I'm planning a parts list for a gaming pc I'm going to build but it's my first time, should I change anything


Krusty , Thursday, 12th of August 2010 06:10:15 PM

-Rosewill R5604-TBK 0.8mm Japanese Cold Rolled Steel Screw-less Dual 120mm 
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-BFG GeForce 9800 GTX/>-Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer PCl Sound Card
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not really decided on a CD drive or more fans yet

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Comments and critiques welcome! This is my first build, 
so l do not know much about this sort of thing, and any advice would be 
helpful. l do not wanna buy all these parts just to find that l gimped my 
system.
Probably running XP
 
 
 
 
 

Bunni , Friday, 13th of August 2010 03:32:41 PM

I'd nix the sound card unless you will be doing professional  
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audio editing and put that money toward a current generation graphics card  
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from NVIDIA. Maybe bump up the CPU to a Q9300 if you can afford it.  
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brittie , Saturday, 14th of August 2010 11:36:04 AM

what operating system will you be running?  
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If you can get a 4GB ram kit instead it is not that expensive anymore.  
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I wouldn't bother with the gaming sound card most of the soundcard on the  
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motherboard is suffiecient enough. The only time when you need a better  
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sound card is when you use to sound editing. So it is not a big deal to  
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have a gaming sound card. Just my opinion put ur money on the Ram which  
makes a better use or if not a slightly better video card.  
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otherwise ur spec is pretty decent.  
 
 
 
 
 

short fry :D , Sunday, 15th of August 2010 02:27:30 AM

ATI Radeon Graphic cards are better for gamers as they have a  
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better performance ratio.  
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beccaboo , Monday, 16th of August 2010 02:42:11 PM

Raise the RAM to 4GB if possible.  
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Acey , Tuesday, 17th of August 2010 04:55:03 PM

change the 9800GTX to a GTX 260 Core 216.you will be glad you  
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