hi i'm going to buy a computer from cyberpower.com i want it for gaming and i want it to be very fast so this is the configuration :
CPU: (Socket AM2) AMD Athlon™64 X2 6000+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
MOTHERBOARD: (Socket AM2)MSI K9N4 SLI-F nForce 500 SLI Chipset DDR2/800 SATA-II RAID MBoard w/ Dual 16x PCI-Express
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
VIDEO CARD: NEW!!! NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
HARD DRIVE: Extreme Performance (RAID-0) with 2 Identical Hard Drives (640GB (320GBx2) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
I wanted to ask if the RAID-0 is a good choise or if is better just one single hard drive and also is a good choise to put liquid cooling in it? and please tell me if this power supply is going to meet te requeriments of the computer: Apevia 600W DARK SIDE POWER ATX Power Supply thanks for you help
2007-04-21 16:26:52 · 5 answers · asked by Azteca452 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Sir, there is no such thing as a special computer for playing games on. I NEVER play games. I am a Computer Systems Specialist and I own a very high performance computer.
Dual Core, three hard drives, 2GB RAM, two DVD drives, Graphics card with 256MB RAM, my system will run anything out there. It is not A GAME Computer, it is just a computer with the capacity to store more and because of 2GB RAM
give better performance.
PC Industry uses the word GAMMING to give the elusion that you are buying some type of special computer that is suited to run games better than anything else. That just is not true. You can run games on most any computer.
Gaming is suspose to be about performance/speed/graphics. Why don't they use the fastest hard drives, SCSI 15,000RPM 16MB RAM? Why not max out the RAM, either 4 or 8GB depending on the board?
Your case, BUILD YOUR OWN COMPUTER!
Use PC POWER & COOLING Power Supply.
Buy more than 700W. Buy an aluminum case, aliminum is better material for heat reduction.
Make it dual bootable using both XP and VISTA.
Buy a separate drive for each.
Intel Dual Core or quad core are currently the fastest on the market, about 25% or more faster than the fastest AMD.
2007-04-21 16:51:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
WOW! That's a pretty powerful set up.
Go w/ 2x1Gb RAM for Vista since you are getting aDX10 card.
Consider using a WD Raptor for your games and another drive for other files. You might be sorry if your game files get corrupted in RAID 0 config.
Your 600 watter is more than enough and will run cool. But since you have an SLI board and possibly looking at running SLI in the near future, get at least a 650 watter; 750watts should be great. PSUs generally run cooler and lasts longer when operated at less than 80% load.
2007-04-22 14:59:30 · answer #2 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very nice setup... You may want 2 drives, one for the OS and one for that games. Forget the raid setup for games and the liquid cooling is way overkill, if you have a case anything like mine, cut a hole in the plexi and add a couple of 120mm fans, and you have no worries at all
2007-04-21 16:40:24 · answer #3 · answered by getinkt 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
game enthusiasts do no longer bypass after this waiting-made junk. game enthusiasts build their very own laptop to have the main suitable gaming experience. So its greater beneficial you build your guy or woman laptop and enjoy each recent activity to fullest.
2016-10-13 03:59:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
agree, forget the raid and add a gig of ram
2007-04-21 17:03:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