First of all..
What YOUR PC will be used for. - Gaming. Gaming, more gaming. SupCom, FPS', things of that nature/intensity.
What YOUR budget is - ~$500 CAD
What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from - Canada
IF YOU have a brand preference. - No.
If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts - Yes. Seagate 250gb 7200.10 sata drive, and Enermax Liberty (ELT400AWT) 400 watt PSU, Coolermaster ATX basic case
IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads - Yup.
IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds. - Will more then likely be overclocking the CPU, but not the gpu beyond what comes out of the box.
Hi guys, thanks for giving this a read. Basically, here is what im looking at getting (all prices are Canadian dollar):
Samsung SH-S203B Black Sata DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 Dl 18X/12X Int Dvd Writer Oem - $25
EVGA E-GEFORCE 9600GT Superclocked 675MHZ 512MB 1.8GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card - $178
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro LGA775 2500RPM 45CFM - $18
OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit - $52
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATX LGA775 P35 1333FSB 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN Motherboard - $87
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 Dual Core Processor LGA775 2.2GHZ 800FSB 1MB Retail - $95
~$488 with tax and express shipping! from canadadirect.com
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Two questions for you guys, that should be simple:
1) What do you think of this build, simply put. As stated above, this is for gaming only. SupCom, FPS', that sort of thing. Id like it to play more or less anything I want to throw at it. Also, im sort of concerned that my PSU will be enough to power that nice new 9600GT. It's a good PSU.. but let me know.
2) This build would be replacing the following setup:
Dell XPS400/9150
Pentium D 830 Smithfield (90nm) 3.0ghz
Whatever random dell branded mobo they use..
3gb PC2-4300 DDR2
ATI X1900XTX 512MB PCI-E
Going off the specs I posted above, how much of a gain should I expect to see from the upgrade im looking at? So far, from what I can tell, it should be a pretty good boost. It's perfectly ok to tell me that Im out of my mind, though, and that I shouldnt spend ~500 bucks for only a marginal upgrade if thats what it amounts to
The other reason for doing this is, I will be able to give my old system to the wife, which will in turn free up her old box to become a file server/linux firewall which ive been wanting to do for quite some time.. so its sort of win/win.
What YOUR PC will be used for. - Gaming. Gaming, more gaming. SupCom, FPS', things of that nature/intensity.
What YOUR budget is - ~$500 CAD
What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from - Canada
IF YOU have a brand preference. - No.
If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts - Yes. Seagate 250gb 7200.10 sata drive, and Enermax Liberty (ELT400AWT) 400 watt PSU, Coolermaster ATX basic case
IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads - Yup.
IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds. - Will more then likely be overclocking the CPU, but not the gpu beyond what comes out of the box.
Hi guys, thanks for giving this a read. Basically, here is what im looking at getting (all prices are Canadian dollar):
Samsung SH-S203B Black Sata DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 Dl 18X/12X Int Dvd Writer Oem - $25
EVGA E-GEFORCE 9600GT Superclocked 675MHZ 512MB 1.8GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card - $178
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro LGA775 2500RPM 45CFM - $18
OCZ Gold XTC PC2-6400 2GB 2X1GB DDR2-800 CL5-5-5-12 240PIN DIMM Dual Channel Memory Kit - $52
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L ATX LGA775 P35 1333FSB 1PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 Sound GBLAN Motherboard - $87
Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 Dual Core Processor LGA775 2.2GHZ 800FSB 1MB Retail - $95
~$488 with tax and express shipping! from canadadirect.com
----
Two questions for you guys, that should be simple:
1) What do you think of this build, simply put. As stated above, this is for gaming only. SupCom, FPS', that sort of thing. Id like it to play more or less anything I want to throw at it. Also, im sort of concerned that my PSU will be enough to power that nice new 9600GT. It's a good PSU.. but let me know.
2) This build would be replacing the following setup:
Dell XPS400/9150
Pentium D 830 Smithfield (90nm) 3.0ghz
Whatever random dell branded mobo they use..
3gb PC2-4300 DDR2
ATI X1900XTX 512MB PCI-E
Going off the specs I posted above, how much of a gain should I expect to see from the upgrade im looking at? So far, from what I can tell, it should be a pretty good boost. It's perfectly ok to tell me that Im out of my mind, though, and that I shouldnt spend ~500 bucks for only a marginal upgrade if thats what it amounts to
The other reason for doing this is, I will be able to give my old system to the wife, which will in turn free up her old box to become a file server/linux firewall which ive been wanting to do for quite some time.. so its sort of win/win.
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