annie_himself

I ordered this over a week ago. Will ship on the 11th. Are these specs good for a person that doesn't game and just uses his PC for leasure (lots of music, movies..etc)?

Case: Raidmax Sagitta II Mid-Tower 420W Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window (Blue Color)
Fans: CS_FAN: Extra 3-Color Neon Light LED Case Fan [+5] (2 x Fans [+5])
CPU: AMD Athlon(TM) X2 4400+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
Drive: LG 20X Double Layer DVD+-RW Super Allwrite + Lightscribe Technology [+6] (Blue Color [+9])
FAN: AMD ATHLON64 CERTIFIED CPU FAN & HEATSINK
HDD: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [+24])
Motherboard: Asus M2N SLI NVIDIA nForce 560 SLI MCP Chipset DDR2/800 SATA RAID PCI-Express MBoard w/GbLAN,IEEE1394,USB2.0,&7.1Audio
Memory: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory
NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
OS: Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(TM) Home Basic w/ Service Pack 1 (32-bit Edition)
Powersupply: Standard Case Power Supply
Software: Free 60 Days Microsoft(R) Office(R) 2007 (Words, Excel, Access, Power Point, Outlook + More) - Windows Vista(TM) Required
Service: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS 24/7 LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express

Price $599.00 on the dot.

The Hedgehog

Do you have Microsoft Office already?

annie_himself

No. My Dell came with some Word Perfect stuff.

The Hedgehog

But this isn't your Dell right?

For school and college, Microsoft Office is becoming a must nowadays.

Ttam Says Blarg

My comp craped out on me new ones coming Monday. You will be able to play games fine with this setup.

SpikeX

Yeah that's a pretty nice setup. There's a few things I would have changed (Intel processor and more RAM) but that setup should keep you going for a while, and it will play movies and music with ease. You can do some lighter gaming too.

sheograth

Looks fine, I'm weary off case PSUs though, but its unlikely you'll run into any problems. If you upgrade to a really beefy video card down the line consider replacing the power supply as well.

annie_himself

Thanks everyone. I doubt I will play any games besides Flight Simulator X since it was free in the deal.
My current computer has 126MB of RAM so 2G is a huge upgrade for me. And my current drive can't write to these newer blanks and I bought LightScribe blanks not knowing what they were so I chose that drive to use them with.
I can't wait...[>:]

pythonfan

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good luck with that man, fsx still needs some graphics, you might be able to play it but doubt it, should of picked up a good vid card for around 30-50 bucks, may not have been the best but would do the job a lot better, and if you do any vid editing it would help in that area to.

nice overall to see you getting a new pc tho.

boltech

EVGA 9600GT 512MB cards are going for 89.99 around here

feo

Those specs are better than mine, and I DO game[&:]
I could run CounterStrike 1.6 at 100fps last year when I played it competitively. And all I have is horribad Nvidia 6150le onboard gpu.[:'(]
What do you think the best video card I could get that would be compatible with a 1ghz AMD Anthlon x2 64 cpu?

boltech

1Ghz Athlon X2???? are you sure????
if it's PCI Express you can pretty much pick from any video card.. power supply permitting

annie_himself

Oh. Well I am pretty lost on this stuff but if the game doesn't play then oh well. It was free and I don't game anyway.

feo

My bad, that was supposed to be a 2
I have a 350watt psu , and yep, its pci e. But if I get like an EVGA 8800, my cpu wouldnt be able to handle the kinds of games that the gpu could handle right?

boltech

Your CPU would be able to handle it no problem it's dual core.. Your power supply is another issue.. Many of those high end cards need minimum 400watt power supply to be able to function without issue.

RS4rallydriver

that sounds like a pretty sweet computer ^_^ i cant even PUT a 8500GT in my computer if i wanted to lol. or at least i dun think i can... but i guess like the average non - hardcore gamer i can deal with what i have almost happily. all i play really is "Second Life" anyways.

annie_himself

Thanks, you must be in the same boat as I am now. My computer can't run VRC demo. This thing is pathetic.

feo

So what do you think is the best gpu my power supply could handle? Its already running two hdd's and an led pci slot fan thingy.

c0rtina

considering that CPU would have doubled the price of the entire system...........

c0rtina

your PSU should be at 500+ watts right now to cover yourself comfortably , youl find that PSU will last a lil while , but id replace it befroe it dies/gets swollen caps/goes bang or all of the above

c0rtina

My other gaming box (5200+ x2 ath , 4 gig ddr2, 250 gig sata2 drive ,8800GT GFX is eating 500s for lunch!

I use on this a 800 watt to cover all hardware and have a good overhead ( 6000+ x2 ath , 2x 250 gig sata2's in raid 0 , 4 gigddr2 800 (2x2gig) 2x 8800GT's

boltech

With a 350Watt power supply you just have to shop a bit more carefully. Avoid cards with big beefy fans for one! they most certainly need a min 400watt power supply. There are quite a few 8600GT cards that will run on 300watt power supplies, There are some 9500 and 9600 cards that will run on 350 watts, but you'll be pushing your luck.

What card do you have now?

c0rtina

BAHAHAHAHAHA , you would seriously do that to a PC ........................... wonders never stop amazing

sorry to inform , but big beefy fans mean not alot......................................... its the cards draw you worry about , i wouldnt DEAR do what you are , any card that dosnt require that sort of power today is USLESS

c0rtina

I mean , would you run your RC on 4x panasonic non rechargable generics???????????.... coz using a underrated PSU is like doing that to your RC

feo

Onboard Nvidia 6150le [:'(]