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1120675 2010-07-20 06:45:00 hi im thinking of getting this gaming rig from computer lounge and just wanted a second opinion

Intel Core i5 750 Lynnfield 2.66Ghz 8MB LGA1156
ASUS P7P55D-E LX Intel P55 Core i7/i5/i3 PCI-E DDR3
Kingston HyperX LoVo 2x2GB DDR3-1600 CL9
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200RPM SATA II
EVGA nVidia Geforce GTX460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-E
Silverstone Strider Essential ST50F-ES 500W PSU
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit OEM
Lian-Li Lancool PC-K56B Mid Tower Case
Standard Hardware Installation and Configuration
LG W2261VP 21.5" 50000:1 Full HD 1080P 2ms HDMI
Microsoft Wired Desktop 600I

total cost $2000
jlanauze (15365)
1120676 2010-07-20 06:57:00 Yes.
Although I'd swap the HDD for Western Digital and if you can afford it, get a better GPU.
Although it's OK.

Depends on the games really - FPS? RPG? Solitaire?
pctek (84)
1120677 2010-07-20 07:48:00 i like to play all kinds but my old computer cant play morrowind unless it on the lowest possible settings. the games i would like to play are games like "Total War Empire" and im also a big fan of RPGs jlanauze (15365)
1120678 2010-07-20 09:34:00 I think this would be better than the GTX 460 its 1GB and is roughly the same in price and performance
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If you had the money the ATI 5850 is better for gaming but not sure if the difference would be noticeable for Total War Empire.

However do your research into a graphics card carefully, I will say not everyone likes the 5830, no voltage control.
Yukrato (14866)
1120679 2010-07-20 20:53:00 RPGs not too high end so it should do. pctek (84)
1120680 2010-07-20 21:22:00 I agree with pctek, that system is fine and will run the games you like to play and have mentioned. RPGs are deffinitly not graphical hungary GreacherTech (15784)
1120681 2010-07-20 22:38:00 Get the 1Gb version of the 460, NOT the 768Mb SolMiester (139)
1120682 2010-07-20 23:41:00 Get the 1Gb version of the 460, NOT the 768Mb

+1 , the 1GB version performs much better for almost the same price, especially at any sort of decent resolution.

And people saying RPGs aren't graphics intensive never played Oblivion at launch eh? Heh.
inphinity (7274)
1120683 2010-07-20 23:59:00 I think this would be better than the GTX 460 its 1GB and is roughly the same in price and performance
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If you had the money the ATI 5850 is better for gaming but not sure if the difference would be noticeable for Total War Empire.

However do your research into a graphics card carefully, I will say not everyone likes the 5830, no voltage control.

The GTX460 is at least 30% faster than the crippled 5838!
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Thats a poor recommendation!
SolMiester (139)
1120684 2010-07-21 21:49:00 The CPU your looking at is a stale one to overclock and if you want to give it a try, try this.
pcworld.co.nz
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