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mikeyluvsgames   09-21-2008 at 01:48:53 PM

Yo, im an aussie gamer and just need feedback on my $1500 gaming rig. Im getting all my parts from umart which is a queensland based store and there stuff is generally cheaper. Tell me what you think

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3P P45+ICH10R DDR2 1200 1600MHz PCI-E 2.0 SATAII RAID GLAN 1394a 8Ch ATX $172
Intel ATX E8400 CORE 2 DUO /3.0GHz/6MB/1333FSB/LGA775 $213
MSI HD4870 512M GDDR5 OC 780MHz Dual-Link DVI HDCP $346
Cooler Master Hyper TX2 (AMD Socket 754/939/940/AM2/ Intel Socket 775) $39
Kingston DDR2 2048MB(2x1G)PC8500 1066Mhz HyperX $76
Antec NeoPower 2.2 550W Modular $135
Western Digital 250G SATAII 7200 rpm HDD(16Mb Cache) x2 $128
LG H22NS30 SATA 22X+- Super Multi DVD Rewriter Black with Software $29
Asus VW222U 22 WIDE 2MS DVI/VGA Tilt Speakers HDCP $250
Antec Three Hundred Tower Gaming Case- Black NO PSU $80
Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers System $70

I could even fit a lcd and a sound system and still have it under $1500

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mikeyluvsgames   09-21-2008 at 01:51:29 PM
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oh yeah and im also getting it by christmas. GAMING ALL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS,,,,,,HEAVEN

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johnyeah   09-21-2008 at 01:59:18 PM
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Just a sidenote, if you're going to get it by Christmas (I assume Christmas for the aussies is on the same date), chances are there's going to be significant price changes (since the core i7 is coming out by November).

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mikeyluvsgames   09-21-2008 at 02:05:36 PM
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yeah ill probly be changin a few parts over the period of time till the start of christmas hollidays so this is not official so if anyone would reccomend something plz tell.

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johnyeah   09-21-2008 at 02:12:58 PM
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You can probably get a better PSU than the Antec NeoPower.
Try Seasonic, PC P&C, OCZ GameXStream (or StealthXStream), and Corsair.

Don't get two 250G HDDS, I'd just get 1 500G HDD (actually the WD640G HDD is a pretty solid choice) and partition it.

I might also get 2x2G instead of 2x1G of RAM.

In addition, just get a stock 4870, unless the MSI one has an aftermarket cooler (you can OC the video card pretty easily yourself, link here http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] -warning).

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mikeyluvsgames   09-21-2008 at 02:32:31 PM
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Im aiming to get everything under $1500 cause i just want my computer as soon as possible the cheaper it is the sooner i play but i also want it to be bang for the buck.

Well i wanted to do raid so 2 250gb sounds good to me otherwise would there be a cheaper way to go raid or should i totally forget raid.

i also havnt seen a game that requires more then 2gb of ram, but i could get 4gb for relatively cheap cost if thats the way to go.

and also is the ocz a suitable pcu for ati, does it even matter,if a pcu is sli suitable would it also be CF suitable?

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johnyeah   09-21-2008 at 02:52:07 PM
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Whether a PSU is SLI certified or CF certified doesn't really matter in all honesty.

I personally don't like raiding HDD's unless it's absolutely necessary, but that's more of a personal preference.

2GB of ram is fine if you plan on staying with Windows XP and never going 64-bit Vista (but price difference is pretty small, C/P is about the same).

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mikeyluvsgames   09-21-2008 at 03:05:45 PM
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If im gaming would raid be better then just 1 hdd as games and stuff will load faster

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johnyeah   09-21-2008 at 03:09:35 PM
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Chances are you won't be transferring files and playing the game at the same time would you (I mean how often does that occur).

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