New PC

[jebathan]

im getting ready to build a my first pc, mostly for gaming and very little video editting. I was just wondering what you guys think of these specs, if it will work fine and be combatable or not.

$223 - P4 3.2E Prescott / 800MHz FSB / Hyper-Threading
$91 - ASUS P4P800-VM
$82 - Kingston 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200
$400 - NVidia Geforce 6800 GT 256MB
$90 - Western Digital 120GB SATA
$40 - Sony 52x32x52x16 Combo Drive
$55 - Case, forgot which one, nothing fancy
$54 - Aspire ATX-AS500W BK12V
$ - XP Home, Im going to getting it threw my skewl, so its gonna cost less than normal just odn tknow how much less.

 

[xotix]

if u can try to go amd for gaming. but that should be more than fine to run your games.

 

[beedubaya]

Yea, that system will make your games scream. However, I would consider upping your amount of RAM to 1GB. Even with the 6800GT, i've heard of people getting low framerates in Doom 3 with only 512MB of RAM.

 

[Circa219]

Everything sounds good. But I would seriously consider AMD for gaming.

 

[Elbatrop1]

Yea, that system will make your games scream. However, I would consider upping your amount of RAM to 1GB. Even with the 6800GT, i've heard of people getting low framerates in Doom 3 with only 512MB of RAM.

I agree with that. Make sure to get your ram in pairs so that you can run it in dual channel mode.

 

[_SiLv3R_]

yup two 512 mb corsair cual channel sticks should do the job.. and yes i would also point you towards amd for gaming... go with a socket 939 amd 64 processor... paried with the msi k8n neo platinum (with the nForce 3 chipset) and youll be set for some serious gaming .. oh and go with preferably the 3200+ or the 3500+... but if you can afford it an FX-53 wouldnt hurt either! lol

 

[jebathan]

so perhaps i should get an

AMD Athlon 64 3200+
ASUS K8N Nvidia NForce3 Socket 754
Corsair 184 Pin 512MBx2 DDR PC-3200

instead? I've never had an AMD before. It says its operating speed is only 2.2 GHz, thats quiet a bit lower than 3.2. Will it still run just as good though?

 

[Alex81388]

You will notice the difference, trust me. And yeah thats is a decent buy. Not a bad price on the OEM from newegg.

Dont worry about the speed, someone else I'm sure will elaborate with the technogeekno stuff .

 

[GameGURU]

Well you cant run dual channel with a 754 Pin CPU, try to get a 939 or something different. I have a 754 and let me tell you 1GB of RAM it doesnt matter if you have Dual or not.

 

[Alex81388]

You'll get the socket 759's for pretty cheap, since AMD will be continuing their CPUs ont he Socket 939 board. This is why the AMDs will be cost-effective.