I've been looking into buying a new computer for some time now and i
think i have come up with something good. It will be mainly used for games ( Doom 3, Quake 4, MSFS2004) plus some dvd burning and all the other usual stuff. the system as specified will cost me £1250 ( approx $2750). Does anyone think i should have just one 256MB video card rather than 2? I was hoping to use two monitors at some time in the future but was thinking just to get a card with 2 outputs rather than using the sli setup. Any thoughts?
CPU
AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT 4000 (San Diago) 1MB L2 Cache (939 pin)
Memory
2048 MB DDR400 PC3200 WITH LIFETIME WARRANTY!
Motherboard
ASUS® A8N-SLI: DUAL DDR, S-ATA, 2 x x16 VGA, 3 PCI
USB Options
SIX USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT)
Hard Drive
SATA 160 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb cache (Special Offer)
Second Hard Drive
SATA 160 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb cache (Special Offer)
RAID
NONE
DVD ROM/Combi Drive
52 X 32 X 52 CD WRITER + 16X DVD ROM (COMBI DRIVE)
CD/DVD Writer
4x +R DUAL LYR DVD WRITER (16x +/-R) (& RW) + 40x CD-RW (£25)
Graphics Card
128MB GEFORCE 6600GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
(SLI) Graphics Card 2
128MB GEFORCE 6600GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
Sound Card
HIGH END ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL SOUND (RECOMMENDED)
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
ONBOARD LAN & WIRELESS 802.11G NETWORK CARD (£12)
Floppy Drive/Card Reader
1.44MB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Case
Stylish Black X-Plode Case + 2 Front USB
Power Supply & Cooling
550W DUAL RAIL PSU, 120mm fan & 19.2 dBA CPU Cooler - for SLI (£45)
Operating System required
MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® XP PRO (inc. original CD & licence) (£95)
Firewire & Video Editing
1 x FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD
Monitor
17 INCH TFT SILVER/BLACK 1280 X 1024 RES: 12MS (£145)
Keyboard
NONE
Mouse
NONE
Speakers
LOGITECH S200 2.1 SPEAKER SYSTEM
Printer
NONE
Anti-Virus
NONE
Office Software
NONE
TV Card
NONE
Many thanks
Moshambo
think i have come up with something good. It will be mainly used for games ( Doom 3, Quake 4, MSFS2004) plus some dvd burning and all the other usual stuff. the system as specified will cost me £1250 ( approx $2750). Does anyone think i should have just one 256MB video card rather than 2? I was hoping to use two monitors at some time in the future but was thinking just to get a card with 2 outputs rather than using the sli setup. Any thoughts?
CPU
AMD® ATHLON® 64BIT 4000 (San Diago) 1MB L2 Cache (939 pin)
Memory
2048 MB DDR400 PC3200 WITH LIFETIME WARRANTY!
Motherboard
ASUS® A8N-SLI: DUAL DDR, S-ATA, 2 x x16 VGA, 3 PCI
USB Options
SIX USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT)
Hard Drive
SATA 160 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb cache (Special Offer)
Second Hard Drive
SATA 160 GB HARD DISK @ 7200rpm 8mb cache (Special Offer)
RAID
NONE
DVD ROM/Combi Drive
52 X 32 X 52 CD WRITER + 16X DVD ROM (COMBI DRIVE)
CD/DVD Writer
4x +R DUAL LYR DVD WRITER (16x +/-R) (& RW) + 40x CD-RW (£25)
Graphics Card
128MB GEFORCE 6600GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
(SLI) Graphics Card 2
128MB GEFORCE 6600GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
Sound Card
HIGH END ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL SOUND (RECOMMENDED)
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
ONBOARD LAN & WIRELESS 802.11G NETWORK CARD (£12)
Floppy Drive/Card Reader
1.44MB FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
Case
Stylish Black X-Plode Case + 2 Front USB
Power Supply & Cooling
550W DUAL RAIL PSU, 120mm fan & 19.2 dBA CPU Cooler - for SLI (£45)
Operating System required
MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® XP PRO (inc. original CD & licence) (£95)
Firewire & Video Editing
1 x FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD
Monitor
17 INCH TFT SILVER/BLACK 1280 X 1024 RES: 12MS (£145)
Keyboard
NONE
Mouse
NONE
Speakers
LOGITECH S200 2.1 SPEAKER SYSTEM
Printer
NONE
Anti-Virus
NONE
Office Software
NONE
TV Card
NONE
Many thanks
Moshambo