Good for gaming?

[Drzeto]

I can get this rig in a package:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (2x1024 kB L2 cache)
ATi RS482/SB400 chipset
2048 MB DDR SDRAM (400 MHz)
2x250GB SATA 7200rpm
1x300GB external USB 2.0 (UATA) 7200 rpm drive
11-in-1 card reader
DVD±RW/±R/R9 with Lightscribe
nVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX, PCI-Express 512Mb DDR
Creative Labs SoundBlaster X-Fi

Will this rig last for 3 years in a gaming point of view? Are there any bottlenecks that makes this setup not worth buying? I'm not a hardcore gamer but I enjoy playing games and watching movies. I hate when new games lag and you have to set the graphics option to "low".

 

[mdd1963]

Looks quite nice, but unless you have tons of movies to archive and actually need two hard drives, you could prob save $100 by ditching the 2nd hard drive; at the expense of 1-2 frames/sec (hardly a large sacrifice), you could also save $120 by ditching the sound card, and save another $80 by dropping down to a 4200+ (same 2.2Ghz, but with "only" 512k cache, near identical performance in gaming)...

There...save the $300 for a Conroe/mainboard combo or physics card this fall...( I'd think the 7900GTX would be quite nice for two years!)

 

[Drzeto]

To be honest, I don't want to wait. I've been wanting to upgrade my stoneage box for a whole year, waiting...waiting, now I finally have the money to do it. I'm sitting here with an Athlon XP 2000+ and GF4 Ti 4200, can't really play anything :lol:

If I wait I'll probably be facing the exact same dilemma = wait another 6 months to get the newest technology coming out.

Since it's a package I can't change any components. What I could do is buy the package, then sell some components and peripherals I don't need and buy another motherboard with the latest chipset, like EPoX 9NPA+ SLI for example and connect everything to that motherboard instead. Then in about 2 years when Vista and DX10 has a firm grip on the market I can upgrade to a DX10 graphics card, or buy 2 and use the SLI depending on my needs.

Will this make it more future proof in a gaming point of view with that 24" screen?

 

[Drzeto]

Oh, forgot to mention I'm gonna get a 24" TFT screen with the package (not included in the price mentioned above).

Specs: 1920x1200 @ 60Hz, contrast 1000:1, responsetime 8 ms, 4xUSB 2.0 hub, pivot function.

 

[Pain]

If you're willing to take things apart and rebuild it, then why not just buy the parts you want and build it yourself?

 

[Drzeto]

I'm getting the package through work, and I pay a monthly fee for 3 years. I don't have the money to buy those components separately all in one go.

 

[sandmannight]

sucks for gaming...Yeah right it rules. Although I am about to buy an opty 165 and I suggest you do the same and OC it to a FX 60 and spend three hundred twenty six dollars on it.