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saltylog

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I am on a very tight budget and would appreciate feedback on the following system (via ibuypower):
ASUS M3a78-cm MOBO
ADM X2 7750 Black Ed. (2.7 Ghz)
2 GB DDR-2 (800) corsair xms2 xtreme
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 512 MB (evga)
Vista 32 bit

Anyone have a sense of appx. what detail level I might get from this? Or any possible incompatibility or problems?

If people feel this is not adequate I might be able to hold of another month or so and slightly improve upon this.

Thanks in advance, Tim
 
I would consider getting more RAM and XP instead of vista. The other stuff is good. (I like Intel processors more than AMD ones though...)
 
Saltylog S!

It's worth telling us your present system. It could be very near your proposed one and therefore the "upgrade " may not be worth it, as you may not get much of a performance increase . At least- not one worth the money, if you see what i mean.
 
Dell Dimension. P4 1.4 GHz. No vid card. Weak power supply. 40 Gig HD. Blah. Also have a Dell Laptop 1 Mhz Celeron. Both not worth saving.
 
Gousgounis said:
I would consider getting more RAM and XP instead of vista. The other stuff is good. (I like Intel processors more than AMD ones though...)
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More RAM only if he goes to a 64-bit OS. 32-bit can see only 4gb RAM, and that includes whatever is on the graphics-card. 3gb of RAM will lose dual-channel, 4gb of RAM will leave some unused and cause stability problems as XP-32 cannot properly handle the extra (with Corsair it invalidates the warranty to use certain 4gb kits in a 32-bit XP, and says so on the packet as the RAM can be physically damaged).
 
I agree with Gousgounis, if 2GB is it install Windows XP. I see at Newegg the AMD CPU ($78.00) and mobo ($72.99). If you could spend a bit more the Gigabyte Intel 775 GA-EP43 is $79.99 and an Intel Wolfdale E8400 is $164.99. They can easily be overclocked to 3.6+ Ghz.
 
I'd go with an 8600GT or 8800 unless you need DX10 for something. Otherwise, it's adequate, I'm running BHaH on a AMD X2 2.8ghz, 8600GT, 4Gb RAM and I have frame rates in the 30's to 50's with the sliders at level 3 on XP SP2. For Vista, I think you'll have to up your specs by at least 50% to get close to a similar performance level.
 
Dump Vista. It's a resource hog... no matter how many resources you have.

My new rig is running XP SP3 and all is good.

OvS
 
ovs said:
Dump Vista. It's a resource hog... no matter how many resources you have.

My new rig is running XP SP3 and all is good.

OvS
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What he said. ^

Vista is a steaming pile of cack. Cue hordes of people saying how fantastic it is. :icon_lol:
 
That's the problem when you deal with ibuypower.

They don't offer XP, or an 8600

If you are in a fair sized city, look in the Yellow Pages under computers

For the same Bucks as ibuypower wants

You should be able to buy, much more machine

And I'm NOT talking about building it yourself
 
Thanks to everyone thus far. Gimpyguy, my local comp retailer gave me a quote of $1,400 (this incuded a few goodies beyond what I would settle for) and this is nowhere near what I would be able to spend. Any other online seller that is worth checking out?
 
Sorry if this is a dumb question. I have XP on my wife's computer. I cannot find the disc. Can I load it onto a new system? If so, how? Thanks
 
saltylog said:
Sorry if this is a dumb question. I have XP on my wife's computer. I cannot find the disc. Can I load it onto a new system? If so, how? Thanks
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Not likely. Even if you slapped that hard drive into a new system it's very unlikely it will work correctly. You would need to uninstall any specific video, sound, motherboard drivers that may conflict and even then I wouldn't do it. Just asking for problems.
 
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This is memory thats on my wishlist at newegg...not sure what the differences between the one you list and this, but at 64 bucks for 4 gigs of memory.......
CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145229

should anyone know of any reasons why i should not be considering this memory,,would appreciate comments

seems like personal prefernec comes in to play too much on boards and video...and i really dont know enough to comment on the other items you listed
 
Always had good luck with Corsair and Crucial. In my current Gigabyte P45 motherboard, which I bought for it's ton of overclock settings, i'm using Mushkin modules recommended by the guy that runs their OC Forum. Very happy with those also.
 
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