OT: New PC!

Renegade 13 · #1 December 21st, 2005, 11:20 AM

Thanks Fyron! That's pretty much what I thought, but wanted to be sure.

RD:

Wouldn't that be the first thing one would confirm before thinking about an upgrade!?!?

AgentZero · #2 December 22nd, 2005, 09:15 AM

Speaking of RAM, does anyone have any suggestions for a good mix of performance & price? I'm looking at some nice Corsair stuff, but it's about eur250 for 1GB, and I want 2GB, but don't really want to spend eur500 on RAM.

Thermodyne · #3 December 22nd, 2005, 12:14 PM

What kind of ram are you looking to get. DDR PC2700?

AgentZero · #4 December 23rd, 2005, 06:37 PM

DDR PC3200, if memory serves. Had a lovely spreadsheet done up but left it at work, and won't be able to get it back until the 3rd.

Would PC2700 do fine for a system geared primarily towards gaming?

Baron Munchausen · #5 December 23rd, 2005, 08:04 PM

Heh...

It probably depends completely on the game. Some FPS games might need every little thing to be as fast as it possibly can be in order to perform best. Others might only need enough memory to keep from having to use disk swapping.

AgentZero · #6 December 23rd, 2005, 09:44 PM

Um, not hugely into FPSs... I'll play them now and then but I'm mainly getting the rig for the graphic-intensive RPGs & strategy games on the way. Don't know if the different engines would make a difference though.

Renegade 13 · #7 January 5th, 2006, 10:46 PM

AZ, I believe the minimum power wattage on a PSU for two 7800's in SLI is 500W.

Fyron · #8 December 24th, 2005, 02:26 AM

Quote:

AgentZero said:
Speaking of RAM, does anyone have any suggestions for a good mix of performance & price? I'm looking at some nice Corsair stuff, but it's about eur250 for 1GB, and I want 2GB, but don't really want to spend eur500 on RAM.

Dear Xintis... any RAM costing that much money is a ripoff. Its all the same, really... so long as it isn't from a no-name Chinese factory, performance will be virtually the same from different manufacturers (for same make and frequency of RAM). Most of it comes from the same factories anyways... Heat sinks as featured on glitzy Corsair stuff cost only a few bucks if you buy them separately, so that is no reason to pay such a mark-up...

A quick froogle search even shows those same chips to be far cheaper... (250 euros is ~296 US dollars). Even with import duties, that 250 euro figure can't compare, I think.

narf poit chez BOOM · #9 December 24th, 2005, 05:03 AM

...'Froogle'?

Ah, computer slang. Nothing like it.

Atrocities · #10 December 24th, 2005, 05:18 AM

Well the time has come to upgrade the old video card. Since everything is going PCI express I guess I need to consider a new MB as well. That brings me to memory and CPU.

What would your suggestions for a solid, enexpensive Motherboard, CPU, Ram (1gig), and power supply wattage?

Sure AMD 64's are hot right now, but are they worth the money?

I am finding it very confusing with all of the socket types, merrory version so any one able to clear things up would get a gold star from me.

I would like to try and stay around $500.00 (not counting the Video card) for costs in parts. The cheaper the price the better things will be.