Is this a good gaming computer for price?

davie23223

davie23223

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Will this computer work and is it a good price?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ Socket 939
1024MB DDR400 PC3200 Memory (Kingston) (512MB x 2)
ASUS A8N-E Mother Board
Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 10,000RPM Serial ATA 8MB
LG 52X32X52 CD-RW
ASUS EN6600GT GeForce PCI Express, 128MB DDR,DVI,TV-Out
Onboard Audio
Onboard Network Card
Thermaltake Soprano VB1000BWS w/ Side Window (black)
480 Watt Thermaltake SILENT Power Sup.Dual Fan Control W0014
CRT Monitor Samsung 793DF 17" 0.20mm 1280x1024 (silver, black body)
Logitech Mouse SBF-96 Optical Wheel 3 Buttons Black
Logitech Keyborad Office Pro Wired PS/2 Mulitimedia Keys Beige
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (OEM)
Norton Internet Security 2005 w/ Anti Virus, Firewall, AntiSpam
Warranty 3 Years Parts & Labor Warranty w/ Life Time Toll Free Support

Total Price: $1368.00 US
 
yeh it looks okay, the hard drive looks a bit small 36.7gb and the grahpics card is okay for gaming, just not if youre a heavy gamer. i dont know much about the exchange rate between the £ and the $ so i cant say if its a good price or not.
 
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36.7gb and the grahpics card is okay for gaming, just not if youre a heavy gamer.
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heavy gamer? i had about as much games on my old pc with a fx5200,.. and that was some petty heavy gaming. so unless you absolutely want everyhing on highest settings, or you can get a cheap 6800GT, the grafics card is great :)

but, are you planning to overclock your pc? because the X2's are not really good gam processors. i have a X2 4400+ here. but my bro's pc is faster at games with a venice 3000+ @ 2,7GHz. so, im thinking about swiching the processor with my dad'pc ( also a 3000+ venice )

you may want to get a bigger 7200PM HDD, it saves monney, and you have more space. you can beter buy 2 bigger HDD's and put hm in RAID 0.
( tough.. a 7200rpm does just fine for me, and i have now about 105Gb Games on it :D )
 
Well I don't really know how to overclock, people just tell me to not go there. I've read the oc 101 and i still don't know a clue. I know you do something in the BIOS somewhere and i do know how to get there but thats just about it.
 
then i would drop the X2 cpu, the harddrive, and get a bigger 7200rpm harddrive as Archangel suggested, and get a better graphcis card
 
but, are you planning to overclock your pc? because the X2's are not really good gam processors.
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where did you mislearn that.

i have a X2 4400+ here. but my bro's pc is faster at games with a venice 3000+ @ 2,7GHz
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no way is that cpu relate. something else is afoot here

then i would drop the X2 cpu, the harddrive, and get a bigger 7200rpm harddrive as Archangel suggested, and get a better graphcis card
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keep the x2, ditch the raptor which is overrated anyway. You could ditch the norton security as there are some nice free one available. As for the graphics card you could resuffle your budget to squeeze in something in the 6800 series
 
Yea where did you hear that... the X2 4800 performed better on everything than the Fx57 except games, and in games it was only slightly worse, like 10fps lol. I know you said you had a 4400 though... cant be much different, my friends 4600 owns his OCd Venice and Clawhammer.
 
yes, try something in the 6800GT-X800XT-X850PRO range.
also, raptors are overrated as stated, and you can get similar preformance out of a big HDD with a 16MB cache.
the X2 is nice, but you can get a normal A64 for cheaper that would work a little better for games, and unless you are doing something where a dual core processor would really make a differnce you won't notice a big change.
 
I don't get it, you mean the raptor is the same speed as a 16mb cache? and also whats wrong with a 6600 gt? everyone keeps tellin me that its an awesome video card, and now 6800?

and the raptor is overrated? what do you mean by overrated? isn't that good?
 
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ok, in order
the 10,000rpm raptor won't get you much more preformance then a 7,200rpm hdd that has 16mb cache.
nothing is wrong wtih that card, but for what you are spending on this machine, you can cut back in a few places and get alot better card.
overrated means people give it to much credit, and praise it to much. it really isn't all that extrodinary. as i've said a good 7200rpm hdd with 16mb cache and a 10,000rpm raptor don't really have a noticable difference.....ok maybe a bit of a differnence, but it is made up by the extra space u get with the 7200rpm.
 
1024MB DDR400 PC3200 Memory (Kingston) (512MB x 2)
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What are the specs on this?

Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 10,000RPM Serial ATA 8MB
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Waste of money... and a waste of a raptor drive ... sure you'll get a second or two faster load time ... but is that worth the premium?

LG 52X32X52 CD-RW
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Crummy, cheap drive

480 Watt Thermaltake SILENT Power Sup.Dual Fan Control W0014
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At 18A on the 12V line, its nothing special, you're prolly paying too much for it

so unless you absolutely want everyhing on highest settings, or you can get a cheap 6800GT, the grafics card is great
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Id like to see a 6800GT run FEAR 2048x1536 @ max ..... and not lag you the crap out :D

because the X2's are not really good gam processors
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Your reasoning confounds me: [1] On-die memory controller? Check. [2] Extra core? Check. So why is it "not really good" gaming processor?

my bro's pc is faster at games with a venice 3000+ @ 2,7GHz.
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Oh, so you can see the difference between 150fps and 120fps ...damn.

;)

where did you mislearn that.
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Im slightly curious as to that myself....

the X2 4800 performed better on everything than the Fx57 except games
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if you read the original comment, it was in reference to games :rolleyes:

and in games it was only slightly worse, like 10fps lol
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Important piece of missing information: what game?

try something in the 6800GT-X800XT-X850PRO range.
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The X800XT is a better performer than the X850Pro

I don't get it, you mean the raptor is the same speed as a 16mb cache? and also whats wrong with a 6600 gt? everyone keeps tellin me that its an awesome video card, and now 6800?
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- Well from what ive seen, people are commenting on the 6800GT, not the 6800
- Regarding the raptors, read the hdd101

and the raptor is overrated? what do you mean by overrated? isn't that good?
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I dont knwo any other interpretation of 'overrated' but its generally a slightly bad thing
 
lol, this computer is worth like 1000 dollars less now. Funny how somthing depreciates that much in just 3 years. Cars arent even that bad.
 
GSAV55 said:
lol, this computer is worth like 1000 dollars less now. Funny how somthing depreciates that much in just 3 years. Cars arent even that bad.
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lol I read the post (not noticing the date) and was like what is he thinking?! GAMING RIG?! NORTON?! 32GB HD?! 128MB GPU MEMORY?! HUH?!!!! :P
 
lmao, yeah, thatd be really funny, I wish I hadnt seen the date, just because it would have probably been a really fun emotion, lmao
 
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