New PC..

The Noble Joined: Mar 19, 2006 Posts: 260 CLOWN

After months with flowers, dishwashing, breakfast in bed etc, my girlfriend gave in and decided that I could get a new PC Smile

soooo..... is this one good enough?

HP W5195
- Prosessor: Amd Athlon 64 X2 4200+(dualcore)
- Minne: 2gb DDR2-SDRam
- Harddisk: 250gb S-ATA (7200rpm)
- CD/DVD: DVD+/-RW 16x DualLayer + DVD 16x
- Grafikk: Nvidia GeForce6800 256mb DVI
- Tilkobling: nettverk,trådløst lan a/b/g
2x firewire, 7x USB, 9i1 kortlese
- Annet: 7.1 lydkort,TV-og radiotuner med
fjernkotroll, trådløst tastatur/mus
- Programvare: Windows XP Home Edition,
Works 8.0, WinDVD, RecordNOW, iTunes,
- 1 st. 160gb ekstern harddisk medfølger.

the price is 1200 euro

Post subject: Re: New PC.. Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 05:57 AM

Seems nice bro Very Happy

Post subject: Re: New PC.. Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 06:44 AM

> HP W5195-

Yeah HP are a reasonably good brand, but you may find that the upgradability is limited buying a branded machine. If you're reasonably confident I'd build your own with off-the-shelf parts.

> Prosessor: Amd Athlon 64 X2 4200+(dualcore)

Very nice CPU, and newer games might even take advantage of the two cores.

> Minne: 2gb DDR2-SDRam

Yes 2GB is good.

> Harddisk: 250gb S-ATA (7200rpm)

Yep.

> CD/DVD: DVD+/-RW 16x DualLayer + DVD 16x

Pretty standard, yep.

> Grafikk: Nvidia GeForce6800 256mb DVI

A good card, but a generation behind. Can you get a GeForce 7-based card?

> Tilkobling: nettverk,trådløst lan a/b/g
2x firewire, 7x USB, 9i1 kortlese

Have no idea what Tilkobling is. Is it like bling as in rapper jewelry? All pretty standard stuff but I'm not sure what a 9i1 kortlese is.

> Annet: 7.1 lydkort,TV-og radiotuner med
fjernkotroll, trådløst tastatur/mus

Bleh. 7.1 surround sound? TV/radio tuner? Personally, I'm not sure whether I'd go for a TV card built in - and make sure it's a digital tuner not an analogue tuner for future proofing. Dunno what trådløst tastatur/mus is.

> Programvare: Windows XP Home Edition,
Works 8.0, WinDVD, RecordNOW, iTunes,

XP Home is nasty, I'd try to get XP Pro if you can (but don't spend much more on it). Works 8.0 is absolutely pointless - you can get the more fully featured OpenOffice.org suite for free which is just as Microsoft Office compatible. WinDVD is likewise crap - try and get PowerDVD. RecordNOW - never heard of it, and whatever you do don't install iTunes if it doesn't come pre-installed. These software packages tend to be bundled "free" but if you can opt out of it except for the DVD player and the operating system and get some money back I'd go for it.

> 1 st. 160gb ekstern harddisk medfølger.

Eh? Don't you have a 250GB SATA hard drive? Dunno what a ekstern harddisk medfølger is.

The Noble Joined: Mar 19, 2006 Posts: 260 CLOWN

Thx for the advices Smile

I'm sure it would be better to build one, but I'm pretty sure I would have messed up big time.. So I guess I have to buy a package..

I'll check out the graphic card though Smile

Post subject: Re: New PC.. Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 08:04 AM

Keep the old one!
I don't want u to have better stuff than me!!!!!

IYP

Post subject: Re: New PC.. Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 08:46 AM

I got the ATI Radeon 9800 PRO.. not the newest but works like a charm.

So when you get your pc Raine you dare to do PVP Razz

The Noble Joined: Mar 19, 2006 Posts: 260 CLOWN

lol! I guess I still will suck in PvP..

Guess I should keep my old one so I have an excuse...

Post subject: Re: New PC.. Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 09:43 AM

The GeForce 6800 would kick the ass of a Radeon 9800 Pro. How much would depend on whether it's a 6800 or a 6800 GT/Ultra. The Radeon isn't a DirectX 9 card for a start.

tomshardware.co.uk/200...page4.html

Post subject: Re: New PC.. Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:26 AM

The GeForce 6800 would kick the ass of a Radeon 9800 Pro.

Probably yes Adenas.... but the price will also kick ass.... Very Happy

Post subject: Re: New PC.. Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:36 AM

btw i have this card 2 yrs i think.. Very Happy

Post subject: Re: New PC.. Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 12:04 PM

In that case get a GeForce 6600GT which is a similar price to the 9800 Pro (around £100 now), slightly better performance and is a DirectX 9 card to boot. I have one and it is definitely the best bang-for-your-buck at the moment.

Post subject: Re: New PC.. Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 12:25 PM

I have a MSI NX7800 GTX 256 mb DDRII and it works very well with pretty much anything

Post subject: Re: New PC.. Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 07:48 AM

If you have some coins over you should try sli card rocks in wow.
I have gforce 7800 gtx have nice support for it in wow so fps is nice and you can run with all gfx settings on max

Post subject: Re: New PC.. Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 07:53 AM

Well same here, about 5000 swe crowns and i have another gfx card Wink