Gaming Pc, opinions and suggestions please

bikki

Hey guys,

Its time to upgrade my pc after buying it way back in 2004.

Ive been looking on Komplett.ie and have been looking at one or two. So im wondering if these are good value for money and how good are they. The only thing il be using them for is gaming, web and dl the odd film and program.

KOMPLETT™ Gamer a-35 Crossfire

€ 1,397.55

* Cooler Master Mystique 631, Black
* Corsair Powersupply 650W Black, ATX/EPS,
* Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H, AMD 790GX,
* AMD Phenom 8750 Triple-Core 2,4GHz Boxed
* Corsair TWIN2X 6400C5DHX DDR2, 4096MB
* Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3,
* Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3,
* Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2
* Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7200A,
* MS COA Windows Vista Home Premium
* Logitech G9 Laser Mouse, USB
* Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard, Refresh,
* LG 22" Wide LCD W2252TQ-PF, 1680x1050,

KOMPLETT™ Gamer i-30 Crossfire

€ 1,130.50

* Cooler Master Mystique 631, Black
* Corsair Powersupply 650W Black, ATX/EPS,
* MSI P45 NEO2-FR, P45, Socket-775, DDR2,
* Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
* Corsair TWIN2X 6400C5DHX DDR2, 2048MB
* Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3,
* Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3,
* Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2
* Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7200A,
* MS COA Windows Vista Home Premium


Opinions please lads, i know the first has a monitor in the price. Any suggestions are welcome. 1400 is my limit on what i would spend.

stylie

Just going to tip my toe in here but how much to increase the PSU ? The dual cards might be better with 750w. I have heard of people have to up their PSU in accordance with dual graphics cards.
Both look like nice the first seems a very good deal

bikki

Thanks for the reply, went for this in the end.


Cooler Master Mystique 631, Black Steel (Without PSU)

Corsair Powersupply 650W Black, ATX/EPS, 120mm Fan, 8xSATA, SLI

MSI P45 NEO2-FR, P45, Socket-775, DDR2, 1600FSB, ATX, ICH10R, 2xPCI-Ex(2.0)x16

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 8MB, BOXED w/fan

Corsair TWIN2X 6400C4DHX DDR2, 4096MB Kit w/two CL4 2GB Dimm's, E.P.P and DHX

Gainward Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3, PCI-Express 2.0, 2xDVI, "Golden Sample"

Gainward Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3, PCI-Express 2.0, 2xDVI, "Golden Sample"

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM

Sony NEC Optiarc DVD±RW burner AD-7200A, 20x, IDE, Black, bulk

MS COA Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 English 32bit, PC Production Only

stylie

Again nice looking system but not to sound like a damp squid here but i would get a bigger PSU, I just put one into my old computer 600W(added 2 ram cards and graphics card badly need the watts) and thinking about one for my next rig and even 750W feels small these days

DanGerMus

Thats a horribly over priced system. There are a dozen threads on here with the exact advice you need. www.hardwareversand.de

look for the cheapest x48 or x38 Moterboard, say a 650-750W corsairPSU, intel e8500(you don't need a quad),4gb ddr2, 1tb samsung, radeon hd4870 512mb( get the 1gb version if you feel like it for a little extra but you probably won't benefit unless you crossfire it at some stage).
Stay away from crossfiring lower end cards the benefits vary greatly from game to game and you'd be better off spending same money on one higher card.