930$ Is this Good?

Nateku · Mar 25, 2008

The computer I am looking at buying is going to be a high end gaming computer, and will hopefully stay ahead of the curve when it comes to future games.

I configured it on IBuyPower.com and the total cost was 930$. Any general advice or criticisms on the computer would be appreciated. Also, I would like to know if the 600w power source and extra cooling system are needed. I only threw them in because of the processor and video cards. Thanks in advance.

Case: Xion Dazl Gaming Tower Case 420w Power Source

Power Supply: 600 Watt Power Supply; SLI Ready

Processor: [Quad Core] AMD Phenom X4 9500 Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology

Cooling System: CoolerMaster Liquid CPU Cooling Fan System Kit

Motherboard: Asus M2N-SLI NVIDIA nForce 560 SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, IEEE 1394, USB 2.0, Dual PCI-E MB

Memory: 2048MB [1024MB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module - Mushkin

Video Card: 2x NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT 1GB w/DVI + TV Out Video

Hard Drive: 320GB Hard Drive [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache]

CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive: 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive

Sound Card: 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

Network Card : Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)

It comes with a 3 year warranty and lifetime customer support.

daisymtc · Mar 25, 2008

Try AVAdirect.com
They seems to be a better company.
By the way, get intel set-up at the moment.
Get AMD Phenom only if you are sure they are B3 stepping, and don't waste money on 8600GT SLi, not worth.

$1022 list from AVAdirect.com
HEC 6C28 case, with 585W PSU
MSI P35 Neo2-FR
E8400
consair 2 x 1GB XMS2 DDR2 800 CL4
Diamond HD3870
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB
Lite-on LH-20A1S
Microsoft Vista Home Premium 64bit OEM
3 year limited parts & 3 year labor warranty

Nateku · Apr 2, 2008

Anyone else have any input on the build? I have a friend who got his computer from ibuypower and his works great, so that's why I'm using that site.

reddevil6 · Apr 2, 2008

maroon1 · Apr 2, 2008

Don't get phenom 9500 because Q6600 is by faster much faster
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3272&p=11

Even Intel dual core beats phenom in most cases

9600GT is an excellent video card, it performs as good as HD3870 and it cost just $149

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134038

Or get this, an overclocked version with a better fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127333

speedyink · Apr 2, 2008

maroon1 said:
Don't get phenom 9500 because Q6600 is by faster much faster
http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3272&p=11

Even Intel dual core beats phenom in most cases

Looks like the dual cores beat the Q6600 in most of the games as well. If this machine is meant for gaming I wouldn't recommend either quad core processor. Might as well stick with a dual core, as they seem to perform better in games. If price is a factor here the 9500 definately is good for the money.

oscaryu1 · Apr 3, 2008

speedyink said:
Looks like the dual cores beat the Q6600 in most of the games as well. If this machine is meant for gaming I wouldn't recommend either quad core processor. Might as well stick with a dual core, as they seem to perform better in games. If price is a factor here the 9500 definately is good for the money.

The Dual Cores beat the Q6600 because the game/software is coded to support a maximum of 2 cores. 2.4GHz vs 3GHz... Hmm...

When Quad utilization becomes popular, the Q6600 will get more attention and buys.

bigd54 · Apr 3, 2008

speedyink said:
Looks like the dual cores beat the Q6600 in most of the games as well. If this machine is meant for gaming I wouldn't recommend either quad core processor. Might as well stick with a dual core, as they seem to perform better in games. If price is a factor here the 9500 definately is good for the money.

Good point but games will be utalizing quad cores in the future

oscaryu1 · Apr 3, 2008

bigd54 said:
Good point but games will be utalizing quad cores in the future

HL2, if I'm not mistaken, already has Quad core support.

oregon · Apr 4, 2008

DON'T get 8600GT's. They are not good gaming cards even SLI'd. Get at least an 9600GT or something like that.

TrainTrackHack · Apr 4, 2008

You'll be better off buying one high-end card than wasting your money on several crapper ones in SLI. And like heaps of people here, even I've heard of 8600s crappy performance. do-not-get-it!

maroon1 · Apr 4, 2008

The dual core not only outperformed Phenom in games, but it outperformed it even in some applications that utilize 4 cores

Just check the photoshop and DivX encoding. Both application utilize 4 cores, yet Intel dual core was slightly better than most of the phenom processors

Gogey · Apr 4, 2008

oscaryu1 said:
HL2, if I'm not mistaken, already has Quad core support.

Dont even mention it, the support was pretty bad anyway

G25r8cer · Apr 4, 2008

hackapelite said:
You'll be better off buying one high-end card than wasting your money on several crapper ones in SLI. And like heaps of people here, even I've heard of 8600s crappy performance. do-not-get-it!

Take it easy man!! The 8600 is not crappy man!! I have one and its great!! I love it and esp the price. I can play rainbow six vegas no prob along with NFS: Pro street, TD: U, GTR2, LFS, Dirt, and GTL all on max settings and get great performance. Look at my signature for details and I get 5,199 in 3Dmark06 which isnt bad for only spending $750 total on my whole pc.

Interested · Apr 8, 2008

yea, same 8600GT is an AMAZING card for a low price. Plays EVERY SINGLE ************** GAME (lol, spazzed a little there) at lower res. Oh yea, COD4 at max

oscaryu1 · Apr 8, 2008

If yall just recently purchased the 8600GT, then consider the 8800GS. Beats the 8600 and the HD3850, at a price with the 8600's.

Ramodkk · Apr 8, 2008

oscaryu1 · Apr 9, 2008

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127325

It's worth the $30 difference

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