New computer soon! please rate main specs

2006-10-08 22:31:24

#1

claor: Member; +39|6864|Australia

right now i am running bf2 at about 25fps everything on low i will be hoping to get 80+ fps out of this rig on high, please tell me what you think.

Case
THERMALTAKE Kandalf Full Tower Case w/430W PSU Black.

Motherboard
MSI K9N DIAMOND nForce 590 SLI, AM2, HT2000, Dual DDR2, 2x PCIE, SATAII, Dual GLAN

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual Core Processor, Socket AM2, 2.2Ghz 512KB Cache per core

Memory
OCZ 1024MBX 2 DDR2 PC2-6400 Special Ops Edition

Graphics card
Inno3D Geforce 7600GT 256MB 128bit DDR3, SLI, VIVO, Dual DVI, PCIE, 560MHz (only the single card)

Hard disk
Samsung 400GB SATA II HDD 7200rpm 8MB Cache HD400LJ

i can get all those for about $1800 Australian dollars from this site www.i-tech.com.au

could you please tell me ways to improve it for around the same price ($1800AU)or tell me what you think of this rig.

thank you, yours faithfully.

Last edited by claor (2006-10-08 22:35:49)

2006-10-08 22:33:03

#2

i3igpete: Support Specialist; +6|6962

i dont think that 939 cpu is going to fit into that socket am2 mobo

2006-10-08 22:34:27

#3

Andoura: Got loooollllll ?; +853|7088|Montreal, Qc, Canada

1 Gb of ram??? go for 2 right the way

execpt that everything seems to be okay... and 1800$ australian... i dont no wath australian money value is but my friend just bought a pc pretty much like yours at 1200$ canadian so yeah !

2006-10-08 22:36:18

#4

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|7081|Finland

i3igpete wrote:
i dont think that 939 cpu is going to fit into that socket am2 mobo

Sure it will!

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2006-10-08 22:36:38

#5

claor: Member; +39|6864|Australia

thanks for that i3igpete fixed now my bad.

2006-10-08 22:36:53

#6

R3v4n: We shall beat to quarters!; +433|6936|Melbourne

go to www.staticice.com.au and search all your parts you should be able to get them cheaper.

I would say get 2 GB of ram and a 500 Watt PSU.

You can get the 4200X2 in AM2 Socket to

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2006-10-08 22:41:04

#7

claor: Member; +39|6864|Australia

Andoura wrote:
1 Gb of ram??? go for 2 right the way

1024MBX2 =2GB thanks for fast reply.

2006-10-08 22:45:00

#8

Pernicious544: Zee Tank Skank; +80|7150|MoVal So-Cal

Im waiting for the DX 10 cards and the new AMD Processor

Last edited by Pernicious544 (2006-10-08 22:45:14)

2006-10-08 23:41:43

#9

Stealth42o: She looked 18 to me officer; +175|7121

Mobo
Asus A8N-SLI Premium nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/Sempron/Athlon 64 X2 Skt939 DDR Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA

Hardrive
Western Digital Raptor WD360ADFD 36 or 74 or 150GB Serial ATA 10,000RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer

Graphics get the 7900 gt or 7950 series.

2006-10-08 23:45:24

#10

.|microphage: Member; +4|7082|Vancouver, BC

2gb of ram and it doesn't have to be DDR2 at a high clock speed and save more money for Dx10 card

2006-10-08 23:49:35

#11

pt_22: Member; +9|6943

Yup get 2gb of cheaper ram - middle range, the performance for buying real expensive ram is next to none!!! and upgrade graphics card to a 7800 gt, you will appreciate the difference, also the processor is pretty top of the line... maybe a little over the top.. if you need to downgrade that so you can afford the 7800gt.

2006-10-08 23:52:18

#12

pt_22: Member; +9|6943

One other thing.... check with the company that you are buying from that the power supply has at least 18Amps on the 12 Volt rail. It will say on the side of the powersupply. You must make sure of this otherwise you will be wanting to upgrade to a new powersupply sooner rather than later..

2006-10-09 00:06:59

#13

claor: Member; +39|6864|Australia

OK thanks for you help il chek out the 7800GT and the 7900's thanks for that

2006-10-09 00:10:06

#14

gburndred: tiga tiga tiga tiga tiga woods ya'll; +95|7088|Calgary,AB,Canada

Why not just go with the 7600 and then wait till DX10 cards come out. No sense on wasting your money on a good card while new ones are coming out really soon

2006-10-09 00:15:03

#15

claor: Member; +39|6864|Australia

i cant afford the raptor hard drives i want them but they cost $265 for 74GB while the one i can afford to get is 400GB for $200 and i want at least 200GB of hard drive how much difference does a raptor hard drive make ?, im not sure if i can afford the 7900's graphics either, extra $200 thank for your help though appreciate it

2006-10-09 00:17:18

#16

gburndred: tiga tiga tiga tiga tiga woods ya'll; +95|7088|Calgary,AB,Canada

For the raptors they just speed up loading a little bit. I don't have one and i load fine. If you aren't getting a raptor then make sure you have 2gb of ram as you will see a BIG difference in loading time compared to a raptor.

Last edited by gburndred (2006-10-09 00:31:52)

2006-10-09 00:31:04

#17

claor: Member; +39|6864|Australia

thanks gburndred.

i checked and i think it has exactly 18 amps on the 12 volt rail will this be ok? thanks again

2006-10-09 00:32:53

#18

gburndred: tiga tiga tiga tiga tiga woods ya'll; +95|7088|Calgary,AB,Canada

Everything seems fine to me. Make sure everything fits and works well. Don't want any bottlenecks in the system

2006-10-09 00:38:27

#19

Stealth42o: She looked 18 to me officer; +175|7121

claor wrote:
i cant afford the raptor hard drives i want them but they cost $265 for 74GB while the one i can afford to get is 400GB for $200 and i want at least 200GB of hard drive how much difference does a raptor hard drive make ?, im not sure if i can afford the 7900's graphics either, extra $200 thank for your help though appreciate it

Get the 34 gig raptor and a second HD. Use you raptor as C and place your OS and online games on it, place everything else on your D drive.

2006-10-09 00:46:48

#20

ReGmAn78: Member; +16|7096|Alberta, Canada

Just watch what ram u buy, AM2 has been quite bad with OCZ...if ur buying from a near buy store then sure, but u dont wanna buy it all and have a shit problem like that to start with..do some research first. Oh and go with ATI so u can stomp the rest...

2006-10-09 00:50:02

#21

[AZEG]PhxBravo: Moved to "Phxbravo" account; +10|6900|phoenix, az

DonFck wrote:
i3igpete wrote:
i dont think that 939 cpu is going to fit into that socket am2 mobo
Sure it will!

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HAHAHHAHAHAHAH

2006-10-09 01:39:26

#22

claor: Member; +39|6864|Australia

thanks regman78 il look into it

2006-10-09 02:53:20

#23

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,074|7221|PNW

If you don't know what you're doing when it comes to building your own system, have someone else do it. If you want to learn, glue your face to nerdy tech sites (specifically watch for "build-of-the-month" configurations), and read this book:

Upgrading and Repairing PCs (17th Edition)

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-10-09 02:53:53)

2006-10-09 02:55:52

#24

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6972|...

try to get @least 1mb L2 cache per core on proc

Last edited by jsnipy (2006-10-09 03:20:48)

2006-10-09 03:03:55

#25

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7165

Conroe.

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