Thoughts on my new system specs please...
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:00 pm
I'm going from a p3 1ghz system to:
E6400 Core 2 Duo 2.13ghz
2gb Patriot DDR2 ram @ 667mhz (dual channel I hope, not a matched pair).
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard (the new F6 firmware is meant for o/c)
EVGA E-GEFORCE 7600 GT pci-e 256mb video card with VGA out. I'm still using a 19" Viewsonic CRT.
Samsung Spinpoint P Series 80GB SATA2 7200rpm HDD 8mb cache. ( I have 2 IDE hdd's to add to the system via a pci ata100 card).
total for new parts: $956.68 taxes incl. That's about $848 USD
My Lite On 52x CD-RW
NEC 4x DVD+RW yes its old, but its firmware makes me want to stick with it until it dies.
I'll be using my Chieftec Dragon case.
I bought a 585w PSU from Tiger Direct last month.
I'll stay with my existing mouse/keyboard set up.
And keep my 19" Viewsonic CRT.
It will be a home computer 1st, occasional gamer 2nd.
Your thoughts on it are appreciated.
E6400 Core 2 Duo 2.13ghz
2gb Patriot DDR2 ram @ 667mhz (dual channel I hope, not a matched pair).
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard (the new F6 firmware is meant for o/c)
EVGA E-GEFORCE 7600 GT pci-e 256mb video card with VGA out. I'm still using a 19" Viewsonic CRT.
Samsung Spinpoint P Series 80GB SATA2 7200rpm HDD 8mb cache. ( I have 2 IDE hdd's to add to the system via a pci ata100 card).
total for new parts: $956.68 taxes incl. That's about $848 USD
My Lite On 52x CD-RW
NEC 4x DVD+RW yes its old, but its firmware makes me want to stick with it until it dies.
I'll be using my Chieftec Dragon case.
I bought a 585w PSU from Tiger Direct last month.
I'll stay with my existing mouse/keyboard set up.
And keep my 19" Viewsonic CRT.
It will be a home computer 1st, occasional gamer 2nd.
Your thoughts on it are appreciated.