Crow_Nest Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 At last! My mom got too sick and tired of her old PC and has reluctantly agreed to buy me a new one so i could pass my current one over to her. Here are the specs AMD Athlon 64 3000 (Socket AM2) Leadtek GeForce 7900GT 256MB Corsair 1GB DDR2 533 PC4200 Seagate 250GB 16MB Coolermaster Centurion 5 Case Coolermaster Extreme 430-Watt PSU Oh man i cant wait to play all my games with it.
Lynk Former Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 You don't need a new PC, you need a PS3! *snickers* Yeah I know, bad joke XD
Ray Jones Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Yeah, too bad that I cannot unread it! But I know I want it. Yeah. That's how to make jokes. Lynk, I'd like to be that wall or floor or whatever, btw. It must feel soo..juicy-yet-solid-ish. Aaaand..I seriously think it's about time for a sticky braggin' 'bout obtaining-new-hardware-plans (and noone ever knows if I really do) thread. X)
abespam Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 I bought close to the exact same setup just a few months ago (with a dual core processor and double the ram) but let me tell u, it runs all games sweeet.
Crow_Nest Posted August 30, 2006 Author Posted August 30, 2006 Hmm... Now im wondering if its worth it to change that 7900GT into a Radeon X1900XT. Well because the X1900XT is better than the 7900GT at around the same price. But somehow i dont really trust ATI these days.
BongoBob Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Meh, I'm a nVidia man myself, if nothing else because I've only owned nVidia cards and also because of their support for linux.
Jeff Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Meh, I'm a nVidia man myself, if nothing else because I've only owned nVidia cards and also because of their support for linux.Same reasons for me too, I only buy nVidia cards.
IG-64 Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 I have an ATI card. It screws up alot. My brother has an nVidia card and his always runs fine. If I buy a new card it'll be an nVidia.
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 At last! My mom got too sick and tired of her old PC and has reluctantly agreed to buy me a new one so i could pass my current one over to her. Here are the specs AMD Athlon 64 3000 (Socket AM2) Leadtek GeForce 7900GT 256MB Corsair 1GB DDR2 533 PC4200 Seagate 250GB 16MB Coolermaster Centurion 5 Case Coolermaster Extreme 430-Watt PSU Oh man i cant wait to play all my games with it. The only thing I'd recomment is a different PSU, maybe this one. Remember to overclock the RAM though, socket AM2s generally can stand to have the RAM modules connected to them running a speeds a lot higher than the factory clock (I think Tom's Hardware used SLI RAM to get DDR2-1016 speeds).
MTV2 Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 your CPU is gunna bottleneck your video card. and i hope your getting an AM2 mobo since you didn't list one.
Alegis Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 I have an ATI card. It screws up alot. My brother has an nVidia card and his always runs fine. If I buy a new card it'll be an nVidia. Right. Also do note there's a difference with the manuf (sapphiron=craptards. Connect3D=sweet).
BongoBob Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 To be honest Crow, I would say get a socket 939 cpu, they're cheaper and you can get a better one.
Crow_Nest Posted September 1, 2006 Author Posted September 1, 2006 Ah nevermind, after somemore brain racking, heres the final result AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ (Socket AM2) Leadtek PX7900GT 256MB Patriot 1GB DDR2 800 PC6400 Seagate 250GB 16MB SATA2 Abit KN9 Ultra nForce 570 Ultra MCP Coolermaster Centurion 5 Casing Coolermaster Extreme 430-Watt PSU But the mobo reviews i read almost gave me a heart attack though, i hope i dont run into any problems. One things for sure, is that basically every AM2 mobo is no where near perfect with out flashing the BIOS. Wish me luck fellas, gonna get the PC tomorrow
jon_hill987 Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 the graphics card is going to be obsolete when DX 10 comes out... May as well get a nVidia 7600GT for the time being, It is good enough for now and you will save money in the long run.
Crow_Nest Posted September 4, 2006 Author Posted September 4, 2006 the graphics card is going to be obsolete when DX 10 comes out... May as well get a nVidia 7600GT for the time being, It is good enough for now and you will save money in the long run. Too late, the rig is already sitting in my room. Wouldnt want the 7600GT because surely NVIDIA and ATI will release their top of the line DX10 cards first, followed by the mid-range months later. And you know how much those high end cards cost. Theres also no gaurrentee i'll be using Vista that soon too. I might run XP for all my games until i get like another stick of RAM and a DX10 card.
Crow_Nest Posted September 9, 2006 Author Posted September 9, 2006 Prebuilt or did you build it yourself? The mobo and CPU someone recommended a dual-core and nForce 570 Ultra to me, and my dad asked me to get a 250GB HDD. But i picked the rest of the parts myself. PC wasnt assembled by me, but by the guy at the store.
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