help on buying my PC

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White Midget

Geek Trainee
im buying a pc from pc specialist.co.uk and i wondered if this would give good gameing ability for the next year or two here are the specs.

CPU
AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT X2 4600 2 x 512K L2 Cache (AM2 pin)

Memory
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2-667 PC5300 - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® M2N4-SLI: DUAL DDR II, S-ATA II, 2 x x16 VGA, 2 PCI

USB Options
SIX USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT)

Hard Drive
SATA II 250 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb cache

Second Hard Drive
NONE

RAID
NONE

DVD ROM/Combi Drive
16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM

CD/DVD Writer
16x +/- DVD WRITER (8x +/- Dual Lyr) (5x DVD-RAM) (40x CD-RW) (£19)

Graphics Card 1
512MB GEFORCE 7900GTX PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Graphics Card 2
512MB GEFORCE 7900GTX PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card
SoundBlaster Audigy 4 7.1 24-bit Player: £33

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Network Facilities
2 x 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORTS (1 PORT ON M2N4-SLI)

Floppy Drive/Card Reader
1.44MB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

Case
Stylish Silver/Black Sigma case + 2 front USB

Power Supply & Cooling
500W (Peak) Super Quiet Dual Rail PSU with 120mm fan (£25)

Operating System required
NONE

Firewire & Video Editing
2 x FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD (NO PORTS ON M2N4-SLI)

Monitor
17 INCH TFT SILVER/BLACK 1280 X 1024 RES: 12MS + DVI! (£102)

Keyboard
NONE

Mouse
NONE

Speakers
CREATIVE INSPIRE 5.1 T6060 SPEAKER SYSTEM (£50)

Printer
NONE

Anti-Virus
NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2006 (£19)

Office Software
NONE

TV Card
NONE

Warranty
1 Year Return-to-Base Warranty + 1 Year Free Collect & Return: £5

please help if you can

Thx adam :)
 
There are two things, which you need to look at properly.....

1. PSU: A bad PSU can be dangerous for your whole system and your one seems to be a bad one to me. There is a small article writtin by Admin on it, which will tell you which company to go and what to look at in.. [link=http://www.hardwareforums.com/power-supply-sticky-5218/]Look Here[/link]

2. Monitor: According to your information, it has 12ms response time, which is very slow. For gaming you are required to have 8ms or less.....

3. You dont need to spend money on Antiviruses due to the fact there are some free and good ones available out there. For Security strength information you can look [link=http://www.hardwareforums.com/windows-xp-security-guide-9738/]Here[/link].
 
It will be a good gaming system for right now, provided you spend a bit more on the psu/monitor. I also suggest you look at Conroe cpus instead.

Don't expect it to be top of the line in 6 months, let alone 2 years. In 6 months it'll be mid-high range, and in two years it'll probably start to struggle a bit. DX 10 cards will come out relatively soon and we'll probably see cards with 1gb of memory within 12 months.

You don't look like you're on a tight budget. May I suggest 2x7950gx2 for quad sli ?

Remember there's always a game or two which stresses any gaming rig. Right now we could say Oblivion is that game.
 
thx for the info also maybe you could reccomend a few places to get a pc from of this spec as i dont know where to start lookin really.

i can get an 19" tft monitor with 8ms thingy

bt the brand is not shown on the power supplly i can choose a 600w super quiet quadrail psu/120mm fan and cpu cooling system.

would you reccomend me to buy this or look elsewere thx again

adam :good:
 
If they can tell you what brand and model the PSU's are, especially if they're a good brand, it looks like an awesome rig. However, if they can't/won't tell you the PSU in this system, look elsewhere. A good PSU is the foundation of a solid system. I hate to see someone looking to drop this load of cash on a system get stuck with the Yugo of PSU's in their otherwise Ferrari rig. Plus, at 25 Pounds, that seems a little cheap for a good PSU. There's a few exceptions, but generally, a good PSU that you'd want paired with this system would be in the range of $80-120 US (probably around 40-60 Pounds) not including VAT.
 
thx again i have found another site recomended in this forum called mesh computers this is good but agin the psu is nt branded.
also wot wud be better
1GB (2x 512MB GPU) nVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 - HDTV, 2xDual Link DVI[upg £ 200.00]

or

2x 512MB nVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX- nVIDIA SLI™ Configuration[upg £ 450.00]

based on the amount i have to spend to upgrade.

also wot is windows xp media center all about wud i be better with media center, pro or home
 
The GeForce 7950 GX2 is two video cards in one package, and is pretty much what the SLI 7900GTX configuration is for half the price. It's a little slower, but I don't think more than double the price is worth the money.
 
hi again

if i buy a computer with a built in psu or a crap one that comes with it can i upgrade it also this will be the comp i think i will buy can you tell me if i will be makin the right decision with price and hardware.

System Base Price: £ 977.87
AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4600+ - Socket AM2
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition [upg £ 25.00]
Aluminium ATX Midi Tower + 550W PSU - Black
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe ,AM2 ,nForce 570 SLI, PCIe - ATX Mainboard
2048MB DDR2 900MHz Memory -( 2x 1024MB Kit) [upg £ 65.00]
300GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
Super Format SONY 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
16x DVD-ROM Drive (40x CD-ROM) [upg £ 12.00]
1GB (2x 512MB GPU) nVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 - HDTV, 2xDual Link DVI [upg £ 200.00]
20" Viewsonic VA2012W Digital & Multi Media Widescreen TFT Display
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Sound Card
Creative Labs T6060 - 5.1 Speakers with Subwoofer
Without Keyboard & Mouse (Cordless) [upg £ -12.21]
Free Microsoft® Works® 8.5 + 60 Days Microsoft Office Trial
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006 (oem) [upg £ 33.19]
1.44MB - 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive [upg £ 10.00]
Creative Live! Cam Video IM with Headset [upg £ 16.17]
Advantage Warranty - 2 Years On-Site + 1 Year BTB-T&C


Delivery Charge: (9am - 6pm) - Mainland UK (O Service) Default (Working Days (Monday - Friday))
£34.00



Subtotal: £1361.02
vat: £238.18
Order Total: £1599.20
 
I reiterate my recommendation of going with a Conroe cpu.

I would also ditch Norton. There are very good free alternatives.

Also, unless you plan on getting a second 7950gx2 in the very near future, you can ditch the sli mobo and grab a non sli one for cheaper.
 
aint a 7950GX2 just like 2x 7900GT or GTX in SLI, i mean even with one 7950GX2 its like SLI, 2x 7950GX2 is Quad SLI, lol, quad SLI Mobo with 4x 7950GX2, 8 cores!!! :o
 
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