New Rig - Is It Worth It...?

[maforduk]

System Overview

Case: Akasa Mirage-62 V2 Midi Tower Case - Hi-End - Overclockers & Gamers Best Choice
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 S775 2.67Ghz 1066Mhz FSB Conroe Core 4M Cache Retail
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower Cooler (Socket 478 LGA775 754 939 and 940)
Memory: 2GB(2x1GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-9136 (1142MHz) 240Pin Non-ECC CAS 5-5-5-15 EPP DHX
nVidia VGA-The Way It's Meant To Be Played™: 768Mb XFX 8800GTX PCI-E (x16) Mem 1800 MHz GPU 570 MHz Stream 128 2x Dual Link DVI HDTV
Specialist Card Option: 128Mb Asus Ageia PhysX PHYSXP1-128 (Graw Edition) Physics card Accelerator
System Drives: 400 Gb Samsung HD401LJ Spinpoint T SATA300 7200 rpm 16MB Cache 8.9 ms NCQ
Floppy Drive Flash - Card Readers & Writers: Mitsumi FA404M 1.44 Black FDD+Int USB2 7 in 1 Card Reader (SM MMC SD CF MD MS) Fits in 3.5" FDD Bay
DVD Writer : Samsung SH-S183A BEBN Black SATA 18x18 ±R Dual Layer DVDRW Writer OEM UK inc Nero 6.x
Sound Card: Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer PCI 7.1Ch Sound Card OEM
Operating system: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32Bit
Software - DVD Decoding: NVIDIA DVD - Bronze edition - Dolby 2.1
Software Application: MS OFFICE 2007 60 Day TRIAL Home&Student
TFT Monitor: 19" LG L194WT Silver Black LCD 1440x900 5 ms 2000:1 300 cd m2 Widescreen VESA
Case Fans : 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan 3 Pin 2 Ball Bearing Ultra Quiet
Acoustic Sound Proofing: AcoustiPack Deluxe (v2) Acoustic Material Kit
Extended Warranty: Standard 3XS System Warranty

EXTRA DETAILS – TOTAL £1,991.50 inc VAT

CASE: Akasa Mirage-62 V2 Midi Tower Case - Hi-End - Overclockers & Gamers Best Choice (£89.89)

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 S775, 2.67Ghz, 1066Mhz FSB, Conroe Core, 4M Cache Retail (£165.99)

CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower Cooler (Socket 478, LGA775, 754, 939 and 940) (£24.89)

MEMORY: 2GB(2x1GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-9136 (1142MHz) 240Pin Non-ECC CAS 5-5-5-15 EPP DHX (£229.91)

GPU: 768Mb XFX 8800GTX PCI-E (x16), Mem 1800 MHz, GPU 570 MHz, Stream 128, 2x Dual Link DVI/HDTV (£309.88)

SPECIALIST CARD: 128Mb Asus Ageia PhysX PHYSXP1-128 (Graw Edition) Physics card Accelerator (£119.95)

SYSTEM DRIVES: 400 Gb Samsung HD401LJ Spinpoint T, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ (£52.89)

FLASH/FLOPPY: Mitsumi FA404M 1.44 Black FDD+Int USB2 7 in 1 Card Reader (SM/MMC/SD/CF/MD/MS) Fits in 3.5" FDD Bay (£11.99)

DVD Writer: Samsung SH-S183A/BEBN Black SATA 18x18 ±R Dual Layer DVDRW Writer OEM UK inc Nero 6.x (£17.11)

SOUND CARD: Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer PCI 7.1Ch Sound Card OEM (£42.50)

OP System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32Bit (£55.99)

DVD Decoding: NVIDIA DVD - Bronze edition - Dolby 2.1 (£3.99)

MONITOR: 19" LG L194WT Silver/Black LCD, 1440x900, 5 ms, 2000:1, 300 cd/m2, Widescreen, VESA (£104.99)

CASE FAN: 120mm Akasa Amber Case Fan, 3 Pin, 2 Ball Bearing , Ultra Quiet (£5.99)

SOUND PROOFING: AcoustiPack Deluxe (v2) Acoustic Material Kit (£26.93)

[maxxximilian]

Re: New Rig - Is It Worth It...?

