Guys what you think

[Des]

a friend asked me to sort him a new pc out what you all think of this before a put an order in would you change any think ?


Sapphire Radeon X1950XTX 512M GDDR4
Coolermaster Wavemaster Silver T01
250GB Maxtor 6V250F0 SATA2 16MB
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Retail 2x 2.40 4Mb 1066 MHz
Asrock CONROEXFIRE-eSATA2 775
Crucial 2GB DDR2 PC5300 240-PIN CT12864AA667

[David]

I'd go for a 965 or 975 chipset mobo with a Conroe, and probably PC6400 RAM, but even as it stands there aren't many games that won't play smoothly at maximum settings

[DeCrYpT3R]

thats very nice man

[Des]

Thanks will check out the chipset and ram to see if I can do it with in is budget

[Gregoroth]

I would get half the RAM now and the rest once the prices have dropped early next year.

965 chipset is good.

Graphics cards should drop in price when DX10 cards appear. I don't know exactly when that is but I don't think it's very long now. I guess the point is you can save money.

[Anonymous]

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[Des]

The only reason I what for the Maxtor was 16MB Cache with this drive I thought it would be better

[Aaron]

2 or 3 people here have never had a dead hard drive tho.. all maxtor

Just playing devils advocate :twisted:

Although, I am starting to lean away from maxtor now - The price difference doesnt seem as big as it used to any more, especially to justify what does appear to be a drive that is a bit luck of the draw if it lasts or not..! Listen to El_rob

[Des]

Never a good time for any part to go down but I think the Hardrive is the worse one with it having all your s*** on
golden rule backup and backup some more .
just looking into a nice WD

[LJ]

[quote:ce7163c941=\"Des\"]Never a good time for any part to go down but I think the Hardrive is the worse one with it having all your s*** on
golden rule backup and backup some more .
just looking into a nice WD [/quote:ce7163c941]

Heh....take my advice, and go for a Raptor. Size ain't great for the money, but aside from memory, you'll never notice an upgrade more than a 10k drive with 16MB cache. Trust me.

[Des]

WD Raptor very nice I use one but I think that will push him over is budget
Just looking at your spec I bet that Dell 20.1 looks sweet gaming

[LJ]

[quote:13dd2eacaf=\"Des\"]WD Raptor very nice I use one but I think that will push him over is budget
Just looking at your spec I bet that Dell 20.1 looks sweet gaming[/quote:13dd2eacaf]

Hell yeah Although I have to confess, I don't really have much time for much gaming these days - too much work. Tends to be UT2k4 Insta, if anything (or Jedi Academy, if I've got Windows on my machine at the time). If you get a chance, though, try one of these out - the Dell 2003FP is possibly my favourite monitor of all time, and they're hella cheap on Aria. Oddly enough, you tend to pay more for the widescreen versions, but if you work it out you actually get more screen real-estate on the standard 20.1\" (1600x1200 versions, anyway).

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[Devils-Blood]

How about one of these guys. Just cost £5400 and you still need to buy a display, mouse and keyboard.

The rich kids xmas present.

http://www.vadim.co.uk/Custom+pc+build/14547.