Rate this computer I might be getting

2006-05-22 13:37:32

#1

Des.Kmal: Member; +917|6616|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

OK, I am not disclosing them name of the company, since that might effect the grade given and I am sure there is alot of hate or despise for them, over priced or something for not as much quality... well, here it is:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ with HyperTransport Technology
Power Supply: 650 Watt ATX 2.0 Power Supply
Motherboard: nForce 4 SLI Chipset Motherboard PCI Express
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel Low-Latency DDR PC-3200 at 400MHz - 2 x 512MB
System Drive: High Performance - 80GB Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 16x DVD-ROM Drive with Software DVD Decoder
Graphics Processor: 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce 7600 GT - DVI Dual Link Supported
Video Optimizer: Video Performance Optimizer
Sound Card: Integrated High-Performance 7.1 Surround Sound with S/PDIF and Coaxial Digital Outputs

A couple of questionsL

First: will it ruyn on high video settings?
Second: Should I spend an extra 50$ in 2gb of ram, is it that important.
Third: Is sound that important, I can deal without it(or at least without good sound)

Fourth: who do you guys think it is?

Thanks in advance.

Sorry, here is the edit for price: 1120$

Last edited by Kmal1 (2006-05-22 13:44:53)

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2006-05-22 13:41:33

#2

-=]DeatH1337[=-: Member; +51|6632|England

1 should do i never had mine high so i wouldn't know.
2 yep if you want to load maps faster etc.
3 yep

Alienware sucks ass. You could build one much better for almost half the price of any retailer.

Last edited by -=]DeatH1337[=- (2006-05-22 13:43:17)

2006-05-22 13:41:58

#3

Brasso: member; +1,549|6628

1) yes
2) not really
3) sound is fine
4) is it an Alienware Aurora 3500?

EDIT: Woohoo got it right!

Last edited by haffeysucks (2006-05-22 13:54:08)

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2006-05-22 13:42:17

#4

THA: im a fucking .....well not now; +609|6768|AUS, Canberra

bit hard to rate if we dont know the price.

but from what you got it looks like an ok midrange gaming comp, althought you could do with more ram if you want to run high and the processor is a little old.

2006-05-22 13:44:36

#5

TriggerHappy998: just nothing; +387|6845|-

Sounds like a Dell.

Anyway, an AMD 3000+ is getting a little outdated, but everything else looks okay.

2006-05-22 13:44:37

#6

dankassasin42o: Member; +68|6677|Reefersyde, CA

at least get an x2 processor. and an X-Fi card

2006-05-22 13:46:08

#7

Des.Kmal: Member; +917|6616|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

I edited in teh price. 1120$

I tihnk it is a good price, but then again, I am not computer savvy in any way whatsoever... lol

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2006-05-22 13:47:01

#8

Zeon.: l33t sp33k Specialist; +159|6555|Behind j00OMFG HAX, Bristol UK

Good specs there,
1. Definitely run on high settings, my 6600GT almost does
2. You need alot of RAM to run a beautiful game on BF2 so def. go for more RAM
3. Sound is very important, when it is set to high then the game sounds amazing
4. Don't know what you mean by who do you think it is? Santa?

2006-05-22 13:47:41

#9

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6565|NYC / Hamburg

how much are you paying? it is defenetely not a high performance system. Might want to build yourself.

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2006-05-22 13:48:54

#10

Des.Kmal: Member; +917|6616|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

I do think I need to update the CPU, can I upgrade that later, or do I hae to do it now in the base price?

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2006-05-22 13:50:16

#11

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6565|NYC / Hamburg

this is what you would get for the same price if you build yourself https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wi … tle=Morbid

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2006-05-22 13:50:16

#12

TriggerHappy998: just nothing; +387|6845|-

Kmal1 wrote:
I do think I need to update the CPU, can I upgrade that later, or do I hae to do it now in the base price?

I would get something better now so you don't have the hassle later. There's a lot to do when upgrading to a new CPU and it can be very complicated for someone who is not "computer savvy".

2006-05-22 13:52:41

#13

slo5oh: Member; +28|6659

Kmal1 wrote:
I edited in teh price. 1120$

I tihnk it is a good price, but then again, I am not computer savvy in any way whatsoever... lol

I can build 10x that computer for that price..... I'm thinking it should be closer to $600ish.

questions answered:
1 dunno, don't have that card
2 2 gigs all the way
3 Built in sound is great on most boards now. I use built in 7.1 with 7.1 speakers and it's SWEET... but I'm no audio-geek.

2006-05-22 13:54:31

#14

leesupport: Member; +39|6681

lol i just got a new same everything is same exept i got a 3500 chip. its an alineware man its fast.even on high settings.

