Spec Check

McDaniel · 26 Jun 2009 at 13:11

Guys,

Decided to treat myself to a new system (my current setup is 3 years old now) so what do you think of this - for lots of video watching/storage and some casual gaming...

What PSU would you recommend?

McDaniel · 26 Jun 2009 at 13:18

Fair point, changed to home.

McDaniel · 26 Jun 2009 at 13:26

mp260767 said:
maybe get the mobo/processor etc as seperates but swap the mobo to the Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Intel X58.

To what advantage?

McDaniel · 26 Jun 2009 at 13:29

petriodet said:
do you really need ssd's for casual gaming?

Do lots of encoding and ripping hence the storage - the cheaper graphics card was the "casual gaming" part.

McDaniel · 26 Jun 2009 at 15:18

Redone to this:

McDaniel · 26 Jun 2009 at 15:42

Only reason i went to 750w incase over the next year or so I decide to go SLi - assumed this would be a better option.

Is the GFX card ok? Will mainly be playing Source Games (CSS, L4D) for the most part, but likely to delve into some others (Crysis/Assassins Creed).

McDaniel · 26 Jun 2009 at 18:52

7600GT is my current card actually!

So you recommend the big bro of the GFX card then, no probs.

Other then that it looks ok and all compatible - i've not caught up with the hardware scene and not upgraded for 3 years - so very outdated!