Major headache over new PC build?
Posted by admin in Digital Reader Cases Wednesday, 24 February 2010 15:38 6 Comments
I dont know much about PC’s. I wanted something mainly for gaming that would not be out of date for quite a while. I went to dino pc on the net and chose the parts myself and built this
Intel® Core 2 Quad Q9550
Standard CPU heatsink & fan
Asus P5N-T Deluxe (nForce 780i chipset, 3-way SLI)
4.0GB Corsair DDR2 1066mhz Dominator (4x 1GB)
Hard Drives: 1TB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s
2 X 20x DVD±RW DL S-ATA Lightscribe
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB
Onboard 7.1 Audio
Microsoft® Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit
22″ Asus VK222S Widescreen LCD
30-in-1 USB Media Card Reader
PCI Digital TV Tuner Card
750W Thermaltake Toughpower
Case: Antec Nine Hundred
After ordering my new pc i am now worried, Reading up people say go with the ati hd4870, or dont get vista 64. And now the i7 has just been released. Have i made a mistake?
yes.
Kinda you shouldnt have gotten vista it sucks, and maybe a better cooling system
That machine looks pretty good for now. As better stuff comes out you can swap it in. I don’t really see the need for a TV tuner on a PC or two DVD burners but if it works for you then cool. I do suggest you get a sound card. On board sound is ok but would be the weakest link on that rig. I would go with Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series
Never heard of dino pc before so I can’t say if you got a good price or not. compare them to http://www.newegg.com and if the prices are the same then you are fine.
This page, is the Conclusion of a review of the GTX260. Read what they say compared to an HD4870,
http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/hardware/1796_11.html
This is the start of the article,
http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/hardware/1796_1.html
My advice, is to wait until the bugs of the i7 are worked out.
(Unless pulling your hair out a lot thrills you)
Not be out of date for quite a while? Hmmmm,…..perhaps you do not understand how computer technology works,
1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law
2.http://www.intel.com/technology/mooreslaw/index.htm
What you have picked out will S-M-O-K-E computer games! Should last for 2 to 3 years, in keeping up with computer technology. Then, even the i7 will be old news!
You built a pretty good machine, dont worry vista doesnt suck, its actually good. Maybe get the 4870 cus its actually better than most nvidia cards these days.
Go down to radio shack and get you some Artic Silver 5. Insert the CPU and clean the heatsink off of all the gunk that Intel puts on it called thermal paste. Now apply just a little dab of AS5 and smear it like butter across the die of the CPU, making a good even, but thin coating. Now apply your heatsink. I have read reviews about the Antec 900 being a tight fit for newer, larger graphics cards, you might have to plug the PCIEx16 connectors into the card first and kinda fold the wires under the card while inserting the card into the PCIEx16 slot.
After you have it ready, and are ready for vista DVD, load vista DVD and make yourself 4 partitions or drives on that big 1TB hard drive make C about 60gigs and then divide up the remainder of space by 3 for D,E,F drives… This will keep your operating system fast. Now when you load games or other things, ALWAYS put them into the D,E,F drives to keep that C drive clean…
After getting your vista setup it will ask you about updates, keep updates off right now. Go ahead and get your onboard sound drivers in first. That way vista doesn’t try to insert some other driver in there for you. After you load up all your drivers for your system, then turn on the windows update. The sound thing I just mentioned is what so many people have problems with and blame the motherboard about.
I am using vista home premium x64bit also and love it… It can be your best friend or you can hate the ground it walks on, you just have to treat it right and it will be a good puppy… Feel free to email me if you have any buildup questions. I am currently pushing the button on an i7 I just built, giving up my q6600 system to a good home in the near future…