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11-24-2006
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Before I buy
Im making a computer for my brother and wanted to know if this would work as a good Gaming Computer for games like Oblivion / FEAR / BF series...
Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115005 Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz 2M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188009 eVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145566 CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) x2 Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150150 XFX PV-T71G-UCF7 GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail Hard Disk Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148140 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341002 OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail DVD Burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827152076 NEC Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE / ATAPI DVD Burner - OEM Sound Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829111002 DIAMOND XtremeSound XS71DDL 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133154 Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail Total: $1436 with shipping ( Good deal  )If you want you can give me a better mobo / ram but keep it a duo core CPU Last edited by TimeParadoX; 11-24-2006 at 02:49 AM. 
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11-24-2006
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That system looks great!
But if he can stretch his budget a little, he can get a much better video card, like the Radeon X1950XT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102067 It would surely trash the 7900GT  Also, if he's not going to use SLI or Crossfire, there's no need for that 700W PSU. A cheaper, Antec or FSP one would do the job very well
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11-24-2006
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Yes it's for SLi that's why I got SLi ready stuff =P
Also i'll look into that 1950 =) Thanks Wolfram, If this computer is really good playing Oblivion i'll keep it for myself
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11-24-2006
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Personally id opt for getting a 8800 GTX card if he has the budget. Being the only Direct X10 card available at the moment it would be the best for future proofing.... Not sure what the score on SLI is for them at the moment though.... as some places have said get two and then wait for the driver update.
Either way it still kicks the behind of everything else at the moment.... especially for playing Oblivion which has been used by several sites to test it
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11-24-2006
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Yeah the 8800s still needs the SLi driver update because if you dont have that your comp would blow up if you dont have enough power =P
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11-24-2006
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Yeah there is that to it but is it really worth building a new computer with none direct x 10 graphics cards? Id tell him wait till Vista is released personally but each unto his own
God help us when quad sli hits with those 8800 GTX cards, you wont need a PSU just your own Nuclear Power station to run it
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11-24-2006
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Well im ganna get 8800s and stick with duo core when really high-end games come out like crysis and all that but for now that system is pretty good with the stuff it has now
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11-24-2006
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Yeah they are good specs, with being in the market for a new machine myself ive just been reading up on anything and everything I can find about DX10, Vista and all the rest of the garbage so that I can get the best machine for my money....
Also until Microsh**e actually release there new wonder products (wonder why we bought them) Nobody is going to know what the 8800's are going to be capable off.... as of yet they cant be fully tested! Crafty beggers!
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11-24-2006
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Yeah, I actualy saw a picture of Vista's interface and it looks like a mac =P
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11-24-2006
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Knowing our favourite company thats probably the idea...
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11-24-2006
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Lol yeah Windows is too lazy to make a new UI so they just take Mac and change the name to Vista
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11-24-2006
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Lol yeah
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11-25-2006
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It is unique.... cause it doesnt work....
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11-25-2006
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you were in the beta play for Vista? That had too many viruses to even work, I think Techspot had a thing on the front page about vista in beta and it said that it would Remotely control the user's computer xD
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11-25-2006
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Yeah ive read about the remote control thing...... one word springs to mind reallly, "Stupid"?
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11-25-2006
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Yeah sortof like how Spyware in BF2142 :eek:
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