[boon401]

hi,
thinking of getting this pc mostly for gaming. i was going to buy the pc from cougar-extreme.co.uk picking out the parts myself. this is the spec of the pc. please tell me what u think.

CPU-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz 8Mb Cach
RAM-4Gb Corsair Memory DDR2 800 - 4 x 1GB
HDD-500GB SATA Hard Drive
Case-Windtunnel Extreme Cooling
PSU-BFG 800Watt
GFX-768Mb Nvidia 8800GTX graphics card DX10
Motherboard-QC-ASUS P5N-ESLI 1333fsb-DDR800x4 SLI motherboard (Dual graphics)
OS-Windows Vista Premium

any help would be much appreciated.

[alex]

Yup, that will happily game at 1920x1200 all day long. The 4gb ram is overkill, but what the hey.

[samjohnson]

Ya the memory is a bit overkill but even still you will be able to play any of the new games for many years to come.

[officerfarva]

If it is okay, may I also ask if my specs are good for my new gaming desktop.
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CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 8MB L2 Cache 64-bit
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5N-E nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Mushkin Brand)
VIDEO CARDS: 2x(NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA))
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

[alex]

Yup, that'll do nicely as well . Will also game at 1920x1200 happily. Although the 650 chipset is a bit of a let down to be frank, and as you're not going dual-card it's also a bit silly having it.

[Cew27]

but with huge ram and a really good graphics card you avoid the ram being the bottle neck (if thats the correct terminology) instead it is more of a 2 foot bucket with out a bottom

[Carbon]

Yeah, the 650i is really an old chipset. Dump the quad for a good Duo or even Extreme if you don't do any media stuff, and don't get the 8800GTX (get a 8800GT or two).

[Cew27]

indeed the new 780i chipset has been release , i just ordered one