Gaming PC??? Any Good?

Question

CASE: Zalman GS 1000 (Black)

PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 750W

MOBO: Asus Strike 2 Formula nVidia 780i

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

CPU FAN: Thermaltake Blue Orb 2

RAM: 4GB 1066MHz Corsair Dominator

GFX: ATI HD4870 x2 (2GB)

HDD: (2x) Seagate Barracuda 250GB (32MB Cache)

DISC DRIVE:Asus 20x DVD Re-Writer with Lightscribe

$2153.52 - I'm English and over here parts are more expensive...

Please recommend any changes you think would be helpful, a bigger power supply, a different case, switch to the GTX 280? any opinion is appreciated.

Thanks

(Only have $2182.69 to spend)

Answer 1

Wow, thats an awesome PC, though how much is that in £ sterling? if my £1 = $2 math is correct, about £1050, which isnt bad. (in rip-off britian)

make sure you have 64-bit vesion of Vista, or youll only register as 2GB of RAM ( the 2GB of ram onthe Radeon eats into the 4GB RAM max on 32-bit Vista/XP) n obviosulyy Vista has DX10 for hte new gmaes, n DX 11 is coming out in next year.

actually does the Motherbaord wiht a Nvidia chipset run Radeon cards in Crossfire? i thought the nvidia chipset boards only run SLi ( being a nvidia grpahics card technolgy) so chekc that before yoou get 2 Radeon cards.

Answer 2

Actually the specs, u have written down, are d**n AWESOME! If u were to buy that machine you'd have a Serious Gaming Rig! Between the GTX 280 and the HD4870, the Radeon card is a lot cheaper, and has faster ram, But the GTX 280, is known to have better frame rates, maybe 1 or 2 higher than the Radeon card, nothing big. But its mostly just on what you prefer Nvidia/Radeon. But goodluck, soon you'll have an awesome Machine!!! I wish i had those specs.

Oh yeah, if u are going with (2) Radeon cards, get atleast 1000w psu, thatll run it like a charm, with 750w you'd be like just powering it up, maybe not powering it up enough so if u are getting 2, go with 1000w. !!! Good Luck bud!

Answer 3

WOW!

Answer 4

that sounds like a good price, but you may get a better deal at ibuypower.com