Hmm worth it?

[Nu2Pcgaming]

built this on the ibuypower site and it seems like a good deal for 976.00 + free shipping. i need some opinions , im new to gaming so thanks


Nzxt Hush Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Blue )
Power Supply ( 500 Watt -- NZXT PF-500 Power Supply )
Processor ( AMD Athlon™64 X2 5400+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology )
Free Software/Game ( [Free] iBUYPOWER Aegis Case - for your Games, Accessories, Disks, Manuals ... etc. --- $19.99 value )
Free Software/Game ( Free Game - [Scions of Fate] )
Free Software/Game ( Free Software -- [3DMark®06 Basic Edition] )
Free Software/Game ( [Free] iBUYPOWER T-Shirt with AMD 64 X2 Logo on front and back with Archlord Game Graphic --- $19.99 value )
Free Software/Game ( Free Games - [Age of Empires III] and [Rise Of Nations: Rise Of Legend] must purchase with AMD Athlon 64 X2/Mobile AMD Turion 64/Turion 64 X2 Processor based system )
Free Software/Game ( Free Game - [Anarchy Online] )
Processor Cooling ( Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink )
Motherboard ( MSI K9A Platinum AMD-Crossfire-580X Chipset w/7.1 Audio , Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 Dual PCI-E MB )
Memory ( 1024MB [512MB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand )
Video Card ( ATI Radeon X1950GT 256MB PCI-Express x16 )
Hard Drive ( 160 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache] )
2nd Hard Drive ( 160 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache] )
External Raid Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None )
CD/DVD Drive ( None )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( Sony Q170A Dual Format/Double Layer 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Blue )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Speaker System ( 600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Floppy Drive ( None )
Monitor ( None )
2nd Monitor ( None )
Keyboard ( PS/2 104 Key Windows 98 Keyboard Beige )
Mouse ( Logitech Optical Internet Mouse Black )
Meter Display ( Thermal Temperature LCD Display Black )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( None )
Extras ( Surge Protector [Opti-UPS Surge Buster] Protects your equipment from surges and spikes coming from antenna/CATV/MATV Coaxial Cables + Offer complete phone/fax/modem protection )
Operation System ( MS Windows XP Home Edition w/ Service Pack 2 )
Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner ( None )
Case Round Cable ( Professional wiring for all cables inside the system tower )
Case Round Cable ( Rounded Cables for Floppy/HDD/CD/DVD/CD-RW/DVD-RW Drives )
IEEE-1394 Fire Wire Card ( None )
USB Flash Drive ( None )
TV Tuner ( None )
Video Camera ( None )
Headset ( None )
Power Protection ( ** iBUYPOWER Recommended ** Opti-UPS SS1200-AVR Mighty Voltage Regulator )
Printer ( None )
Printer Cable ( None )

 

[kof2000]

awesome

3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

 

[Nu2Pcgaming]

iv'e reasd that onboard uses more of the cpu etc then a seperate sound card but considering i only use two speakers on this computer and it delivers enough sound for me i figured maybe i didn't need it. the extra 40 bucks isnt much for the card but hey if it works then its cool. plus a 5400 is like 2.6ghz[ i think] so i have some speed to spare. honestly though should i invest in a seperate card? im only using this comp for warhammer-online and possibly Lotr online

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

I would probally ditch one of the harddrives and get another gigabyte of RAM instead.

 

[Nu2Pcgaming]

i appreciate all your help on this guys. if i ditch one of the Hard drives wouldnt i forfeit some speed? im only gonna play two games at most but both are big [ DaoC and warhammer now lol ]. what would more ram net me besides memory etc?

 

[Platinum]

If youre getting a xfire compatible mobo why wouldn't you be getting 2 vid cards?

what would more ram net me besides memory etc?

What would more RAM get you besides memory? RAM is memory, it wouldn't get you anything but more memory. It'll make your computer faster.

 

[m0nk3ys1ms]

i appreciate all your help on this guys. if i ditch one of the Hard drives wouldnt i forfeit some speed? im only gonna play two games at most but both are big [ DaoC and warhammer now lol ]. what would more ram net me besides memory etc?

No, the hard drives are going to determine very little of your computers speed. More RAM is going to make everything load faster and perform better overall.

 

[Nu2Pcgaming]

ahh well like the name reads im new so i appreciate your input. well then i'll ditch one of the HD's. 160gb should be enough anyway. its strictly for gaming so -shrug-. as for the xfire question , i don't know if i wanna keep the 1950 yet , ati is dropping two newer cards [ dont know if they will perform better then the 1950] but if the marks are higher im gonna drop the 19 and go with the 2600 for the dx10 compatibility. i havent seen them tested as of yet so i dont know [ if you have a link let me know please. ].plus the 1950 is a solid start for a GPU. 2900 was a little excessive at the moment considering i havent even seen what the req are for warhammer. however i'll go with more ram , i'll just double it and go with that.