First Time Builder Seeking Advise

Rabz23 · 08-20-2008, 01:41 AM

I have been looking at building a new computer to be mainly used for gaming. I was hoping to get some opinions on the components and also hoping that somebody might pick up on any obvious compatibility issues which i have neglected. I was hoping to set it up so that in the future i can pop in another GPU with Crossfire to give a bit more kick. As far as i can tell from the charts it should work well together.....

CPU: Intell Q6600
MoBo: Gigabyte X48-DS4
Ram: 4Gb of 800Mhz
GPU: HD4850
PSU: Corsair HX-620 Modular
Optical: Pioneer 20x
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 320Gb
Case: Coolermaster CM690

As far as overclocking goes, i may tweak it a lil, but wouldn't do anything major. Will be running Vista 32x on the system.

Comes to $1180 delivered, which seems pretty good. Thats with no additional cooling atm.

Many Thanks

Xolias · 08-20-2008, 04:05 AM

IF you're gaming go for dual core, no games use more than 2 cores as of now, and it probably won't be a while.

Get a E8500, only $189.99 and it's 3.16ghz per core instead of 2.66ghz per core.

Also from having several Seagate HDDs in the past I would personally recommend going with Western Digital. My seagate once died on me, and they sent me a replacement, which was DOA, and another replacement which died shortly after.

Tumbleweed36 · 08-20-2008, 05:06 AM

I agree with Xollas on this one. The e8500 is one heck of a chip so I also recommend that move. In addition, as a personal preference, I don't use the Seagate drives and always select Western Digital. I think most of the Seagates are good drives, but simply think the WD are more reliable.

Banscare · 08-20-2008, 05:15 AM

Get a beefy 2core. I bench tested my video cards a while back with Crysis (sli vs single) and in the process I found the 3.2 2core had better frame rate then the quad.

08-20-2008, 01:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Rabz23 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Vista 32Bit	First Time Builder Seeking Advise I have been looking at building a new computer to be mainly used for gaming. I was hoping to get some opinions on the components and also hoping that somebody might pick up on any obvious compatibility issues which i have neglected. I was hoping to set it up so that in the future i can pop in another GPU with Crossfire to give a bit more kick. As far as i can tell from the charts it should work well together..... CPU: Intell Q6600 MoBo: Gigabyte X48-DS4 Ram: 4Gb of 800Mhz GPU: HD4850 PSU: Corsair HX-620 Modular Optical: Pioneer 20x HDD: Seagate Barracuda 320Gb Case: Coolermaster CM690 As far as overclocking goes, i may tweak it a lil, but wouldn't do anything major. Will be running Vista 32x on the system. Comes to $1180 delivered, which seems pretty good. Thats with no additional cooling atm. Many Thanks

08-20-2008, 04:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Xolias Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 149 OS: WinXP My System	Re: First Time Builder Seeking Advise IF you're gaming go for dual core, no games use more than 2 cores as of now, and it probably won't be a while. Get a E8500, only $189.99 and it's 3.16ghz per core instead of 2.66ghz per core. Also from having several Seagate HDDs in the past I would personally recommend going with Western Digital. My seagate once died on me, and they sent me a replacement, which was DOA, and another replacement which died shortly after.

08-20-2008, 05:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,655 OS: XP Professional	Re: First Time Builder Seeking Advise I agree with Xollas on this one. The e8500 is one heck of a chip so I also recommend that move. In addition, as a personal preference, I don't use the Seagate drives and always select Western Digital. I think most of the Seagates are good drives, but simply think the WD are more reliable. __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.

08-20-2008, 05:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
Banscare Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: St John's NL Posts: 190 OS: XP Pro 64bit My System	Re: First Time Builder Seeking Advise Get a beefy 2core. I bench tested my video cards a while back with Crysis (sli vs single) and in the process I found the 3.2 2core had better frame rate then the quad. __________________ Ban Computer Support Specialist (MCP, MCSE)