Will this rig work out?

[GhostLikeSwayze]

Hey i'm looking to build a pc that can run crysis, cod4, left 4 dead, far cry 2 , fallout 3, and so on. not only do I want them to run I want them to look pretty. so here is the rig I've made so far and I want people to tell me what they think and if there's anything i can do to improve upon it.:

HEC Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case

ZOTAC NF790I-A-E LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5S-2GBPQ - Retail

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive - OEM

LG Black bezel SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model GDR-H20N - OEM


An Extra Case Fan

Intel Core 2 Duo WolfDale E8500

260 216 core 2-way SLI

 

[mi1ez]

If you're only planning on running 1 graphics card, stick with Intel chipsets.

 

[Captainhero]

The 260 SLI will be close to £300 for the pair, have you looked at the XFX GTX285 Black Edition 1GB at £330. Not sure if the 2x260's would outperform but its an option. And put 4GB of RAM in at least, you can put 8GB in for £70 these days and go 64Bit

 

[mi1ez]

HAHA

My reading skills = epic fail

 

[hefox]

Why don't you go with Phenom 2 940? It's cheaper and it's quad core.

 

[mi1ez]

And then you can use a more relaible Nvidia chipset for AMD chips.

 

[jhojo26]

build a pc that can upgrade up to next generation... but the question is what is ur budget??

but if you ask me,i will go for phenom II matching w/ asus/msi/gigabyte motherboard am2+ w/ 4 gig of ram and ati 4870 video card. add some 450w/550w/ or go to 600w power supply. and put it in antec 900/1200 or coolmaster casing...

 

[baracubra]

yeah, get 4 gig ram, especially with vista and windows 7 coming along soon (maybe upgrade after bugs have been fixed). Also, without knowing what screen ur gonna use (wut resolution), you won't know what you need to run Crysis the best you can. Although if you don't go HD, one of those cards should be sufficient for great looking graphics.