Tom's Hardware > Forum > Homebuilt Systems > General Homebuilt > Ok finishing my $800 budget gaming machine

Ok finishing my $800 budget gaming machine

Forum Homebuilt Systems : General Homebuilt - Ok finishing my $800 budget gaming machine

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
mega1268   02-12-2007 at 03:21:18 PM

ok. so i missed my mark of 800 dollers but tell me what you think.

1 Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 Processor Model

1 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

1 GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

1 HIPER HPU-4M480-PS ATX12V v2.2 480W Power Supply

1 EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

2 gb of G.skill ram (2x1 gb) for ddr2 800

Vista premium.

Ok so i missed my budget by alot. im gonna use my 15 inch lcd for awhile intill i get some games going then upgrade to either 20.1 or 19 widescreen soon.

How should my system play games?

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
skyguy   02-12-2007 at 04:02:27 PM
- 0 +

On a 15" monitor, that system will give you like a bazillion frames per second.

Even on a 19" or 20" it'll still kick A$$.

8)

Reply to skyguy
PC_Side_Line   02-12-2007 at 04:07:32 PM
- 0 +

nice post, thanx for some details, but its not that simple.

U should invest in a UPS 750 or 1000.

for one thing, u have to be sure that the game ur playing: what DX version does it work best with or require.

usually dx9c is the version thats been good for last 6 months.

then look at other specs of ur game and see if your video item will be supported by the game.

SOE does a pretty good job in their community forums and support area to tell the consumer which hardware will work with a particular game.

http://help.station.sony.com/cgi-b [...] o+cards%3F

at the above site, u can see a helpful support community trying to help their SWG players sort out video problems

Reply to PC_Side_Line
mega1268   02-12-2007 at 04:10:28 PM
- 0 +

where do i get these system tools like 3dmark and stuff like that so i can compare my changes? and my overclocking changes on the 4300? are they free?

Reply to mega1268
mega1268   02-12-2007 at 04:17:40 PM
- 0 +

Quote :

nice post, thanx for some details, but its not that simple.

for one thing, u have to be sure that the game ur playing: what DX version does it work best with or require.

usually dx9c is the version thats been good for last 6 months.

then look at other specs of ur game and see if your video item will be supported by the game.

SOE does a pretty good job in their community forums and support area to tell the consumer which hardware will work with a particular game.

http://help.station.sony.com/cgi-b [...] o+cards%3F

at the above site, u can see a helpful support community trying to help their SWG players sort out video problems



And also i know that it depends on alot of stuff. but i was just saying overall how well will it proform.

Reply to mega1268
zenmaster   02-12-2007 at 04:30:26 PM
- 0 +

This system will do anything you need.
The biggest issue is "Vista".

If at all possible install a copy of XP and run that for a while.
There are still or were driver issues with the DX10 cards and Vista.

There is absolutely no reason this could not handle anythng you wanted.

I would consider something like an Artic Freeze Pro 7 or other after market cooler. You are going to want to push this system to 3.0 GHZ or higher for max performance.

Reply to zenmaster
mega1268   02-12-2007 at 05:28:42 PM
- 0 +

you know i heard alot bad abuot vista. but i had to buy an operating system. what i should of did was buy the vista with the upgrade. but i just bought vista. hopefully no conflict will occur

Reply to mega1268
olmecoid   02-12-2007 at 05:29:28 PM
- 0 +

Yo should consider an Asus P5nsli

Reply to olmecoid
mega1268   02-12-2007 at 06:15:40 PM
- 0 +

why is that i heard the gigabytes amazing for overclocking

Reply to mega1268
olmecoid   02-13-2007 at 03:56:29 PM
- 0 +

Just for sli support, a feature that the gygabyte does not have. And for 120 usd its a great deal.

Reply to olmecoid
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Homebuilt Systems > General Homebuilt > Ok finishing my $800 budget gaming machine
Go to:

There are 1020 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.326 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?