Game PC, good or not?

[kyuicious]

My budget is like $1120/€950.
so this is how far i came:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400
DDR2 1GB
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Intel® P965
SATA2, 7200, RPM, 8 MB Cache, 250GB
optical drive ( doesn't matter, any kind is good )
Procase Zirco, 350 watt
Windows Vista Premium

maybe you guys can give me some USEFULL coments

thanks in advance

 

[doolittle]

Not too bad, on newegg I got a similiar price w/ a E6600 / 7600gt (apologies for the shameless cut/paste)

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SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write, LightScribe Technology Black IDE Model SH-S182M/BEBN - OEM
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Was that a BYO or an OEM-type cookie-cutter system?

 

[skyguy]

You should really consider a better PSU, you might be sorry with that one........

 

[deusex]

4 Words: NVR HRD OF PSU...

 

[alcattle]

Iagree on the PSU even it id good 380 is bare minimum power. Go better now and you won't have to later.
If budget is a concern consider XP home (or Por) w/ Vista upgrade. Cheaper also 2 OS for price of 1

 

[kyuicious]

I'm from the netherlands, i can't just go look at newegg it will cost me like $100 more :?, to deliver it right here.

 

[mcneillm]

Have a look at www.komplett.nl.

I've dealt with them before, and found them quite good.

Get Win XP instead of vista, and spend the extra money on a good PSU. Vista's still kinda buggy for the moment.

 

[kyuicious]

you mean xp with vista uprgade?

 

[spanner_razor]

I'd stay away from the 7600GS, at least go for a 7600 gt, but really with that chip it's a waste not to have a better card than that even. If you have the cash get 1 more gig of ram and a 320mb 8800gts

 

[kyuicious]

i just did this

Gigabyte Triton GZ-XX1CA-SNB Zwart
Corsair Value S. PC5300 DDR2 1024MB
NEC DVD±recorder AD-5170 IDE Zwart OEM
Norman IC, 1 year license Virus Control,
Stootvrije PC doos
SoftThinks Installation software,
Samsung SpinPoint T166 320GB SATA2
Fortron/Source PSU ATX 400W
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz Socket
ABIT Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI,nForce-650i SLI
XFX GeForce 7600GT Fatal1ty 256MB GDDR3,
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Ned

 

[spanner_razor]

If you're running vista you definitely want the extra gig of ram. Xp runs quite well with 1 gig but vista really wants 2 to run well.

 

[Heyyou27]

The 7600GS isn't what I'd call a "gaming card".

 

[alcattle]

you mean xp with vista uprgade?

Yes, I always try to get the "free" Vista upgrade and then I have it but you do not have to install Vista right away. Things might be different in Europe but M$ has so many web pages on your choices. Most retailers here offer the coupon, which you go online and answer questions and they give you a link to the upgrade and in my case, offered a disc copy for a little bit more.

 

[anticupidon]

have a look at www.pixmania.com

 

[elbert]

My budget is like $1120/€950.
so this is how far i came:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 Over kill for most games but Oblivion.
DDR2 1GB Suggest 2GB's of RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS Better off waiting for a cheap DX10 GPU.
Intel® P965
SATA2, 7200, RPM, 8 MB Cache, 250GB
optical drive ( doesn't matter, any kind is good )
Procase Zirco, 350 watt Need a higher watt PSU
Windows Vista Premium

maybe you guys can give me some USEFULL coments

thanks in advance

For gaming the CPU isnt as important as the GPU. I would buy the E4300 and a Nvidia 8800gts 320MB with the savings on the CPU. You will need a better PSU even for your setup if you OC. I see your getting a P965 which if for OCing the E4300 should do better than the E6400.

 

[Uscooper]

Nice, but def. a better PSU- think reliability. Also, for games I would go for a 2gb kit. They are a lot cheaper now, and vista really needs it. If you have a 256mb gfx card, vista will share another 256 regardless- in other words, 1gb isnt enough for a gamer. 2gb is idea... for now.

 

[kyuicious]

Nice, but def. a better PSU- think reliability. Also, for games I would go for a 2gb kit. They are a lot cheaper now, and vista really needs it. If you have a 256mb gfx card, vista will share another 256 regardless- in other words, 1gb isnt enough for a gamer. 2gb is idea... for now.

does the ram has to have a high speed?
like the ddr2-800?

 

[alcattle]

nope, unless you go for heavy overclocking the PC5300 will work, just everyone agrees that 2 sticks of RAM 2x1GB will work best on your system.

edit:spelling

 

[kyuicious]

ok then
i will look further..

 

[alcattle]

if I read the site correctly, 2 sticks of your RAM will cost 166 local dollars?

 

[kyuicious]

which one you mean www.kompett.nl or www.pixmania.com???