Advice please.

2008-01-23 13:09:44

#1

Icetoocool: Member; +2|6425|Devon England

Thinking of buying this what do you think.

Computer specifications

CPU: Intel Quad Core Q6600 2.4ghz
Ram: 3gb DDR2-6400 800mhz
Hard Drive: 2 x Seagate Barracuda 250gb 7200rpm SATA
Graphics Card: Xpert Vision Nvida 8800GT 512mb DDR2
Monitor: 19" Widescreen Viewsonic LCD Monitor (Supports resolutions up to 1440x900) (Downgrade to 17" for a saving of £30)
PSU: 500w
DVD: 20x DVDRW+/-DL SATA (DVD/CD Burner)
O/S: Vista Home Premium
Motherboard: Asus P5N-E
Additional Features: 8x USB 2.0, Microsft wired keyboard + mouse, Creative 2.1 Speakers, SLI, Firewire, SPDIF, 1gbit LAN, DVI cable, Free copy of Tomb Raider : Anniversary

2008-01-23 13:11:33

#2

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6844|Area 51

Seems like a good deal to me. But I would stick with the 19'' monitor though, it only saved you 30 pounds anyway.

2008-01-23 13:15:13

#3

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7089|Nårvei

Do you need Quad core, running 4 major tasks at once often ?

Rather use a better Dual Core in the same price range and 500W PSU might be just a tad to small, recomend 620W or more ...

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2008-01-23 13:15:21

#4

aimless: Member; +166|6404|Texas

Nice. The only thing I would recommend is maybe getting a 600w power supply.

2008-01-23 13:19:52

#5

Icetoocool: Member; +2|6425|Devon England

aimless wrote:
Nice. The only thing I would recommend is maybe getting a 600w power supply.

Will it run all the top games on a high spec, i suppose i could always replace the Power supply.
Also how does a intel quad core rate against this one, AMD Phenom™ 9500 Quad-Core Processor

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2008-01-23 13:20:55

#6

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6514|United Kingdom

From HotukDeals? Good price

2008-01-23 13:23:45

#7

aimless: Member; +166|6404|Texas

Icetoocool wrote:
aimless wrote:
Nice. The only thing I would recommend is maybe getting a 600w power supply.
Will it run all the top games on a high spec, i suppose i could always replace the Power supply.
Also how does a intel quad core rate against this one, AMD Phenom™ 9500 Quad-Core Processor

INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE

Yes.

It's just that a Quadcore cpu, 8800gt, two hard drives and a dvd drive like power.

I've heard the Phenom processors weren't that great compared to the Intel Quad Cores.

2008-01-23 13:24:58

#8

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6694|Finland

aimless wrote:
Icetoocool wrote:
aimless wrote:
Nice. The only thing I would recommend is maybe getting a 600w power supply.
Will it run all the top games on a high spec, i suppose i could always replace the Power supply.
Also how does a intel quad core rate against this one, AMD Phenom™ 9500 Quad-Core Processor

INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE
Yes.

It's just that a Quadcore cpu, 8800gt, two hard drives and a dvd drive like power.

I've heard the Phenom processors weren't that great compared to the Intel Quad Cores.

Phenoms suck. Even my dual core E6750 beats the most expensive Phenom X4....

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2008-01-23 13:32:20

#9

Icetoocool: Member; +2|6425|Devon England

it has only got 3mb of ram will this be enough?

2008-01-23 13:33:00

#10

Kurazoo: Pheasant Plucker; +440|6964|West Yorkshire, U.K

Icetoocool wrote:
it has only got 3mb of ram will this be enough?

I suggest you edit the '3mb' before you get flamed

2008-01-23 13:41:23

#11

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6694|Finland

Kurazoo wrote:
Icetoocool wrote:
it has only got 3mb of ram will this be enough?
I suggest you edit the '3mb' before you get flamed

QFT

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2008-01-23 13:46:59

#12

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6773|N. Ireland

Why the odd 3GB? 2GB or 4GB is standard practice.

2008-01-23 13:57:33

#13

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6844|Area 51

kylef wrote:
Why the odd 3GB? 2GB or 4GB is standard practice.

I have 3

2008-01-23 14:14:13

#14

aimless: Member; +166|6404|Texas

kylef wrote:
Why the odd 3GB? 2GB or 4GB is standard practice.

In case he wants to play Crysis on Vista, those love memory.

Btw is it normal for crysis to be eating 1.5gb of my ram? on xp pro64?

Last edited by aimless (2008-01-23 14:14:41)

2008-01-23 14:38:23

#15

Icetoocool: Member; +2|6425|Devon England

Sorry i meant 3GB of ram will this be enough and if not can i upgrade easily? also is the graphics card ok and going to last me a while?

2008-01-23 14:41:19

#16

Kurazoo: Pheasant Plucker; +440|6964|West Yorkshire, U.K

Icetoocool wrote:
Sorry i meant 3GB of ram will this be enough and if not can i upgrade easily? also is the graphics card ok and going to last me a while?

Well its better to get 4 x 1GB sticks of RAM or 2 x 2GB rather than the 3 gb as it works in DDR

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