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Post Date: 2007-10-03
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    Posted: 03 Oct 2007 at 3:33am		 
Looking to buy a computer for gaming purposes mostly, I've searched for a good place to buy 
from for awhile now and I selected DS from the excellent reviews. I'm just wondering if this 
system would be good enough to handle the games decently and maybe last for the next few years 
without any big complications. I don't have a ton of money to go with right now, and I plan on
getting upgrades later on if needed. 

So basically I'm asking for feedback on this configuration, I know nothing about computers so 
I don't know for instance if this is upgradeable? If its fast? If it works together? I don't know 
these things and any information on this would be great.

Case: Digital Storm Twister LITE (Black Aluminum Edition)
Power Supply: 500W Thermaltake (Silent PurePower Edition)
Processor: AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 3.0GHz (Dual Core) (2 MB Cache)
 w/HyperTransport 
Motherboard: Asus M2N-Plus SLI (Vista Edition) (nForce 5 series SLI
 Chipset)
Memory: 2GB DDR2 Corsair at 667MHz (Dual Channel)
Floppy / Media: - No Thanks 
Hard Drive 1: 250GB (Western Digital / Seagate) (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM)
 (SATA)
Hard Drive 2: - No Thanks
Raid Option: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-ROM/CD-ROM (DVD Reader 16x / CD Reader 40x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks 
Network Card: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL
 / Network Connections)
Modem: - No Thanks
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8800GTS 320MB (By: eVGA / Asus)
 (PCI-Express) 
TV Tuner: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Motherboard Multi-Channel High Definition Audio (7.1
 Channel)
Physics Card: - No Thanks
Cooling: Air Cooled Stage 1 (Certified Digital Storm Heat-sink)
Case Lighting: Blizzard Internal Lighting (Blue Edition) (Cold Cathode
 Tubes)
Round Cables: - No Thanks
User Manual: Personalized Platinum Digital Storm Binder (Includes
 Paperwork/Benchmarks/CDs/Manuals)
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home (Includes Service Pack 2)
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image
 Based)
Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks 
Mouse: - No Thanks my keyboard comes with a mouse
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty
Support: Lifetime Toll-Free Platinum Care Technical Support
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Posts: 501 		  Quote sundowner Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Oct 2007 at 3:35am
Price range?
 
Future  SLI/Processor OC'ing?
 
You prefer AMD over Intel?
Pro case with extra fan
Quad Q6600 2.4 OC'd 3.1!
Nvidia 8800GT
Asus Maximus Formula Mobo
2xgb 800mhz corsair

xfire - xuntiltheendx
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  Quote Lyos Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Oct 2007 at 3:40am
1400$ max AMD, and I don't know what the other thing is
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Posts: 501 		  Quote sundowner Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Oct 2007 at 5:31am
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=84789
 
 
If you can wait till November for the Pro cases to be restocked, I'd consider it. It's a much cooler case for future upgrading.
 
 
But if you can't and you want to go ahead, that should be a good config for you. It's setup so you can add a 2nd 8800 320mb down the road to go SLI, or replace the one 320mb for a 8800 GTX.
Pro case with extra fan
Quad Q6600 2.4 OC'd 3.1!
Nvidia 8800GT
Asus Maximus Formula Mobo
2xgb 800mhz corsair

xfire - xuntiltheendx
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http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=84804
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star.
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Posts: 131 		  Quote gdhart Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 03 Oct 2007 at 12:18pm

You should at least bump up to a 600W or 620W PSU since you plan on doing furture upgrades.   The larger PS will be able to handle the second video card if you decide to go SLI.
850W PSU/Pro Case
Q6600-G0 2.7GHz
nVidia 680i A1 Revision
4GB 800MHz XMS2
1x500 GB WD, 2x500GB WD RAID-1
2x500GB Ext
nVidia GeForce 8800GTX 768MB
ATI TV Wonder 650
Air Cooled Stage 3
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