Six months old rig...still a good rig ?

[suhas_sm]

Six months back i had this in mind...

AMD XP64 3400+
Asus A8NE sli
DDR2 1GB
XFX 6600gt

is still a good option ? Oe do i have better options avalaible ?

I m looking forward for a good mid-range Gaming PC with future expansions availability.

Thank you

wats ur budget?
if its around 35K
amd 3500
asus a8ne
geforce 7600 gs
250 gb /160 hdd
2 gb ram
etc etc

[suhas_sm]

Hmmmm

a8ne wuld be sli ?
geforce 7600gs cost ?
and rest all if fine. Budget max upto 50k.

[samrulez]

a8n-e sli would cost u 6.5k.....
7600GS....8k

[akshayt]

Amd 64 3500 : around 5k i think
X2 3800: 8k+

Asus A8N E, not sli : around 5k+

Geforce 7600GT, better still X1800GTO, better still 7900GT, starting around 10.5k

2gb ram, 1gb X 2

[suhas_sm]

I m looking for SLI only...keeping expansion on mind.
Dont u think SLI will be better... ? And AFAIK it supports most the coming tech. :S

How much 1 GB x 1 would cost me ?

Is A8N-e SLI compatible with x2 ? Right now i m going for 3500+ to reduce final costing. I may upgrade may be after six months or a year.

[deathvirus_me]

well .. now that u have the 7950GX2 and 7900GX2 out .. and the A8N-E officially supporting it .. i don't think SLi is really necessary now ..

Also .. about a midrange PC i'd suggest :

X2 3800+ , A8N-E , 1 GB DDR400 , 7600GT ...

[dOm1naTOr]

If your budget is 50k, then
AMD 3500+: 5.5k
ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe.: 6.4k
2x 1gb: 8.5k
7800GT: 20k
250GBx2 in raid0: 7.8k

[suhas_sm]

Cant afford to put 20k in graphics card the question will come why do i need such a good graphics card .. cant answer for GAming

A card better than 6600 Gti PCI-e within budget of 8-10k would be fine wid parents

OK this is wat i m finalising

x2 3800+/64 3500+
A8n-e sli deluxe
7600gt 256mb/7600 gs 256
1 gb ram
plus rest all ......

Stil confused about CPu and G C combo though

[akshayt]

your budget doesn't allow sli. By the time you can afford another graphic card, you will get a single graphic card which is more powerful that the two combined.

No point.

Get a single 7900GT or 1900XT if you want that much power.

I understand your position. Don't tell your parents the cost of individual components, just of the entire set.I didn't tell them what I spent on my upgradation.

In case you can't do that get:

Amd X2 3800
Asus A8N E, not SLI
2 X 1GB DDR 400 Transcend UCCC chips
Radeon X1800GTO
300GB SATA II NCQ HDD
Cooler Master iGreen 500

[suhas_sm]

Ram i ll upgrade after a couple of months so going for 1 Gb right now.
X1800GTO better than 7600 Gs or GT ? whats it cost ? Is it PCi-E ?

Also the reason i m ready to cut down on RAM and GC is for betetr mobo so that i can expand rig further in future.

Is ddr2 compatible with a8n-e ?

[GeekyBoy]

no

ddr2 is not compatible with a8n-e

[samrulez]

If u want DDR2 then u will have to move to AM2....

[suhas_sm]

Hmmm now me perplexed wat to buy T_T

wudnt e6300 + 965 based mobo be good combo?
some 965s have onboard gfx which support dx10 i think
so why not buy that and get a dx10 cad after some time?

[dOm1naTOr]

I suggest u to wait a month or so till AM2 bcomes std. U will get most future proof mobo on AMD or Intel side(for conroes) by that time.

[suhas_sm]

How is chieftec in cabinets ? ? ?
A dealer showed bg-BG-01B-B-B from it. I found it awesome. Wat say ?

It was 5k he said.

[QwertyManiac]

Any cabinet with enough fans and ventilation will do

[suhas_sm]

http://www.chieftec.com/products/Silver/BG-01B-B-B.htm

the power supply had 5 and half inch fan :O So i found it good. It comes with 2 more fans fitted in cabinet and has 3 more ventilation rooms to fit equals no. of fans of 2 and half inches. (not sure of the fan sizes)

Though he showed me even better cabinets but those were good for servers. For desktop considering budget in mind i found this great.