Is this a good selection of parts?

[revo8778]

Hi everyone. Im doing a overhaul of my homebrew rig, which i originally assembled in late 2005. It's pretty dated now (uses socket 478) so i want to do a major upgrade and get at least semi-modern for at least a few days (lol). Im not aiming to create the ultimate gaming pc (tight budget), but i want something that will at least run modern day games at reasonable speeds. Specifically, I want to run gta4 on it. Anyways these are the parts I picked out on newegg:

ASUS P5QL PRO LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131329]

Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 Wolfdale 2.66GHz 3MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Dual-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115132]

OCZ Vista Upgrade 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227189]

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136075]

And one of these video cards:

XFX PVT96OSDFH GeForce 9600 GSO 768MB 192-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150320]

EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Video Car
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130395]


So how good is this setup? Has anyone had any problems with these particular parts?
How good would this machine run new games, like GTA 4? Should I migrate to Windows XP x86-64 edition?
And would anyone recommend overclocking this processor?

BTW, in case you haven't realized, I already have a case, sound card, and drives.

 

[jlannon]

not bad, but for serious gaming go with a better gfx card

also i easily filled my old 160 gb hd

 

[3lvis]

What size monitor? What budget? What PSU do you have?

 

[revo8778]

I have a 600w ULTRA v-series power supply. It has all the neccessary connectors for the motherboard and should provide enough wattage.

 

[Asinger93]

Well, I would go with atleast an E8400. Also, go with 2 9800GT's. They will be MUCH better and won't use much more power. Plus, get 4GB of ram. It's becoming the standard pretty quickly.

 

[jlannon]

i disagree because the 2 nvidia cards reqires an nvidia chipset, if ur gonna do a dual card config do 2 hd 4850s, but i suggest a single 4870

 

[revo8778]

idk, im rlly on a tight budget here. One vid card is enough. Plus, i may overclock the processor chip, which i hear is easy to oc, so i'll save a little there. But how good are the video cards i selected in respect to running gta4? Which is better?

 

[jlannon]

i dont know what gta 4's graphics are like, but niether of those cards will play much at full settings, if ur thinking nvidia, go for at least a 9800gt, but personally, i prefer ati and a single 4850 will deffinately play gta 4

 

[MidianSpawned]

I don't know what your budget is exactly, but if you can go as far $110 then an HD4830 should let you play most games with a minimum of tinkering with the settings. Obviously brand new games that are more resource intensive will require some adjustment but for the money this card is a solid value.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16814131129

 

[knuckles356]

i have that gso and i run 87fps playing americas army

 

[revo8778]

@knuckles: well if americas army is as intense as GTA4, then thats great! 87fps is fine for me.

@Midian: My max budget is around $300. That card is a little too much.

 

[MidianSpawned]

If your budget is absolutely locked in at about $75 for the graphics card then get the XFX9600gso, it performs at about the same pace as the HD4670 (4670 overtakes a little at higher res when AA is enabled) however the 9600 has about a potential 20% overclock headroom in it which will make it faster than the 4670 should you choose to oc it. You may well find yourself gaming a lot at 1280x1024 as well, depending on how high you push your CPU.

 

[revo8778]

Im a person who is used to dealing with obsolete computers. I would be content with just 1024x768, but if 1280x1024 would be the best resolution i could get (with decent performance) , i would be pretty happy.