Possible new pc specs - comments?

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Since I'll probably be getting this all from rectron, you'll probably notice the gigabyte trend here:

Gigabyte K8N-SLI nforce4 board
2x Gigabyte Nvidia 6800GT 256Mb (SLI)
4x 512Mb DDR400 DIMMS
Athlon64-X2 3800+ Dual core CPU

+ non important (gigabyte) 19" monitor & new (gigabyte) chassis.

I'm still in two minds about the CPU - not sure if I should fork out the extra dosh for the dual core right now, and rather settle for a Athlon64 3.2.

As it stands above, it's a cool 15k, whereas changing the cpu drops the price to about 13.5k.

But then again, this baby should last me a couple of years.
 
thisgeek said:
2x Gigabyte Nvidia 6800GT 256Mb (SLI)
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this entirely necessary? but hey if you can afford it why not.
what type of ram?
Go for the dual core if you planning not to upgrade for a while, from next year there should be many dual core compatible programs
 
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Yes, I would stay with those specs although if you can fork out another 1K for the AMD 4400+ X2, it would be perfect

PS: Just look at benchies to see what I'm talking about + it has 2MB L2 Cache.
 
maybe look at putting in 2 1 gig sticks they about the same price as 2 512 plus you can upgrade later
 
If you plan on buying all the above at Rectron you will in all probability be looking at a smidgen over 18K (incl monitor and chassis).

It would be R 1000 cheaper from other suppliers with Asus components.

(These are obviously dealer prices)
 
Forget the 6800GT go for the 7800GT only a few rands more and next gen. I agree with Killadoob 2x1gb is better than 4x512mb. Also if you're planning on the system lasting for a few years definatly go for the 3800+ duel core.
 
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With such a setup why go for a crappy Gigabyte Screen?
The screen is almost the most important part for me.

I would hehe, get a bit lower specs and go for a 19" LCD screen thats about R3500 at Cyberdyne.
 
oober said:
With such a setup why go for a crappy Gigabyte Screen?
The screen is almost the most important part for me.

I would hehe, get a bit lower specs and go for a 19" LCD screen thats about R3500 at Cyberdyne.
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Costs are a factor -- also CRT screens are better for gaming, IMHO. :p
 
these new acers have a impressive 6ms response time, they also claim to be built for gaming. Look good to
click me
 
P0tenc said:
Forget the 6800GT go for the 7800GT only a few rands more and next gen.
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Well I see this all the time. The 6800GT can do everything the 7800 can do. I can even run the luna demo that was run on the PS3 as well. If you are going to get 2 6800GT's for less than what the 7800GT costs then it is a great buy. They will by far outperform the 7800GTX.

The whole NEXT GEN things is causing many people to buy the 7800GTX when it is pretty much a tweaked/upgraded 6800GT/Ultra. I say again there are no new features.

BTW If you can rather go for the ASUS Nforce 4 SLI. One of the best mobo's I have seen.
 
Ok, my revised specs are now:

1x Gigabyte K8N-SLI Mobo (Does what I need it to do, and it's not expensive)
2x Gigabyte 7800GT 256Mb
2x 1GB DIMM
1x Athlon64 3200 CPU

+ chassis & psu

All for around 13k. I can always upgrade the CPU at a later stage - at the moment I want to try keep the costs below 15k.
 
Decide your main role for your machine.

If there will be concurrent users using it, go for dual processors.

If you just want to fastest possible, best possible gaming experience, get the fastest SINGLE CPU you can afford.

ATI sucks. This is my personal, biased opinion, but until they sort their Linux stuff out, they suck.

Like another poster said: 2x 6800GT's would be my choice before a 7800. The bit of performance benefit you will only gain on very high resolutions, i.e. 1600x1280x32bitx4aa etc, etc. You don't play games at that resolution anyways, most of the time, so it is just not worth the money.

Memory: For this machine, get as big a memory stick as you can afford. If you can afford the 1GB sticks, much rather go for that - Your memory bandwidth will thank you.

Get yourself nice and fast disks, 10000RPM SATA or such; You don't want to wait for disk on this machine.
 
rburley said:
Try go for a 4000+
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It is a pretty big jump from a 3200+ but yes if you can, go for it. Another option would be a 3800+. My friend has one and I can tell you there is almost no difference between the 3800 and the 4000. Just make sure you get a Venice core 3800+.
 
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