review my spec please

llwayneio · 8 Nov 2007 at 01:47

okay there it is as of now, any suggestions? is that power supply enough? and should i get 4 gig of ram? i am on a budget of £650 so far this fits with about £100 to spare. thanks for any advice

manic111 · 8 Nov 2007 at 01:52

Looks nice to me, although I would recommend changing that PSU for the Corsair HX520 with some of that extra dinero of yours. I havent heard anything wrong with Huntkeys, but personally would always rather go with a well respected brand, and the Corsairs are fantastic.

If you are getting Vista 64bit you may as well get 4gb of RAM-it cant hurt! If you are getting 32bit, the OS will not recognize 4gb. I would consider upgrading it to 3gb though-I did that recently and there is a noticeable improvement.

llwayneio · 8 Nov 2007 at 01:57

yeh i might go for a 64bit os in undecided at the moment, it doesnt really matter because i get them all for free from my university anyway. would i get better performance by getting 4 gigs and a 64bit os?

semi-pro waster · 8 Nov 2007 at 08:12

Some of the benefit of 4gb will be slightly offset by the fact that Vista seems a bit more resource hungry but it isn't 2gb more hungry so I'd say go for it, I think Microsoft still have a compatability tool on their website so you could see if your existing programs etc would be compatible.

llwayneio · 8 Nov 2007 at 14:18

does xp have a 64bit edition?

Jonny L · 8 Nov 2007 at 15:05

llwayneio said:
does xp have a 64bit edition?

Yep but some of the drivers are a nightmare because you need different ones to xp 32 bit.

llwayneio · 8 Nov 2007 at 15:21

savage, so should i use 64bit vista? i want the best performance in games more than anything

Jonny L · 8 Nov 2007 at 20:42

I'd go for vista 64bit, not just because there is good driver support now but because if you've got a card like the 8800gt you may aswell use its full potential.