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[richfish57]

ThermalTake CASE SHARK VA7000BWA BLK
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (4 x 2.40 GHZ) G0 1066FSB - 8 MB
ASUS SKT-775 P5K PREMIUM/WIFI S/L 1333FSB
4GB DDR2 PC-6400 800 MHZ (4 x 1 GB 800)
ASUS 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX PCI-E 2.0
HIPER POWER 880W Low Noise/SLI Ready
640 GB SATA HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
ASUS DVD±RW 20x DRW-2014L1T Black - LIGHTSCRIBE (SATA)
Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer 7.1
Fast 10/100 Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
ThermalTake Blue ORB II
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 32-BIT

Thats everything to do with my new pc. I know little of hardware so I decided to ask here to see what area this is in. I want it for gaming so I need to know how it will hold up to modern games.

 

[fadedstar]

I'm not used to these forums and a bit outdated when it comes to new rigs in the last 6 months but here's my two cents :

ASUS Mobo is a NO NO for me. It used to be a good company. My current Asus P5B which is no more than a year old need to be replaced. USB ports are ALL dead. After some searching, I realize its a known bug on those board. USB dyings... anyway it ****in sucks. Same problem was recently reported on some high-end ASUS boards... wtf is that.

Do you really need a top notch sound card and DVD writer? Save on those and get 2 HD instead. HD fails sometimes you know. Having 2 is not expensive and quite helpful. I also like having the OS on one and everything else on the other.

 

[Trotter]

Newegg.com - ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Newegg.com - XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - CPU Fans & Heatsinks

Sound card is totally up to you. If you are not an audiophile, there's not really a need for it.

DVD burner comes in handy... especially if you are dealing with video.

 

[Redmo0n]

ASUS motherboards are excellent.

Don't let one bad experience put you off them, computer parts fail all the time.




You could probably change the power supply to something like a Corsair 520hx or a 750tx

Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, CB, TUV, FCC, CCC - Power Supplies

 

[NightSurge]

Is that Fast 10/100 Ethernet LAN an external card or just listed from your motherboard? Because your motherboard already has dual onboard gigabit LAN (10/100/1000 Ethernet) by default so if that was an additional NIC, you don't need that.... unless you need 3 ethernet ports for some reason.

 

[Fat.Clown]

I say go with vista 64 bit to have DX10 experience