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azul

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Hey guys,

I've been doing some research I want to change my computer. I'm planning on gaming and working (mostly excel stuff) on it.

My budget goes around 1-1.5k

I'm not looking for the ultimate machine, rather the best bang for the buck machine. That will run fast enough to handle well the new games.

Heres a list of things I put together without any knowledge of what I can do with it (I dont know anything about overclocking, etc)

Can you guys give me some alternative or tips to improve this system ?

-Intel INTEL Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHZ 8M 1066 BX80562Q6600 $209.99*

-Corsair Corsair 4GB TWIN2X4096-6400C5 TWIN2X4096-6400C5 $119.99*

-Western Digital WD Caviar SE16 750GB SATA-2 7200 Rpm U300 16M WD7500AAKS $125.99*

-Asus ASUS P5K3 DELUXE WIFI S775 DDR3 1333 P5K3 DELUXE WIFI $224.99*

-Antec ANTEC NINE HUNDRED Gamer Fan 200MM NINE HUNDRED $97.99*

-Antec Antec Power Supply TPQ-850 850W TPQ-850 $189.99*

-eVGA eVGA GeForce 8800GT 512MB DDR3 Superclock 512-P3-N802-AR $224.99*


with tax this comes up to $1,345.95
wich leaves a little bit of space for a new monitor

EDIT : should i run windows vista ultimate or XP sp 3 ?
 
Im not so sure about my system, since its missing alot of things,
and i saw on dell for (wich includes the monitor.. and is assembled with a warranty.. ) 1450$

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Service Pack 1

MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs

HARD DRIVE 1TB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 500GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM HDDs)

GRAPHICS CARD ATI Radeon HD3650 256MB GDDR4

OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability

MONITOR 22 inch SP2208WFP widescreen Flat Panel Monitor

SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
 
Well the Dell computer uses a lot cheaper parts, that's for sure.

Considering you want the Antec 900 case, I will work around that.

CPU: You could stay with the Q6600 or you could go for the E8400 which is 189.99

HDD: I won't touch what you picked as you probably know what you need in terms of storage.

RAM: Corsair 2x 2gb 86.50

Mobo: Asus P5K-E Wifi 149.99 if you really need the wifi, otherwise just the regular P5K which is 129.99

PSU: The one you choose is totally overkill, Go for a Corsair 520HX for an excellent modular PSU 119.99 or a Corsair 550VX which isn't modular but 89.99.

GPU: The one you chose is very good and it beats the Dell one by a good margin if you are looking to do any gaming. But you can go for the same model at a cheaper price. EVGA 8800GT 179.99

Total, if I choose the cheapest parts I suggested with yours, it comes to about 900 before taxes and shipping which leaves you room to add the o/s and a nice monitor and still have a better computer than that Dell. Oops, I forgot the dvd burner, but u can get one for 20-30$
 
I don't particuly like Dells(upgrade nightmares) or RAID setups but apart from that, I'd be happy with it ;)
 
well i've put antec casing, because I started off a friends cpu design..

apparently he pulled off a 750$ rig with Q6600 and 4gb memory

I guess that the pk5 is the best choice for the Q6600 , was mine too overkill ? And I have no idea what WiFI does to be honest lol.. But i heard it was better to pick a very good motherboard...

Why would you change the Q6600 to the E8400 ? Just to know because im pretty much clueless :)
 
and, do you think this system could run COD4 , crysis , etc on 90-100 fps at high quality settings ??
 
A WiFi motherboard acts as an access point, allowing you to share your Internet connection wirelessly without a wireless broadband router. The E8400 is a dual core...not a quad, but the new 45nm technology is making the chip run faster, colder, and allows it to be pushed further than any 65nm chip. An overclockers dream so to speak, but very few games out now really take advantage of the quadcore the Q6600 offers.

However there is many new games coming out set to come out this year that is going to take advantage of the quadcores. Alot of people say that the E8400 is about a 20% boost over the Q6600 in pure FPS. With the games set to come out it appears that quadcore will be the way to go if you plan to have the computer for at least a year, or so it would seem. That's my 2 cents. Hope that helps :)
 
THe MoBo apparently takes DDR3 (which you don't need, too expensive for the performance it offers over DDR2), but the memory you chose is DDR2 (Way to go, ATM).

IMO you should get another board, as I said (and many others will), DDR3 is kinda overpriced ATM. The prices have come down, but AFAIK it's still not worth it.
 
to get the dual core to outperform the quad i guess i need to overclock it ?

and, you guys have any good link on how to overclock ?
 
azul said:
and, do you think this system could run COD4 , crysis , etc on 90-100 fps at high quality settings ??
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The only way you're going to run Crysis at 90-100 FPS at high is to start adding multiple video cards and do some Overclocking. What you've got going isn't shabby at all. In fact, i agree with Kilauea on the $900 setup. that's nice for that price. To give you some idea, i'm going to be running 4GB of RAM, 4 3870s and 2 Velociraptors in RAID 0 and I probably won't get 100 FPS on high in Crysis. my machine has cost me $4000 so far. I dunno, maybe i will. we'll just have to see.
 
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