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lokodezine

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Ok... I am going to get my pc through Monarchcomputers.com.
I have about 1850 to spend. This pc here is priced at 1700. So I do have about 200 to upgrade anything. Please let me know if there are any changes you would make to this.

I am using this pc mainly for designing purposes with photoshop, etc but also I will be using it for watching tv, playing some games (not huge pc gamer), lisitning to music.

Case: No PS - Thermaltake Soprano Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: PS 485W - Enermax Noisetaker EG495AX-VE S
Motherboard: Asus A8N-SLI NForce4 SLI Audio/GB-LAN/USB
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 1MB 90nm Rev. E San D
Heat Sink Fan: Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu Silent CPU Cooling
Memory: DDR (400) 3200 - 1 GB (2 pcs 512) Corsair
Hard Drive: SATA - Western Digital (WD1200SD) 120 GB/
RAID Setup: None
RAID Controller: None
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/: DVD±RW - Lite-On SOHW-1693S 16x8x16x-DVD-
CD-RW/DVD-RW: None
Floppy Drive: Mitsumi 1.44 MB 3.5" Floppy Drive
Sound Card: Creative Audigy 2 ZS 24BIT/5.1/IEEE/MIDI/
Video Card: eVGA 6800 GT 256MB DDR3/PCI-E/TV-Out/Dual
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005
TV Tuner: eVGA NVTV PCI 32MB SDR Dual TV-Tuner

How does it all look, the psu, processor, memory, video card, etc?

I have an extra CD burner here so Im only selecting one drive then Ill plug mine in when I recieve the pc. Here are something that I am not sure off if I need?

Modem: None
Network Card: None
Wireless Network Card: None
Add-On Card: None
Round Cables: None
Molex Connector: None
Video Capture: None
 
lokodezine said:
bump... Im thkning maybe AMD because I can get better gaming and still get good for design and media purposes correct?
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itll be great for gaming and it should still be good for design and media purposes
 
I have an extra CD burner here so Im only selecting one drive then Ill plug mine in when I recieve the pc. Here are something that I am not sure off if I need?
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1. Ditch the SLI board ... no need to get a hardcore gaming board if you're not gonna be doing hardcore gaming
2. Ditch the ASUS board. You can do much better with say a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 1MB 90nm Rev. E San D
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I would strongly urge you consider the AMD Athlon64 X2 series

Memory: DDR (400) 3200 - 1 GB (2 pcs 512) Corsair
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Do you know the specifics on this RAM?

CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/: DVD±RW - Lite-On SOHW-1693S 16x8x16x-DVD
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Decent drive but behind in the times. Something like a Pioneer 109/110 or NEC 3520/3540 will give you much more flexibility

Video Card: eVGA 6800 GT 256MB DDR3/PCI-E/TV-Out/Dual
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Yer not a huge gamer?
 
Thanks... Ok I believe I will switch to the NEC drive. I want the 6800 GT because the differene in the card will be seen in watching movies and tv and the occasional games I play.

What about PSU? YOu dont think I should get SLI ready incase I want in the future?
 
there is a big difference if you do audio/video creating or editing, and in games. But if you just do photoshop, listen to music, and play some of the older games, then the Live! will suit you fine, although if you have a nice speaker setup, and will do a good amount of gaming (newer games), then i would go with the ausigy 2zs.
 
Ok well I play CAll of duty, most likely will get call of duty 2. I also play battlefield 2 and will get half life free from monarch.

SO would you recommend Audigy 2z for those games? What about for watching movies and tv?

Is the audigy 2z fine or would the platinum or gamer be that much better?
 
I think you should do as Preator said... and get the AMD X2 series CPUs, thats a great great investment. I would recommend no more than the 4400, because difference in performance isnt that big, but the price will be... Also I would suggest you do ditch the SLI, and get a decent motherboard with the new 7800, nothing can out do that card... (Unless your double monitored running WoW and GuildWars at once..)
 
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