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[munrouk]

Hi, is there anybody that can help me i buld this new computer it cost me about £750 and it is not what i expected i was always an AMD man.
case, antic
motherboard ,P5K PREMINM WI-FI
cpu,QUAD CORE Q6600 2.4GHZ LAPED AIRO 7 CPU COOLER LAPED
MEMORY DOMMATOR 2X1GB PC2 8500 CS 1066MHSZ
GRAPHIC CARD BFG 9600GT
HARD DRIVES 2 500GIGS 1 250 ALL SATA
2 DVDS DAUL LAYER SATA
POWER SUPPLY CORSAIR 600 WATT
RUNNING XP PRO
ALL COMPONETES ARE NEW, THE THING I FEEL IT IS NOT FAST CPU GOES TO 3.66 GHZ OVERCLOOCKED.
IT IS SLOW TO BOOT UP THE GAMES ARENOT THAT FAST EVEN I RUN THEM ON THE 32 C HARD DRIVE,
WHAT SHOULD I DO GHANGE THE MOTHERBOARD,GHANGE THE CPU OR MEMORY.
HELP, GRAHAM

 

[RJC]

How long does it take to startup! What programmes load on startup, run msconfig and uncheck the ones you think are not required.
The GPU is not that great if your gameing, perhaps upgrade to ATI 4850.
Rest of your spec looks fine.

 

[Ben M]

YOU ALSO SEEM TO HAVE A FAULTY KEYBOARD.

 

[Meloco]

hire a pc expert

 

[MooMoo444]

The weakest link in that setup is the graphics card. The CPU is fine..

 

[mame]

Was it a new install on windows? a 9600gt is not a very fast graphics card regardless of how fast the rest of the system may be

 

[flinco]

the 9600gt isnt very good at all, with a good setup like that a 4870 would compliment it beautifully

 

[Tetras]

The weakest link in that setup is the graphics card. The CPU is fine..

No, as Ben_M pointed out, the weakest link is quite clearly caps-lock.

ALL COMPONETES ARE NEW, THE THING I FEEL IT IS NOT FAST CPU GOES TO 3.66 GHZ OVERCLOOCKED.
IT IS SLOW TO BOOT UP THE GAMES ARENOT THAT FAST EVEN I RUN THEM ON THE 32 C HARD DRIVE,
WHAT SHOULD I DO GHANGE THE MOTHERBOARD,GHANGE THE CPU OR MEMORY.
HELP, GRAHAM

Did you do a fresh install when you upgraded?

Have you run 3D Mark to make sure the machine is scoring as it should?

There is no reason why that combination would be abnormally slow, I don't think changing the CPU, memory or motherboard will help you!

 

[redeye_uk]

YOU ALSO SEEM TO HAVE A FAULTY KEYBOARD.

lol

 

[Meloco]

OOps.

 

[munrouk]

Thank,s for all your help Gents I will take it under consideration.
munrouk

 

[eyetrip]

If its Vista, you really should stick 4GB Ram in there too.

 

[RJC]

Ignore
re-read ffallic question.

 

[wsgroves]

Agreed! If it is vista. You need 4 gigs of ram. The 9600gt is the weak link.

 

[jmhduck]

Forum police....nenah nenah nenah

ROFL calm down I'm not having a hissy fit over here you know. It just seems a bit cheeky to me is all .

If it is vista. You need 4 gigs of ram. The 9600gt is the weak link.

You do not *need* 4 gigs of ram for vista, 32bit vista can only ultilise 3Gigs anyway the last gig won't even get used... Although if you want a matched pair you can't exactly get 2x1.5gig sticks.

As for games obviously 9600gt is defo the problem, I'd always aim to spend ~150 on graphics card.

 

[jonnylaris]

this 9600GT is giving the wrong impression thats for sure. I had a guy the other day saying his 9600GT was obviously faster than my 8800 ultra as his had 1gb memory lolol

 

[ACESHIGH]

if you want a better card to increase performace for not too much money, grab a HD 4850 or 4870 .

 

[Eggman]

Yep - get a new gfx card. 9600GT is a massive bottle neck on this system.

Hes using XP (if ppl didnt notice) so 2gb is plenty.

 

[reflux]

I had a guy the other day saying his 9600GT was obviously faster than my 8800 ultra as his had 1gb memory lolol

n00bs are so cute sometimes aren't they

 

[PhoenixUK]

IT WILL BE SLOW !!

The only time I've seen vista boot up fast and run 100% smooth was on the 8core mac pro with 32gb of ram . Now that was smooooth !


And yeh, 2gb + vista = crap.

4 is like total minimum I would say.
And the GPU aint best as well.
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woopsie , didnt notice its XP , anyways, I would get 4GB for XP as well, massive difference.