Which is faster and better?

[mireault727]

Hi, im building a new computer soon, and i was wondering how it would match up to my current one?

My current computer is an XPS 600:
2GB DDR2 RAM
Pentium 4 650 Processor
2 Nvidia 6 series 6800 GPU's (SLI)
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI 16 MCP
250GB SATA HD


The one I'm building is:
4GB DDR2 800 RAM
AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core Processor 8650
320GB SATA2 HD
ASUS M3N78 Motherboard (using built in audio/video)


also, how would the graphics be compared to the SLI in my XPS? and is there any single GPU better than the dual 6800's?

 

[zer0_c00l]

the new one will totally kill your old one/ but if you havnt got the stuff for the new one yet..let us put a nice list together for you just give us a budget...

 

[Shlouski]

yes most single cards will beat 2x 6800 sli these days. Take a look at tomshardware.com. How much u got 2 spend?

 

[mireault727]

okay, well for budget its really low, 600 at the most right now, i can get all this stuff for $555.00 Canadian though:

Asus M3N78 motherboard
AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core Processor 8650
4GB STT DDR2-800
22X SATA Lightscribe DVD+/-RW Internal Drive
320GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB Hard Drive
ATX Mid tower W/480W Power supply

for a GPU im just lookng to get an idea for down the road what would be better then the 6800's on SLI, and for price maybe up to $250.00

is there any better set up then what i have for around the same price?

 

[Shlouski]

well im in uk so not sure if this is too expensive, but if you buy a am2 mobo u wont b able to upgrade the cpu too a am3 socket cpu in the future, You would have to buy a new mobo aswell. Wat about somert like this http://www.awd-it.com/scripts/prodV...+DDR2+HDMI+ATX+Motherboard+-+Socket+AM2+,+AM3 There is a 2nd revision of this mobo which is AM3 optimized.

 

[Shlouski]

How about this

Asus M4N78 Pro 115.73

OCZ OCZ2G8008GQ 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) DDR2 800MHz Gold Series Memory Kit$103.99

AMD Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition. 125W Power, Socket AM2+, 4MB Cache, 2600 MHz $149.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS Hard Drive - 500GB - 7200rpm - SATAII - Internal $67.79

XFX GeForce 8800 GT Video Card - Alpha Dog Edition, 512MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDCP $84.99

total 522.49

Just spend the rest on the cheapest case as possible (parts inside more important) and a dvd drive.

 

[mireault727]

it sounds like a good setup, but a bit out of my price range, it'd cost me around 820.30 Canadian for the stuff you mentioned
the one i want to build is only just low priced temporary one, just to replace my old one for now till i build an even better one later on, and thanks for all the help so far

 

[Shlouski]

can u not buy of amazon.com in canada?

522.00 USD = 591.376 CAD

 

[mireault727]

Well there's amazon.ca, but I don't have a credit card just paypal

 

[Shlouski]

o i didnt know there was a amazon.ca, dumbass lol. You have a reason 2 get a credit card now, but dont go in debt or u could cause another recession lol.

 

[bomberboysk]

Well there's amazon.ca, but I don't have a credit card just paypal

Where will you be buying parts from? Newegg.ca? NCIX.com?

 

[mireault727]

Probably NCIX or might try Ebay, ill take a look at Newegg though and see if anythings cheaper for me for shipping etc.

 

[Gooberman]

How about this

Asus M4N78 Pro 115.73

OCZ OCZ2G8008GQ 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) DDR2 800MHz Gold Series Memory Kit$103.99

AMD Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition. 125W Power, Socket AM2+, 4MB Cache, 2600 MHz $149.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS Hard Drive - 500GB - 7200rpm - SATAII - Internal $67.79

XFX GeForce 8800 GT Video Card - Alpha Dog Edition, 512MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDCP $84.99

total 522.49

Just spend the rest on the cheapest case as possible (parts inside more important) and a dvd drive.

Shlouski, what about the OS? That's a key thing for computers