My New Gaming Rig

FifthFreedom · 18-05-2008, 12:01 PM

Lo,

I'm looking at building an ultimate PC for gaming that should last me a good few years.

ATM I'm looking at buying the base stuff from cyberpowersystem.co.uk (Yes, I'm British... ) and extras from ebuyer.co.uk

For £2,400 I can get:

Case: CoolerMaster Mystique 632 Tower 420W Steel Case (Black Color)

CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz 1333FSB 12MB L2 Cache 64-bit (Should be able to OC to 3.2 min from what I here...)

Cooling: ASUS pre-fitted, ready sealed liquid cooling system. (Never needs any work doing to it)

Power Supply: Tagan 1300W TG1300-BZ PipeRock Series Modular Power Supply

Motherboard: (3-Way SLI & QX9650/Q9770 Support) MSI P7N Diamond Nforce 780i SLI with Creative X-Fi Sound Card LGA775 Mainboard FSB1333 DDR2 3 x PCIe x16 SATA RAID w/ USB2.0, IEEE1394, & 7.1Audio

Memory: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (OCZ Nvidia SLI Ready Edition w/ Heat spreader)

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB 16X PCI Express

Monitor #1: Samsung SM245B 24" 1920 x 1200 Res

Monitor #2: Some ****ty Phillips one

Hard Drive #1 : Single Hard Drive (150GB Gaming Western Digital Rapter 10, 000RPM SATA150 16MB Cache WD1500ADFD)

Hard Drive #2: Samsung TeraByte drive 7200 RPM

Optical Drive: SONY DUAL FORMAT 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)

Optical Drive 2: Sony DVD-Rom

Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

Mouse: Logitech G9 Gaming mouse

Keyboard: G15 gaming Keyboard

Sound: Creative Inspire Inspire 5.1 surround sound speakers

Includes, Deliver and a 3 year warranty.

So my questions are:

Is it worth the money and will it last?

Thanks for reading,

FifthFreedom

mattireland · 19-05-2008, 05:31 PM

Just a few little things (got to go so I'll have a further read over it later):

Do you really need a 1300W PSU? I run a lot more things than you have in your rig in mine and I use a 650W PSU.

Secondly, do you need the terrabyte hard disk. Yes, it would give you a lot of storage and it's incredibly fast but by the time you've filled that up, you'll probably want a new computer anyway. If you cut down on the PSU and HDD then maybe you would be able to invest in a better secondary monitor?

By the looks of it, I'd say that you could make it last at least 3-5 years as a gaming rig and could probably use it for another 8-10. However, one thing that could bring lifetime down is if Blue Ray really takes off. Drives are too expensive at the mo though, IMO. I don't know what you think.

Mobo and CPU will fit together fine.

Will your intended operating system support 4GB of RAM or is that just going to be a waste?

Do you need some pipes, a pump and a resevoir or two to go with the cooling system?

You've got both integrated graphics and sound in your MOBO, if it's a gaming rig then these won't be good enough quality for you so you'll want external cards, which you have got, so there's no point having them inbuilt into the mobo as well. I'd save money on a different MOBO if you want to game. I'd consider looking in magazines at reviews of MOBOs: I saw a very good test of various gaming models put to test next to each other in a magazine a couple of moths ago;

I can't remember exactly where though sorry. Custom PC did a very good review of the Asus Maximus Formula in their December 07 issue that intorduced me too it, so I bought it to give it a spin and it's been a very good piece of kit and cost around £150 so I'd definitely recommend this MOBO, although I have to admit your current one does look pretty cool.

I've got no direct experience with the GeForce 9800 GX2 card but from reading reviews it should do you fine.

On your current MOBO, the optical drives will fit together fine. Case, keyboard and mouse all seem like good choices as well.

I hope this helped a bit.

Matt. I

EDIT: What are you going to use to cool your CPU? Air? Water? Are you going to be OCing graphics or CPU or both?

