......is it too much. Can't decide on X-box 360, wait for PS3 or upgrade PC. Was going to build one myself but then found this bad boy

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default...UCT&KEY=117930

I think you'll be struggling to build something like that for that price. But is it too much?

 

You could build similar for that price, I would personally use Conroe as a processor base as these Intel Chips are spanking AMD silly in the bang for the buck competition.
Read any of the hardware sites and overclocking sites and the guys wanting a powerfull pc are building with conroe this year !!

 

Breaking that down into parts:

CPU: FX-62 = £548.62
O/S: Windows XP Media 2005 = £73.09
Case/PSU: £44.64 + £75.48
Motherboard: Asus M2N32-SLi = £122.26
RAM: 2GB DDR2-900 = £230.77
HDDs: 2 * 300GB SATA = £122.68
DVD: Sony dual-layer = £20.77
Graphics: 1GB nVidia 7950GX2 = £316.08
Monitor: 20" Viewsonic TFT = £250.15
Sound: X-Fi Xtreme (OEM) = £56.58
Speakers: Inspire T7900 = £64.27
KB/Mouse: Logitech cordless kb/mouse = £28.61

Total = £1954 (so, all in all, not a bad price considering they've probably used more decent parts than some of the ones I priced there).

 

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 = £411.15 (Far better than the FX62)
O/S: Windows XP Home = £53
Case/PSU: £44 + £40 = £84
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 = £110
RAM: 2Gb (2X1Gb) Corsair TwinX XMS2 = £169
HDDs: 2 * 300GB SATA = £122.68
DVD: Sony dual-layer = £20.77
Graphics: Sapphire Technology Radeon X1950XTX = £328.94
Monitor: 19" widescreen Hanns TFT - 8ms = £129.99

Total: 1429.53

£570.47 to spend on your sound card and speakers.

 

Id say it was worth it, assuming you have a really good warranty on it, not that you should need it but its nice

That should play all top games at full whack no problem at all

 

Build your own...loads cheaper!

 

get an xbox or ps3 when it comes out, so much more sense if u really wanna play the latest games imo

 

Do you think gaming would be better on a PS3 compared to a PC of that spec? I just prefer gaming on a PC and I'm not sure wether to make the switch to console or not

 

That don't sound to bad

Something else to consider

 

That pc in the link would be better than a ps3 jugding by that spec

 

Just been reading loads on the Conroe chips and looks like I'm gonna swing that way ( ooh err ). Only thing is I've been reading about the next gen graphics cards ( DX10 ) coming out by the end of the year . Where does it all end

 

Only thing is that not many games will be geared up to use DX10 just yet and if they do change I dare say that the graphics card companies will release new drivers to cope with the new DX10

The Sapphire Technology Radeon X1950XTX is probably the best GFX on the market so this will be around for a while yet and has even been rate higher than nVidia 7950GX2 which is 2 GFX cards in one runningin SLi mode, now that some beating.

 

That sound's OK then. That Radeon sounds like a beast though. Thats 512meg isn't it?

 

Oh yes

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/graphi...=517&chart=215

 

Yep it is 512mb and yes it is a beast:

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...0&v=1#infoarea

but if you go for that you would probably would want this Mother board:

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...0&v=2#infoarea

 

OMG and thats only the 1900 not the 1950.