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-- Posted by driscoll1997 at 3:17 pm on Oct. 20, 2008

Im hoping to get a new computer soon, i know a little about gaming computers.

Im not sure about compatibility though. if anyone does can they comment on this hardware configuration.

Coolermaster HAF 932 Full-Tower Gaming Case

800 Watt -- Power Supply    Quad SLI Ready      

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E8400 (2x 3.0GHz/6MB L2 Cache/1333FSB)

Extreme-Performance INTEL CPU Cooling Fan System Ki

[SLI] Asus P5N-D Nvidia nForce 750i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394, Dual PCI-E MB

4 GB [1 GB X4] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module   Corsair-Value or Major Brand

2x ATI RADEON HD 4850 1GB PCI-Express x16- running crossfire mode

500 GB HARD DRIVE   [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache]

16x DVD-ROM Drive

LG 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive

3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard


-- Posted by jokerman757 at 3:18 pm on Oct. 20, 2008

what is it a Alienware?


-- Posted by Dannay at 3:19 pm on Oct. 20, 2008

Looks good

perhaps a Quad Core maybe?


-- Posted by BleedingSteelWings at 3:19 pm on Oct. 20, 2008

I don't think that there's gonna be compatibility problems.


-- Posted by driscoll1997 at 3:20 pm on Oct. 20, 2008

Quote: from jokerman757 at 6:18 pm on Oct. 20, 2008


what is it a Alienware?

no i most likely am going to put it together.


-- Posted by bigredron at 3:31 pm on Oct. 20, 2008

not a bad rig. What monitor are you running?
I am not familiar with that gase, but the Antec 1200 is good for multi gfx cards.
If I was you I would also look at adding water cooling to that sucker and overclock it all.

Also get a better CPU. Dual core is better for gaming at the moment, but get a Quad core because as time goes on more and more games are going to support more than 2 cores, therefore quads are going to be faster. I have a quad core and can run Crysis and COD4 on Highest settings at 1280 x 1024 no problem (I would go higher but I have a 19" monitor)


-- Posted by drifting at 3:31 pm on Oct. 20, 2008

Its pretty good.

I do think your choice of motherboard is poor though. You should try to get an ATI based mobo, or get an nVidia graphics card. Less chances of worrying about your graphics card bottlenecking.


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