18-05-2008, 12:01 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
FifthFreedom Geek Trainee Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 Status: Offline	My New Gaming Rig Lo, I'm looking at building an ultimate PC for gaming that should last me a good few years. ATM I'm looking at buying the base stuff from cyberpowersystem.co.uk (Yes, I'm British... ) and extras from ebuyer.co.uk For £2,400 I can get: Case: CoolerMaster Mystique 632 Tower 420W Steel Case (Black Color) CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz 1333FSB 12MB L2 Cache 64-bit (Should be able to OC to 3.2 min from what I here...) Cooling: ASUS pre-fitted, ready sealed liquid cooling system. (Never needs any work doing to it) Power Supply: Tagan 1300W TG1300-BZ PipeRock Series Modular Power Supply Motherboard: (3-Way SLI & QX9650/Q9770 Support) MSI P7N Diamond Nforce 780i SLI with Creative X-Fi Sound Card LGA775 Mainboard FSB1333 DDR2 3 x PCIe x16 SATA RAID w/ USB2.0, IEEE1394, & 7.1Audio Memory: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (OCZ Nvidia SLI Ready Edition w/ Heat spreader) Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB 16X PCI Express Monitor #1: Samsung SM245B 24" 1920 x 1200 Res Monitor #2: Some ****ty Phillips one Hard Drive #1 : Single Hard Drive (150GB Gaming Western Digital Rapter 10, 000RPM SATA150 16MB Cache WD1500ADFD) Hard Drive #2: Samsung TeraByte drive 7200 RPM Optical Drive: SONY DUAL FORMAT 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR) Optical Drive 2: Sony DVD-Rom Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO Mouse: Logitech G9 Gaming mouse Keyboard: G15 gaming Keyboard Sound: Creative Inspire Inspire 5.1 surround sound speakers Includes, Deliver and a 3 year warranty. So my questions are: Is it worth the money and will it last? Thanks for reading, FifthFreedom

19-05-2008, 05:31 PM	#2 (permalink) Top
mattireland Geek Trainee Join Date: Apr 2008 Gender: Male Posts: 33 Times Helpful: 3 Status: Offline	Just a few little things (got to go so I'll have a further read over it later): Do you really need a 1300W PSU? I run a lot more things than you have in your rig in mine and I use a 650W PSU. Secondly, do you need the terrabyte hard disk. Yes, it would give you a lot of storage and it's incredibly fast but by the time you've filled that up, you'll probably want a new computer anyway. If you cut down on the PSU and HDD then maybe you would be able to invest in a better secondary monitor? By the looks of it, I'd say that you could make it last at least 3-5 years as a gaming rig and could probably use it for another 8-10. However, one thing that could bring lifetime down is if Blue Ray really takes off. Drives are too expensive at the mo though, IMO. I don't know what you think. Mobo and CPU will fit together fine. Will your intended operating system support 4GB of RAM or is that just going to be a waste? Do you need some pipes, a pump and a resevoir or two to go with the cooling system? You've got both integrated graphics and sound in your MOBO, if it's a gaming rig then these won't be good enough quality for you so you'll want external cards, which you have got, so there's no point having them inbuilt into the mobo as well. I'd save money on a different MOBO if you want to game. I'd consider looking in magazines at reviews of MOBOs: I saw a very good test of various gaming models put to test next to each other in a magazine a couple of moths ago; I can't remember exactly where though sorry. Custom PC did a very good review of the Asus Maximus Formula in their December 07 issue that intorduced me too it, so I bought it to give it a spin and it's been a very good piece of kit and cost around £150 so I'd definitely recommend this MOBO, although I have to admit your current one does look pretty cool. I've got no direct experience with the GeForce 9800 GX2 card but from reading reviews it should do you fine. On your current MOBO, the optical drives will fit together fine. Case, keyboard and mouse all seem like good choices as well. I hope this helped a bit. Matt. I EDIT: What are you going to use to cool your CPU? Air? Water? Are you going to be OCing graphics or CPU or both? Last edited by mattireland; 19-05-2008 at 08:20 PM.

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