unsure about my setup...

[pjwinkler]

ok i'm looking at getting a super mid-range system.

right now I only play mericas army and UT 2004.

I'm looking at getting:

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
AMD Athlon64 3000+ (939)
6600 GT
(2)512 MB Kingston value RAM DDR 400 DIMM 3-3-3
Seagate Barracuda 80 Gb 7200 rpm 8 MB cache
Antec True 430W
Nikao Ogre Case (I like it)
Windows XP Pro w/ SP2

1440.00 Cdn After Tax (boxing day sale )


I;m getting the new asus board because in he future if i need a graphics boost i could go SLI w/ the 6600 GTs, also 939 pin is good for high end CPUs and ofcourse PCI-Express. Does this sound good or am I making a bad move?

 

[pjwinkler]

would i be better off to buy everything on boxing day and then just wait till i could get my hands on the gigabyte nforce4 ultra mobo... then i would save 100 bucks now and just upgrade to a whole new better card later. that sounds better to me.

 

[Mrvile]

Can you get Corsair Value instead? Kingston is infamous for its crap ram. Everything else looks good.

EDIT: Nikao...relabeled case, and I'm not sure how well it actually is. But if you can stand soothing asthetics I recommend something like an Antec or Lian-Li, much better quality, will last you much longer.

 

[pjwinkler]

yeh i probably could..

you think getting the asus board and going SLI later would be a good idea or should i wait a bit and get that Chaintech nForce 4 board

 

[Mrvile]

The Chaintech board is a very nice board, if you know you won't be using SLI you could save 100+ bucks and get the Chaintech instead. Great price.

 

[pjwinkler]

ok what im asking here is pretty much:

1.go ASUS, pay 100+ bucks more, get another 6600 GT in future

2.go Chaintech, pay 100+ less, get my choice of what ever is out in future

basicly would paying around 180 cdn in the future ( for another 6600 GT ) give me a noticable preformance boost that would be worth the cost of the mobo. Or would I be more happy with buying a cheaper mobo and just getting a brand NEW card in the future?

 

[pjwinkler]

and also i can get two sticks of kingston value ram for 210.00 cdn OR i can get 2 sticks of PQI turbo for 240 cdn thats worth it eh?

 

[Pnoy02]

Chaintech and look into the X800 XL

 

[pjwinkler]

yeh... i have but i would really like to buy on this boxing day sale (it's 10% off everything) so i'm just gonna go 6600 GT for now and upgrade when i need to in the future.

 

[Mrvile]

Yes I hear the X800XL is supposed to be around 300 bucks, as long as ATI can keep em in stock.

Anyway PQI is a good company, better than Kingston at least, but you sure you can't get Corsair? Their valueram is the best.

 

[pjwinkler]

i could just get everything but the mobo for now.

 

[pjwinkler]

i probably could get corsair, i'll ask for it.

 

[Mrvile]

Well you're probably better off getting a cheaper mobo and a more expensive video card. If you can't afford a 6800GT right now then wait for the X800XL. Either way you'll be waiting, but a X800XL on a Chaintech NF4 would do like 3x better than a 6600GT on a Asus NF4SLI.

 

[pjwinkler]

but thats just what ATI said, also its not comign out for a bit yet.. and I DONT WANT TO MISS THIS SALE

 

[pjwinkler]

and a 6600 GT will definatly do fine for me right now, i told you im mid range, i'm only playing 2 games. also im on a budget, so i think im just gonna buy everything i need and wait a week or 2 for the chaintech to be available in canada

 

[Mrvile]

Who knows, maybe in two weeks the XL will be out. It sucks that Newegg doesn't ship to Canada, Newegg usually always has the latest products.

 

[pjwinkler]

yeh oh well... but im happy with a 6600 GT it will do fine fo me. I've decided to go with the chaintech because i could get whatever appeals to me in the future, thanks for your help.

 

[Mrvile]

Yeah I really don't believe in SLI's "upgradeability" either. When it's time to upgrade (1 or 2 years) you're ready to upgrade the whole damn motherboard, CPU, and video card. Just get the best bang for your buck now and redo the whole thing when the time comes.

 

[KayKay]

something about this article bugged me
http://www20.graphics.tomshard...222/vga_charts-09.html

it shows 6600 GT, alone beats 2 6600GT SLI. same with 6800 GT, single beats SLI.
weird.

Anyway, go with chaintech

I have the nikao ogre case, it has nice features.

could you show a cost break-down? im probably crazy but that looks alittle high in prices. whereabouts in canada do you live