Need advice from the gurus of this forum

[kaibil1]

Hello to all members:

I want to build my second system because the actual one I think is not being able to handle the newest games the way i would like.

Actual config: (will keep it to go online and stuff like that)
Asus a8nsli deluxe
amd 4000 oc @ 2.8
2G Ram ocz
Bfg 7800 gtx oc
2xraptor 74G 10,000 RPM

New one.......gaming only)

case and accesories not decided yet but will go for a full tower, not sure if xp or vista either.

mobo Gigabyte Ga-Ma790fx-ds5 am2+/am2
Cpu Phenom 9600 agena 2.3Ghz Quadcore(later will go to 3.0)not available yet
Psu Ocz gamextream 700w
video card bfg 8800gtx 768mb
Ram 4x2G patriot extreme DDR2 800 pc2 6400
Hd 2x WD raptor 150G 10,000 RPM
cpu cooling asus silver square evo

Please let me know if I am ok before I order.

Thank you in advance,

[RazR]

don't mind the amd setup, though some may say that Intel is the better bang for your buck

the mobo is not too bad, some may recommend going with Asus because of there high quality products, you might want to look into that

if you are going with 4gb of ram, then you will need a 64-bit operating system that will see all 4gb of it
32-bit operating systems can only see approximately 3.25gb or so

if u want DX10 gaming, go with vista, if not, it wouldn't hurt to go with XP

and for the harddrives, i'd just toss those out
the cost per gigabyte is just not worth it
you are better off getting a 500gb hard drive from seagate, way better bang for your buck
you could even pick up a 1TB hard drive for the cost of 2 raptor drives..

even though they are faster, you will not notice much of a difference between those and the 7200RPM drives
and with that being said, the raptor drives do generate more heat and have a shorter live span

just go with a 500gb hard drive and you'll be set

[RazR]

and make sure that your memory is compatible with your motherboard
some manufactures are picky as to which memory you use

[Cricket]

Looks like your old computer would handle newer games if you just replaced the video card with something more powerful, like from the NVidia 8800 line of video cards and upgraded the CPU to the fastest one supported by that motherboard.

Cricket

[kaibil1]

Originally Posted by Cricket Looks like your old computer would handle newer games if you just replaced the video card with something more powerful, like from the NVidia 8800 line of video cards and upgraded the CPU to the fastest one supported by that motherboard. Cricket

The max in cpu I can go is with AMD opteron 2.6 dual core(the fastest 939 pin)
and of course as you said a 8800, would I see a major improvement compared with my old set up?

Thank you

And thank you to all that answered my question.

[Cricket]

I'm not a gamer but from what I understand the 8800 series of video cards just about blows away all lower series NVidia video cards when it comes to gaming performance.

Cricket