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apoc24

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I want a few year future proof PC.

her is my setup



CASE: LIAN LI PC-V2000

PROCESSOR: Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe 2.93GHz

MOBO: NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX

CPU COOLING: Scythe SCINF-1000

RAM:CORSAIR Dominator 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2

HD: 2X Seagate SV35 Series ST3500641SV 500GB

POWERSUPPLY: PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR EPS12V 1000W

SOUND CARD: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite 7.1

VIDEO CARD: 2X GeForce 8800GTX 768MB

MONITOR: 30" DELL (everything you want in a LCD)




should i get 4gb of ram?? why or why not??


going for my first build go easy on me :p
 
It doesn't hurt to have more ram. Some might say it's really unnecessary to have 4G (I don't know why), because there's always new types of ram coming out / as far as I know there's only 1Gig chips and 4 slots on most boards leaving no room to upgrade in future. Also for present OS's like XP, (32 bit of course) only recognizes 2.75 Gigs of ram leaving the rest up the air (64bit doesn't, though).

My opinion, 4G's is great for what's ahead of us. DX10/Vista and a bunch of games coming out could probably use and benefit from more ram, hell any computer / game likes it. I say go for it if you got the money.
 
apoc24,

For future proofing get rid of that dual core and get right with Intel's quad core....IMHO.
 
yea, i was looking at the quad core but im not sure... do you think that it is worth it in the long run games are barely getting used to dual core should i go quad??
 
Thing is, future proofing is very difficult thing to do. In about a year or so time DDR3 will be out, making DDR2 out-dated (probably).

In a year from now, AMD and possibly intel will have a new socket or processor type.

I would not be inclined to spend too much on future proofing. I would just go for a dual core and 2 gig for now, and when it gets to the point when games preform much better with 4 gig, and fully utilize quad core and above, at that point there could very well be newer technologies and MUCH lower prices.

The trouble is, most manufactures do not reveal their projects till the last minute. Look at the DX10 cards. We did not know the complete official specs of the 8800's till launch day, all people had were rumours and speculation. Same goes for Ram and processors, although AMD and Intel have released their goals, they are not very specific.

As far as i know, for Gaming, Quad core and 4 gig is pretty much pointless. Other applications, like graphic designs and benchmarking (3d mark etc.) will benefit, but as I said, games, not for a while.

Also, 2 gig ram sticks are not well developed and as a result are slow. 1 Gig sticks have only just caught up with 512 in the last year.

This is my opion anyway, the choice is up to you in the end?
 
apoc24,

UT2007 will use quad, Alan Wake will use quad, and Crysis will use quad.

I agree with Fangman's points, but if your going to spend the $, you'd be a total fool not to spend an extra $140.00 for quads when your already dishing out a ton of cash.

I'll be the first to agree that 4 is better than 2 ;)

If you were on a strict budget, I'd have a different opinion on things.

Good Luck,

Sphere
 
At first I was gonna post how you probably would not benefit from quad core, and there really is no future proof setup BUT after looking at all the stuff you are putting in your system.... you can get the Intel quad proc for not much more than what you are spending on that proc you have listed. Might aswell get a couple raptors for the O/S drive. And Dell is releasing a revision to their 30inch so might wanna hold out for that one.
 
apoc24 ----

For a first build you have the wrong stuff.

I would suggest a more modest system. Something around $600 (+ $200 for a monitor). In 2 years when you upgrade to a new system for $600, you will be better off compared to buying the system you propose.

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For most people there is very little difference between a $4000 system and a $600 system.
 
GeorgeHR said:
apoc24 ----

For a first build you have the wrong stuff.

For most people there is very little difference between a $4000 system and a $600 system.
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GeorgeHR,

I strongly disagree with what your saying if the word*gaming* comes into effect. Suspecting that apoc24 isn't putting this much $ into a machine to email and browse the web.

The differences and performance from 600 to 4000 are just stellar.

Sphere
 
i play high resolution games and mild some video editing and mild web browsing.


mainly gaming....
 
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