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| 427332 | 2006-02-05 06:03:00 | Hi there everyone I have saved up for ages and am upgrading from a Compaq EVO 1.5 P4 to a decent gaming computer. my "desired" specs are: CPU: Intel Pentium 4 630 3.0GHz Socket 775 x1 MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Royal nForce4 SLI Intel Edition x1 Memory: 512MB DDR2-533 PC4200 SDRAM x1 Hard Drive: Seagate 80GB 7200rpm Serial ATA x1 Graphics Card: GeForce 6600 GT 256MB PCI Express x1 I already have a case and a monitor so i do not need to worry about that. what i want to know is, Will this play any game i throw at it for a long time, and is there a bit of room for upgrading - i dont want to get a completly new computer for a long time :waughh: oh and my budget is about $1500 (give or take $100) thanks in advance :thumbs: |
MAC_H8ER (5897) | ||
| 427333 | 2006-02-05 06:14:00 | Why Intel?, that cpu is spanked sideways by the AMD, and the nForce4 for Intel performs subpar as well. For $1500 you could expect far better perfomance and components. Look at this as an example. tradef1.co.nz |
Metla (12) | ||
| 427334 | 2006-02-05 06:28:00 | Recently made up a gaming computer for a mate with a socket 939 Athlon 64 and a Gigabyte n-Force 4 board [ not SLI or anything like that] and a similar PCIe-16 video card and it is great , quiet and quick. I would suggest a much larger hard-drive perhaps with NCQ and at least 1 G of ram - I installed 2x 512 sticks in dual channel configuration in this machine . All up cost was well under $1500 and this included a new case , quality power supply [ are you sure your's will be up to the job? ] and a dual layer DVD writer ... oh and Window$ | KatiMike (242) | ||
| 427335 | 2006-02-05 06:40:00 | yeah - i plan to upgrade to a gig of ram or more ASAP. about switching to amd - yes i may do that after seeing your comments but am undecided as yet. |
MAC_H8ER (5897) | ||
| 427336 | 2006-02-05 06:50:00 | about switching to amd - yes i may do that after seeing your comments but am undecided as yet. Take it from me, I WAS running on Pentiums all my life, then I saw that AMD was better, I ended up getting a 4400+ X2 as you can probably see below :D Anyway, as soon as I realised when I got my new PC just how much faster it was, I was sure I had made the right decision between AMD and Intel here (reviews.cnet.com) is a review between the dual cores from both, even though you might not be looking at dual core, actually it might be a little out of your buget :p but I though I would put this in because it was what changed me :thumbs: HTH :thumbs: |
The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 427337 | 2006-02-05 07:04:00 | At least a gig of ram. And,of course, an AMD CPU Jack |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 427338 | 2006-02-05 07:31:00 | Do you need a new Power Supply too? You'll need a good quality one or otherwise your gaming experience will consist of freeze...hang...lockup... Gaming = AMD these days.... Double the memory and Hard Drive. Hope your monitor is good .. nothing is funnier than seeing people who have a fast PC and a terrible screen. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 427339 | 2006-02-05 07:34:00 | Graphics Card: GeForce 6600 GT 256MB PCI Express x1 Will this play any game i throw at it for a long time, NO. It never does even if you got the latest greatest. You need to chnage: The CPU to AMD - that will make it cheaper too. Add more ram. Get the BEST graphics card you can afford....which can be trickey, but a 6600GT is getting rather entry level already. Metlas PC is better....but I'd still try for a better card... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 427340 | 2006-02-05 08:03:00 | How about Sound Card etc.? | Renmoo (66) | ||
| 427341 | 2006-02-05 20:03:00 | For now i will use the onboard sound until i can locate some more money :) this is a minumum spec computer for now until i can find money for upgrades oh and Whats NCQ? |
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