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russb

russb

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Is this a good spec for a gaming computer,if not please tell me what would needs changing and the equivalent bits.

Case: Silver X Blade ATX Case with 450w PSU 4 Bay with Front Audio and USB
Dimensions: Length - 440mm, Width - 200mm, Height - 430mm
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33ghz 1333Mhz 4mb Cache SKT775
Processor Interface : SKT 775
CPU Cooler : Intel Retail Boxed
Memory: Major Brand 4gb DDR2 800 PC6400 CL6.0 Memory Module
Hard Drive: Branded 320gb Sata 7200rpm 8mb Cache HDD
Graphics Card: Nvidia 9400GT 1024mb DDR2 Graphics Card VGA DVI HDMI
Motherboard: Asrock G31M-GS 1333fsb Intel G31 Chipset S/V/L M-ATX SKT775
Max Memory Support: 8gb DDR2 800
Motherboard Expansion Slots: 1x PCI-E 16x, 1x PCI-E 1x, 2x 32-bit PCI
Network Card: 10/100/1000 Realtek RTL8111DL
Audio: 5.1 CH Windows Vista Premium Level HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)
Optical Drive: 20x Lightscribe DVD Writer with Buffer Underrun Protection
Power Supply: Branded 450w 24Pin Power Supply Unit
Cheers.
 
No.

9400 GT is a weak gaming card, and a "branded" 450w power supply is probably no name brand, besides being not enough power.

What site are you building this through?
 
Depending on what games you're planning to play, I would look for something with at least a quality (Corsair, OCZ, etc) power supply with no less than 600watts and a graphics card, ATI 3800/4600/4800 series or nVidia GTS or GTX.
 
Bodaggit23 said:
Depending on what games you're planning to play, I would look for something with at least a quality (Corsair, OCZ, etc) power supply with no less than 600watts and a graphics card, ATI 3800/4600/4800 series or nVidia GTS or GTX.
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Besides the power supply and graphics card,is the rest ok,cheers.
 
Socket 775 Core 2 Quad is ok yes, but the socket will see no more new cpu's because of the Core i5/i7 platform.

How much is this computer you're looking at?
 
Depends on the games you want to play.

It should play basic games and play videos just fine.

Any heavy 3D rendering games will not run well on
that setup, but you could upgrade the power supply
and graphics card later.
 
CoD4,WAW and BF Bad Company 2 when it comes out.I'v got a 500watt power supply and Navida 8800gt would they be ok.
 
The name of power supply is Thermaltake and thanks again for your replies we will have a think on what to do.
 
ugh 9400 is WEAK, with your CPU you wouldnt be bottlenecked if you went up to a 9800 or a 8800, maybe even a GTX 200 series?

also for those games.... your gonna want more PGU power, since they require more GPU power than CPU. I say find a better GPU and PSU and maybe if it all fits buy that setup and swap some parts :D

look into the
antec earthwatts 650 WATTS

thats always a great PSU to fall back on. Its quiet and powerful as well as energy efficient and a good amount of molex / 6pin and other connectors, you cant go wrong with this PSU
 
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Bodaggit23 sorry to be a pain but can you tell me if this is a good motherboard.
K8T890-A (V1.0A)

Socket 939 for AMD K8 Athlon 64 processor








WHQL
HT2000
Dual DDR400
AGP Express
PCI Express
Serial ATA RAID
Serial ATA
6 Channel audio
10/100 LAN
ATA 133
USB 2.0









PRODUCT INFORMATION
Feature | Specification

DOWNLOADS
BIOS | Driver | Manual







CPU High-performance Hyper Transport CPU interface.
Support transfer rate of 2000/1600/1200/800/400 mega-transfers per second.



CHIPSET VIA® K8T890 & VT8237R
North Bridge: VIA® K8T890
South Bridge: VIA® VT8237R



MEMORY Dual-channel DDR memory architecture
2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM socket support up to 2 GB
Support DDR400/333/266 DDR SDRAM



EXPANSION SLOT 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
1 x AGP Express slot
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
1 x CNR slot



AUDIO Realtek ALC655 6-Channel audio CODEC
Compliant with AC'97 2.3 specification



LAN VIA® VT6103L 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet PHY



REAR PANEL I/O 1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors
4 x USB ports
1 x RJ45 LAN connector
1 x Parallel port (LPT1)
1 x Serial port (COM1)
1 x Audio port (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in)



INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V connector
1 x FDD connector supports two 360K~2.88MB FDDs
2 x IDE connectors
1 x Speaker header
1 x IrDA for SIR header
2 x Serial ATA connectors
2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB Ports
1 x Front panel switch/LED header
1 x Front panel audio header
1x CD in header
CPUFAN/NBFAN/SYSFAN connectors



STORAGE Supported by VIA VT8237R
4 x Ultra DMA133/100/66 devices
2 x Serial ATA devices
RAID0 & RAID1 configuration



SYSTEM BIOS AMI BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM
Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
Supports ACPI revision 1.0 specification



FORM FACTOR ATX Size, 305mm*210mm
 
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