Rate my future Gaming Computer.?

Question

AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

ASUS M4A88T-M AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Seagate Barracuda Green ST1500DL003 1.5TB 5900 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS500-PCARD3-US 500W ATX12V v2.3 Power Supply

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA

Linkworld Electronic LLC FAN-9 90mm Case Fan

SAPPHIRE 100293L Radeon HD 5570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card

In a pretty basic case APEX PC-389-C Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Any one want to judge it and maybe give me some ideas?

Answer 1

It's not fine. In my opinion.

Phenom II X4 955 is like what $10 more and can be overclocked via multi to 3.7GHz approx with no voltage changes and 4.0+GHz on 1.45v. You'd have to do a lot more work with 945 to get there.

ASUS is not that great anymore. I would prefer even cheap Biostar over ASUS. Too many problems with recent asus boards.

Seagate - first it's not nearly as reliable as Samsung or even WD, second - 5900RPM means long loading times. Don't even look for anything below 7200RPM for main drive. I am not even touching SSDs.

CM Extreme power has a history of failures, it's kind of a budget PSU, check Raidmax Hybrid - I never had problems with it for the same price.

What do you need 90mm fan for? If you get that linkworld case and expect anything good from it - forget it. Nothing less than 120mm fans should be used. And for the name brand - Antec, Cooler Master, Rosewill, HEC would be good and cheap options (Antec 300, CM HAF 912, CM Elite 430, HEC Blitz, Roseill Charger....)

ATI 5770 would be nice, though I have seen 6770 for less, though it's the same card :-)



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Answer 2

Processor is fine. Unless you plan to overclock there's no need for a K version. Speaking of which, you'd be better off with a Core i5 2500K (and having more money to spend on your graphics card) than with the Core i7 2600. Gaming is 70% GPU-driven. The Core i7's hyperthreading greatly improves performance in movie editing and 3D design/rendering software, but has no effect in games. So for gaming builds, Core i5 is the preferred processor, not i7. Although I'd go with 1600Mhz, 4GB of RAM is fine. That's enough for all current games including BF3, while 8GB makes you future-proof for the next 2-3 years. The GTX 560 isn't a future-proof choice with the recently released Radeon HD 7850 already being significantly better, and the GeForce GTX 660 expected shortly.

Answer 3

Everything is fine except for the video card, look at the 5770 it is a much better card and with rebates can be bought for under $100 at the right time.



Otherwise I give it a 5/10 which isnt bad for how much you are spending.

Answer 4

i would say get 8GB of RAM just for the future. RAM is cheap so get it now. I mean 16GB for $90. Everything else is fine.

Answer 5

on a scale of zero to infinity, i give your computer a score of 3 quadrillion googol plus 1