New Setup

[BOMBER BOYO]

Hey Guys, i finnaly have the money to get a new computer so i went onto Computer Planet and created (what i think) is a very good computer for a reasonable price. Could you please tell me if this is a good set up to play WoW on High Settings with no lag? Also feel free to reccomend different things.


AMD 630a Home
Computer Case Black & Silver ATX Tower Case
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 2MB (2 x 3.0 GHZ)
Motherboard Asus M2N68-AM 2000MT/s (NVIDIA 7025)
Memory 4GB PC-6400 800 MHZ (2 x 2 GB) (DDR2)
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT - 1 GB - VGA/DVI/HDMI (Palit) - OverClocked
Power Supply 600W PSU
Hard Drive 1 500 GB SATA-II HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB
Optical Drive 1 Samsung (S222A) DVD PLUS/-RW 22x Dual Layer - Black (IDE)
Sound Card Motherboard Integrated 5.1 Sound
Firewire Card 4 Port Firewire IEEE 1394 & Free Cable (PCI)
Networking Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)
USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 Ports
Card Reader Internal Card Reader 50-in-1
CPU Heatsink AMD Heatsink & Fan - Low Noise
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-BIT (Genuine DVD & COA Included)
Office Software OpenOffice 3.0.1 (Unlimited PC License)
Backup Solution Standard Operating System Backup
Monitor 19" Widescreen TFT Black/Silver - 5MS

[SwervinCL]

The only thing I would change is the Video card and your ram. Your motherboard will support 1066, why not use it?
Ram is so cheap. But stick with a brand name.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104072

The price of the 9800's are dropping like a rock too. The 9800 is the best of the Nvidia's pre-200 series...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130435

With alll of that said. I do not think what you have is bad. The above things are just the couple things that I would change...

Give us an estimate of how much you would like to spend. Also, is there a reason you are wanting the AMD chip?

[BOMBER BOYO]

Well what i first posted was a total of £552. But with what you reccomended it is £625, which i think is a bit out of my proce range :sad: i can have the better ram though :laugh:
Im gonna have to save up for that 9800

[SwervinCL]

Well what i first posted was a total of £552. But with what you reccomended it is £625, which i think is a bit out of my proce range :sad: i can have the better ram though :laugh:
Im gonna have to save up for that 9800

Now, those prices are dollars so I have no idea what the conversion is. But the ram is one of the cheapest, best upgrades you can do for your machine. If your motherboard can handle 1066. Use 1066....

Keep in mind that regular windows Vista will only make use of 3 gig of ram.

[BOMBER BOYO]

Now, those prices are dollars so I have no idea what the conversion is. But the ram is one of the cheapest, best upgrades you can do for your machine. If your motherboard can handle 1066. Use 1066....

Keep in mind that regular windows Vista will only make use of 3 gig of ram.

That PC is about 1100$ :P
Also is the AMD worse than Intel?

[Kalos]

That PC is about 1100$ :P
Also is the AMD worse than Intel?
Well that particular AMD processor series is worse than most of what Intel has. Basically that proc series you've picked has its roots in 2003, and was last really developed in 2006. Intel's mainstream processors were introduced in 2006 and latest developments happened only last year. The age of the components speaks for itself. Why go for a 'top' range Athlon series, when a middle-bottom Core 2 Duo is newer and faster?

And there is absolutely no point in getting 4 gig of ram with a 9500. Drop to 2 gig of ram, use the saved change to get an 9800. That is a top priority change. That'll perform far better. You won't get high graphics on a 9500 anyhow.

[Erinion]

You could save money by going for a smaller hard drive and putting another one in when you get more money.

You could also get rid of the firewire card (unless you really need it). I've not used firewire in any machine I've built over the last 10 years.

I agree with Kalos. Limit yourself to 2gb of Ram. 4gb will not be used by any 32bit operating system. Don't forget that the memory on the graphics card also gets added to this equation (basically 3.5gb is your limit for RAM + Graphics card on any 32 bit operating system).

Or

Buy the monitor you want...give me the change and I'll build you a PC... I'm actually less than 20 miles from you :)