2006-05-22 14:00:01

#15

buttered noodle: Member; +16|6643|ohio

i'd give it a 6/10 just overall not impressive

2006-05-22 14:02:56

#16

[TUF]Whiskey_Oktober: mmmm...Toasty!; +91|6720|Oregon

i would get a better hardrive. i know WD has a 200gb 7600rpm SATA 3.0 16mb cache for about $80, i think.
i would also go for a better processor, maybe an x2 3800. get 2gigs of ram. then you will have a schweet system. if you do some shopping on newegg, you can probably get that for about the same price with modified motherboard/ram brand/etc.

i got my system (P4E @3.4, 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2, 2x 80GB WD caviars (same as raptors, but 7200rpm), x1900xt 512mb, Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS platinum, Intel PCI-E mobo, Thermaltake Xaser III case) for about 1200 total....

2006-05-22 14:03:50

#17

MuseSeeker: 2142 Soldier: Behenaut; +110|6773|EUR

Kmal1 wrote:
A couple of questionsL

First: will it ruyn on high video settings?
Second: Should I spend an extra 50$ in 2gb of ram, is it that important.
Third: Is sound that important, I can deal without it(or at least without good sound)

Fourth: who do you guys think it is?

Thanks in advance.

Sorry, here is the edit for price: 1120$

1. Yes but dont expect extremely high FPS. I predict 25-35.
2. Yes, worth it ( 2x 1g)
3. Atleast get a cheap sound card like Audigy SE or Audigy II (SE = £20, II = £40)
4. ???

2006-05-22 14:04:08

#18

daffytag: cheese-it!; +104|6573

Why dont you buy a dx 10 graphics card when vista is out?

2006-05-22 14:10:59

#19

Janus67: Tech God; +86|6593|Ohio, USA

max wrote:
this is what you would get for the same price if you build yourself https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wi … tle=Morbid

lol, good choice on the system there max.

2006-05-22 14:14:44

#20

SargeJp: Member; +87|6748|Canada

Don't get 2 gigs, bf2 runs about 600-700 MB of RAM.. 2 gigs would be good to do some virtual PC.

Last edited by SargeJp (2006-05-22 14:27:48)

2006-05-22 14:22:05

#21

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6565|NYC / Hamburg

Janus67 wrote:
max wrote:
this is what you would get for the same price if you build yourself https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wi … tle=Morbid
lol, good choice on the system there max.

yeah; almost as if you worked it out, huh?

EDIT: for everybody: janus and me skyped and made that list for another guy (and i just posted it without telling that; shame on me)

Last edited by max (2006-05-22 14:23:50)

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2006-05-22 14:23:34

#22

Des.Kmal: Member; +917|6616|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

ATTN: max,

are they all compatible? Or is that even an issue... I dont know anything about computers. lol

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2006-05-22 14:24:32

#23

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6565|NYC / Hamburg

Kmal1 wrote:
ATTN: max,

are they all compatible? Or is that even an issue... I dont know anything about computers. lol

jup it is; furthermore it also overclocks very well

might want to change the mobo to http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813136152
and the cooler to http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6835106061, or to a zalman http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6835118223 for better oc

Last edited by max (2006-05-22 14:29:20)

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2006-05-22 14:28:30

#24

Jack Bauer: WWJD - What Would Jack Do; +26|6552

dankassasin42o wrote:
at least get an x2 processor. and an X-Fi card

I have an X-Fi X-Treme Music or whatever it is called. I have very mixed feelings about the experiences I've had with it.

On the one hand..
The Good:
------------
-Sounds fairly nice!
-Primary benefit is when I'm wearing headphones, because the surround sound with only stereo headphones is very good.

and then on the other..
The Bad:
----------
-Don't notice much difference between this and my old Hercules Game Theater XP with my Logitech Z-680 5.1 sound system.
-Pretty pricey, even for the X-Fi Music model which I got (was like $140USD, after tax).
-My X-Fi music didn't support digital out, I had to buy a $14.00 dongle thing which was only available through the Creative E-Store, and was out of stock for 3 weeks straight after I had initially bought the card.
-The drivers take up roughly 700MB? Wow, that's pretty dumb.
-Creative doesn't seem to care about their customers. They have got forums which tons of users posting issues and only 1 or 2 *official* admins, who post *occasionally* at best. I never got any replies about my questions from them, and other users gave me only elementary advisement (ie-"did you try reinstalling the drivers?", "did you check the speaker connections?", etc..ad nausem).
-They don't tell you about some serious compatibility issues with other creative products (audio systems).
-Sometimes the X-Fi's go haywire.
-If you want one of their "upper-end" X-Fi's, they cost a fricken leg and arm practically; And in return you receive a few nice features, but the benefits in no justify the Xtreme-Pricing (I'll call this X-Fi XP from now on, heh).
-That X-Ram is a total load of horseradish. I've only seen evidence that it causes problems and if it is being used at all, it is more than likely slowing things down.

So, all in all, I'm not really sure if it has been worth it. However, if you want to be trendy, then by all means go drop $200 or $300 bucks on a nice X-Fi.

Good Luck,

Jack Bauer

*EDIT* thank you max

Last edited by Jack Bauer (2006-05-22 14:43:45)

2006-05-22 14:36:09

#25

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6565|NYC / Hamburg

you also need thermal paste (i propose artic silver 5), keyboard & mouse & monitor

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