[hypoxia]

hi there, I am looking to invest some money into a new gaming computer, and I wanted to see if a quote I got is reasonable, here is the quote below...


CASE * NZXT Apollo (Black)
POWERSUPPLY * 1x HEC Zephyr 650Watt Power Supply
MOTHERBOARD * 1x Asus P6T (LGA1366)
CPU * 1x Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (LGA1366)
CPU FAN * Socket 1366 Active Copper Heatsink
RAM * 6x 2048MB DDR3/1333MHz Non-ECC Non-Registered Memory Module
FLOPPY * 1x 52 in 1 Internal Card Reader / Writer with USB
CD DRIVE 1 * 1x LiteOn 20X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer + CD-RW SATA Drive (Black) w/Lightscribe Technology
VIDEO CARD * 2x Nvidia GTX 285 1GB Dual DVI (PCI-E)
HARD DRIVE * 1x 1000Gb (1 Terabyte) 7200RPM 16Mb Buffer Serial ATA300 (SATA II) HDD
OS * 1x Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit (Installed w/CD) 64-bit (which I will switch to xp64)

quoted for $2061


also will that power supply do for this system or do I need to step it up to 800w?

[Carbon]

No, you're paying way too much for a lot of relatively useless parts.

http://www.computer-juice.com/forums...posting-23819/

[Razer]

I agree with Carbon. It's probably better to just pick up the bits and whack them together (Figuratively!). Pre builds often incur a massive charge to do an hours work.

As far as switching to XP 64 bit, don't. A mate of mine had nothing but driver issues with it. I use Ultimate 64 bit Vista and it's (believe it or not) brilliant. Now MS has ironed out the creases, Vista is a viable OS now. Not great since 7 is coming out in the next few months but if you want to take on DX10, it's worth it. With 12Gb of RAM and 2 GTX 285's, Vista will fly. 7 will fly if you choose to pick that up.

Just avoid XP now, IMO I think it's time has passed and it's age is starting to show..