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Post by [OXSC] ShadowWolf on Oct 10, 2006 21:33:43 GMT 10
After alot of artical reading/talking to ppl, come up with this -
Gigabyte 965P-DS4
Core 2 Duo E6400
1G Kit(2x512) Kingston (667 5300)
256MB 7900GT Gigabyte
Maxtor 16M SATA II 320G
19” Chimei CMV-938D 5ms Wide
OEM MS Keyboard
LG GSA-H10N (DVD RW)
Soprano
I've dropped the CPU from E6600 down to E6400 to up the 7600GT to a 7900GT for the same overall price. What do you think of it? lol
Comes to about 2k
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Post by acid on Oct 10, 2006 21:51:32 GMT 10
for 2k i reckon go for it
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Oct 10, 2006 23:49:05 GMT 10
Get 2gb ram fool
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Post by neVyn on Oct 11, 2006 0:20:28 GMT 10
memory is so expensive at the moment. so i understand why hes not going for 2 gb straight up. the ram i got for 200 not long ago is now 260
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Post by Scruffy Dog on Oct 11, 2006 1:02:28 GMT 10
Get 1 stick of 1gb instead of 2 sticks of 512mb, so you can upgrade more (and easier) later.
But yeah, moving the CPU down to improve the video card was a good move. Try and get BFGTech for the video card brand. Good brand (my brand, and it works fantastically).
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Post by [OXSC] ShadowWolf on Oct 11, 2006 9:15:49 GMT 10
If I go with 1 1gb stick I loose having it dual channel, the mobo has 4 RAM slots anyway, so upgrading to 2gb when I upgrade to Vista will be no problem. Wouldn't touch Vista till after SP1 though, lol.
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Oct 11, 2006 10:16:09 GMT 10
Cant you just get that
1G Kit / 2G Kit Corsair DDR2 667 5300 $173 / $332
Its not that expensive for the massive increase it would provide.
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Post by -Vi2- IriDiuM on Oct 11, 2006 10:31:08 GMT 10
If you've got the extra $150 or so, i would definately recommend the extra gig of ram. I only got 1 gig with my new comp, thinking i would be fine. After like 2 weeks i went and got another gig cause games like BF2 were still chuggy, and i found out that even though i had an awesome vid card (same as what you are getting), 1 gig of ram wasnt enough to keep up. Now everything runs awesomely.
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Oct 11, 2006 12:17:08 GMT 10
Ive had 1 gb for like 2 years now, its pretty much the minimum nowadays.
If I was upgrading id be looking at 3/4 Gb!
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Post by [OXSC] ShadowWolf on Oct 11, 2006 15:03:41 GMT 10
Well 1gb is the min for Windows Vista, so you'd want 2 gb to be able to game with it, min, lol.
Yeah, I'll just have to see how much I end up with, if I have the money I'll get 2 1gb sticks instead.
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Post by Scruffy Dog on Oct 11, 2006 15:08:15 GMT 10
lol, dual channel. I'd much rather be without dual channel if it meant the possibility of upgrading to 2 sets of dual channel / 4gb of ram, when Vista comes out.
How much difference does dual channel actually make? It makes RAM a bit faster and smoother, but how fast do you think it runs when it's all on the one slot? Dual Channel can't be as important as you all make it out to be, and I wouldn't get less than a 1gb slot of ram ever from this point on.
But this shouldn't matter, because you should be getting 2 slots of 1gb RAM for 2gb dual channel anyway.
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Post by LeFtBehinD on Oct 11, 2006 16:48:52 GMT 10
If your real desperate for cash Id drop the 7900GT back down to a 7600GT and then get 2Gb of RAM.
You will be able to play any game coming out on the 7600GT with that comp and 2Gb of RAM. Actually thinking about it, thats definately what id do because the increase from getting 2Gb of RAM would be more significant than a little better graphics card.
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Post by [OXSC] ShadowWolf on Oct 11, 2006 18:05:56 GMT 10
You make a good point, left. I remember that, before I upgraded this computer, the only reason it was able to run Battlefield was because it had 3 sticks of 256 (cheaper than buying 1 stick of 512 back in '01), which was alot of ram back then.
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