New rig

**Dooz** · 06-03-2006, 00:26

I'm not much of the computer wiz kid, but from what limited knowledge I gathered, I believe this ought to be pretty decent. I'm hoping for some opinions or comments from those of you here at the Org with some more know-how.

CPU: (939-pin) AMD Athlon™64 X2 4200+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology

MOTHERBOARD: (Sckt939)ASUS A8N-SLI nForce4 SLI Chipset SATA RAID Dual PCIE MB w/Gb-LAN, USB2.0, IEEE-1394, &7.1Audio

MEMORY: 1024 MB (512MBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY (Corsair Value Select)

VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA Geforce 7900 GT 256MB 16X PCI Express Video Card

HARD DRIVE: 250GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive

Will this setup make me a happy gamer?

**John86** · 06-03-2006, 01:35

Originally Posted by Wonderland

Will this setup make me a happy gamer?

It will make me a very jealous gamer.

**Zalmoxis** · 06-03-2006, 01:37

How much does the Nvidia card cost?

**LeftEyeNine** · 06-03-2006, 02:07

If you have some more cash, splash it on a Creative Audigy soundcard or extra 1 GBs (512 x 2 would be better) will make you the happiest gamer on the planet.

**Ice** · 06-03-2006, 05:12

More Ram and you're set. Nice video card, btw.

**Dooz** · 06-03-2006, 06:23

Oh man, sweet. That's so encouraging. I don't know if I'll be able to go for the extra gig of RAM just yet, but it is possible to add that later right? And if so, is it a relatively simple process? If I do happen to get it, which would be a better choice?

2048 MB (512MBx4) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY

2048 MB (1GBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY

Also, what's the advantage of having 2 video cards? If later on the need arises, will a 7600GT coupled with the one I've got give me what I need?

Thanks for the feedback guys, appreciate it

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Originally Posted by Zalmoxis

How much does the Nvidia card cost?

I got mine for $265, but I've seen it go a lot higher, well over $300.