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Abbel Calima

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

The Netherlands

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25 Oct 2007 at 10:05 - 1

As my current gamesystem is pretty much outdated, i have tried to come up with a decent affordable computer. Now what are your thoughts on this, any improvements or whatsoever?

Aiming for this:
# 1x Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
# 1x ASUS P5K
# 2x Corsair 1024MB DDR2
# 1x WD Caviar SE16 400GB
# 1x Sapphire ATI X1650PRO,512MB

Currently have this:

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz
384MB RAM
164 GB
NVIDIA GeForce2 Ti

Yanman.be

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Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

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25 Oct 2007 at 10:46 - 2

You sure in ATI?

Abbel Calima

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

The Netherlands

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25 Oct 2007 at 10:51 - 3

Well im open to suggestions so..

iridescentfyre

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

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25 Oct 2007 at 13:16 - 4

If you want to stick with ATI, I'd personally look at the new HD 2000 series, Such as one of these. Personally I'd probably go with a Geforce 8-series card though.

JayH

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2007

England

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Mo/Me

25 Oct 2007 at 13:30 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abbel Calima

As my current gamesystem is pretty much outdated, i have tried to come up with a decent affordable computer. Now what are your thoughts on this, any improvements or whatsoever?

Aiming for this:
# 1x Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
# 1x ASUS P5K
# 2x Corsair 1024MB DDR2
# 1x WD Caviar SE16 400GB
# 1x Sapphire ATI X1650PRO,512MB

Same system as mine apart from you have a larger hard disk and a slightly better motherboard. If you want this just to play GW then it runs it fine.

Although you could consider updating the graphics card to a HD 2000 series as mentioned above. I think ati has discontinued that current graphics card, as the place i bought mine from (ebuyer) doesnt stock it anymore.

i think your hard disk is a pretty high one, with 16mb cache, and the memory is more than enough.

Good luck on your decision.

Abbel Calima

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

The Netherlands

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25 Oct 2007 at 13:47 - 6

Hmm i will look into the GeForce cards, thanks for pointing that out.
As for what im going to play on it, mostly GuildWars but also FPS like FEAR, CSS, FarCry and the coming Unreal Tournament.

I need the massive hard disk for my music, because i listen to music A LOT.

Any other suggestions/upgrades?

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

25 Oct 2007 at 17:55 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abbel Calima

Aiming for this:
# 1x Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
# 1x ASUS P5K
# 2x Corsair 1024MB DDR2
# 1x WD Caviar SE16 400GB
# 1x Sapphire ATI X1650PRO,512MB

For the same price as the E6550 (2.3gig) you can get an AMD dual core 3gig (AMD64 X2 6000+).

lordpwn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

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26 Oct 2007 at 08:23 - 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quaker

For the same price as the E6550 (2.3gig) you can get an AMD dual core 3gig (AMD64 X2 6000+).

Maybe, but the clock rate doesn't mean much - they're mostly tied in any performance benchmarks and the Core 2 Duo runs a lot cooler under load due to the better fab process and uses less power under 100% load (thus being pretty overclockable too). The Athlon 64 X2 CPU uses slightly less power when idle due to better CPU power saving features, and may have a slight edge on some memory bandwidth-intensive tasks, though.

FlameoutAlchemist

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Join Date: Jan 2007

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Mo/Me

26 Oct 2007 at 20:00 - 9

The ATI card is pretty solid too. I put one in for a customer of mine and he's been in gaming bliss ever since.

Personally, though, I recommend you stay with the nVidia cards unless the P5K is designed for ATi chips. I'm running an ASUS Striker Extreme in my desktop and they like the nVidia cards better.

Drag0noX

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Join Date: Aug 2007

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W/Mo

27 Oct 2007 at 02:44 - 10

I'd recommend a better GFX card, like the X1950Pro: Its a fantastic card and isnt as expensive as most of the new DX10 cards. it only runs DX9, but it does it well.

also, i'd reccommend 2GB of ram for gaming, otherwise stuff is a bit slow.

as for the motherboard, its good, but i'd go with a Gigabyte P35 DS3L.

great mobo, good price, got all the features you'll need
1333FSB out of the box/1066DDR2/Core2Duo/Core2Quad/Core2Extreme support