New Rig - Opinions Please :)

Post by **Richie** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:53 am

Looking to get a new rig.... CBA building one myself but still want some choice of parts so have found somewhere called computerplanet.co.uk and spe'd the following -

Computer Case ANTEC Midi Three Hundred Black
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 940 (4 x 3.0 GHz) 6MB - Black Edition
Motherboard Asus M3A-H/HDMI 5200MT/s (AMD 780G)
Memory Corsair XMS2 4GB PC2-8500 1066 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) - Lifetime Warranty (DDR2)
Graphics Card 2 x NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT - 512MB - 2xDVI/VGA (BFG) - SLI Setup
Power Supply OCZ 600W Stealth XStream - Low Noise
Hard Drive 1 250 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 8MB
Optical Drive 1 Samsung (S222A) DVD PLUS/-RW 22x Dual Layer - Black (IDE)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports
Card Reader Internal Card Reader 50-in-1
CPU Heatsink AMD Heatsink & Fan - Low Noise
Backup Solution Standard Operating System Backup
Monitor Asus 19" (VW195D) Widescreen TFT Black - 5MS

Price = Â£850...

Intel i7's seem WAYYY pricey.... Any thoughts on this setup ?? Price seem fair ??

I have been away from pc tech for ages so no idea whats good or bad these days :/

Any advice/help would be appreciated...

Ta

Post by **Trig** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:27 am

I've not gone thru the prices but that seems expensive to me...

I'll go thru my build sheet later when I get back to the office and see whats what..

Post by **Thane** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:25 pm

Seems expensive and old, also OCZ power supplies are crap

Post by **madman045** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:13 pm

It does seem expensive, this going to be used mainly for gaming m8?

Post by **Eagle** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:51 pm

don't think i'd bother with SLI, just get one better gfx card

Post by **Trig** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:19 pm

No need for 2 cards @ 19" widescreen tbh

Post by **madman045** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:04 am

id look at a good single card and a 20" widescreen, got a max budget?

Post by **Richie** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:41 am

That is aboutmy max budget TBH... i didnt realise that stuff was old... Going to be used for gaming

Post by **Thane** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:55 pm

Amd have moved onto the 790 chipset and a new socket (old socket is fine though for now).
The vid card is previous gen, sli is a waste of money when a nvidia 260 or ati 4870 will do a better job.
250gb hard drive, what are you thinking?
Onboard sound needs cpu cycles, consider anything else.

Things to consider if you after a gaming rig.

Post by **Trig** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:21 pm

If you wanna spend a bit more on drives then do a 3 drive system like I have.
OS on a raptor
game install on a seperate drive
swap/temp files on 3rd drive.