Is this a good PC?

Tommy B · 2 Jun 2006 at 12:01

My mate wants to know if this will rip apart any games thrown at it?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200 Retail AM2 2.20GHz, 1000MHz FSB, 1MB, 64 Bit Socket 940pin
Abit KN9-S Socket AM2 PCI-E 16x / DUAL CH DDR2 / 7.1CH AUDIO / SATA(II) RAID / Gb LAN / ATX MOTHERBOARD
X-Blade MIDI Tower Case Black CAS-449BK
OCZ Platinum XTC 2GB Kit PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM 2x1GB Kit OCZ2P8002GK
36GB Western Digital Raptor 10K High Performance Serial-ATA
Sony 16x DVD ROM Black
Levicom 550W ATX V2.0 PSU

Then he's adding an X1900XTX and a 300GB HD.

semi-pro waster · 2 Jun 2006 at 12:17

Provided the X2 4200 does have 1mb L2 cache per core it will have removed my objections to it however if it is the standard 512kb per core like on the socket 939 version I'd say get the X2 3800 and clock it.

I've got no idea about the case and if the PSU will fit but providing it does and with the caveat on the CPU above I'd say yes that will be a very capable PC.

comradpoplin! · 2 Jun 2006 at 12:32

looks good to me the x1900's are a good price in here to

Tommy B · 2 Jun 2006 at 14:55

How "good" is the memory.

Is it towards the value or performance end?

Stelly · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:06

I would go with the Mushkin 2GB DDR XP4000 Redline Extreme Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) mate

Stelly

Explicit · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:08

Stelly said:
I would go with the Mushkin 2GB DDR XP4000 Redline Extreme Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) mate

Stelly

Not for AM2

wudsta · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:09

But why would he buy that when he's going AM2... it uses DDR2 memory.

EDIT: Just beat me to it.

VaderDSL · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:12

The PSU is a bit dodgy, only has 1 +12v rail @ a measly 21A.

I really wouldn't reccommend that PSU, I may be wrong, but looking at its specs a single rail and only 21A may be a problem with a 1900XTX, and tope end CPU etc.

It also has no PCI-Express power cables

Stelly · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:20

wudsta said:
But why would he buy that when he's going AM2... it uses DDR2 memory.

EDIT: Just beat me to it.

*holds hands up* still getting used to the whole AM2 thing

Stelly

ACESHIGH · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:43

looks good, but as said may want to change psu.

Tommy B · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:49

How about the Enermax Liberty 500W Modular PSU ?

VaderDSL · 2 Jun 2006 at 15:50

Tommy B said:
How about the Enermax Liberty 500W Modular PSU ?

Would be fine

I use that, albeit a lower Spec machine but I am confident it would be fine for that system