new pc -help

[kAoS-Hender]

i am looking at upgrade giving myself $2000 on my credit card for the new pc  

458 monitor: Samsung 226BW 22" 2ms LCD Monitor 3yr 0 pixel (wide)
529 video: Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTS 640MB PCIe Video Card 2xDVI, TV-out
341 cpu: INTEL Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHZ 95W (775) Quad Core CPU
179 ram: Corsair 2G DDR2 800 TWIN2X 2048-6400C4 Kit (4-4-4-12)
169 case: Antec Nine Hundred Tower Gaming Case w/ Window (Black)
209 mb: Asus P5KC P35 MB 2xPCIe/D2/D3/S2/1394/eSata (775)
159 win: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit DVD Edition (OEM)  - yes/no?

total = 2044

questions. will that mb handle the quad core? do i need/want a physX card?
i dont NEED a monitor, i have a very nice chunky 19" diamond-veiw crt 4:3

2k told me i will need a 600+w p/s and sirro told me i will need a better heat-sink for the cpu. thinking of extending my computer to $2500 so not to lower specs above...

[kAoS-Hender]

utz helpped me a bit more. i realised i would not use teh ddr3 so opted for the same board but with ddr2 only. i also decided to go nutz. if no one says nay to it by this arvo i will order the beast

458   monitor: Samsung 226BW 22" 2ms LCD Monitor 3yr 0 pixel
529   video:    Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTS 640MB PCIe Video Card 2xDVI, TV-out - do i need 640mb or will 320 do?
341   cpu:       INTEL Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHZ 95W (775) Quad Core CPU
179   ram:      Corsair 2G DDR2 800 TWIN2X 2048-6400C4 Kit (4-4-4-12)
169   case:     Antec Nine Hundred Tower Gaming Case w/ Window (Black)
195   mb:       Asus P5KR P35 MB 2xPCIe/D2/S2/Raid/Glan/1394 (775)
159   win:      Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit DVD Edition (OEM)
179   ram:      2nd lot
119   ps:        CoolerMaster Extreme Power Duo 650W PSU
120   hdd:      Western Digital 400GB 16M SATAII Hard disk drive
44     dvd:      LG 18x DVD+/-R/RW D/L SATA Burner (Black)

total = 2497

[kAoS-Rage]

you will only need the 640 on resolutions above 1600x1200 your lcd your getting dont go that high anyways so go for the 320mb
and get the 8800GTS 320 oc its only $10.00 more its overclocked out of the box so you still got  warranty if it fuckes up.

[kAoS-Rage]

and why the fuck go for vista? you can always get that later on whan its in the  bargain bin where it belongs.

[kAoS-Hender]

dx10 is the only reason

should i just xp 64bit? or just stick with xp32bit-pro which i already have?

539 - XFX GeForce 8800GTS XXX 320MB PCIe Video Card 2xDVI, 580Mhz ???

[kAoS-Hender]

thanx everyone for helping wif the computer choice. i was talkin to gammo and he said to go an nforce motherboard for dual 16x pci-express

well i got the computer and put it together (one ram module was fooked, grrr - i only have 2gig atm until tomorrow when they WILL replace it)

455   monitor: Samsung 226BW 22" 2ms LCD Monitor 3yr 0 pixel
509   video:   XFX GeForce 8800GTS XXX 320MB PCIe Video Card 2xDVI, 580Mhz
338   cpu:     INTEL Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHZ 95W (775) Quad Core CPU
168   ram:     Corsair 2G DDR2 800 TWIN2X 2048-6400C4 Kit (4-4-4-12)
168   case:    Antec Nine Hundred Tower Gaming Case w/ Window (Black)
279   mb:      Asus P5N32-E-SLI-Plus S775 QuadCore DUALx16-SLI 2xPCIEx16 SLIx16 RAID FW 2xLAN ATX
168   ram:    2nd lot
107   ps:       CoolerMaster Extreme Power Duo 650W PSU
145   hdd -    Western Digital 500GB 16M SATAII Hard disk drive
37    dvd -    LG 18x DVD+/-R/RW D/L SATA Burner (Black)

it ran ut3 at full res on 60+fps (everything else default)




my desk will never be that clean again...

[gämmö]

serious gear.... nice

[kAoS-Maian0]

Very slick!!

=)

[kAoS-2k]

Holly shite best kaos PC ..Nice 1

[kAoS-jazz]

 Very Nice indeed.

I left a reply on the utwars forum.  Too late now obviously, and it was probably all wrong anyway.  


Nice collection of drink holders btw.

[kAoS-Hender]

i got ur post jazz, and yes it did help.

this summer seams like its' going to be a hot one so i brought the bar fridge up from the garage and next to my computer  ::2k::

thus al the coolers...

at full res and fell tex etc it runs ut3 at 62fps most of the time but can drop to 40 in big areas and spam. so ful res and everything else low and it runs smooth. muhahaha

time for you guys to upgrade and make me cry