IS THIS A GOOD GAMING CPU???? LET ME KNOW!

**X_bOnEsoFdEaTh** · March 16th, 2004, 02:29 PM

He are the parts:

1)RAIDMAX Blue 10-bay Case with 420W Power Supply, Model "ATX-868WUP" -RETAIL

2)Plextor Black 8X DVD-RW/+RW Drive, Model PX-708A/SW-BL, Retail

3)2 of Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - Retail

4)ASUS 875P Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU, Model "P4C800 DELUXE" -RETAIL

5)Intel Pentium 4/ 3.0C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail

6)Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS PCI Sound Card, Model "SB0350" -RETAIL

7)Logitech Z640 5.1 Speakers -RETAIL

8)ATI RADEON 9600XT Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL

9)Westren Digital 80gb Hard Drive

So what do u think people good or decent or bad???????
LET ME KNOW!!!
ANY RECOMMENDATIONS????????
THANK YOU

**John Prophet** · March 16th, 2004, 02:40 PM

I"ll answer your question with a question.....

is a lamborghini a nice car?

of course its good....I dont know anything much about video cards but if it is on par with the rest of the system then obviously it rocks!

**X_bOnEsoFdEaTh** · March 16th, 2004, 02:45 PM

Yes it is a nice car!!! I just need to know because i am planning in purchasing these parts i just need opionins. I am not bragging. This will be my first EVER gaming computer!

**SunDizzle** · March 16th, 2004, 02:46 PM

The vid card is a deffinite winner although it would be nice to see another cd drive in there. Preferably with a 50x speed or so.....

**X_bOnEsoFdEaTh** · March 16th, 2004, 02:48 PM

Thanks i will think about that!!!!

**blubomber** · March 16th, 2004, 02:58 PM

Yes, that system is nice!

What type of games are you planning on playing? I ask because, instead of the 9600XT, which is a very good video card, you spend just about $30 more and get a 9800Pro card. The 9800Pro card would just about double your 3dmark2003 score and would give you better frame rates at hight resolutions and high graphic settings. Also, in stead of just a regular CD-ROM, i would suggest a DVD ROM drive. That way if you want to "backup" your DVD movies, it would make the process faster if you did not have to keep removing DVDs to insert blank DVDs. Same goes for CDs.

Very good system though.

**DPA** · March 16th, 2004, 03:03 PM

unless you plan on overclocking the cpu, you have no need to purchase the corsair XMS ram, it's just a more costly form of ram is it is designed to run faster than listed speeds. (i.e. overclocking)

you could save yourself some money and grab some cheaper priced ram such as:

mushkin
corsair (anything but XMS.. $$$$$$)
GeIL
Kingston
Micron
Crucial
etc...

also, don't forget that you can use pricewatch and contrast the results with resellerratings, or just use resellerratings period to find the best online vendors. You'll find yourself saving all kinds of money.

Final note, don't forget to get yourself a nice, large sized monitor; whether it is LCD or CRT, just make sure that it's at least 17" and flat screened if it's a CRT. Nothing makes the computer worth using like the only part you have to stare at in order to use it--ask any of the "oldies" here at techimo.

. . enjoy

**X_bOnEsoFdEaTh** · March 16th, 2004, 03:17 PM

THe games i am planning in playing is Wc3 TFT, Rainbow Six 3, Tron 2.0, War of the Ring, and much more. HALF LIFE 2 and DOOM 3 when they come out hehehe!!!

That is for blubomber

and

Thanks for the advice DPA

**SunDizzle** · March 16th, 2004, 03:21 PM

I would downgrade the ram (as per dpa) and up the 9600-9800 with the extra money (per blubomber)....

very nice sys though, I would love to play some wotr with the 9800....aaaagglgllllgg.....9800....aaagggllgggggll l

**bfcx** · March 16th, 2004, 03:50 PM

If your going to have an 875 chipset might as well get 2 256 chips to take advantage of the dual channel memory. That'll give you alot better memory bandwith

**ArcticFox** · March 16th, 2004, 04:21 PM

Dual 256MB? Get two of these:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...145-026&depa=0

And they should work very well. But yeah, upgrade the video card choice and it'll be slammin'.

**ArcticFox** · March 16th, 2004, 04:21 PM

Stupid Vboard grrr

**X_bOnEsoFdEaTh** · March 16th, 2004, 04:25 PM

I will look into that , but will it work for the mtherboard i want?????????

**X_bOnEsoFdEaTh** · March 16th, 2004, 04:27 PM

motherboard******

(correction)

**DanGrease** · March 16th, 2004, 04:28 PM

Use the edit button when you do spell errors.

dan

**maface** · March 16th, 2004, 04:28 PM

Looks good to me

I agree with pretty much what has been said I am putting together a very similar PC right now. Like was stated the 9800 would be nice for games. The RAM might be over kill but I got XMS also. If you don't care about oc'ing Crucial is a good alternative

**X_bOnEsoFdEaTh** · March 17th, 2004, 03:39 AM

ok

Anymore commendations???

**Starfury_2260** · March 17th, 2004, 04:16 PM

Definitely go with 2 of 512mb instead of 256mb

**The Punisher** · March 17th, 2004, 04:28 PM

Yeah you're gonna want a lot of ram hehe, but other than that the system will run future games like HL2 and Doom 3 smooth and whats currenlty out without a prob.

**Bizkitkid2001** · March 17th, 2004, 04:44 PM

Since the release of veitnam, I suggest that you get a faster drive like a sata drive. I'm sure bf1942 isn't going to be the only game that will be slow at loading here in the near future. If you want, you can spend a little more money and get a 5900 non ultra wich will be an increase in performance over the 9600xt. Or go all out and get the 9800XT