New Spec...buying 2morro...

Rocker · 30 Mar 2008 at 21:45

X2 Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB)
AMD Phenom Quad Core 9750 2.40GHz (Socket AM2)
Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe/Wi-Fi AMD 790FX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Asus GeForce EN8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM
X2 Maxtor Diamondmax 21 320GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (STM3320820AS)
X2 Maxtor Diamondmax 22 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (STM3500320AS)
X2 Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7191S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black)
Tagan TG900-U88 900w BZ-Series Modular PSU

Any suggestions etc?
Apart from asking why AMD lol.

Azza · 30 Mar 2008 at 21:47

Why AMD?

Why the odd selection of hard drives?

Dont think you need a 900W PSU.

Dont bother with the sound card.

spicypixel · 30 Mar 2008 at 21:49

Thats a nice rig and i hope it serves you well, just confused as to why you're going 8800GT on one of the better crossfireX mobos available

3870XT is a better upgrade path.

Personally dislike Maxtor as they failed me, went for samsung F1's this time. PSU wise the Corsair HX620 is a better choice tbh, and probably a pioneer DVDRW, but other than that its fine

CliffyBiro · 30 Mar 2008 at 21:51

Would suggest a change of Mobo to something more suited to the NVidia range.

Rocker · 30 Mar 2008 at 21:59

hmmm yeah, people keep pointing me away from maxtor but i have always had them and not come accross any probs yet....touch wood.

on the graphics side...im wasnt sure what to go with...see im not a big gamer infact i dont play games at all! Do yo uthink i should upgrade?

and yes im debating between the tagan and corsair!

Rocker · 30 Mar 2008 at 22:00

yeah, i did want an Nivida but with the new chip set...i want an asus 1...

Rocker · 31 Mar 2008 at 14:51

Ok not got round to ordering 2day but will deffinitly 2morro!

Hopfuly!

VortexA1 · 31 Mar 2008 at 15:01

Rocker said:
i dont play games at all! Do yo uthink i should upgrade?

Should upgrade - you have a graphics card from your old system?

If you don't play games I would get this or something less than - no need to get any higher - wasted money imo.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-151-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=708

I think if you started to go lower you would miss the aero interface if you're getting vista (not sure) - but I wouldn't spend more than that if you don't game at all.

mishima · 31 Mar 2008 at 15:11

Azza said:
Why AMD?

Why the odd selection of hard drives?

Dont think you need a 900W PSU.

Dont bother with the sound card.

My thoughts exactly. For the AMD point - this is their first batch of quad core and intel have already unleashed their next phase of quad core having had theirs out a lot longer than AMD. Intel are proven to be better performance and overclocking overal. I've not heard good things about Maxtor and I go for Samsung or Seagate myself but if the OP has used them in the past and been fine thats personal pref