new system need help!

hey everyone im getting a new computer and i wondered if this system is for gaming? thx...oh and my budget is around 1300..LITE-ON 20X DVD盧 DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM write and LightScribe Technology Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model LH-20A1H-185 - OEM COOLER MASTER Centurion 534 RC-534-SKN2-GP Black / Silver Aluminum %26 Mesh bezel / SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JB 250GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM Hanns稧 HW-191DPB Black 19'' 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail EVGA 256-P2-N761-AR GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply - Retail Logitech S-100 BLK 5 Watts RMS 2.0 Speaker - OEM Saitek PZ30AU Black USB Wired Standard Eclipse Keyboard - Retail Logitech MX518 2-Tone 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB + PS/2 Wired Optical Gaming-Grade Mouse - Retail G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ - Retail AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA4600CUBOX - RetailMicrosoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm 2 Ball Cooling Fan with Heatsink - Retail what do u think?new system need help!
the total is: 1,249.21... with shipping..new system need help!
everything looks very good except fir the video card. i wouldnt buy a 8600 for gaming. its not that good yu know.i would suggest you go for 8800gts if possible.
a little too expensive how about a 7950gt?
7950gt is a very very good card. tht card is really good but one drawback. it doesnt support DX10 but if u want to continue with DX9 go for it. its really good.
thx man wat brand do u think i should get?
if you want to get a low price on 7950gt go for BFG. but if not i would go for XFX. im not sure if evga has 7950gt but if they do, you should go for them.
Change the DVD drive and hard drive interfaces to SATA instead of IDE. It's not really a huge deal, but it'll help keep the inside of your case cleaner, and won't cost any different.For what you're paying for that motherboard and CPU, you could get a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R motherboard and a Core 2 Duo E4300, which would definitely be a superior configuration.Drop the sound card, as that one isn't going to show a significant improvement over your onboard audio.Get rid of the CNPS 9500 - it had its time, but the Tuniq Tower 120 easily surpasses it. Of course, unless you're going to do some heavy overclocking, you can just drop the heatsink altogether. Between that and the sound card, you may just have enough to squeeze an 8800GTS into your budget. If you get a cheaper Intel/AMD board (whichever route you choose), and in the case of AMD, a slightly slower (X2 4200 65w?) processor, you're pretty much assured to be able to afford the 320MB 8800GTS.
im actually sticking to the sound card because it adds to a huge differennce than onboard sound.. ill take ur advice and chang my cooler, but im sticking with my board and all the other goodies..lol thx :P
[QUOTE=''stefanec1992'']im actually sticking to the sound card because it adds to a huge differennce than onboard sound.. ill take ur advice and chang my cooler, but im sticking with my board and all the other goodies..lol thx :P[/QUOTE]If you want a good sound card for not too much money, look into the M-Audio Revolution 5.1 instead.
too pricey ;/ ill just stay with my sound card thx anyways...oh yea if not a 8800gts then wat card do u recommend?
actually i fit a 8800gts 320mb. in my cart.. one question though im not going to have a network on my comp for like 2 weeks maybe if i install the graphics driver that game with the card will it be alright?
[QUOTE=''stefanec1992'']too pricey ;/ ill just stay with my sound card thx anyways...oh yea if not a 8800gts then wat card do u recommend?[/QUOTE]Since you're buying Vista, the 8600GTS wouldn't be quite as terrible a purchase as everyone says it is. It's a trade-off between having to upgrade your graphics card to support DirectX 10 and less performance now. If you do plan on upgrading your graphics card something within the next year or so, then the 7900 or X1950 series cards are going to be a better buy. If you're probably going to have this thing for a good while, getting the 8600GTS should prove itself useful in the long run. And if you like watching movies on your computer, the 8600GTS is definitely the way to go.If you can find a way to stretch that machine to get the 8800GTS, it would be beneficial to you though. You'll be able to game much longer (I'd estimate around 2 years at highish settings), and if you're not too graphically picky, might even be able to squeeze 4 years out of the card.
[QUOTE=''stefanec1992'']actually i fit a 8800gts 320mb. in my cart.. one question though im not going to have a network on my comp for like 2 weeks maybe if i install the graphics driver that game with the card will it be alright?[/QUOTE]The graphics drivers that come with the card are usually just fine, especially since the 8800GTS has been around for a while. Launch cards are usually the only ones that really need an online update to run games. Make sure it's less than a month offline though, since a lot of products are much easier to register online than over the phone, and without registering them, some places will not honour the warranty. Windows also has to be activated within 30 days, which is the main reason I picked the 1-month limit.