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Is this a decent gaming system? any Improvemnets?
I want a new computer and I have done a bit of research.
How does this rank as a gaming system? Any impovements or suggestions that you have? Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHZ Inetl D975XBX2 Coraise 3 GB DDR2-800 Western Digital Raptor X 150GB Serial ATA150 (10,000RPM) Nvida Geforce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 Video Card Some questions How much of a difference will I see if I upgrade my RAM to the DDR2-1066? It will cost around $100 more How much of a speed difference will I notice between a 7,200 RPM or a 10,000 RPM Hard Drive? |
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Re: Is this a decent gaming system? any Improvemnets?
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I want a new computer and I have done a bit of research. How does this rank as a gaming system? Any impovements or suggestions that you have? Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHZ Inetl D975XBX2 Coraise 3 GB DDR2-800 Western Digital Raptor X 150GB Serial ATA150 (10,000RPM) Nvida Geforce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 Video Card Some questions How much of a difference will I see if I upgrade my RAM to the DDR2-1066? It will cost around $100 more How much of a speed difference will I notice between a 7,200 RPM or a 10,000 RPM Hard Drive? [/ QUOTE ] I assume you're going to be gaming w/ this rig, hence the monster vid card. I just ordered my new rig and Click here for what I got. First off, I'd suggest a Q6600. It future proofs you more and more cores = less CPU usage when multitasking poker client, PT, PAH, AHK etc. I'd also suggest getting a eVGA 8800GT video card. It's w/i 5% of the performance of an 8800GTX for $200-$250 less. Plus, by going w/ eVGA, if when the new 8800GTS's come out w/i the next month or 2, you can use their step-up program and get one of those! And why the 975 board? Do you need 3 PCI xpress slots? I would suggest a P35 board more. And is there that big a difference between 1066 and 800 RAM? Not in real world applications, no. DDR2 800 RAM is SUPER cheap right now, so I'd look that route. As for the HDD's...I have a Raptor as well and while it's quick to boot up etc. meh, if you have the money to spend, why not. But if you're all about bang-for-the-buck, the 500GB drives (7200RPM) is the current sweet spot. HTH and lemme know if there are any other ???'s u have. |
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Re: Is this a decent gaming system? any Improvemnets?
hardforum.com, you can sell trade vid cards from respectable people rly. think 2p2 for computers, get a beastly vid card for cheap and prolly gonna be brand new.
above recommendations sound good |
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Re: Is this a decent gaming system? any Improvemnets?
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Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0GHZ [/ QUOTE ] this will be better than the quad core q6600 if you're doing one thing at a time (higher clock speed, etc.) however, if you're running multi-threaded games (which are becoming more common and will be even more common in the future) or multi-tasking (poker + pahud + pt + mth + ahk + web + etc.) the q6600 is better. really, it depends on your use. [ QUOTE ] Western Digital Raptor X 150GB Serial ATA150 (10,000RPM) [/ QUOTE ] one of these will only be good for your programs - i'd suggest getting the little 36gb version, and using the money saved for one or two (raid 1 if you get two) 500gb disks. [ QUOTE ] How much of a difference will I see if I upgrade my RAM to the DDR2-1066? [/ QUOTE ] you'll need to check your motherboard chipset, but one of them (P35?) has a bottleneck that limits the data throughput. [ QUOTE ] How much of a speed difference will I notice between a 7,200 RPM or a 10,000 RPM Hard Drive? [/ QUOTE ] compare seek times. |
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Re: Is this a decent gaming system? any Improvemnets?
i think it looks pretty sweet. The 975 may let you overclock it too.
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