Building a new gaming computer :) please help

[Shikoh]

My plan at this point is to run 2 7950's, and maybe upgrade to 2 8800's in the future. The reason I had chosen an 8800gs originally was because it was going to become necessary fairly soon, and the site I am planing on purchasing it from was selling it for 500$ canadian.

They may be the same price for a core duo, but how much would it improve my performance in a game such as World of Warcraft, there are people out there that run this game with a AMD 2500+ and a 128mb AGP graphics card on full settings, It seems that having a core duo for mid range gaming would be pointless at this point.

 

[ricanflow]

You havent used a core 2 duo yet have you. Its ridiculous how much faster these chips are. I didnt want to believe at first either because im loyal to amd but it really outperforms. You wouldint need to run 2 7950s, one would be enough power because of the cpu. Even my system right now can run call of duty 2 on max everything, but with a conroe you could run the game on max plus encode a movie while burning a dvd and checking your email and chatting with your buddy....you get the point. You can get the 8880 when you need it, and sell the 7950 for about $50 less, but end up saving money by not having to pay as much for the 8880. Go look at the benchmarks, theyll show you what im saying is true.

 

[Shikoh]

hmmm... If this C2D is as fast as you say than I could easily buy a socket T motherboard with a single PCI-E slot and upgrade to a single 8800gtx eventually. Where could I find the benchmarks on the C2D's.

 

[ricanflow]

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/intel_core_conroe_benchmarks/

just search for more on yahoo

 

[Shikoh]

This is the updated build, with Core Duo and 7950 , If anyone could look over everything to see if its all compatable with eachother and whatnot.

Is this computer Vista ready?

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131071

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115004

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16820145525

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16822144701

Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143071

DVD-RW: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16827152076

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16811156062

 

[Shikoh]

This may be an extremly noob question, but i've never built a computer before.. Does a DvD-RW play normal CD-ROMS such as installation disks for a game :|

Dont forget to review my comp :::

 

[ricanflow]

This may be an extremly noob question, but i've never built a computer before.. Does a DvD-RW play normal CD-ROMS such as installation disks for a game :|

Dont forget to review my comp :::

Lol. Of course it does. Read the specs. And most games are actually dvd rom now.

 

[Apokalipse]

what are you using the system for?

if it's games, then a better video card will be more important. But still, a CPU can bottleneck the video card if it isn't fast enough.

Personally, I would get the 8800, and try and get an E6300

 

[Shikoh]

I had originally selected a 8800gs, but after talking with some of the people on this site it turns out that i cannot afford both a 8800gs and a cpu that can run it. Wouldnt an E6300 be a downgrade from the E6400 I've selected.

Also... Is everything I have selected compatible with eachother.

 

[ricanflow]

Its a downgrade from the E6400 but an upgrade from any other processor on the market.


Heres what i would build.

Cpu - $180
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005

Mobo - $83.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128016

Heatsink - $37.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106069

Video Card - $189.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150184

Hard Drive -$160
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136036

Case - $50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119077

Ram - $109
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231050

Psu - $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817152022

Mouse/keyboard - $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126180

Thats $930 before shipping for a killer system, just add an lcd and youre good to go. I didnt choose an sli board, because sli is overated, the performace per dollar ratio is too low, it doesnt really give double the performance, espcially at lower resolutions.