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[Ebay related s***. I've been looking this company recommended by my bro and it does look promising. Just looking at PCs like this: click.
Looks good or can I do better? It's not like I'll be buying a s*** of today's games anyway, but if it can at least out-run Painkiller's requirements, that'll do for me.
Yeah, I'm getting a grasp somewhat, but this is still new to me...
Looks good or can I do better? It's not like I'll be buying a s*** of today's games anyway, but if it can at least out-run Painkiller's requirements, that'll do for me.
Yeah, I'm getting a grasp somewhat, but this is still new to me...
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Sorry man i think you had another post like this and i never got back to you, my bad
That System will certainly handle Painkiller and a might more i'd say,
it's a hot rod as regards Painkiller era Games.
But I still would recommend doing research into the Components and hand crafting a machine, usually you can cut the price down substantially when doing this, and the only down side is you have to build and install it yourself.
As for some recommendations for hardware:
ASUS are a good Motherboard Company they use other manufactures gear like Nvidia, AMD and the like, and combine them to create a very smooth and tweakable system Great for overclockers and still good even if you find OverClocking just scary.
The Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe or Premium where the best out there maybe 6 months ago, and my brother (an IT techGuy) still uses one for even the most modern games.
Obviously for Graphic Cards it's going to be Nvidia:
and I have the Nvidia GeForce 7800GTX which i recently ran Stalker on at one notch away from Maximum Graphics with no problems,
but you'd be better going for something like the 7900 or whatever they have out now which will be the bollocks.
and then you've got things like Corsair Twinx Ram, but thats all moved on now and would need research.
Basically That machine you've got there is awesome and will do you for Years i'd say, but if you want it a bit cheaper hunt around Ebay for last years top notch hardware it'll be half if not a quarter of the price and still perfectly capable.
Good Luck
That System will certainly handle Painkiller and a might more i'd say,
it's a hot rod as regards Painkiller era Games.
But I still would recommend doing research into the Components and hand crafting a machine, usually you can cut the price down substantially when doing this, and the only down side is you have to build and install it yourself.
As for some recommendations for hardware:
ASUS are a good Motherboard Company they use other manufactures gear like Nvidia, AMD and the like, and combine them to create a very smooth and tweakable system Great for overclockers and still good even if you find OverClocking just scary.
The Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe or Premium where the best out there maybe 6 months ago, and my brother (an IT techGuy) still uses one for even the most modern games.
Obviously for Graphic Cards it's going to be Nvidia:
and I have the Nvidia GeForce 7800GTX which i recently ran Stalker on at one notch away from Maximum Graphics with no problems,
but you'd be better going for something like the 7900 or whatever they have out now which will be the bollocks.
and then you've got things like Corsair Twinx Ram, but thats all moved on now and would need research.
Basically That machine you've got there is awesome and will do you for Years i'd say, but if you want it a bit cheaper hunt around Ebay for last years top notch hardware it'll be half if not a quarter of the price and still perfectly capable.
Good Luck
Heh, that's ok man, I figured I had a wider audience by posting it here as well anyway.
Thanks for all the tips, though a lot of this stuff frightens the spooks out of me since it's all unfamiliar, but I'll check these parts out... one of these days.
I think I'll take this machine for now. I know I could save even more money by getting something yesteryear or by buying these individual parts, but.... I don't have the greatest patience in the world or the means to go zig-zagging to different computer shops to investigate. Besides, I'm still saveing a hell of a load compared to the retail price - something like this at a "best buy" (or Dick Smith's here) would go for what? $3000 at least? I don't think so. So it's not a big deal.
Thanks again Mr. Tidy Caleb.
Thanks for all the tips, though a lot of this stuff frightens the spooks out of me since it's all unfamiliar, but I'll check these parts out... one of these days.
I think I'll take this machine for now. I know I could save even more money by getting something yesteryear or by buying these individual parts, but.... I don't have the greatest patience in the world or the means to go zig-zagging to different computer shops to investigate. Besides, I'm still saveing a hell of a load compared to the retail price - something like this at a "best buy" (or Dick Smith's here) would go for what? $3000 at least? I don't think so. So it's not a big deal.
Thanks again Mr. Tidy Caleb.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0157719713
That pc is probably best Home pc for today... (at performance field of course) Price is very fair i think. 80086 was priced over 5k when it first appeared.
That pc is probably best Home pc for today... (at performance field of course) Price is very fair i think. 80086 was priced over 5k when it first appeared.
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I believe you mean 8086. The original advertised price was $1995.ghoste-unlogged wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0157719713
That pc is probably best Home pc for today... (at performance field of course) Price is very fair i think. 80086 was priced over 5k when it first appeared.
I was just going to do that. Heres the components lists:
GV-NX85T256H 256Mb/PCI-E/GDDR2/2xDVI-I $95
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R $186
Combo NEC DVD-RW/CD-RW ND-7170A-01 $33,5
DDR-II 1024 Mb 800 MHz (6400) Kingston $63
Intel core 2 Duo E2160 1.80 GHz/1Mb/800/s775 BOX $105
HDD 160.0 Gb Seagate Barracuda SATA V ST-3160815AS $62,5
MIDI tower CODEGEN 3323-1 P-IV ATX 400W $47
TOTAL $592
I know price is not good but I couldnt find any better. Many retailers offer EVEN HIGHER price. I investigated many computer shops this is basically best buy.