And motherboard is ...?

Also, I don't like monitor at all - if possible, buy 20" monitor, example
Samsung 204B: 1600 x 1200; 5ms; 800:1 native contrast; 300 cdm2; 0.255mm pitch; DVI; 4:3 ratio; Pivot, height adjust;

or Samsung 206BW: 1680 x 1050; 2ms; 800:1 native contrast; 300 cdm2; 0.258mm pitch; DVI; Wide.

[SickboyX]

Re: New Rig - Is It Worth It...?

Yeah, I hope the motherboard is an Asus. Although I do agree with the above, a 20inch is a good investment.

Here is a system I recently bought though, a few drops from yourself, but I thought decent.

Processor (CPU) INTEL® Core 2 Duo E6700 (2 X 2.66GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM) 2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 800MHz (2x1GB)
Motherboard ASUS® P5N32-E SLI+: Quad-core CPU Ready, NVIDIA® Dual X16 SLI
Operating System WINDOWS® VISTA Ultimate
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk160GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk160GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st CD/DVD Drive20x DVD±RW/RAM/Dual Layer + Lightscribe (48 x CD-RW)
Graphics Card 768MB GEFORCE 8800GTX PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
Sound Card 6 Channel RealTek ALC883 Audio (Standard on P5N-E SLI)
Network Facilities WIRELESS 108Mbps NETWORK CARD
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Case Black Neon Bubble case + front USB & front Lights
Power Supply & Case Cooling 600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 19 dBA INTEL CPU COOLER
Firewire & Video Editing2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE ONBOARD (1 in back + 1 on board)
Monitor 20 INCH TFT Silver/Black 1400 x1050 8MS, D-Sub, Audio
Keyboard & Mouse Logitech® Internet Keyboard + Hotkeys (Black)
Mouse Black Logitech® Premium Optical Mouse
Speakers LOGITECH S100 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM
Surge Protection Belkin 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector with Phone Protection
Price £1307.00 (Including Northern Ireland delivery)

[(TM)KillJoy]

Re: New Rig - Is It Worth It...?

Nice rig ...except your gonna really wish you got the 64 bit Vista, and I too, am curious what motherboard.

Oh and, SickboyX, I just built nearly the same system (same motherboard and processor anyway) for $1500 US ...overclocked about 12% ...love it.

[maforduk]

Re: New Rig - Is It Worth It...?

This is the MotherBoard.
Will 64Bit Vista run BF and other games to date though?

Intel BLKD975XBX2KR i975X, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 667/533, SATA I / II, SATA RAID, ATX, OEM

[TotalBF2er]

Re: New Rig - Is It Worth It...?

If BF2 doesnt run well with my upgrade Athlon G4X2 4600+, Asus M2NPV-VM mobo, 2GB Crucial RAM, Asus EN8800GTS 640MB then it's hitting the garbage can.

[signa]

Re: New Rig - Is It Worth It...?

...Will 64Bit Vista run BF and other games to date though?

yes it should as long as you have a core2 chip. I'm running BF2 on "XP pro x64" with no problems.

[(TM)KillJoy]

Re: New Rig - Is It Worth It...?

Yes. I have run BF2 on both, the 32 and the 64. I could never get it to run as well as XP on the 32 with 2 gigs ram. Now, on 64, with 4 gigs ram, it runs great ...which is another reason you want the 64, you won't get to 4 gigs ram with the 32. There is always a software lag, whenever you jump formats. Same thing happened between 16 bit and 32. Some of my favorite software I couldn't use anymore. But, I am able to find newer programs that are working. It'll catchup, and all I'm suggesting is look toward to the future a little, plan for ram upgrades, as well as software updates.

[imported_Joey]

Re: New Rig - Is It Worth It...?

is it worth getting a physics card, really?

[maforduk]

Re: New Rig - Is It Worth It...?

is it worth getting a physics card, really?

I think so, with the Hardware to backup the PhysX Card. I think it is worth it.