I'm building a budget (~NZ$ 1200) PC in the next couple of weeks. The most important app is Supreme Commander. I also want to use Ubuntu. I think these parts have good linux support--the Radeon 4000's seem well supported by ATI.
SupComm seems to multicore well, judging by benchmarks, so I went quad core. The Phenom X4 looks like the best quad core performer at my price range.
Other than that I've gone for what I think is a reasonable gaming PC for my budget.
Does this build look good? Any bottlenecks? Anything too excessive? Will it handle Supreme Commander?
Phenom X4 9950 -- NZ$275
ASRock 790GX -- NZ$225
2x2GB DDR2-1066 Kingston HyperX -- NZ$140
Radeon HD 4850 1GB -- NZ$210
LanCool PC-K56 -- I might have trouble sourcing this -- ~NZ$200?
PSU: TBD -- ~NZD200?
And I have monitor, hard drives, keyboard, and mouse
I'm going to use pricespy.co.nz to find the cheapest sources once I decide what I'm getting.
SupComm seems to multicore well, judging by benchmarks, so I went quad core. The Phenom X4 looks like the best quad core performer at my price range.
Other than that I've gone for what I think is a reasonable gaming PC for my budget.
Does this build look good? Any bottlenecks? Anything too excessive? Will it handle Supreme Commander?
Phenom X4 9950 -- NZ$275
ASRock 790GX -- NZ$225
2x2GB DDR2-1066 Kingston HyperX -- NZ$140
Radeon HD 4850 1GB -- NZ$210
LanCool PC-K56 -- I might have trouble sourcing this -- ~NZ$200?
PSU: TBD -- ~NZD200?
And I have monitor, hard drives, keyboard, and mouse
I'm going to use pricespy.co.nz to find the cheapest sources once I decide what I'm getting.