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zzidontcarezz
Mar 20, 2009, 04:33 PM
Power Supply 420W

Processor ( [=== Quad Core ===] Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q8300 (4x 2.5GHz/4MB L2 Cache/1333FSB) )

Motherboard ( [SLI] Asus P5N-D Nvidia nForce 750i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394, Dual PCI-E MB EPU Technology )

Memory ( 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair

Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT 512MB w/DVI + TV Out Video )

Hard Drive ( 250 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache]



think it'll be a good gaming computer?

albear
Mar 20, 2009, 04:48 PM
Decent ghz and good graphics card it looks the part so id say deffinetly, what were you thinking of game wise?

zzidontcarezz
Mar 21, 2009, 12:14 PM
Crysis, left 4 dead, wow maybe, d3 once it comes out, counterstrike

Curlyben
Mar 21, 2009, 12:22 PM
Lol, there's NOTHING available that will play Crysis at full res, but that being said this should do well.
Admittedly if you are looking at gaming, go for the Geforce SLI option, I'd also upgrade the CPU to Extreme edition Quad as well as the PSU, 500W+.
Mind you when I spec a gaming machine I'm, normally looking in the $5k+ range, for the box alone..

albear
Mar 22, 2009, 07:01 AM
Agreed ben, I've never seen a machine that can play crisis, as for L4D and counterstrike my laptop can play those and it doesn't have a spec as half as good as what you've put so no worries :)

chaosmaster1
Mar 28, 2009, 09:16 PM
Everything looks good except for the powersupply I would shell out the extra money for a 700 watt plus psw

jmw0713
Mar 30, 2009, 09:28 AM
Definitely get a bigger PS. Running SLI/Crossfire will put a huge burden on that 420w.


Maybe a larger Hard drive, but other than that looks good to me.

What kind of case are you getting?

chaosmaster1
Mar 30, 2009, 10:54 AM
On any custom build I recommend no les than 500 watts and I am able to play crisis at full with my system