canadianguy28
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Ok it's time to retire my old dell p4 1.8 with the arrival of battlefield 2 in the near future.I've been reading articles like mad trying to get a great gaming system without destroying the budget. This is what I've come up with, any advice from more knowledgable people then myself would be greatly appreciated.
3500+ amd 64 939 socket cpu
asus A8N SLI motherboard
1gig of OCZ Hi performance DDR400 ( 2x512 mb )
MSI 6600gt 128mb DDR3
LG 16x dvdRW dual layer
sound blaster audigy 2 card 6.1 sound
80 gb seagate sata hard drive
windows xp home
450 watt 24 pin power supply
generic case.
Ok let exlain my reasoning behind this system and then you guys can tell me if I'm on the right track.basically I chose this sytem because of the SLI (yes I know I only have 1 vid card listed atm) I can't afford a 6800 gt or ultra and from what I've read the 6600GT will meet all my current gaming needs, also later this year when the price on the 6600 gt's drop farther i can add an other one, giving me a pretty decent vid set up.Also i figure that when windows 64 is released I can upgrade the ram with a couple 1024 sticks all in all giving me 3gb of ram, which from what I've read the 64 windows will be able to take advantage of.Basically I've designed this machine to be a goo comp and for it to become even better by years end.
The small (by todays standars ) 80gb harddrive is basically a cost issue, that and the fact that since I primarily use the machine for gaming I don't really need that much HD space.The generic case is again a cost issue, also I kind of like the thought of the machine looking all meek and wimpy and actually being a pretty darn nice system inside.Basically I chose to spend my money where it counts and cut a few corners on stuff like the case and HD to save a few bucks.
One thing i have been wondering about is it better for me to buy just a plain old 3000+ 64 and just overclock it up to near 3500 speeds? It looks like it would save me like 100 to 150 bucks or so. If i buy the 3500 as planned I dont think I'll be overclocking it anytime soon as at the cost i wouldnt want to fry it.But I'm think if I just buy the 3000+ and overclock it, it should do me pretty well and i can just buy a cheaper CPU again down the road and do the same thing.Basically getting more bang for my buck.
Last question windows 64 is now available in beta.Does anyone know how stable it is?It would be nice to realize the full potential of my 64 bit cpu as soon as possible, but as you can tell I'm not all that tech savvy so I'm wondering if it's something I should just avoid for now.
Anyways any help would be greatly appreciated, I've been window shopping and reading reviews like mad and this to me appears to be the right oath for me.Can anyone point out and flawed logic in my reasoning or even just plain blunders.This system is going to cost me alot by my standards so I want to do it right.......
3500+ amd 64 939 socket cpu
asus A8N SLI motherboard
1gig of OCZ Hi performance DDR400 ( 2x512 mb )
MSI 6600gt 128mb DDR3
LG 16x dvdRW dual layer
sound blaster audigy 2 card 6.1 sound
80 gb seagate sata hard drive
windows xp home
450 watt 24 pin power supply
generic case.
Ok let exlain my reasoning behind this system and then you guys can tell me if I'm on the right track.basically I chose this sytem because of the SLI (yes I know I only have 1 vid card listed atm) I can't afford a 6800 gt or ultra and from what I've read the 6600GT will meet all my current gaming needs, also later this year when the price on the 6600 gt's drop farther i can add an other one, giving me a pretty decent vid set up.Also i figure that when windows 64 is released I can upgrade the ram with a couple 1024 sticks all in all giving me 3gb of ram, which from what I've read the 64 windows will be able to take advantage of.Basically I've designed this machine to be a goo comp and for it to become even better by years end.
The small (by todays standars ) 80gb harddrive is basically a cost issue, that and the fact that since I primarily use the machine for gaming I don't really need that much HD space.The generic case is again a cost issue, also I kind of like the thought of the machine looking all meek and wimpy and actually being a pretty darn nice system inside.Basically I chose to spend my money where it counts and cut a few corners on stuff like the case and HD to save a few bucks.
One thing i have been wondering about is it better for me to buy just a plain old 3000+ 64 and just overclock it up to near 3500 speeds? It looks like it would save me like 100 to 150 bucks or so. If i buy the 3500 as planned I dont think I'll be overclocking it anytime soon as at the cost i wouldnt want to fry it.But I'm think if I just buy the 3000+ and overclock it, it should do me pretty well and i can just buy a cheaper CPU again down the road and do the same thing.Basically getting more bang for my buck.
Last question windows 64 is now available in beta.Does anyone know how stable it is?It would be nice to realize the full potential of my 64 bit cpu as soon as possible, but as you can tell I'm not all that tech savvy so I'm wondering if it's something I should just avoid for now.
Anyways any help would be greatly appreciated, I've been window shopping and reading reviews like mad and this to me appears to be the right oath for me.Can anyone point out and flawed logic in my reasoning or even just plain blunders.This system is going to cost me alot by my standards so I want to do it right.......