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2007-04-28 11:28:08

#26

BlAiR_AgaiN: Member; +12|6815|Slovenia

Intel C2D E6600 or E6700
2GB 1066MHz DDR2 RAM
Geforce 8800GTX
Good 600W PSU would be enough
2x raptor raid

No need for 2 graphic cards, 2 GB of RAM is enough (except if you plan running a server or sumthn..), X2 5600+ can hide in front of C2D, take 2 raptors in RAID /win
Why the hell do you need 2 DVD drives?

Last edited by BlAiR_AgaiN (2007-04-28 11:28:26)

2007-04-28 11:30:24

#27

The#1Spot: Member; +105|7010|byah

Kakashi wrote:
hi guys, for the past few months i've been using this site to check my Bf2 ranked stats, and shadowing the forums a bit, well now, i've decided to show my face round here as i need you, the Bf2s community, to help me.
So here's the problem, I'm 17 and have only been gaming online for about 6 months after one of my mates told me PC gaming was way better than console gaming, so for this time i've been using the family PC which to be honest with you, is a pile of crap, now this is the problem, im a tech 'noob', 'nub, 'newbie' whatever you want to call me so have no idea where to start, i've been browsing some sites and found one where you can custom build Desktops for relatively cheap prices (www.pcspecialists.co.uk) and found myself liking this one:

Processor (CPU)
AMD ATHLON™ 64 X2 5200+ (2.6GHz) 2 x 1MB L2 Cache (Socket AM2)

Memory (RAM)
2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® M2N-E SLI: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, 2 x PCI-Ex, 2 x PCI

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
160GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
36GB Raptor HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (10000rpm)

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
RAID 0 (STRIPE)

1st CD/DVD Drive
20x DVD±RW/RAM/Dual Layer + Lightscribe (48 x CD-RW) (£17)

Graphics Card
320MB GEFORCE 8800GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

2nd Graphics Card
320MB GEFORCE 8800GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card
8 Channel C-Media Superior Quality Audio 7.1 (M2N-E SLI)

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Network Facilities
2 x 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORTS (1 PORT ON M2N-E SLI)

Case
Black Neon Bubble case + Neon Extreme Kit!

Power Supply & Case Cooling
850W Quiet Five Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£149)

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22 dBA AMD CPU COOLER (£14)

Firewire & Video Editing
2 x ONBOARD 1394 FIREWIRE PORTS (1 PORT ON M2N- E SLI)

Monitor
20 INCH TFT Silver/Black 1400 x1050 8MS, D-Sub, Audio (£133)

Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Internet Keyboard + Hotkeys (Black) (£6)

Mouse
Black Logitech® Premium Optical Mouse (£4)

Speakers
LOGITECH S100 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£5)

Surge Protection
Belkin 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector with Phone Protection! (£7)

this is where you guys come in, how will this PC perform with Bf2/2142? and is it worth the 1005pounds that im going to be paying for it?

thx in advance to any replies

Kakashi

I think this will help (things that are highlighted)

Last edited by The#1Spot (2007-04-28 11:35:04)

2007-04-28 11:31:15

#28

Kakashi: Member; +8|6679|Basingstoke FTW

BlAiR_AgaiN wrote:
Intel C2D E6600 or E6700
2GB 1066MHz DDR2 RAM
Geforce 8800GTX
Good 600W PSU would be enough
2x raptor raid

No need for 2 graphic cards, 2 GB of RAM is enough (except if you plan running a server or sumthn..), X2 5600+ can hide in front of C2D, take 2 raptors in RAID /win
Why the hell do you need 2 DVD drives?

lol i duno really just for the sake of it :s but spose thats money wasted, and more RAM cant harm can it, i dont want to have to upgrade this PC anytime soon so i thought i would get it bloody awsome now and what is a 'raptor raid' can someone post a link to one for me please?

2007-04-28 11:37:53

#29

Kashmir: The J-10 is my J-10; +39|7163

stay with PC specialist. they make very good PCs and at a good price. the only problem is that quite often they're computers can be delayed slightly. mine was about 2 weeks over on the delivery. but i have had the computer about 3-4 months and i am very happy with it. i have had no problems with the computer, apart from my personal fuck ups. and i also recommend you choose an Intel core 2 duo processor instead of the amd one.

Kash.

2007-04-28 11:41:57

#30

Kakashi: Member; +8|6679|Basingstoke FTW

Kashmir wrote:
stay with PC specialist. they make very good PCs and at a good price. the only problem is that quite often they're computers can be delayed slightly. mine was about 2 weeks over on the delivery. but i have had the computer about 3-4 months and i am very happy with it. i have had no problems with the computer, apart from my personal fuck ups. and i also recommend you choose an Intel core 2 duo processor instead of the amd one.

