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808607 2009-09-10 10:11:00 tell me what you think of my new budget gaming rig i am about to make if there is anything you think i can improve on please let me know, the specs are as follows:

Core 2 duo 3.16GHZ
XFX nforce 680i sli motherboard
4 gig of mushkin ddr2 sdram
XFX gtx 260 or 275 GPU
850 watt PSU
Zalman black cpu cooler
WD Black 1tb hdd

all running vista 7

So tell me what you think :thanks
smithinator (15240)
808608 2009-09-10 10:22:00 Thats your budget gaming system ??? ****. nedkelly (9059)
808609 2009-09-10 10:27:00 To me it looks like it will fly. But other people might have actually used the gear you looking at and might have a different story. nedkelly (9059)
808610 2009-09-10 10:35:00 Get the E8400 rather than the the E8500..

What brand is the PSU. 850w is overkill. 600-700w will be enough

Get a Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro instead for an air cooler.


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Blam (54)
808611 2009-09-10 11:43:00 eventually ill get two GPU's on sli thats what the PSU is for, "To me it looks like it will fly" what do you mean? smithinator (15240)
808612 2009-09-10 11:44:00 eventually ill get two GPU's on sli thats what the PSU is for, "To me it looks like it will fly" what do you mean?

A budget PC is considered to be cheaper than $1000, the parts you listed are well over $1200 new
whellington (15030)
808613 2009-09-10 11:45:00 Forgot to mention when i say budget i mean i'm on a budget that i cant go over, not everything must be as cheap as possible. smithinator (15240)
808614 2009-09-10 11:47:00 Downgrade to a 600W Corsair or Antec, and to an E8400, then get a 4870 instead of teh GTX260. qazwsxokmijn (102)
808615 2009-09-10 20:43:00 "To me it looks like it will fly" meaning it should handle most things that you throw at it fine nedkelly (9059)
808616 2009-09-10 21:10:00 eventually ill get two GPU's on sli

I wouldn't bother. performance gains compared with cost is minimal.

Better to get the best GPU you can, now, and budget on other parts instead, that don't matter.
pctek (84)
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