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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: THX on March 09, 2006, 10:18:27 AM

Title: Putting together system for friend, please critique
Post by: THX on March 09, 2006, 10:18:27 AM

He wants to get ready for Elder Scrolls IV.  It\'s an upgrade so he has a case, montior, mouse and whatnot.

CPU: AMD 3800+ X2 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103562)

CPU Cooler: Zalman  CNPS7000B-ALCU 92mm (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118112)

Mobo: Either...

- DFI LanParty UT nF4-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136159)
- Asus A8N-E (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131530)
- ASUS A8N5X (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131569) (any big difference between the Asus\'s here?)

Ram: Kingston HyperX 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR 400 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144114)

Vid Card: eVGA 7800GT (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130249)

GPU cooler: Arctic Cooling NV5 Silencer (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186133)

PSU: Antec TruePowerII 550W (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103931)

Seems to be a nice mid-range gaming system.. Whatcha think?

Title: Putting together system for friend, please critique
Post by: mm on March 09, 2006, 10:23:52 AM

get 7900GT instead

Title: Putting together system for friend, please critique
Post by: THX on March 09, 2006, 10:31:42 AM

oooo when\'s that gonna be released?

Title: Putting together system for friend, please critique
Post by: JBean on March 09, 2006, 01:03:18 PM

TODAY!

Check newegg, they have them and the retail is around 299-349.. not bad at launch.  Some of these are factory overclocked up to 550mhz on the core.  Stock on these is 450.  Plus the memory on these gets a huge boost from 1100 on the 7800gt to 1500-1600 on the 7900gt.  And it has 24 pipes instead of 20.. benchmarks are 10-15% faster than the 7800gtx.

Anyone want to buy a 7800gt ;)

Title: Putting together system for friend, please critique
Post by: THX on March 09, 2006, 01:34:27 PM

hah great!  thanks for the heads up doods

Title: Putting together system for friend, please critique
Post by: videoholic on March 09, 2006, 01:48:39 PM

Of course they did.  I just bought a 7800 last week.  But I finally got a card to work with my Avid software so I\'m happy.  This is the 4th card I\'ve had in this computer in 3 weeks.

Title: Putting together system for friend, please critique
Post by: JBean on March 10, 2006, 07:36:29 AM

no worries, the 7800 is still a beast

oh and I would double the ram (2x1gb), i\'ve definately noticed I lost all hitching and hiccups in my gaming since

Title: Putting together system for friend, please critique
Post by: Samwise on March 10, 2006, 08:42:24 AM

Just get this instead:

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.k2.dion.ne.jp%2F%7Eyosh03%2FLOVELOG_IMG%2F20050515fb896895.jpg&hash=e315cb473cb4c1a14346b461e748e767282ddbf5)

j/k

Looks fine, but a RAM bump to 2 gigs would be fine. Also, get the 7900 GT as the other guys said.

Title: Putting together system for friend, please critique
Post by: Evi on March 10, 2006, 05:10:29 PM

The 7800 will be cheaper now. Yay!