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Please check my spec, will it run crisis?

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Hello all, sorry you must get this all the time.

I'm building a pc which i will be using for general browsing, some gaming (wolfenstein, counter strike) and lots of work with Macromedia Studio 8 and I was just wondering if the following spec was ok, I have given myself a budget of 700£ for the pc and will be buying an EVESHAM v series for £269, if anyone has any reviews on that please say.
This is my spec so far:

Processor Buying from: Ebuyer Model q6600 95w energy efficient edition (overclockable) £155.68
Motherboard Buying from: Ebuyer ModelMSI P35 Platinum Socket 775 FSB1333 onboard 8 channel audio ATX M £97.99
Case Buying from: Ebuyer Model soprano with window in black £48.29
Power supply Buying from: Ebuyer Model Extra Value Silver 500W PSU - With 12cm Red LED Fan £14.34
Optical drive Buying from: Ebuyer Model hp lightscribe dvdrw £17.99
TV capture card Buying from: Ebuyer Model Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T 500 Dual digital DVB-T PCI £50.07
Keyboard and mouse Buying from: Ebuyer Model Logitech Cordless Desktop EX 110 - USB/PS2 £16.92
Cables Buying from: Ebuyer Model gold plated 2m dvi to hdmi cable £3.99
Power supply lead Buying from: Ebuyer Model kettle type lead for pc £1.66
Case Modding Buying from: Ebuyer Model 2x 12" neons (red) £2.99

Graphics card Buying from: Overclockers Model asus nvidia geforce 8600 gt 256mb gddr3 £70.49 (Might be buying a 8600 gt 512mb from novatech , made by novatech. Any reviews?
Hard drive Buying from: Overclockers Model western digital se-16 500gb sataII 7200rpm £65.79
Ram Buying from: Overclockers Model OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel Vista Upgrade Gold Series DDR2 £64.61
Operating System Buying from: Ebuyer Model 32bit or 64bit home premium vista (OEM version not sure which 64 or 32? Ive looked around and results are mixed!) £62

Please help me with spec any ideas welcome, that so far is £731 so a bit over , i plan to overclock to 3ghz so i will also be buying air cooling of some sort possibly arctic cooling.


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Henry

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Sorry to say your GPU hasn't got a hope in hell of doing anything more than a washed out image in Crysis, at least try to save for the 8800gt. If Crysis is a main concern for you just save a little longer and enjoy the experience. Your PSU is also going to have major probs. Its a cruel world trying to keep up with the parts we need and like me the dollars just dont come quick enough. Good luck
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Wow guys, you've probably saved me a lot of trouble.. Ok I will look at a new PSU, any recommendations, bearing in mind I'm in the UK.
For the graphics i will defiantly update it, probably to a 8800 GT.
I will plug it into a 26" 720 screen from Evesham.
Another question is about OS'
64 bit or 32 bit, i've found lots of articles about it but i'm still not sure what to choose. I don't game that often and i don't do any video editing so this would lead me to get 32 bit with just 2GB of ram? correct?


Thanks guys any more help/ recommendations would be nice

Getting the 8800 gt really does cost a lot more but its obviously worth it... is there anywhere in my current budget where i should spend less... i've already replaced the MOBO and PSU and by swapping my 8600 for a 8800 i've put my costs up to 790£... I don't really want to pay that much, plus I have to pay my friend who has done the research and will be building / over clocking / and fixing my PC in future 50£ which i think is fair so that brings the PC cost up to 837 :( 

HELP

Right guys,
Thanks SOOO much for the help... Here is the new improved spec... i hope you all approve


Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Energy Efficient 95W edition Socket 775 (2.40GHz) G0 Stepping L2 8MB Cache OEM Processor £129.99

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 £69.99

Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £149.99

Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard £62.62

HP DVD1040 20x DVD±RW RAM Lightscribe Black - OEM £15.31

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium x32Bit OEM 1PK DVD £52.76

Logitech Cordless Desktop EX 110 - USB/PS2 £14.40

Plexus Kettle Type Power Lead 2m £1.41

Extra Value 12" Red Dual Cold Cathode Kit £2.54

Western Digital WD3200AAKS 320GB SATAII 16MB Cache 7200 RPM - OEM £39.14

Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler £9.64

Plexus Gold Plated HDMI To DVI-D Dual Link Cable (Black) 2m £3.39

Casecom Black Mid Tower Case - Front Blue LED 120mm Fan - With Side Window £8.50

Arctic Power 500W PSU With PCI-E SATA, 20+4 ATX12V 8pin +12V Connectors - Retail Boxed


All the prices are without tax but with tax the total is £730
What do you all think??
Thanks guys
Henry

The psu is a no no. Click the link I posted above.

You can still cut corners on the cpu. You don't need quad for the old games & macromedia (a pentium can still run it). An e6750 if it's to be run at stock. Or even an e2180 for MUCH less & can be overclocked to over 3ghz with a good cooler.

Use the savings to buy a QUALITY psu. Or it won't last very long.

Henry,

Looks good. I would still upgrade the PSU from the 500w Arctic Power. Make sure you check the amps the GPU needs against the amps the PSU supplys. You could save a bit of money with the HD3850 or HD3870 GPU's over the 8800GT. They are a little slower than the 8800gt. If your going with a 32bit OS, I would recommend XP over Vista. You could also save some money on RAM by going with 2gig now. And last but not least, with such a nice CPU. I would get a better Cooler for it.

Ok i've upgraded my PSU to this : Corsair VX 550W PSU - 120mm Fan, 5 Year Warranty, I don't really want to get 2gb instead of 4gb ram, anyone think I should get Vista 64bit????
Any comments about the case?? other people have said its flimsy

Cheers guys
henry

i build a pc few weeks ago for a friend.with the exact same CPU and mobo.but with 8800gts 512MB along with 2gb OCZ 800mhz ram.with some other bits came up to about 850.play crysis about 30fps @1600x1200.so you have a general idea now?

if you buy vista 32-bit it will recognize 3.5 gb out of 4 because your gpu has 512mb ram. still you will get 1.5gb more than if you only buy 2 gb. so there is no real need for 64-bit if you are worried old software wont be supported.
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