I could pick a cheaper motherboard and save up to $80, but this one based on P35 chipset and supports DDR2/DDR3 and any new Intel CPUs so its great for further upgrade. I dont have much expirience in building custom pcs, I built one (CeleronD-2.53/1024Mb 667Mhz/80Gb/Geforce7300GS 256Mb) year back with 350W power supply it had average CPU temp over 90C and still ran fine!
So the question is 400W power supply enough for this configuration?
GV-NX85T256H 256Mb/PCI-E/GDDR2/2xDVI-I $95
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R $186
Combo NEC DVD-RW/CD-RW ND-7170A-01 $33,5
DDR-II 1024 Mb 800 MHz (6400) Kingston $63
Intel core 2 Duo E2160 1.80 GHz/1Mb/800/s775 BOX $105
HDD 160.0 Gb Seagate Barracuda SATA V ST-3160815AS $62,5
MIDI tower CODEGEN 3323-1 P-IV ATX 400W $47
TOTAL $592
I know price is not good but I couldnt find any better. Many retailers offer EVEN HIGHER price. I investigated many computer shops this is basically best buy.
I could pick a cheaper motherboard and save up to $80, but this one based on P35 chipset and supports DDR2/DDR3 and any new Intel CPUs so its great for further upgrade. I dont have much expirience in building custom pcs, I built one (CeleronD-2.53/1024Mb 667Mhz/80Gb/Geforce7300GS 256Mb) year back with 350W power supply it had average CPU temp over 90C and still ran fine!
So the question is 400W power supply enough for this configuration?
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You don't need Kingston ram for a decent product. I have Wintec. It is okay. Also see A-Data, and (shyt I can't remember others. see newegg.com)
Don't settle for 1gig of ram. You really should get 2, or at least 1.5, but that would be pointless with the DDR2. You can run in dual mode if you have two sticks of equal size in paired slots.
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Don't settle for 1gig of ram. You really should get 2, or at least 1.5, but that would be pointless with the DDR2. You can run in dual mode if you have two sticks of equal size in paired slots.
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Ghost, my suggestions:
Drop back on the MB a bit, P35 (and DDR3) are not worthwhile options. DDR3 isn't even really in the enthusiast market yet, much less mainstream.
Take the money you save there, and put it towards:
Better processor, go for the E4400... the E2xxx aren't Core2s, they're dual core pentium-Ds
Better Video Card, 8600GT w/ GDDR3 at the very least, 8600GTS if you can, the GTS is a huge step.
More ram, get DDR2 while its cheap, no less than 2GB IMO
400W should be fine with the products you currently have on the list, but would obviously need to be upgraded if you went with a high end GPU/CPU
Drop back on the MB a bit, P35 (and DDR3) are not worthwhile options. DDR3 isn't even really in the enthusiast market yet, much less mainstream.
Take the money you save there, and put it towards:
Better processor, go for the E4400... the E2xxx aren't Core2s, they're dual core pentium-Ds
Better Video Card, 8600GT w/ GDDR3 at the very least, 8600GTS if you can, the GTS is a huge step.
More ram, get DDR2 while its cheap, no less than 2GB IMO
400W should be fine with the products you currently have on the list, but would obviously need to be upgraded if you went with a high end GPU/CPU
I spent a really long time comparing different products and reading hardware descriptions, thats why I came up with this configuration.
I found cheaper 450W case so I'll take it instead.
When I finished assembling this pc Ill post here some photos
Anyways thanks for your suggestions.
Its not a PentiumD based product. PDCs don't really loose in speed to the cheapest 800Mhz-bus cores. They have the same architecture(65nm), features and bus speed as E4XXX the only diffenrence is E2xxx halved L2 cache. 1Mb cache isn't worth $40, just my opinion. If I ever go for high end core it'll be E6xxx with 1333Mhz bus.Better processor, go for the E4400... the E2xxx aren't Core2s, they're dual core pentium-Ds
DDR3 will probably occupy the mainstream in 1-1,5 years so its not really long. Other reasons I chose this MB: its perfect for CPU-upgrades, durable technology etc. It can be this MB will support some NOT RELEASED cpus with 45nm architecture with newer version of BIOS. So it's awesome. I choose it even though I could save some considerable money with cheaper one.Drop back on the MB a bit, P35 (and DDR3) are not worthwhile options. DDR3 isn't even really in the enthusiast market yet, much less mainstream.
Ill take VGA Gigabyte GF8600GT 256Mb GDDR3 PCI-E NX86T256H (box), wont pay extra $200 for GTS.Better Video Card, 8600GT w/ GDDR3 at the very least, 8600GTS if you can, the GTS is a huge step.
I found cheaper 450W case so I'll take it instead.
When I finished assembling this pc Ill post here some photos
Anyways thanks for your suggestions.