FD
Sony FD MPF9201121-1/MPF920-Z (Z/121) 6082 1.44MB 3.5in Floppy Disk Drive (Black) ***Free Shipping***

CPU Cooler
Zalman CNPS7000B-ALCU Pure Copper CPU Cooler Retail ***Free Shipping***

HD
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 250GB Serial ATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer and Serial ATA Cable Bundle ***Free Shipping***

Memory
OCZ OCZ4002048PFDC-K 2GB Kit DDR400 PC3200 Performance Edition Dual Channel Memory Retail ***Free Shipping***

Mobo
Asus A8N-SLI Premium nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/Sempron/Athlon 64 X2 Skt939 DDR Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail ***Free Shipping***

PSU
Enermax EG651P-VE 24Pin 550W Power Supply for P4 & AMD K7 Retail ***Free Shipping***

SoundCard
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card Retail ***Free Shipping***

Videocard
MSI NX7900GT-VT2D256E HD GeForce 7900 GT PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/Dual DVI, VIVO & HDTV-Out Retail ***Free Shipping***

$1198 Shipped.
www.zipzoomfly.com
(Newegg.com is cheaper some of the time, however zipzoomfly has free shipping on everyting, so when ordering a large ammount of stuff, you will save a bunch of money on the free shipping).

Extra 98 bucks, however you get a XFI soundcard, 2 gigs of RAM, 7900 GT video, floppy and a DVD/CD RW. Of course if you have a DVD, sound, floppy, etc, you can drop that below 1100 easily.

Good luck and have fun!!!
Chris

Last edited by Stealth42o (2006-10-08 18:29:57)

2006-10-08 18:32:42

#19

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|6634

Stealth42o wrote:
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Processor (San Diego) Socket 939 Retail ***Free Shipping***

Case
Thermaltake Dream Tower Series -Tsunami VA3000SNA Aluminum Mid Tower Case (Silver) Retail ***Free Shipping***

DVD-CD-RW
Sony CRX320E DVD 16x + CD-RW 52x24x52 Combo Drive (Beige)***Free Shipping***

FD
Sony FD MPF9201121-1/MPF920-Z (Z/121) 6082 1.44MB 3.5in Floppy Disk Drive (Black) ***Free Shipping***

CPU Cooler
Zalman CNPS7000B-ALCU Pure Copper CPU Cooler Retail ***Free Shipping***

HD
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 250GB Serial ATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer and Serial ATA Cable Bundle ***Free Shipping***

Memory
OCZ OCZ4002048PFDC-K 2GB Kit DDR400 PC3200 Performance Edition Dual Channel Memory Retail ***Free Shipping***

Mobo
Asus A8N-SLI Premium nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/Sempron/Athlon 64 X2 Skt939 DDR Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail ***Free Shipping***

PSU
Enermax EG651P-VE 24Pin 550W Power Supply for P4 & AMD K7 Retail ***Free Shipping***

SoundCard
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card Retail ***Free Shipping***

Videocard
MSI NX7900GT-VT2D256E HD GeForce 7900 GT PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/Dual DVI, VIVO & HDTV-Out Retail ***Free Shipping***

$1198 Shipped.
www.zipzoomfly.com
(Newegg.com is cheaper some of the time, however zipzoomfly has free shipping on everyting, so when ordering a large ammount of stuff, you will save a bunch of money on the free shipping).

Extra 98 bucks, however you get a XFI soundcard, 2 gigs of RAM, 7900 GT video, floppy and a DVD/CD RW. Of course if you have a DVD, sound, floppy, etc, you can drop that below 1100 easily.

Good luck and have fun!!!
Chris

Wow dude! That is a sick rig man.
One question. Would I have to put that together myself, and is there a link for all of that stuff?

2006-10-08 18:36:33

#20

GotMex?: $623,493,674,868,715.98 in Debt; +193|6801

Would you be willing to build a computer yourself? Or do you want to buy pre-built.

2006-10-08 18:41:09

#21

Volatile: Member; +252|6742|Sextupling in Empire

Heard the new DX10 cards are going to require 450w. You may want to get at least a 500w power supply.

2006-10-08 18:42:27

#22

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|6634

GotMex? wrote:
Would you be willing to build a computer yourself? Or do you want to buy pre-built.

Honestly, I only have some idea of how to build a computer.
Never done it before.
Always wanted to try it.

So I'm going with pre-built, then taking apart my old computer and rebuilding it so that in the future I can finally build my own.

2006-10-08 18:43:36

#23

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6745|67.222.138.85

That looks like a good rig Stealth built, chuck the X-fi sound card for some Creative Live! 24 bit or something and get reasonable quality for about $100 less. If you aren't a hardcore CS guy or don't use the comp to listen to music a ton, should be fine.

2006-10-08 18:48:07

#24

Volatile: Member; +252|6742|Sextupling in Empire

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
That looks like a good rig Stealth built, chuck the X-fi sound card for some Creative Live! 24 bit or something and get reasonable quality for about $100 less. If you aren't a hardcore CS guy or don't use the comp to listen to music a ton, should be fine.

You can get the xtreme music x-fi for like $120. I got one of those, and let me tell you, I love it! Its like 3 cards in one.

2006-10-08 18:49:38

#25

MorbiD.ShoT: Stormin' through the party; +322|6634

Volatile_Squirrel wrote:
Flaming_Maniac wrote:
That looks like a good rig Stealth built, chuck the X-fi sound card for some Creative Live! 24 bit or something and get reasonable quality for about $100 less. If you aren't a hardcore CS guy or don't use the comp to listen to music a ton, should be fine.
You can get the xtreme music x-fi for like $120. I got one of those, and let me tell you, I love it! Its like 3 cards in one.

I really like that rig, but he hasn't responded if it's prebuilt or if I have to build it myself.

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