Kash.

good to hear that somebody is happy with them and i thought AMD would be best as its better for gaming? if not what processor would you reccomend that i get ?

2007-04-28 11:44:22

#31

Kashmir: The J-10 is my J-10; +39|7163

INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6600 (2 X 2.40GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)

4096 MB CORSAIR DDR2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (4x1GB)

Motherboard

ASUS® P5N-E SLI: Quad-core CPU Ready, NVIDIA® Dual X8 SLI

Operating System

WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc Genuine CD & License) (£70)

USB Options

6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk

320GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk

74GB WD RAPTOR SATA 16MB CACHE (10000rpm)

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)

NONE

1st CD/DVD Drive

20x DVD±RW/RAM/Dual Layer + Lightscribe (48 x CD-RW) (£17)

2nd CD/DVD Drive

16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM

Graphics Card

320MB GEFORCE 8800GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

2nd Graphics Card

320MB GEFORCE 8800GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card

Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio 7.1: £24

Modem

NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Network Facilities

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (ETHERNET)

Floppy Disk Drive

1.44MB - 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive

Memory Card Reader

NONE

Case

RAIDMAX Sagitta Gaming Case: Blue LED/Acrylic Window (Sil/Bk) (£55)

Power Supply & Case Cooling

600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£61)

Processor Cooling

STANDARD CPU COOLER

Firewire & Video Editing

2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE ONBOARD (1 in back + 1 on board)

basically this

2007-04-28 11:46:48

#32

^*AlphA*^: F*ckers; +3,135|7208|The Hague, Netherlands

Kashmir wrote:
INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6600 (2 X 2.40GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)

4096 MB CORSAIR DDR2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (4x1GB)

Motherboard

ASUS® P5N-E SLI: Quad-core CPU Ready, NVIDIA® Dual X8 SLI

Operating System

WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc Genuine CD & License) (£70)

USB Options

6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk

320GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk

74GB WD RAPTOR SATA 16MB CACHE (10000rpm)

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)

NONE

1st CD/DVD Drive

20x DVD±RW/RAM/Dual Layer + Lightscribe (48 x CD-RW) (£17)

2nd CD/DVD Drive

16X DVD ROM WITH 48X CD ROM

Graphics Card

320MB GEFORCE 8800GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

2nd Graphics Card

320MB GEFORCE 8800GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card

Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio 7.1: £24

Modem

NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Network Facilities

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (ETHERNET)

Floppy Disk Drive

1.44MB - 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive

Memory Card Reader

NONE

Case

RAIDMAX Sagitta Gaming Case: Blue LED/Acrylic Window (Sil/Bk) (£55)

Power Supply & Case Cooling

600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£61)

Processor Cooling

STANDARD CPU COOLER

Firewire & Video Editing

2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE ONBOARD (1 in back + 1 on board)

basically this

where's your Bentley ?

https://bf3s.com/sigs/36eac2cb6af70a43508fd8d1c93d3201f4e23435.png

2007-04-28 11:48:27

#33

Kashmir: The J-10 is my J-10; +39|7163

oh and also how do u have this much money at 17........ dealing drugs??????

2007-04-28 12:11:23

#34

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7186

Kashmir wrote:
oh and also how do u have this much money at 17........ dealing drugs??????

The love from parents.

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2007-04-28 12:16:10

#35

Kakashi: Member; +8|6679|Basingstoke FTW

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:
Kashmir wrote:
oh and also how do u have this much money at 17........ dealing drugs??????
The love from parents.

haha i wish, no i actualy work at 'Game' i get 1k a month atm :p

edit* and to alpha, i earned this money fair and square ^^ i can afford that rig but sadly not a bently

Last edited by Kakashi (2007-04-28 12:22:07)

2007-04-28 12:26:04

#36

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

why dont you spend the money on a car then or something more important?

Im not saying it in a nasty way!

unless you already do drive lol.

2007-04-28 12:31:03

#37

Kakashi: Member; +8|6679|Basingstoke FTW

scottomus0 wrote:
why dont you spend the money on a car then or something more important?

Im not saying it in a nasty way!

unless you already do drive lol.

why pay for it myself when my work will pay for it? and i have enough for clothes etc, and im getting a Wii on friday, so nxt on the list is a new PC

2007-04-28 12:32:31

#38

Titch2349: iz me!; +358|6822|uk

how have you got work to pay for that PC ?

2007-04-28 12:34:02

#39

Kakashi: Member; +8|6679|Basingstoke FTW

Titch2349 wrote:
how have you got work to pay for that PC ?

once you have been there for 3 months they pay half towards your pc

2007-04-28 12:36:04

#40

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7107|Wigan. Manchester. England.

