System Comments

[joarmac]

I'd appreciate any suggestions to the following system. I've been piecing it together for the last week from other suggestions and I'd appreciate any feedback from the experts. The computer will be used mainly for gaming and I'd like to finally play a game at high settings without lag.

Case : Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
Power Supply: Antec NeoPower 650W Blue Power Supply
Motherboard: Asus P5N-D nForce 750i SLI
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16G 1333MHz FSB 6MB L2 Cache
CPU Heatsink: Arctic Cooling Freezer7 Pro Ultra Quiet
Memory: 4GB PC6400 800MHz DDRII Memory (2x2048MB)
Video Card: SLi BFG GTX 260’s 576 MHz 896 MB
Sound Card: Integrated 8 Channel Surround Sound Audio
Hard Drive 1: Western Digital 74GB Raptor 10,000RPM
Hard Drive 2: Seagate 500GB Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 32MB Cache
CD OR DVD Drive: NEC 20X Double Layer DVD±RW: DVD-NEC-AD-7200A-BK
Network Interface: Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium 64-bit

Regards, Joarmac

 

[groo]

if you plan on SLIing it, do it now, and get a bigger PSU.

if not, get a different mobo.

I'd also skip the Raptor, and maybe get a bigger 7200.11 and partition it.

 

[jpdykes]

^ +1.

- Good choice on processor

- Check the relative performance of ATi 48xx in crossfire against NVidia varients. Also dependant on resolutions. See the monthly graphics roundup on Tom's - that will be a good guide.
- If using ATi pick a P45 board or if playing at high resolutions (~24"+) X48 chipsets.

- Either go for a new raptor or a new drive from seagate or WD.

Jeremy