Check my new spec please :)

c4ff · 9 Apr 2007 at 14:33

Hey everyone! First post, woo!

So for about a year now i've been using a laptop for everything, i moved to uni and just before i left my old pc fell over so i chucked it (it was very old). For a while the laptop has been fine for doing programming, web design, graphic design etc... But now i have decided to get a new computer for gaming and 3d rendering, and i wanted to get something rather nice...

I ended up going with the following components:

Intel C2D E6600
Asus P5B-E Plus
EVGA 8800 GTS 640MB
G.Skill 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-800 @ 4-4-4-12
Western Digital SE16 SATAII 500GB HDD
Lian-Li PC-7B Plus
Enermax Liberty 500w Modular PSU
Samsung 18x18 SATA DVD-RW

I think ive got a pretty solid system here and (i hope) its rather future proof

... i would really appreciate your input (although i have already bought all the parts).

The things i do want to say so it doesnt get commented on are:

1) Yes you may think that case is boring... I'm a minimalist

2) I didn't go with SLI because if i did i would've had to go with the 320MB version of the 8800. Which would mean i would have 2x 320's when i upgraded to sli, which as we all know runs off the first card's FSB and isnt really worth it compared to 1 640 card.

I was a bit out of touch with new hardware, but i think ive done pretty well.

Comments are very much appreciated.

Regards.

C4FF.

mattyj1085 · 9 Apr 2007 at 14:42

Looking good to me, got your self a decent system there good luck with it

c4ff · 9 Apr 2007 at 14:46

mattyj1085 said:
Looking good to me, got your self a decent system there good luck with it

Thanks mate

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It took me about a week to research everything and work it all out hehe.

C4FF.

mishima · 9 Apr 2007 at 14:47

To me it looks like a decent setup, I would however probably change the hard disk to a Samsung Spinpoint - quieter. SLi is a waste of money btw, it would give you a few extra FPS which wouldn't be noticable to the human eye. GTS/GTX offer outstanding performance in any game on the shelf at the moment so therefore SLi is a waste of time, and money.

c4ff · 9 Apr 2007 at 14:49

mishima said:
To me it looks like a decent setup, I would however probably change the hard disk to a Samsung Spinpoint - quieter. SLi is a waste of money btw, it would give you a few extra FPS which wouldn't be noticable to the human eye. GTS/GTX offer outstanding performance in any game on the shelf at the moment so therefore SLi is a waste of time, and money.

Agreed mate, and also most games atm dont support sli, its got some work ahead of it to make it a usefull technology

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As for the hard drive i've always used western digital and therefore know there hard drives last a long time, which is what i want... reliability.

C4FF.

mishima · 9 Apr 2007 at 15:02

Its a bit of a hassle to setup as well, so all in all it just isn't worth it for the performance/value. Fair enough, I have a WD myself and I find it quite noisy when it read/writes. Wish I had got a Samsung or Seagate really.