What Do You Think Of This System

[GTSticky]

For a friend

 

RaidMax 668WBP Black Aluminum Case w/420W PSU

MSI K8N NEo2 Platinum

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 939 Winchester

2x512MB OCZ Plat Rev 2 @ 2-2-2-5

Maxtor 160GB SATA

Sony 1.44MB Floppy

NEC ND-3500a 16X DL DVD+/-RW

 

for 909 from newegg

 

Options are not necessarily related

 

Option 1: are either Save money on RAM and get 1GB Corsair Value RAM at 2.5 cas

 

Option 2: Add GeForce FX5950 Ultra 256MB for $200

 

Options 3: Add Nvidia 6800GT for around $400

 

 

How badly will the value RAM affect system performance, he's not into overclocking.

 

thanks,

[nVidia_Freak]

Option 3, get the 6800. The FX line suck. If you get the 5950, you'll be sorely dissapointed.

[GTSticky]

The 5950 Ultra is mine that I'd sell used to keep his costs down. Thanks for your opinion though, I agree he should get the GT if he can squeeze out the dough.

 

Still wondering about the RAM, cost vs performance for a non-overclocker

[daniel]

Well in my opinion i think he should go with option one and 3 save money on ram and get a a 6800GT, i dont think he is going to notice too much the difference of ram... well this is my opinion

[nVidia_Freak]

Then again, if your friend is a hard core gamer, then yes, go with the GT. But if he just plays games every so often like SimCity 4, or the Sims 2, Red Alert 2, UT2k3 & 2k4, the 5950 will do just fine. Although, considering some places still sell the 5950 Ultra for $400+, I'd still go with the GT, that's me though.

[kendellrt]

I would suggest sticking with the 512 RAM and getting either the 6800GT, or if you are concerned about price, get a 9800 pro instead of the FX. I got an FX 5700 Ultra instead of the 9600XT thinking that the raw clock speed would be better. I should have gotten the 9600 XT.

[GTSticky]

His kids play City of Heroes and Dark Age of Camelot. They are currently using a Radeon 9550 on a P3-1000

[kendellrt]

That looks like a good system to me. You may want to check zipzoomfly to see if the shipping is any cheaper. Newegg seems to really be raising their prices, but they have more stuff. I got my mobo and cpu from zipzoomfly, it was cheaper than newegg by a few dollars, and the shipping was free.

[GTSticky]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll do that or I'll let him have my wholesale price (not sure I f I want the hassle or not..)

 

I wonder if that PSU will handle the 6800GT? I tried to find an amp rating for it but couldn't.

[drewkivela]

another video card option is a 6600, great value card

-drew

[BabyBalrog]

6600gt is about that best Price/cost card out there. they can be had for under 200USD and are way better then a 9800xt Otherwise my only concern is "Is that PSU a truepower? or Maxpower rated?" if its true you should be ok, otherwise I'd look into getting a truepower.... What are you planing to spend on PSU? 100 will get you a OCZ Powerstream which are excelent Supplys

[clamothe]

i realise the 5900 is yours, but in the future, 9800xt kick 5950 ultra .