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TheRiddl3r

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Specs:

AMD Athlon64 x2 5000+ Dual Core CPU - Socket AM2
Cooler Master Extreme Power PSU - 650 w
MSI AMD K9N Neo-F Motherboard - Socket AM2
OCZ nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX - 768 MB - PCI-E
Seagate Barracuda HDD - SATA-300 - 16MB Cache - 250 GB
Transcend JetRam High-Performance DDR2 - 800Mhz - CL5 Memory - 1 GB

Comments/suggestiong/rants?
 
TheRiddl3r said:
Specs:

AMD Athlon64 x2 5000+ Dual Core CPU - Socket AM2
Cooler Master Extreme Power PSU - 650 w
MSI AMD K9N Neo-F Motherboard - Socket AM2
OCZ nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX - 768 MB - PCI-E
Seagate Barracuda HDD - SATA-300 - 16MB Cache - 250 GB
Transcend JetRam High-Performance DDR2 - 800Mhz - CL5 Memory - 1 GB

Comments/suggestiong/rants?
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Unless I have been sorely misinformed your CPU will be a HUGE bottleneck for your graphics card. But it's a nice system regardless, congrats mate! :)
 
AMD --> I would prefer intel Core2Duo (or even Quad)
CoolerMaster PSU --> Very Nice!
MSI Mobo --> No way! Go for ASUS of Giga-byte, but not MSI
GeForce 8800 GTX --> Not bad at all.
Seagate HDD --> The best there is!
Transcend RAM --> Not bad at all...

I personally like Intel as they have proven to out perform AMD, but at the end of the day, its more a personal choice, and what you want to do with the PC... :)
 
Looks quite nice man. Your definately going to enjoy gaming :D
Now this is just an opinion but i might consider flogging that GTX....as its still brand new and in a months time a new gts will be released that should beat the GTX and cost about half the price..? But maybe first just follow it closely and then decide as new info comes along.

What screen do you have?
 
dump the GTX for a GTS or if you can wait a month a 8800GT.

The R3000!!!!!! saved will double, your RAM, give you a quad core and double your hard drive.


I would recommend:

Core 2 Quad Q6600
non intel branded Intel P35 chipset motherboard
2GB ram
8800GTS 320mb (or wait one month for the 8800GT)
Seagate 500GB SATA
 
Orite system... But as beanie stated.. that CPU might bottle neck your system.. A cheap C2D E6550 with a P35 chipset would have been better..

PSU... Great stuff

Mobo....Decent.. If u not overclocking and don't require all the bells n whistles its fyn

8800GTX ?... Not such a good buy imho now that the 8800GT has been released.. Should hav waited a bit..

As for the memory..AM2's benefit from tight timings.... CL5 just wont cut it.
 
you should have come here before buying

that gtx is going to be throttled by the amd cpu

why is the gtx not so good, it out performs the 8800gt

also 1 gig of ram aint nearly enough

2 gig or more
 
Sounds like a nice pooter! Although the boys have a point about the 8800GT :/

Speaking of upgrade/etc.

I'm stuck with the issue that im running an athlon 3000+, with 1GB DDR400 ... to buy another 2x512 DDR400 chips will cost ALOOOOT more than ddr533 etc., so do i do it anyway, or just get a new mobo/cpu and do it properly ?
 
Sapphiron said:
dump the GTX for a GTS or if you can wait a month a 8800GT.
8800GTS 320mb (or wait one month for the 8800GT)
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Definitely wait for the 8800GT, if you haven't been following the few threads around here..

Also, it came out today. :confused: Someone's bringing them into SA by next week.

For R2600 you can afford a Intel Quad or Dual and whatever else you need, which is another Gb of ram. :eek:
 
Get more than 1 gig of ram. People with 2 gig of ram are starting to struggle on some of the newer games. You need at least 2 gig.
 
stefan9 said:
Get more than 1 gig of ram. People with 2 gig of ram are starting to struggle on some of the newer games. You need at least 2 gig.
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I've only ever had one game use more than 60% of my RAM: Oblivion at full blast :D

I wouldn't mind having 4GB, though :p
 
Hehehe stefan there you go again with ur 2gig vs 4 gig ram. But i agree when you can add another gig of ram.But seriously if you can sell the GTX and get the 8800GT which will run excellent at your 21" screens res.And you can then use the extra bucks maybe to buy some extra ram? BTW the 8800GT goes for about R2600.
 
I had 2gb and later added another 2gb and i couldn't tell the diffs with normal computing, don't know about gaming. SO i took 2gb out again
 
AMD Athlon64 x2 5000+ Dual Core CPU - Would have gona for Core 2 Quad
Cooler Master Extreme Power PSU - pretty good
MSI AMD K9N Neo-F Motherboard - matters on the CPU
OCZ nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX - 768 MB - brilliant
Seagate Barracuda HDD - SATA-300 - 16MB Cache - could have gotten more don u think?
Transcend JetRam High-Performance DDR2 - 800Mhz - CL5 Memory - 2GB needed
 
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