iCEE on 29/5/2008 at 09:30
check it out:
CPU INTEL Core2Duo E8400 3.00 1333MHz 6MB BOX *
Asus series moederbord (not sure wich one to be xact)
DDR2 4096Mb PC6400 (2x2048) PQI
Seagate 500GB hd 7200Rpm SATA2 UDMA300
SB XFi Xtreme Audio 7.1 24bit Retail
ASUS PCIe 640M GeForce EN8800GTS/HTDP *
LG 6x Blu-ray Burnuhr SATA
Logitech Cordless Desktop DiNovo USB
Logitech 2.1 Z-2300 Speakerset
Windows Vista Ultimate OEM
22" Acer P223W TFT 5ms CrystalBrite
The first * = Choice between Core 2 duo or Quad Core
The second * = choice between the 8800 GTX or the 9800 GTX
but anyways , wich one should I go for ? I am waiting for your humble opinion...
=xD=
bikerdude on 29/5/2008 at 14:42
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CPU INTEL Core2Duo E8400 3.00 1333MHz 6MB BOX *
Most games/Apps will not use more than 2 cores. So buying a quad is a waste of time. As the price of CPU's drops so quickly there is no point paying for a x4 core over a x2 core.
Im running the E8400 @ 4.1ghz and its more than enough for everything i do including playing the very latest games.
biker
EvaUnit02 on 29/5/2008 at 17:20
8800GTX is better than 9800GTX, because it has a wider memory bus. This advantage only becomes apparent at higher resolutions, otherwise they're about the same.
9800GTX is total waste of money too, as it's literally an overclocked 8800GTS 512MB (G92) with tri-SLI support. Buy a 2nd hand/cheap 8800GTX or a brand new 8800GTS 512MB (OC the latter yourself).
Don't waste your money buying a blu-ray burner now. Media is too expensive at the mo and the hardware should've improved noticeably by the time that they're economical enough.
X-Fi Xtreme AUDIO is NOT a real X-fi, it's a rebadged Audigy Value/LE/etc. Creative is trying to scam people. The cheapest REAL X-fi is the Xtremegamer vanilla.
Make sure that you get Vista x64, otherwise you won't be able to utilise all of your RAM.
Renzatic on 30/5/2008 at 16:18
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ASUS PCIe 640M GeForce EN8800GTS/HTDP
If you plan on getting a GTS, get a GTS 512. It's actually a completely different card than the others in the line, and is roughly equivalent to the GTX in performance.
You know, all this 84/86/88 GT/GTS/GTX/GTO/GX2/Ultra crap really makes me long for the days when you had 3 cards in a line to choose from: The MX series for the cheap, the regular line for your average tech inclined people, and the Ultra line for those that have too much money to spend. Things were so much simpler back then. When you bought a card, you knew exactly what you were getting. None of this "oh, when you get a blah blah 8900GT, you're actually getting a card that's worse than the 8600GTXO but slightly better than the 8800GTA (which was only made to play Grand Theft Auto).
No wonder PC gaming is in a slump at the moment. You have to have a spreadsheets, a few pie graphs, and a couple hours of time for hard research just to cut through the marketing BS.
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Make sure that you get Vista x64, otherwise you won't be able to utilise all of your RAM.
I've heard as much. But I've seen Vista 32 identify and utilize a full 4 gig of ram, instead of capping out at 3.2 gig.
