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I'll be ordering these parts early next week; for my first PC build (and yes, I'm pretty nervous about this!) Please can you run your eyes over the parts, and see if my logic holds. The PC will not be used for FPS games (not interested in playing them) but should be capable of playing the current crop of RTS games (and some way into the future). Anyway - enough pre-amble..
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-079-CS)
Samsung SH-W162C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-068-SA)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-SE)
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
- These components should last me for a number of years, without requiring upgrades - hopefully 3 years...
Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
- I was thinking about a significantly better CPU but my reasoning for a low spec 939 is that in a 2/3 years or so I can upgrade to an dual core 939 (which by then should be quite cheap... )
PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)
- Like the processor, this card is not amazingly quick but it should play RTS games for some time. I plan to upgrade this in 2/3 years as and when required.
So, in general, I'm spending more money than normal on "infrastructure" and less on the parts which are constantly getting updated / replaced etc.
Comments?
Edited; graphic card switched following advice below - thanks
I'll be ordering these parts early next week; for my first PC build (and yes, I'm pretty nervous about this!) Please can you run your eyes over the parts, and see if my logic holds. The PC will not be used for FPS games (not interested in playing them) but should be capable of playing the current crop of RTS games (and some way into the future). Anyway - enough pre-amble..
Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-079-CS)
Samsung SH-W162C 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-068-SA)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 NCQ 160GB ST3160812AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-050-SE)
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-101-AS)
- These components should last me for a number of years, without requiring upgrades - hopefully 3 years...
Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
- I was thinking about a significantly better CPU but my reasoning for a low spec 939 is that in a 2/3 years or so I can upgrade to an dual core 939 (which by then should be quite cheap... )
PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express)
- Like the processor, this card is not amazingly quick but it should play RTS games for some time. I plan to upgrade this in 2/3 years as and when required.
So, in general, I'm spending more money than normal on "infrastructure" and less on the parts which are constantly getting updated / replaced etc.
Comments?
Edited; graphic card switched following advice below - thanks
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