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[euskadi_warrior]

What do you think about this new computer that i'm thinking about buying:

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ S939 Processor
Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 S939 w/ VGA,PCI-E,Snd,GbE,SATA,1394
1024MB PC-3200 DDR RAM
Lite-on SHW-1635S 16X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive w/ Nero
300GB Seagate Serial ATA150 Hard Drive 7200RPM 8MB Cache
Gigabyte Radeon X700 256MB 16X PCI-E w/ DVI, TV out
306A Midi Tower ATX Case w/ 400W PSU, Side USB, Air Duct
ViewSonic 17" VA702 8ms Thin Panel LCD
BTC Standard 104 PS/2 Keyboard
Standard PS/2 Wheel Mouse

it costs around $1600.

 

[equiski]

What do you think about this new computer that i'm thinking about buying:

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ S939 Processor
Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 S939 w/ VGA,PCI-E,Snd,GbE,SATA,1394
1024MB PC-3200 DDR RAM
Lite-on SHW-1635S 16X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive w/ Nero
300GB Seagate Serial ATA150 Hard Drive 7200RPM 8MB Cache
Gigabyte Radeon X700 256MB 16X PCI-E w/ DVI, TV out
306A Midi Tower ATX Case w/ 400W PSU, Side USB, Air Duct
ViewSonic 17" VA702 8ms Thin Panel LCD
BTC Standard 104 PS/2 Keyboard
Standard PS/2 Wheel Mouse

it costs around $1600.

If you're planning on playing high end games, I'd buy a slower processor and use the money to buy a better videocard: X800GTO 16 / 6800GS / 7800GT etc. An X700 would considerably bottleneck a 3800+.

Otherwise, it looks fairly good. How were you planning to use it?

 

[euskadi_warrior]

Thanks for your advice equiski. I plan to use it mostly for simple tasks like web-browsing and work-processing. But I also want to play the occasional game and do some video/image/sound editing. Does the X700 really matter with what I plan to use it for?

 

[Collin]

The X700 is fine for all the tasks you listed there. Gaming would be the biggest issue, depending on what games you intend to play and at what settings. Infact, for tasks such as word processing and such, even integrated graphics would do you justice.

If you're intending to play relatively new games, especially from the First Person Shooter genre, I'd get something a bit better than the X700 to compliment that A64 3800+, especially if you want them to look good. Now the X700XT pretty much is at parity with the 6600GT, and already that card isn't shaping up so well for longevity nowadays (if you play graphically demanding games). And remember, we're talking about an X700XT vs. 6600GT, you've just listed down a vanilla X700, not a PRO or an XT.

 

[euskadi_warrior]

thanks guys... yeh, i think ill get it the way it is as i dont plan to do a tonne of serious gaming on it anyways. thanks JKDDragon and politik for ya advice.