Hi all, I want to buy a new system for around €700,- and I would like to know if the following system is woth the amount or if you have any other thoughts about it. I will mainly use the machine for gaming These are the specs.: Internal memory(€115) Dane-Elec 1Gb Dual-Channel Kit, 2x512Mb PC2-4200 Hard disk(€89) Maxtor*SATA II 250Gb 7200rpm 16Mb Video(€219) XFX GeForce 7600 GT eXTreme 256Mb, 2xDVI, PCI-E Processor(€189) Intel Pentium 4 630 3.0 GHz 800 MHz Socket 775, 2MB Mainboard(€97) Asus P5ND2-SLI, S775, nForce4, DDR2, GLAN, ATX I already have the case and a TFT monitor Thanks in advance for your advice. Regards, Jackle
Why a Pentium 4? They're outclassed by the Athlon 64 CPUs and the new Conroe/Merom being launched by Intel. If you want it now, for gaming get an Athlon 64 3800ish. You'll need a new motherboard too.
Nothing inheritly wrong with that, but for gaming, the current Pentiums aren't quite as good as the Athlon64's. Second thing: unless you have a native 24-pin (no adapters) power supply around 500W or higher from a company like Antec, Enermax or Fortron (among a few others), you'll need to invest in one.
