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calzukin

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02-18-2008 at 10:51:35 PM

So i am buying this system right now and I need some last minute advice.

Main specs are

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

XFX PVT88SFDD4 GeForce 8800GS 384MB 192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard

Intel Pentium E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E2160

I am on a pretty tight budget but am wondering what is a better money investment, should I get the e4400 processor or geforce 8800gt card either 256 for $30 more or 512mb for 60$ more. This is primarily for gaming and watching movies. Thanks

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02-18-2008 at 11:02:58 PM

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I would got with the 512 mb 8800 gt you will need the extra video ram to play better games like crysis. You will regret it if you don't get one. I know I do. Plus I have had two gs cards crap out on me so I tend not to trust them.

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02-18-2008 at 11:09:57 PM

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calzukin wrote :

So i am buying this system right now and I need some last minute advice.

Main specs are

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

XFX PVT88SFDD4 GeForce 8800GS 384MB 192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard

Intel Pentium E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80557E2160

I am on a pretty tight budget but am wondering what is a better money investment, should I get the e4400 processor or geforce 8800gt card either 256 for $30 more or 512mb for 60$ more. This is primarily for gaming and watching movies. Thanks

Change to XFX PVT88PYDE4 8800GT Extreme Alpha Dog 512MB [:mousemonkey] .

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calzukin

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