spec me a rig

JMilleruk · 7 Mar 2007 at 19:39

hi i have around 2k would u plz spec me a rig

no holds barred 2k is just a min amount dont matter if it goes over a tad..... oh this will be running on a 23" tft

i will be running windows vista ultimate edition....... good/bad?

Will_3rd · 7 Mar 2007 at 19:50

As for Vista IMO would stay from it if your gaming.

peetee · 7 Mar 2007 at 19:51

2 PSUs?

*edit* Picture loaded up wrong first time

Good spec anyway, only a 23"? You wont do a £2,000 pc justice with that!

Will_3rd · 7 Mar 2007 at 19:53

peetee said:
2 PSUs?

I'm saying nothing

BillytheImpaler · 7 Mar 2007 at 19:57

Wow, I'm underwhelmed by what 2k will buy. I'd have thought for that much you'd be able to get a quad core proc and a pair of 8800GTXes.

peetee · 7 Mar 2007 at 20:02

its because theres 2x750gbs, Which might be overkill, maybes it'll be smarter(AND CHEAPER) getting 3x500s?
Plus the GTX is close to £500, there are cheaper really.
Also the case is a bit posh.

lay-z-boy · 7 Mar 2007 at 20:08

BillytheImpaler said:
Wow, I'm underwhelmed by what 2k will buy. I'd have thought for that much you'd be able to get a quad core proc and a pair of 8800GTXes.

You can, just kicked this up, not the best but good.

Stabhappy · 7 Mar 2007 at 21:42

cut the PSU down to an OCZ 700w GameXStream.

Another two harddrives is possible then, but I'd simply invest it in a 680i board so that both those 8800GTX's have full PCI-E x16 bandwidth on both lanes. (I'm not saying that there's necessarily a performance increase, it's just a nice touch.)

lay-z-boy · 8 Mar 2007 at 02:34

Stabhappy said:
cut the PSU down to an OCZ 700w GameXStream.

Another two harddrives is possible then, but I'd simply invest it in a 680i board so that both those 8800GTX's have full PCI-E x16 bandwidth on both lanes. (I'm not saying that there's necessarily a performance increase, it's just a nice touch.)

700w gx has had reported problems with gtx sli, 1kw doesnt.
As i said it wasnt a proper spec up, rather a demo that you can get a quad core and gtx sli for that money. I would go for a 680i if it was me even then, x16 shows small gains over x8 with gtx's, just for the total package.

peetee · 8 Mar 2007 at 02:57

er, 2xGTXs? Anyone even bothered to ask what resolution his 23" monitor will display? 2xGTXs strike me as overkill as im betting its 16x12

lay-z-boy · 8 Mar 2007 at 03:02

Could be an apple 23", that does 1920x1200

The spec has a quad core and the fastest pair of gpu's currently available and is within the budget, so it's not problem anyway.

Raikiri · 8 Mar 2007 at 03:12

peetee said:
er, 2xGTXs? Anyone even bothered to ask what resolution his 23" monitor will display? 2xGTXs strike me as overkill as im betting its 16x12

Most 23 are 1920x1200

hp7909 · 8 Mar 2007 at 04:37

JMilleruk said:
{snip}i will be running windows vista ultimate edition....... good/bad?

What else will you be running on that, e.g. gaming? encoding videos? etc?

JMilleruk · 8 Mar 2007 at 07:26

thx for the replys and the specs

...... now its just a matter of choosing the right 1 do i go for the duo or quad core :confused:

(23" was a typo ) my monitor is a 24" Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 6ms max res 1920x1200 /60hz

was actually thinkin of upgrading that too but wanted to have as mutch money as poss for my rig

just games no encoding or owt like that....... the odd movie now and again

is vista really that bad for gaming ?

Tarty · 8 Mar 2007 at 07:56

Raikiri said:
Most 23 are 1920x1200

Even then a single 8800 gtx will cope fine

hp7909 · 8 Mar 2007 at 09:18

JMilleruk said:
{snip}just games no encoding or owt like that....... the odd movie now and again{snip}

Then no need for Quad if not encoding.

Can't say that Vista is bad for games, just not fully-ready (can point fingers at both parties).

How about...

For PC-B20B, see here :cool:

peetee · 8 Mar 2007 at 10:28

get a quadcore for the sake of it, a lot of games will be multi-threaded, therefore taking advantage of as many cores that are present. Just get one GTX, put the other £400 away for a year or so's time for the next top of range

JMilleruk · 8 Mar 2007 at 17:58

cheers guys think ill be going for the quad core.

have to look forward

thx for all the help

stinka · 8 Mar 2007 at 18:05

lay-z-boy said:
700w gx has had reported problems with gtx sli, 1kw doesnt.
As i said it wasnt a proper spec up, rather a demo that you can get a quad core and gtx sli for that money. I would go for a 680i if it was me even then, x16 shows small gains over x8 with gtx's, just for the total package.

i didnt know this have you got a linky please

stinka

lay-z-boy · 8 Mar 2007 at 18:30

stinka said:
i didnt know this have you got a linky please

stinka

Haven'tgot the links handy but if you search around nvnews and xtremesystems forums, you will find a number of people with boot/heavy load problems with them.

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