WTF why?

how much does game pay an hour?

i

2007-04-28 12:40:41

#41

Kakashi: Member; +8|6679|Basingstoke FTW

scottomus0 wrote:
WTF why?

how much does game pay an hour?

i

im not to sure about by the hour but im under 18 so get 12k a year fixed salery atm, goes up when im 18, why you wanting a job there lolz

Last edited by Kakashi (2007-04-28 12:49:58)

2007-04-28 13:35:34

#42

Kakashi: Member; +8|6679|Basingstoke FTW

just to get this strait, a raptor hardive is better than a normal one yeah? i have around 1200pounds to spend so i want to get the best PC that i can so i dnt have to upgrade anytime soon....

2007-04-28 13:38:48

#43

BlAiR_AgaiN: Member; +12|6815|Slovenia

Way better, it has 10.000 rpm, other have mostly 7200. It's much more expensive too. The only problem is the size, it doesn't have as much room as slower ones.

2007-04-28 13:41:39

#44

Kakashi: Member; +8|6679|Basingstoke FTW

BlAiR_AgaiN wrote:
Way better, it has 10.000 rpm, other have mostly 7200. It's much more expensive too. The only problem is the size, it doesn't have as much room as slower ones.

well thats ok i dnt plan on having massive amounts of data on my PC just my 4000+ itunes songs Bf2/2142 and dare i say it WoW and msn so i storage aint a problem and i want it to be super fast so is tht the best option?

2007-04-28 13:45:06

#45

jimmanycricket: EBC Member; +56|7125|Cambridge, England

dont know how much these can be trusted as the HD2900Xt isnt out till the 2nd but they give an idea.
http://r800.blogspot.com/2007/04/radeon … xt_28.html

Unless the Nvidea drivers are really poor, something is very bad about the quality of the 8800 for DX10.

My choice would be

Intel e6600
AMD HD2900XT x 2 if you want
2 x 1 GB Ram
Crossfire motherboard of some form
700 - 800 watt power supply from a good well establist brand.

Last edited by jimmanycricket (2007-04-28 13:48:11)

2007-04-28 13:49:02

#46

BlAiR_AgaiN: Member; +12|6815|Slovenia

Well, you have disks with 15.000 rpm, but that's extreme, you won't need that. Or if you have the money, look here:http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=14&name=Internal-Hard-Drives

2007-04-28 13:50:46

#47

Kakashi: Member; +8|6679|Basingstoke FTW

jimmanycricket wrote:
dont know how much these can be trusted as the HD2900Xt isnt out till the 2nd but they give an idea.
http://r800.blogspot.com/2007/04/radeon … xt_28.html

My choice would be

Intel e6600
AMD HD2900XT x 2 if you want
2 x 1 GB Ram
Crossfire motherboard of some form
700 - 800 watt power supply from a good well establist brand.

it seems to be quite good? i don't really know much about Pc's so im just guessing but from wht i've been told so far i shd get a

C2D processor
2/4GB ddr2 ram
8800GTX graphics card
Raptor 75/150GB (x2) in Raid0
FUNKY NEONS WHOOP WHOOP (and i quote from my mate)
a good gaming case

edit* dream hardrive (L) (L) (L) Fujitsu MAW3300NC 300GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache SCSI Ultra320 80pin Hard Drive

if i can find this in the UK markets im getting it

improvements on this?

Last edited by Kakashi (2007-04-28 13:55:46)

2007-04-28 14:03:22

#48

BlAiR_AgaiN: Member; +12|6815|Slovenia

Cool PC. Just get a good PSU (Enermax Liberty 620W will do) and you're good.

2007-04-28 22:23:05

#49

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|7040|Portland, OR, USA

why are you getting 2 8800 gts video cards?

If I were you I would wait for the 8800 Ultra to come out and get that.

Or if you're incredibly impatient and want your system now, go for 1 GTX now and then throw in another if/when you feel the need.

2007-04-29 00:39:50

#50

Kakashi: Member; +8|6679|Basingstoke FTW

CommieChipmunk wrote:
why are you getting 2 8800 gts video cards?

If I were you I would wait for the 8800 Ultra to come out and get that.

Or if you're incredibly impatient and want your system now, go for 1 GTX now and then throw in another if/when you feel the need.

y have one when i can have two lolz, and when does the ultra come out? im not buyibg my rig till the end of May so is it going to be out then?

BF2S Forums New to Forums and wld like some help (btw great site chuy ^^)

Kakashi wrote:

BlAiR_AgaiN wrote:

Kashmir wrote:

Kashmir wrote:

Kashmir wrote:

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Kashmir wrote:

scottomus0 wrote:

Titch2349 wrote:

scottomus0 wrote:

BlAiR_AgaiN wrote:

jimmanycricket wrote:

CommieChipmunk wrote:

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