My new system - orded just now - please rate...

[Spurs986]

I finally bite the bullet and brought the components for my PC - I went with the following :-

Item: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz (1066MHz) Socket 775 3MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor - Qty: 1
Item: Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 16MB Cache - OEM - Qty: 1
Item: Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Mid Tower Case - With 500W EarthWatts PSU - Qty: 1
Item: Sapphire HD 3650 512MB DDR2 Dual DVI TV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - Qty: 1
Item: Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty - Qty: 1
Item: Gigabyte GA-P35-S3G iP35 Socket 775 6 channel audio ATX Motherboard - Qty: 1

Now I know I have a v.v.v.poor graphics card (well assuming its poor by price) but am planning to upgrade at Christmas - 4870 if my PSU can handle it.

Now the choice is Vista 64 bit or XP SP1 - an earier topic suggest Vista 64 bit - will this affect Football Manager though? (the main reason I've upgraded) and secondly given the system what games could I realsically buy for it which are Command and Conquer/Age of Myth type games?

Please let me know what you think of the system, I'm putting my own DVD in, and the cost came to £337.36 with delivery and inc VAT.

Thank you to everyone who has responded in previous posts, you've all been a great help.

 

[akhilles]

The specs look good to me. The Earthwatts is fine for HD 4870.

500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX? technology in dual mode)

http://ati.amd.com/products/ra...4800/requirements.html

No idea about Football Manager. But why XP SP1? At least SP2 or even SP3. Anyway, I LOVE Vista 32 cuz it runs EVERY XP program I have. I have yet to fail to run any of my XP programs. BTW, I'm on SP1.

 

[Spurs986]

Think I'm going with Vista 64 now as I have heard good things about it and will work with my 4gb memory.

I was worried as my monitor is a 19inch flat screen but not widescreen - get impression it mayb too small for vista.

My graphics card sucks tho so not sure if Aero will be a good idea lol Still going to try my friends copy of Crysis for a laugh

Thanks for responding

 

[Chiropteran]

If you have an existing video card you can use I would just do that and save your money, the 3650 is basically worthless for modern games.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Spurs986
Think I'm going with Vista 64 now as I have heard good things about it and will work with my 4gb memory.

I was worried as my monitor is a 19inch flat screen but not widescreen - get impression it mayb too small for vista.

My graphics card sucks tho so not sure if Aero will be a good idea lol Still going to try my friends copy of Crysis for a laugh

Thanks for responding

Vista 64 bit :thumbsup:

I would seriously reconsider upgrading your video card especially if you plan on running Vista for optimum performance.

Ausm

 

[Spurs986]

Well I will at Xmas, but have a PS3 so can't see me playing anything I haven't already got except maybe C&C and/or Age of Empires 3... or similar games if anyone has any suggestions? Will the 3650 b okay with vista 64 bit for that? and will it work with aero?