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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

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

Jon

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

Jon

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

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.

Cheers Mees

Oh and ur getting this for a rediculous price, i got my setup for only

total price will be AU$2600

2,600.00 AUD  = 1,542.94 EUR

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.

sir Martin  

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.

Cheers
Cameron

I forgot it was Au$