Hows my future system looking?

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monster.under.thebed

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im posting my parts for my future system so if there are any incompatibilities, you guys will see them....

So how does it look?....
-HITACHI Deskstar 7K80 HDS728080PLA380(0A30356) 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
-SAPPHIRE 100106L Radeon X850XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
-XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W ATX 500W Power Supply
-CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Unbuffered System Memory Model VS1GB667D2
-ASUS P5ND2-SLI Socket T (LGA 775) NVIDIA nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition ATX Intel Motherboard
-Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield 533MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core,EM64T Processor Model BX80551PE2666FN
- ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

ps. the proc will be overclocked hopefully to around 3.6

do you think it should be able to run cod2, bf2 and ghost recon advanced warfighter pretty high?

thanks :cool:
 
Langford said:
If it were me, maybe a different brand for the hard drive.
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the reason im chosing this is because it got a lot of good reviews at the egg, and its only $50

... and what about running those games pretty good? can it?
 
Looks good, I would get a bigger hard drive though.

That drive comes from a good and fast line, and there's nothing wrong with Hitachi.
 
monster.under.thebed said:
the reason im chosing this is because it got a lot of good reviews at the egg, and its only $50

... and what about running those games pretty good? can it?
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Dont listen to NewEgg reviews, most of them are from joe blows who dont know the difference between - well, between 2 obviously diff, things :)

"wow this harddrive is so quiet it is an excellent drive!!!"

meanwhile they got 10x 80mm high speed fans in their pimped out cases.
 
Hiatchi makes great drives, dont let the "deathstar" naming fool you, this is not what you'll find in their current lines. Current Hitachi drives own everything but the Raptors when it comes to performance, yet the Hitachi comsumes less power on startup than others, and is fairly quiet.

I'd personally go with a different video card. Sure, you'll get lots of performance from the X850XT, but you'll be missing out on lots of features such as HDR, and then things such as SM3.0. I'd highly suggest going with something like an X1800GTO.

Never heard of your power supply selection, and something with the name "Good Power" just doesnt sound to high quality to me.

Anyway, I HIGHLY recommend the video card change. I just see it as a waste of money, especially if you plan on keeping the system for any decent amount of time.
 
PWMK2 said:
Well, Hitachi DeskStars haven't been nicknamed DeathStars for nothing, and I wouldn't necessarily bank on the Newegg reviews. I'd go for a Samsung HDD, personally: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822152021
(The lack of SATA is NOT going to hurt you)
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Before you make assumptions, get your facts straight.

The IBM GXP line is NOT the same as the current Hitachi line. Hitachi bought the hard drive division after that fiasco, and is one of the most reliable lines these days. The GXP "deathstar" problem was eventually fixed with a firmware release. Even though this was so long ago, misinformation still exists, I guess :rolleyes:

Secondly, unless you are looking to save $3-5, money spent towards SATA is money well spent. The newer motherboards/chipsets are already starting to phase out PATA.
 
Skrying said:
I'd personally go with a different video card. Sure, you'll get lots of performance from the X850XT, but you'll be missing out on lots of features such as HDR, and then things such as SM3.0. I'd highly suggest going with something like an X1800GTO.
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the x850xt doesnt have sm3.0? and to use hdr, doesnt it depend on the monitor? (i have a viewsonic va720 thats like almost 2 years old, and it doesnt have a "white" connector on the back, just a blue one, can i still use that card?)
 
monster.under.thebed said:
the x850xt doesnt have sm3.0? and to use hdr, doesnt it depend on the monitor? (i have a viewsonic va720 thats like almost 2 years old, and it doesnt have a "white" connector on the back, just a blue one, can i still use that card?)
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No, it has SM2.0. Your white connector is a a standard VGA connection, not DVI (blue).

Almost all CRTs have VGA connections, and most good LCDs have DVI connections. You can still use your older LCD with your new video card, but whatever video card you get, it will come with a passthrough adapter that lets you use the analog signal.
 
monster.under.thebed said:
so will i be able to use hdr?
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Short answer: No

Long answer: Yes, but true HDR is SM3.0, you can get SM2.0 implementations of HDR out of the x850. It doesn't look as good and SM2.0 HDR is slower from what I understand.
 
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