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New PC Specs

Postby llamedos » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:15 am

I am thinking of getting this and i would like some opinions so i don't waste my money.

AU$449 - AMD Athlon 64 X2 Duel Core Processor 4200+
AU$159 - ASUS S939 A8N SLI Premium Motherboard
AU$149 - DDR 1 GB Geil 400MHz PC3200 RAM
AU$149 - DDR 1 GB Geil 400MHz PC3200 RAM
AU$99   - 160GB Seagate 7200rpm 8M Serial ATA HDD
AU$699 - Albatron 7900GT 256M PCIe Super High! Video Card
AU$499 - 20"(50cm) BenQ FP202W WideScreen LCD Monitor
AY$219 - Antec TX1050B ATX Case

I will be putting another 250GB HDD in and my DVD burner.

Does it look ok?

What could i improve?

Thanks sir Martin
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Re: New PC Specs

Postby GeForce » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:59 am

The only thing I would recommend is if you can stretch to the 4400+, go for it.

Reason being it has the same clock speed (2.2Ghz) but it has 1mb of L2 cache rather than only 512k. It does make a difference.

Apart from that, looks good to me 8)

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Re: New PC Specs

Postby Mees » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:02 am

The only thing I would recommend is if you can stretch to the 4400+, go for it.

Reason being it has the same clock speed (2.2Ghz) but it has 1mb of L2 cache rather than only 512k. It does make a difference.

Apart from that, looks good to me 8)

Jon 8)


Don't worry on that CPU, Jon, im getting one tomorrow and i'm already loving it 8)

As for the GFX card, i found out that do run FS like a dream, you need to have 512MB of video RAM. If you look at my sig, you'll see i ordered a Club3D 7900GTX with 512MB, and a GTX has also higher clock speeds than the GT, so if you have $200 extra, go for a GTX. 8) 8) 8)

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Re: New PC Specs

Postby Mees » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:05 am

Oh and ur getting this for a rediculous price, i got my setup for only
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Re: New PC Specs

Postby llamedos » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:15 am

total price will be AU$2600

2,600.00 AUD  = 1,542.94 EUR :o

Does the 7900GT support DX10?

maybe it will be worth waiting on the card untill DX10 cards are less than a million $ each

Thanks for the info about the CPU, a AMD 4400+ isn't much more money. :D

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Re: New PC Specs

Postby ctjoyce » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:48 am

No that card will not support DX10.

My problems with that setup.
1: The RAM your useing. at $150 a stick thats crazy. Look at OCZ Platnum Edition 2GB (same stuff I have) that kit only ran me $190.

2: The GPu. Its a waste of $550l. Just grab a 7900GT for now, and wate for when DX10 cards come out to grap a card of that level.

3: Your HDD. WD drives are much much better. Also cheaper.

4: The Scepter Ninga wide screen moniters are better and cheaper than your BenQ.

5: The case. There are so many other cases that are nicer than that antec, and cheaper too.

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Re: New PC Specs

Postby Mees » Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:19 pm

I forgot it was Au$ ::)
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