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| Thread ID: 81934 | 2007-08-11 06:30:00 | Building my own PC (compatible parts?!) | aonghas (12649) | Press F1 |
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| 579474 | 2007-08-11 11:30:00 | If I were to change the brand of the GTS it would be about $50 more for an Asus and then another $15 more for the Gigabyte version. I am a bit reluctant to upgrade this seeing as I have already spent more on RAM and the PSU. Do you think it is worth it for the extra $$? Or alternatively is it a better trade off to spend the money on the Crucial RAM and upgrade to 720W Enermax, and just keep the Palit GTS? I'm not sure about the case yet, I just have some iCute one at the moment (it was given to me) but it doesn't bother me all that much. Haha, OS... umm well I'm still on XP but my bro is on Vista. I might change to Vista since my new system should handle it well...right? TBH I would go for ASUS just because of the warrenty... but it is up to you... there is no real need for the 720W PSU... my system quite happily runs on 535W... OK and what bit version of XP or Vista are you going to use? (23 bit or 64 bit) and you do realise that DX10 is Vista only? I assume with an 8800GTS you are going to be gaming? Yes, it will run Vista fine... I know of a lot less that run it fine... JSF_enthusiast - I went top of the line in Jan last year (7800GTX) and that is having trouble playing games like Colin Mcrae DiRT at decent settings that was only a year and a half old when it got replaced... now you imagine a mid range card... for a true gamer decent settings and good FPS is a must... BTW you can ask if the place can do a cheaper price :p |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 579475 | 2007-08-11 11:59:00 | the 23 bit one sounds interesting :) | bevy121 (117) | ||
| 579476 | 2007-08-11 12:12:00 | Hey guys, Thanks once again for your contributions (I really didn't expect to get that many replies...wow) but anyway, my main purpose for this upgrade is to help me with video editing (Adobe Premiere/After FX) and possibly some 3D apps. I just assumed that a good gaming card would mean a good card for video editing (correct me if I'm wrong though). If anyone knows anything about video editing and stuff, would this computer be okay? And the reason I wanted to get the 720W PSU is that if I ever needed to have more HDDs I would want my PSU to support it, without having to go out and buy another one. Embarrassingly enough, my current computer is only P4 2.4ghz, 1GB Generic DDR333 RAM, ATI X800, some factory brand 400W PSU. So I'm hoping that I will see a significant change with this new PC. Cheers, aonghas |
aonghas (12649) | ||
| 579477 | 2007-08-11 12:13:00 | the 23 bit one sounds interesting :) ... 32 bit... :rolleyes: | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 579478 | 2007-08-11 12:17:00 | Your new PC would be a beast. Beats the hell out of mine any day, any time. I think it will do heavy video editing just fine. I just don't know whether a workstation graphics card would do a better job, but a 8800GTS is more than powerful to do so. Embarrassingly enough, my current computer is only P4 2.4ghz, 1GB Generic DDR333 RAM, ATI X800, some factory brand 400W PSU. So I'm hoping that I will see a significant change with this new PC. You'll notice a heck lot of difference. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 579479 | 2007-08-11 12:38:00 | Hmm I'm tossing over whether I should buy the Crucial Ballistix (c1com.co.nz) RAM. I don't know if $257.95 for 2x1GB is worth it. I know that a lot of people say that the cheap RAM is bad, but will 4GB of generic RAM be significantly different to 4GB of this crucial ram? Enough to notice? Because I could save nearly $300 by getting the cheapest stuff I can find. Or is there another option that would be better/middle ground? Cheers, aonghas |
aonghas (12649) | ||
| 579480 | 2007-08-11 12:51:00 | Well, if you're spending over $300 just for the cheapest, then maybe not. Try going for mid-priced Kingston. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 579481 | 2007-08-11 13:12:00 | Sweet as. I think I'll just go for some mid-range stuff. I think I got a bit over my head before, and didn't realise how far up the scale I was going. My motherboard is the Asus P5K-E/Wifi and it says that it's dual channel architecture. Does that mean that I have to stick dual channel RAM chips in the motherboard? Like two 2x1GB dual channel RAM chips (total 4GB)? Or is it okay to just stick 2 2GB single channel RAM slots in, so I have 2 slots spare for the future if I ever wanted to add more RAM? Would it support this? Cheers, aonghas |
aonghas (12649) | ||
| 579482 | 2007-08-11 13:20:00 | Sure will. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 579483 | 2007-08-11 13:26:00 | Cool. Kingston HyperX Ram I think I'll go with. | aonghas (12649) | ||
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