How is this rig?

Nitristion · 24 Oct 2008 at 09:59

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
BFG GeForce 9800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A35415)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N1066SR2GK)
Asus TA-851 Silver/Black Midi Tower Case - No PSU
Akasa AK-955 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

Delivery for tomorrow (Sat 25th)

A friend wants this asap as he just got FarCry2 and his old rig is falling apart. Any reccomendations? Corrections?

Teki187 · 24 Oct 2008 at 10:04

Nitristion said:
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
BFG GeForce 9800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A35415)
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N1066SR2GK)
Asus TA-851 Silver/Black Midi Tower Case - No PSU
Akasa AK-955 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

Delivery for tomorrow (Sat 25th)

A friend wants this asap as he just got FarCry2 and his old rig is falling apart. Any reccomendations? Corrections?

BFG GeForce 9800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Replace that with a ATI 4870? if you can afford that. Well worth the upgrade.

Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A35415)

Get a Western Digital instead, there a lot better drives.

ro55o · 24 Oct 2008 at 10:19

I'd go with Teki187, although if you cant afford to get the 4870, I'd still get a 4850 over the 9800gt, much better card for the money.

I'd be tempted to change the case aswell, maybe go for the antec 300, much better quality and slightly bigger, but the case is purely down to your choice and budget.

I'd swap that hard drive for a samsung F1 drive or a WD.

If you are planning on using this spec with vista 64bit, or even with XP, I'd increase the ram to 4gb, go for a 2x2gb kit, like this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-086-OC

Also go for a better CPU cooler if your planning on overclocking, maybe this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...R&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821&name=Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

Nitristion · 24 Oct 2008 at 10:39

Teki187 said:
BFG GeForce 9800 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Replace that with a ATI 4870? if you can afford that. Well worth the upgrade.

Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A35415)

Get a Western Digital instead, there a lot better drives.

ro55o said:
I'd go with Teki187, although if you cant afford to get the 4870, I'd still get a 4850 over the 9800gt, much better card for the money.

I'd be tempted to change the case aswell, maybe go for the antec 300, much better quality and slightly bigger, but the case is purely down to your choice and budget.

I'd swap that hard drive for a samsung F1 drive or a WD.

If you are planning on using this spec with vista 64bit, or even with XP, I'd increase the ram to 4gb, go for a 2x2gb kit, like this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-086-OC

Also go for a better CPU cooler if your planning on overclocking, maybe this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...R&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821&name=Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

His buget is roughly £550. Top whack he could do £600. This would include shipping costs though. As far as I know he is more interested in playing a game with decent settings, rather than max details and stuff.

I've taken your advice with the ram, but think I'll be sticking with the gfx card for now. The HDD isn't really important, he already has one with XP 64 on it, this is just storage.

Thanks for your inputs =D

reflux · 24 Oct 2008 at 10:45

Buy a Radeon 4850 for the graphics....same price, faster = no brainer.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

ro55o · 24 Oct 2008 at 10:47

Nitristion said:
I've taken your advice with the ram, but think I'll be sticking with the gfx card for now. The HDD isn't really important, he already has one with XP 64 on it, this is just storage.

The 4850 is a better card then the 9800gt and it's the same price

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

The 4850 is on par with the 9800gtx, so better card for the same money

edit: beaten to it by reflux

Nitristion · 24 Oct 2008 at 12:00

Ah, I didn't notice that =D

Okay, I've revised the order, and he seems happy with it. Any last nuggets of advice?

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A35415)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
Asus TA-851 Silver/Black Midi Tower Case - No PSU
Akasa AK-955 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

reflux · 24 Oct 2008 at 12:16

Sound as a pound.

ro55o · 24 Oct 2008 at 12:22

That'll do nicely.

hp7909 · 24 Oct 2008 at 12:29

Nitristion said:
Akasa AK-955 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

Will that HSF cope adequately with a C2Q considering the dimensions & orientation. I wouldn't risk it & instead go for the ASF 7 Pro as recommended.

Nitristion · 24 Oct 2008 at 12:57

As far as I know he won't be overclocking it, and he hasn't asked me to. The one I chose is a cheaper alternative to the ASF 7 Pro, but still the same socket type. It should be fine for what he needs it for.

If however I am wrong, please correct me =D