Simviation Forum - Good PC choice for 1+ (maybe 2) years?

Sep 6^th, 2008 at 12:30pm

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Hey there.

I am currently in the market for a new gaming pc, and after much research and deliberation I think I have struck a balance between my burgdet (1000Euro) and performance.

Intel Quad Core q9550
Powercolor HD4870
P5Q Pro
2x2GB Corsair XMS2 800mhz
Nox Urano 600w SLI
500GB Samsung SATA-II 16mb-cache

..(nzxt Apollo box, Dvd-rw, cables etc..)

All that with a Asus VW222S 22" Widescreen.

How does this config sound to you?

Regards
Patrick

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Reply #1 - Sep 10^th, 2008 at 6:34am

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This is personal but i would go with a WD HDD (hard drive) but i have not gotten a samsung HDD before. but other wise it is good, but what is the price of this system? and try to go for buget stores so you have more money to buy later Wink

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AMD 9550 2.43 X4 - 2Gb RAM 800Mhz DDRII - Asus 4670
Corsair TX-750W

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Reply #2 - Sep 10^th, 2008 at 9:59am

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My config has changed a little bit:

Intel Quad Core q9550
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Powercolor HD4870
P5Q Pro
2x2GB Corsair XMS2 800mhz
Corsair TX-650W
500GB Samsung SATA-II 16mb-cache
NZXT Apollo Black Chassis

(+DVD Burner and Cables)
All for 996.60Euro smile.gif [ 1402 U.S. dollars or 804 British pounds]

I don't really like Western Digital as I have had one of their HDDs before and it failed on me Angry

Do you reckon that'll run FSX well? I will O/C the 9550 to 3.6GHZ or possibly 3.8

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Reply #3 - Sep 10^th, 2008 at 2:20pm

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yes -it should be okay. You could think about the intel 8400 and give it a good overclock - but there are many ways to make the computer up in yr price range - and alot of its personal preferance.

I would think about 3 GB of memory and also a good power supply.

I made my step son a gigabyte ga ma 770 and AMD 64X 6000+ with 2GB memory and it was no more than £250 in a rebuilt case. He is well chuffed.

Personally, I like AMD chips - they are cheaper for the speed and do well. I run a vid card 4850 = its good without over clocking. These vid cards run hot anyway

Enjoy and good luck!

E6600 overclocked to 3400. Asus P5N E sli with 3GB memory, Vista and 7900GS vid card. new Pro Yoke and pedals

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Reply #4 - Sep 10^th, 2008 at 2:50pm

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I'd prefer the quad core as I won't be updating for quite a while and with teh new Intel NEHALEM chips coming out next year the dual core will slowly grow old.

I chose the 4870 for the extra 20% and since its a powercolor one they have a special fan(powercolor stripped out the stock cooler)

Do you reckon that my PSU is good enough for that hardware?

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