Recommendations on a gaming rig.

thedoc46

thedoc46

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The time has come for a new PC... Mainly to play games. What is considered better gaming hardware?

A:
AMD Phenom 9850 Black Ed 2.5ghz
DFI Lanparty DK 790FX
Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3

or

B:
Intel Q9450 Quad Yorkfield 12MB L2 95W 2.66ghz
Asus Asus P5K LGA775
Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066 4gig
EVGA EVGA 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3



Case, HD, P/Supply will be
Western Digital Caviar SE16 640GB
OCZ StealthXStrean 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply
Antec Three Hundred Black

I'd be happy to hear alternative recommendations.

Thanks
 
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no one,

E8400
X38 mobo ( future crossfire possibility)
PC 6400 C4 memory 4gb
ATI 4850/4870.

If you are 100% sure you don't want to crossfire ever, then get P45 mobo and 4870.

If you do some graphic/editing/rendering work you could swap e8400 for Q6600.
Don't forget to grab tunic tower on your way and a tube of MX-2.
 
PhoenixUK said:
no one,

E8400
X38 mobo ( future crossfire possibility)
PC 6400 C4 memory 4gb
ATI 4850/4870.

If you are 100% sure you don't want to crossfire ever, then get P45 mobo and 4870.

If you do some graphic/editing/rendering work you could swap e8400 for Q6600.
Don't forget to grab tunic tower on your way and a tube of MX-2.
Click to expand...

thx, so for gaming you think the E8400 is better than the phenom 9450?
 
personally I would grab a 2180 clock it to 3.2 ghz and the cheapest board that supports it cheapest 6400 ram and a radeon 4850/4870 simply because Nahalem is out in december whole new chipset and cpu not to mention ddr3.
A duo at 3.2 ghz and 4850/4870 +2gb ram will eat any game alive apart from crysis

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17889985

$1000 u.s is about £500 no idea what makes you think it's £700 :D
 
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