Ok, time for new game machine.What do you think?

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Before winter gets here. What do you guys think of this config.?
I\'m tired of playing on a laptop
 
AMD Athlon-64 DDR400
Case ( [New !!!] Viper ATX Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/420W Power Supply Blue )

Processor ( [939-pin] AMD® Athlon-64 FX-53 CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology )
Processor Cooling ( Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink + 2 Extra Case Fans )
Motherboard ( [939-pin] Asus A8V-Deluxe w/LAN, 7.1 Sound, IEEE-1394, USB 2.0 8x AGP Motherboard )
Memory ( 1024 MB [512MB X2] DDR-400 PC3200 Memory Module Geil or Major Brand )
Video Card ( ATI Radeon 9800-XT 256MB w/DVI + TV Out 8x AGP Video )
Hard Drive ( [Special !!!] 160 GB HARD DRIVES [Serial-ATA] Western Digital 160 GB 7200 RPM SATA 8MB Cache Hard Drive )
2nd Hard Drive ( None )
Raid Controller ( None )
Raid Configuration ( None )
CD/DVD Drive ( 16x DVD-ROM Drive Blue )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive Blue )
Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit 7.1 )
Speaker System ( 600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System )
Fax Modem ( None )
Network Card ( 10/100 Network Onboard )
Floppy Drive ( None )
Zip Drive ( None )
Monitor ( CRT Monitor ViewSonic 19" E90F Perfect Flat .21H DPI Color Monitor )
Keyboard ( PS/2 104 Key Windows 98 Keyboard Beige )
Mouse ( Microsoft IntelliMouse 1.1A USB Internet Mouse Beige )
Meter Display ( Thermal Temperature LCD Display Blue )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 6-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Blue )
Case Lighting ( None )
Case Round Cable ( None )
USB Port ( Build-in USB 2.0 Ports )
IEEE-1394 Fire Wire Card ( IEEE-1394 Firewire PCI Card w/Cable + Software )
TV Tuner ( None )
Video Camera ( None )
Power Protection ( None )
Headset ( None )
Printer ( None )
Printer Cable ( None )
Wireless Network Adapter ( Gigabyte GN-WBKG 802.11g 54Mbps Wireless USB Stick )
Operation System ( MS Windows XP Home Edition )
Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard Warranty + 3-Year i-Care Deluxe On-site Service + 24/7 Phone Support )
Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) No Rush, Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )
 
Sub Total:      $2,503.00

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Great setup , but may I suggest a few things.

(1) If you are not worried about a budget and want to be future proof than the 939 Socket is great, however you are not going to gain that much performance out of it yet. Infact, you can save a lot of money and go with the Socker 754 format and get an Athlon 64 3400, which is a great cpu..

(2) Remember if you go with 939 , you have to buy more expensive registered RAM.

(3) Why spend all that money and get last generation\'s videocard? At least get a standard 6800. You are already spending a ton of money on future based hardware, may as well on the videocard..

(4) For abit more you can get the Soundblaster Audigy ZS Plantium. I have one and must say it\'s a great soundcard.


(5) Why bother with two optical drives, if one of them isn\'t going to be a DVD-R? You can get a good DVD-R just as cheap as one of those CD-RW\'s. May as well get one.

Still - great system. I just built my new one and must say I love it .

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This looks like a package to me, i hate packages.. if it is, build it yourself. It looks pretty expensive for something that really shouldn\'t be.    Even in AUD thats overpriced.  

I agree with LIC on soundcard and Display card. Also, you might want to find out what brands most of the other crap is, Cdroms, LCD display etc..

Also, you shouldn\'t bother getting the standard cdrom. If you\'re got have 2 roms. Get a DVD burner and a normal CD burner.. Liteon or Plextor are the way to go.

If only i had the money to throw into a fullscale project like this.

Its times like these where you wish a bag of money just flew into your arms.



Not a bad set-up at all.

[Paul2]

first things come to my mind is that i don\'t like motherboard with built in sound card that support multichannels like this 7.1 channels listed above.

Why?

Because usually built in sound card don\'t sound good, which can mean average to poor frequency response, average to poor signal to noise ratio which could mean noticable noises and less dynamic...

so, it may sound like a good deal for a motherboard with 7.1 sound channels costing only like $40 more something...

but the reason for cheap cost have to do with what i mention above...

if you are serious, go buy a PCI soundcard like Soundblaster Audigy new version and perhap the platinum have enough have the use the 5.25 bay drive for extra connection.

FX-53 :worship:

As for the sound card, the one you listed would work but as stated above, an Audigy would be better for gaming.  Paul gave good advice on the onboard sound, from my expierence it sounds horrible, on top of interference I got.  Just disable it in the BIOS on boot.

Personally I wouldn\'t buy another Creative product because of all the bloatware and the fact that they use hardware resampling to output everything at 48kHz, which isn\'t good for music.  But for gaming i\'ts a nice card.

Motherboard choice is good, Asus has all these overclocking options it\'s not even funny.  I\'d also get a better graphics card since you said this is a gaming PC.  6800GT comes to mind too.  Did they make mention of a power supply?

And that price seems like a ripoff to me, but I\'ll have to do some searching to make sure.

Ugh, don\'t blow the money on an FX-53..

Go with PCI Express, too. It\'s just about here, and is more future-proof.

Thanks for the input guys. It\'s really appreciated. The only reason I didn\'t do a dvd burner is the fact that my laptop has one. As this being a package deal, it is and isn\'t. The company lets one config.in a variety of ways. Here is a link  http://www.ibuypower.com/mall/lobby.htm

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I knew it..  Package Deal.. arghhhhh!!

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wow, those are really ugly cases (most of them anyway), I like my computer cases clean and neat.

Some of us are not as computer savvy at building our own machines. I don\'t mind installing cards and such, but I don\'t know that I would want to screw around with the board or processor.
Anyone have any recomendations on a decent computer for games? I knew I would get reamed for haveing someone else put it together, it was to be expected  

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If you\'re gonna get a package. I heard AlienWare machines are top notch. but probably cost a S@#t load for something that could be built for half the cost.

Originally posted by guar
Some of us are not as computer savvy at building our own machines. I don\'t mind installing cards and such, but I don\'t know that I would want to screw around with the board or processor.
Anyone have any recomendations on a decent computer for games? I knew I would get reamed for haveing someone else put it together, it was to be expected  

Building yourself ain\'t hard. I\'m not really computer savvy myself.