Hi, I'm going to do a massive upgrade of my PC on the next days (in fact, I plan on keeping only the case, a 80GB P-ATA hard drive and maybe a N6600 AGP graphics card), and since my budget is still undefined I decided to build some hypotetical configurations with different budget constraints. When a component is missing from a configuration, it means I'll use either the HDD or the VGA I already have.
Anyways I'm still looking for a cheap, silent PSU to use for the high-end configurations. I expect the 400W PSU I currently have to be more than enough for the lower-end ones.
Here we are with the configs:
DREAM (~900eur):
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
- GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R [DDR2/DDR3, 1 IDE, LAN Gb]
- NVIDIA 8800 GTS [320MB, GDDR3, DX10]
- 2GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD
SUPER (~800eur):
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
- GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R [DDR2/DDR3, 1 IDE, LAN Gb]
- NVIDIA 8800 GTS [320MB, GDDR3, DX10]
- 2GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA300 250GB
VERY HIGH (~700eur):
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
- GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R [DDR2/DDR3, 1 IDE, LAN Gb]
- NVIDIA 8800 GTS [320MB, GDDR3, DX10]
- 2GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA300 250GB
HIGH (~600eur):
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
- GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R [DDR2/DDR3, 1 IDE, LAN Gb]
- ATI Radeon X1950 XT [256MB GDDR3, DX9]
- 1GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA300 250GB
MEDIUM (~500eur):
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
- ASUS M2A-VM [DDR2, 1 IDE, LAN Gb]
- NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS [256MB GDDR3, DX9]
- 1GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA300 250GB
LOW (~400eur):
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
- Mobo w/ AGP
- 1GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA300 250GB
VERY LOW (~300eur):
- Intel Pentium D 935 3.2 GHz 2X2MB
- Mobo w/ AGP
- 1GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
What do you think? Are the high-end ones really high-end, or are they unbalanced on some regard? I'm not an hardcore gamer, but I plan to play regularly with my PC, and I hope to do so for at least a couple of years without the need to buy a new machine.
Anyways I'm still looking for a cheap, silent PSU to use for the high-end configurations. I expect the 400W PSU I currently have to be more than enough for the lower-end ones.
Here we are with the configs:
DREAM (~900eur):
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
- GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R [DDR2/DDR3, 1 IDE, LAN Gb]
- NVIDIA 8800 GTS [320MB, GDDR3, DX10]
- 2GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD
SUPER (~800eur):
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
- GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R [DDR2/DDR3, 1 IDE, LAN Gb]
- NVIDIA 8800 GTS [320MB, GDDR3, DX10]
- 2GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA300 250GB
VERY HIGH (~700eur):
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
- GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R [DDR2/DDR3, 1 IDE, LAN Gb]
- NVIDIA 8800 GTS [320MB, GDDR3, DX10]
- 2GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA300 250GB
HIGH (~600eur):
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
- GIGABYTE GA-P35C-DS3R [DDR2/DDR3, 1 IDE, LAN Gb]
- ATI Radeon X1950 XT [256MB GDDR3, DX9]
- 1GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA300 250GB
MEDIUM (~500eur):
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
- ASUS M2A-VM [DDR2, 1 IDE, LAN Gb]
- NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS [256MB GDDR3, DX9]
- 1GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA300 250GB
LOW (~400eur):
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
- Mobo w/ AGP
- 1GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA300 250GB
VERY LOW (~300eur):
- Intel Pentium D 935 3.2 GHz 2X2MB
- Mobo w/ AGP
- 1GB DDR2 800MHz [BRAND FROM QVL OF MOBO]
What do you think? Are the high-end ones really high-end, or are they unbalanced on some regard? I'm not an hardcore gamer, but I plan to play regularly with my PC, and I hope to do so for at least a couple of years without the need to buy a new machine.