advice on this potential computer

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isefet

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Hello I am wanting to buy a new computer but I need some advice. I have no real knowledge on computers. I emailed a local computer store who makes computers and told them that I want something which can handle the basics (word processing internet etc) and also microsoft flight sim a century of flight. They said that I should look for a ASUS P5K motherboard, 4GB of CL4 ram, dual core E6750 or E8400 an nvidia 8600 video card. How does this sound? I realise I will need to buy windows and a monitor but what do you all think? I am not a hard core gamer I just want something which will enable me to fully enjoy flight sim. I had a pentium 4 and if I tried playing the flight sim on even moderate settings it would be really jumpy so with this one I would like to play it on high settings. Thanks for any advice.:)
 
g25racer said:
I dont think you will need 4gb of ram unless you will be running 64bit os. Also, the 8600 card will do and is a decent card. I recommend that you get the xfx 8600gt xxx zalman ed.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...P450-8672&CMP=EMC-TIGEREMAIL&SRCCODE=WEM1546C
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Nice recommendation but if you would like to spend a bit more and future proof your graphics card i would recommend the XFX or Zotac 8800Gt :)

Zotac : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500007
XFX (Also comes with free game) : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150252
 
Thats quite a comfortable budget i will post a list of good components in a minute. :) This is only for flight sim and video editing or something of that sort i presume ? :)
 
Case #1 For Cooling and Airflow (Very Important to keep those temps down): Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

Price Without Rebates : $119.99
Price With Rebates : $79.99

Power Supply : OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply 100 - 240 V - Retail

Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002

Price Without Rebates : $149.99
Price With Rebates : $134.99

Motherboard : XFX MB-N780-ISH9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Intel Motherboard - Retail

Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813141005

Price W\o Rebate : $259.99
Price With : $239.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate


Processor : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - Retail

Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

Price : $254.99


Ram : G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098

Price : $44.99

Video Card(s) : EVGA 512-P3-N801-AR GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130318

Price W\o Rebate: $229.99
Price With Rebate: ($199.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate)
Price For Both Card In Sli With Rebate : $399.98

Hard Drive : Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262

Price : $69.99


DVD Burner : LG Electronics Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 10X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write - OEM

Link : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136120

Price : $26.99

Total Price Without Rebates : $1,386.91
Total Price With Rebates : $1,251.91

Hope you like it, it's the best and most computer i've suggested but it's way better then the computer they suggested to you :)
 
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Intel E8400 259.99 (or Q6600)
Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4 206.99
Corsair XMS2 2x1gb 53.00 -25$ MIR
Seagate 7200.11 500gb 109.99
Gigabyte 3870HD 179.99
Lite-on DVD burner 25.49
Corsair 550VX 99.99 -20$ MIR
CM Centurion 5 49.99

Windows Vista ~ 120$
Total = 1055.44 - 45$ MIR = 1010.44

Oops forgot the monitor, so here it is
Acer 22" LCD 219.99

Total with monitor = 1275.43 - 45$ MIR = 1230.43

So its slightly over budget, but its possible to cut on a few things if needed.
I would advise against SLI as what you do doesn't seem to be that graphic intense, if your current GPU doesn't do the job anymore, get a new one that will be more powerful than 2 current ones in SLI.
 
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Coolermaster Centurion 5: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16811119068

Gigabyte DS3L: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16813128059

MSI 8800GTS: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16814127325

OCZ Gamestream 700W: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16817341002

Intel Core 2 Duo 8400: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16819115037

Corsair 4GB Ram: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16820145184

Seagate Barracuda 320GB: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16822148140

Hanns-G 19 Inch Widescreen: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16824254005

Samsung Dvd burner: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16827151154

Windows 64-bit: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16832116204

Total Before MIR: 1268
After: 1168
 
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