New gaming rig

ziggynerja · 2 Mar 2009 at 21:55

new build here...what do u guys think? anything u can recommend ?

icey_haj · 2 Mar 2009 at 22:03

Change that OCZ RAM to the Kingston one that's on offer. Saves £25.

If you can wait a little (as I keep saying in other threads) then get a Coolermaster 520W Real Power PSU, it's currently out of stock at the moment. 500W is more than enough for your spec. Saves £20.

MumboJumbo · 2 Mar 2009 at 22:09

What resolution are you running at? Spending that much on a hard drive seems like a big waste. Would see far better improvements with a better GPU.

ziggynerja · 2 Mar 2009 at 22:31

thanks for that icey_haj

Its a 19" monitor 1440 x 900 resolution...i thought this harddrive makes a big diffrence...am i wrong?

naknakkus · 2 Mar 2009 at 22:39

Makes a big difference in sound levels...

I wouldn't bother with it, personally, you could get 2 cheaper drives are run them in RAID and you'd still save money.

chuck990 · 2 Mar 2009 at 22:44

e8500 is better than 400 and well worth (imo) the extra!

ziggynerja · 2 Mar 2009 at 22:46

oh i see....well maybe it would be better to use that saved money for a more powerfull cpu?

ziggynerja · 2 Mar 2009 at 22:46

aa already posted

MumboJumbo · 2 Mar 2009 at 22:48

any chance of upgradingh your monitor?

lynchy6789 · 2 Mar 2009 at 23:44

could drop the Raptor go for a 500W psu and with the extra saved buy a new monitor. You will see i much better improvement in performance.

death_looms · 3 Mar 2009 at 00:07

Totally get a new monitor. When I went from 17" to 24" widescreen it was bliss. Might not be able to keep the fps up with the 4850, but even then I'd say it's worth it.

ziggynerja · 3 Mar 2009 at 00:28

i got this monitor fairly recently, cost me around 250 euros....i hoped i wouldnt need to upgrade anytime soon

death_looms · 3 Mar 2009 at 00:30

Well, you can get the OCUK value 24" for <£200 delivered, so if you could get near that for the old one I would (only because I can't live without the real estate now!)

ShaolinDreams · 3 Mar 2009 at 05:02

lose the raptor and raid some cheaper ones
get the ATi 4870 if your getting a better monitor (24")
change the CPU to E8500 depending how well that motherboard overclocks
swap the OCZ ram for Kingston ram.

ro55o · 3 Mar 2009 at 09:50

Trying to stick to your original budget and include a new, better monitor. I've replaced the intel CPU with the new AM3 X3 720 CPU, performs to similar levels of the faster intel dual cores, but costs less. They also have an unlocked multiplier, so for overclocking it's just a case of increasing this. The new CPU's are backwards compatible with AM2+ mobo's, so will work with the one I've shown (according to the asus website aswell). The above spec has a better graphics card and the cheaper ram. The samsung hard drives are still very fast and wont create as much noise as the raptor.

This shows the specs for the mobo

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=149&l3=639&l4=0&model=2270&modelmenu=1

Also a review on the AM3 X3 CPU, it shows how it performs in games compared to the E8400 and new i7 CPU's.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-phenom-ii-x4-810-and-x3-720be-review-am3/24

Addicted · 3 Mar 2009 at 10:47

nice setup ro55o has created, id also recommend that, though not sure about that Heatsink!

Egon · 3 Mar 2009 at 15:11

Addicted said:
nice setup ro55o has created, id also recommend that, though not sure about that Heatsink!

Without a doubt Ro55o's setup is the better option. Nice little system there.

ShaolinDreams · 3 Mar 2009 at 15:17

does hit all the right spots must admit.

aint they found a way to unlock the 4th core with amd tri-cores? thought i heard something about that recently

Tonyator · 3 Mar 2009 at 15:40

Yeah, but it's a bit of a rubbish core at the moment I believe.

death_looms · 3 Mar 2009 at 16:14

It depends, could be a duff core and that's why its been disabled, or it could be a perfectly good x4 that had to be sold as a tri. I wouldn't buy it counting on the forth core though.