Gaming system?

[abowlofrice]

seems like everything u have is for gaming.....EXCEPT UR CPU!! INTEL!?!?! if u ever get anything higher than a geforce 6600, u should have AMD

 

[01001010]

All it is benchmarks. Intel's do good in gaming and in multitasking. Thanks overall, a nice CPU.

 

[torment1979]

Here is what I was thinking as my base system.

Asus P5N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI Intel Edition P4/ Pentium Processor Extreme Edition/ Pentium D 1066FSB LGA775 DDR ATX Motherboard

Intel® Pentium® D Processor 930 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, Socket 775, 2x2MB Cache

XFX PVT70FUN Geforce 7800 GTX PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/HDTV-Out, Dual DVI & VIVO (I will be getting two cards)

Coolermaster CAC-T05-UW Centurion 5 Mid Tower Case

Coolmax CXI-600B 600W Silent Fan Power Supply w/120mm Silent Fan
nVidia certified SLI compatible.

Windows XP Pro, 32 or 64 bit? I have both right now, but I've only use 64-bit on my server to date.


what do you think so far? should I go with something else? DIff. video cards, processor or motherboard. Like all my other systems I built, it will be overclocked. So should I stay with fans or move over to liquid cooling?

Thanks for any info,
Bill

 

[Gamingfreak]

ok NEVER GET THAT CPU IF U WANT TO GAME, now thats been said get a DFI motherboard and a dual core amd like the 4200+, and what about ram? ide get 2x1gb of some OCZ and ive heard bad things about XFX graphics cards so ide get 2 evga ones instead

 

[torment1979]

As far as ram, i already have some ddr2 corsairs picked out. min of 2 gigs, xfx cards I have never run into any problems with them yet i do like BFG cards better. but i'm getting a good deal from my friend for both cards. AMDs aren't my first pick, i like running intels so which intel would you suggest? I would like a dual core or at least an EE cpu. I have nothing against amd I do run my server on a amd 64.

 

[Gamingfreak]

u shouldnt even be thinking of intel if u want a gaming computer, its been proven countless times that amd completely owns intel in gaming and the dual core amds have always performed better than the dual core intels

 

[MikeReiner]

Just search the web... benchmarks don't lie.
if you want a gaming system that will bring out the power of the video cards you will be using, I highly recommend you get an AMD64X2 class processor, that intel cpu will just leave you with a bottle neck that will show like a sore thumb later down the road.

 

[Fisher]

no no no no!! stay away form the intel, seriously these lot know what they are talking about.

 

[Speedydowt]

Seriously Amd 64 or amd X2....you want to feel bad about spending money on ddr2...useless motherboard and a cpu that will bottleneck word your on the right track