Advise me on this PC please!

TheDude13

TheDude13

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Ive spent ages looking at PC's and its time I just took the plunge and got one.

Im not interested in building my own and am happy for OCUK to build one for me!

Ive been waiting for them to include the 9800GX2 in the PC builder but they never have.

This is the one Im tempted to go for - it costs £1368 with the Cosmos Case and Vista premium 64bit . http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-073-OK


Only doubt is that will the PSU be powerful enough if I add a Soundcard or would I need to replace it straight away?

Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 GO 2.40GHz Quad Core CPU Overclocked too a minimum of 3.30GHz and beyond. (8/9 x 400MHz - 1600MHz FSB)

Case - Coolermaster Cosmos Sport

Operating System - Vista Home Premium 64 Bit

Cooler - Tuniq Tower 120 Pro Blue LED Intel approved cooler

Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound professionally hand installed by our technicians

Motherboard - Abit IP35-Pro Intel P35 (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Memory - Award winning OCZ 4GB PC2-8500 CAS5 (2x2GB) Dual Channel Kit (Overclocked at 1000MHz+) (Note when upgrading to 4GB overclock drops to 3.25GHz on CPU)

HDD - 1000GB Samsung Spinpoint F1 32MB Cache SATA-2 Hard Drive

Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 AVIVO HDTV/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) DirectX 10 Graphics Cards

DVD Drive - Pioneer 115DBK 20x DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black)

PSU - OCZ 600W Next Generation Power Supply

Mouse and Keyboard - Logitech Deluxe 660 Cordless Desktop ( I have my own)
 
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Can't fault it,
I'm not sure about the 9800GX2 tho if it's worth it, you will have to browse GPU forums for it. Also I would grab blu-ray reader while spending already this much. On top of that grab some cheap xi-fi soundblaster and it's fine.
 
Cheers for the replies!

The 9800GX2 should be fine. It gets good reviews, I know its expensive but I will I just bought a 22" monitor with a resolution of 1680 X 1050 so I dont really require SLi.

Plus I can sell the 9800GX2 when the next best single card solution comes out!


Other than that is it guaranteed that I wont have problems with the 600W PSU if I add a soundcard?
 
jak731 said:
it will be fine with a sound card added as well as some other stuff
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Why would you want a sound card, onboard sound cards are very good these days and unless your going to spend hundreds on a sound card there's no point. Unless you need a connection that the MB does not have.
 
AcidHell2 said:
Why would you want a sound card, onboard sound cards are very good these days and unless your going to spend hundreds on a sound card there's no point. Unless you need a connection that the MB does not have.
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Cheers for the advice, I dont suppose I do, in fact I was going to get a Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty 7.1 Champion Series but I doubt I would notice a massive difference!

I could always get one at a later date.

Do you think this set up would keep me happy for quite a bit of time? I plan to play a bit of Crysis so I figure at the resolution I intend on playing at I should be fine?

Also, will it be good enough for adding any next gen cards for the next few years?


Bearing in mind I have a Pentium 4, 3GHz with a 7800GS at the moment!
 
There probably will be an improvement with that sound card, would you be able to tell the difference is debatable.

The systems good and will last you a while. The 9800 x2 is a great card but expensive.
You have two choices
1) get a 8800GTS and sell then upgrade to the new gpu at the end of the year
2) get a 9800GTX enjoy the fast card you can get for the next year and still have good gfx. Again you can always sale and get the new gpu at end of year. however you will lose a lot more money.

It all depends if you will upgrade the gpu in 6 months or 18months.

The only thing I would say if your spending that much, invest in ultra quite fans. Fo silent running.
And a 2nd hdd 80/160GB just for windows/applications/games and leave the 1TB drive for storage.
 
AcidHell2 said:
There probably will be an improvement with that sound card, would you be able to tell the difference is debatable.

The systems good and will last you a while. The 9800 x2 is a great card but expensive.
You have two choices
1) get a 8800GTS and sell then upgrade to the new gpu at the end of the year
2) get a 9800GTX enjoy the fast card you can get for the next year and still have good gfx. Again you can always sale and get the new gpu at end of year. however you will lose a lot more money.

It all depends if you will upgrade the gpu in 6 months or 18months.

The only thing I would say if your spending that much, invest in ultra quite fans. Fo silent running.
And a 2nd hdd 80/160GB just for windows/applications/games and leave the 1TB drive for storage.
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I think Im going to be stupid and just get the 9800GX2, it should keep me going for quite a while, also, there isnt much difference in price on OCUK between that and the 9800GTX system.

The Cosmos S case I chose should be good for cooling, I read a couple of huge reviews and although it isnt the quietest case, its very cool!
 
what monitor are you going to use ? If it's smaller than 24" then 9800gtx will be a total waste since you wont see any big difference on lower resolutions.
And get that soundcard, you will definitely see a difference if you got some decent 4/5/7.1 speakers.
 
PhoenixUK said:
what monitor are you going to use ? If it's smaller than 24" then 9800gtx will be a total waste since you wont see any big difference on lower resolutions.
And get that soundcard, you will definitely see a difference if you got some decent 4/5/7.1 speakers.
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I have a Samsung 2232BW.

I am thinking of getting a 9800GX2, not a 9800GTX. And I can always swap it when the next, next-gen card comes out!

I probably will get the sound card eventually!
 
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