which one is better?

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shadow682

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i was looking around for a good gaming pc,mostly to play some of the new games like BF2 and HL2 with the best graphics. I found these:
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-Thermaltake silent pure power 480W butterfly silver W/LED PFC Power supply

-Motherboard:ASUS A8V Deluxe NW A64/939/ K8T800PRO/NO WIFIG/A&GL/ATX

-CPU:ATHLON64 3200+ SKT939

-Memory:Crucial 512MB (x2) DDR400

-Hard drive:Seagate 250G SATA150 7200RPM 8MB HDD

Optical drives:Sony 16X DVD-ROM W/software bulk
Asus CRW-5232A 52X/32X/52X CD-RW drive

Graphics card:ASUS V9999GT/TD 6800GT 128MB DVI/TVout
(1469$)
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- Processor
• AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0 GHz) 512KB cache 939-pin

- Motherboard
• ASUS A8N-SLI (chipset nVidia nForce4 SLI)

-DDR Memory
• Dual-channel: 2 x 512 MB DDR 400 MHz / PC3200 184-pin

- Hard Drive with Serial ATA interface
• 250 GB Serial ATA 150 / 7200 rpm 8MB cache

- Video Card (PCI Express x16)
• ATI RADEON X800PRO 256MB GDDR3 [PCI-E x16] DVI / TV-out

- Sound Card
• Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value 7.1

- Optical Drive
• 16x DVD-ROM w/ Software
• 16x DVD-ROM and 52x CD-RW COMBO Drive w/ Software


- Cathode Light & Additional Case Fan
• Cold Cathode Light 12 Inch Blue

- Power Supply
• 560 Watt ATX 12V Power Supply (24-pin)

-CPU Cooling
• Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu Copper CPU Fan
(1485$)
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out of these two which one is better? any suggestions would be helpfull
 
Adam Warren

Adam Warren

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I am going to say the first one. i like that video card better. i sugest corsair ram instead of crucial tho.
 
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shadow682

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how big is the difference between the two graphics cards? And also disregarding the graphics cards which is a better system?
 
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Praetor

Praetor

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-Thermaltake silent pure power 480W butterfly silver W/LED PFC Power supply
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All the PFC in the world isnt gonna make up for a 18A bare minimums PSU ;)
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Graphics card:ASUS V9999GT/TD 6800GT 128MB DVI/TVout
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Do avoid this card if possible ... 6800GT reference cards are supposed to have 256MB 500MHZ GDDR3 (that card packs 128MB 350MHz GDDR) and for the price yer paying, you might as well get a full 6800GT

ATI RADEON X800PRO 256MB GDDR3 [PCI-E x16] DVI / TV-out
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Good card, if you get this, make sure you at least try/consider unlocking the extra 4 pipes for free performance :) (also consider a nonATI make like Sappire which tends to be a bit cheaper)

560 Watt ATX 12V Power Supply (24-pin)
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What are the specs on this?

how big is the difference between the two graphics cards?
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The ATi card is arguably better as is and if you unlock the extra pipes, it'll be cleanly better :)
 
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shadow682

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560 Watt ATX 12V Power Supply (24-pin)



What are the specs on this?
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-Active PFC
-Automatic Temperature Control
-Nickel Coating
-Dual fan
-weight : 1.1 kg.
-dimension : 21.0x16.0x10.0 cm.


All the PFC in the world isnt gonna make up for a 18A bare minimums PSU
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so it isnt worth getting that system?
 
Geoff

Geoff

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I'd say the second is better, and where are you getting these parts from, they seem a bit expensive.
 
Praetor

Praetor

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-active PFC
-automatic temperature control
-nickel coating
-dual fan
-weight : 1.1 kg.
-dimension : 21.0x16.0x10.0 cm.
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i mean the voltage specifcations... have a look at PSU 101 to see what kinda stuff to look for in a PSU :)

so it isnt worth getting that system?
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no im not saying that... im just suggesting you may want to considera different PSU (although you should be ok)

i thought AMD dosn;t support dual channel? or do the new 64's do?
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CPU 101
ram 101.
Some AMD setups support dual channel
 
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