Ok. I'm getting a new pc for multimedia such as High-Definition Video Editing, listening to music, browsing the web, watching videos, and playing games like World of Warcraft (WOW). I just need to know if this is sufficient enough.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
2GB PC5400 DDR2
400GB SATA II 7200RPM
DVD+RW/-RW DL Lightscribe
Blu-Ray Drive
Sparkle GeForce 8600GT 256mb GDDR3 HDCP enabled
Is it good? If it isn't what can I change? It doesn't need to be extreme. I know what I need for extreme. But i'm not good at main stream.
2007-07-18 22:40:05 · 7 answers · asked by piNkiShlOOps 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It is more than enough for your needs and it is SO GOOD that's why I just bought myself an 8600GT too today. Its PureVideoHD technology is capable of taking the load of H.264 decoding by itself.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/486/2/
It is better than a 7600GT in games and plenty of OC headroom.
http://vr-zone.com/print.php?i=4925
Perhaps you should be the one to get the 10 points, not me.
2007-07-19 00:25:19 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. but if you want a slight speed advantage in games add a small drive 30gig. The larger drives have a longer seek time and usually a lowwer ata(data transfer rate) Set on ide or a differant sata drive controller. This will give you 2 operating system one explicitly for games. Copy your games to the small drive. As the systems are on differant drives neither will be affected if the other one has a problem.
2007-07-19 06:02:47 · answer #2 · answered by John O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Blu-Ray Drive is nice but it is very costly at the moment. I would suggest you remove that and use the money and spend it on a better graphic card like the 8800 series (both GTS or GTX are fine, your call).
A few years down the road when Blu-Ray drive costs less and more companies are using it, then it is still not too late to get it.
2007-07-19 05:48:18 · answer #3 · answered by marsulein 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent config... maybe u can get a graphics card with atleast 512 mb to go along instead of the 256 ... get an 8800 series card.
2007-07-19 05:45:10 · answer #4 · answered by Krissshh!!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everything seems to be just fine for what youre gonna do with it. i wouldnt get that sparkle graphics card though. i would more along the lines of an evga brand or an xfx if youre going for an 8600
2007-07-19 05:45:07 · answer #5 · answered by afilippone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice spec...
2007-07-19 05:44:48 · answer #6 · answered by fksalan1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cant get much better
2007-07-19 06:04:45 · answer #7 · answered by reality bites 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