PC HELP!!! Options

[Barkmann]

I know someone in MOB builds computers, can you give me your input on some stuff?

Building a new pc soon 80% for gaming, 10% for dl movies and music 10% other crap. Im not worry about cost.

Processor.?
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6700 (4MB L2 Cache,2.66GHz,1066 FSB



Memory?4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 4DIMMs



HardDrive?500GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 250GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM HDDs)



Graphics Card? {which one?}

256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache

256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro

256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS



Sound Card?

Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card



Or anything eles that is better? That I can get in Canada. Thanks



This post has been edited by Barkmann: 03/13/07 4:41am

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Junkie makes some excellent recommendations here.

If you are not prepared to run Vista and immerse yourself in DX10 then a video card decision at this time is pretty straight forward.

I, like you, would wait to see how Vista comes around and what video cards will be fully supporting DX10 in a few months or even a year or two and what improvements they will make in those areas.

I would not recommend ATI products and if you would care to know why, I will be happy to include those reasons in a pm.

As far as a power supply is concerned, DO NOT try to save a nickle in this area as it will cost you more down the road in frustration and possibly damaged components.

Do yourself a favor and really research this decision. Just because a power supply touts "600 watts" (for example) doesn't mean it is delivering sufficient, clean power across the board. You should analyze each components power requirements and then choose a power supply that will deliver the correct power ratings for worry-free computing.

Here is a link to Antec's Power Supply Calculator. You use the dropdown boxes to fill in the equipment you will be using in your build and then it will calculate that information to then tell you what your power requirements will be and the type of PSU you will need.

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/powercalc.jsp

Good luck and hope you end up with a kick ass machine!!