Is this a good build for a gaming pc?

Dark-nite · 2 Jun 2006 at 00:01

Hey,

Is this a good build for a gaming pc and will everything be compatable?

CASE: Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU (CA-004-AS)

GRAPHIC CARD: Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-049-CO)

RAM: GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)

CD AND DVD BURNER: Sony CRX320EE CDRW/DVD Combi Drive (Black) - OEM (CD-025-SO)

MOTHERBOARD: MSI 945P Platinum (LGA775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-059-MS)

PROSESSOR: Intel Pentium 4 930 Dual Core "LGA775 Presler" 3.0GHz (800FSB) - Retail (CP-112-IN)

HARD DISK: Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 250GB 2500JB ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-006-WD)

POWER SUPPLY: Ultra X-Connect 500W ATX2.0 Cable Detachable PSU - Black with UV Green (CA-002-UX)

Everything has been selected from the overclockers website and also do i need a sound card or is there one included in the parts listed above?

Thanks for you help,
Dark-nite.

Dark-nite · 2 Jun 2006 at 01:40

Thankyou for you help.

Appreciate it. But what do you think about the sound card question from above?

Thanks again for you help,
Jamie.

Dark-nite · 2 Jun 2006 at 01:53

Ok thanks once again,

So I should switch to AMD and also get a better graphics card.
The graphics cards are really expensive

what would you think the cheapest one that would be good for the lastest games please?

Thanks,
Jamie.

Dark-nite · 2 Jun 2006 at 11:37

Oh yeah, I see. The x1800 connect3d card has a faster clock speed than the more expensive x1900 one. Weird :eek:

Anyway thankyou for all you help I appreciate it a lot,

Jamie.

Dark-nite · 3 Jun 2006 at 00:03

Great

thankyou

So does this look better?

CASE: Antec Super LANBOY Aluminum Super Mini Tower Case - No PSU (CA-012-AN)
£33.49

GRAPHIC CARD: Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£164.44

RAM: GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB5300DC) (MY-030-GL)
£64.57

CD AND DVD BURNER: Sony CRX320EE CDRW/DVD Combi Drive (Black) - OEM (CD-025-SO)
£19.92

MOTHERBOARD: MSI K9N Platinum nForce 570 (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-070-MS)
£93.94

PROSESSOR: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM)
£211.44

HARD DISK: Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 250GB 2500JB ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-006-WD)
£56.34

POWER SUPPLY: Tagan TG420-UO2 420W I-XEYE ATX2.0 Silent PSU (CA-003-TG)
£51.64

Total: 695.78

Is this better and will this PSU be ok for this computer or is there a cheaper one I can use?

Thanks a lot,
Jamie.

EDIT: Also once I have actually bought my new system and set it all up how do I go about putting on my OS especially since there is no floppy drive.

Thanks for all the quick replies

Jamie.

Dark-nite · 3 Jun 2006 at 12:45

Ahh, yes of course. Lol, because windows xp uses ntfs not fat32 or such

completely forgot thx.

I want to spend the least amount of money (as we all want to) as possible but still have a pretty good pc, I will now go for the 2gb ram but can't I just use virtual ram/memory because I think it can go up to 4gb's worth.

If not i'll get the 2gb of ram and as long as the psu will be fine thats great.

Thanks for the quick response from everone appriciate it,
Jamie.

Dark-nite · 4 Jun 2006 at 01:44

Yeah I meant the pagefile lol. Only reson I got confused is when you go to change the pagefile size it calls its virtual memory :confused:

anyhow, thanks a lot everyone.

Dark-nite · 4 Jun 2006 at 21:07

Okay

but how comes not an MSI mobo? :confused:

lol

Dark-nite · 5 Jun 2006 at 22:18

So are you suggesting I should get this? lol

Why dvd writer other than a combo and also before how comes 'triggerthat' said "anything apart from an msi mobo"? :confused:

Thanks,

Jamie.

Dark-nite · 6 Jun 2006 at 13:04

Oh, I see.

What do you think of the suggested system above?

Thanks,
Jamie.

Dark-nite · 6 Jun 2006 at 23:58

Ok, I have made up my mind i'm sticking to what ozzie has said. It looks great!

Thanks a lot ozzie

and thanx everyone you've been a great help. Anything else to say will be mostly appreciated. :cool:

Thanks once again,
Jamie.

Dark-nite · 7 Jun 2006 at 19:12

Lol slightly confused now on what to get. I understand that am2 is slightly faster only much a tiny bit but is it more expensive that the 939? Say for example two mobos, one 939 and the other AM2, say they are the equivelant to each other, which will be more expensive?

Thanks again,
Jamie. P.S not feeling too well

lol just thought ill tell all you people who care out there