New Computer

alright, my friend is about to buy a new computer, what do you think of the specs and what would u think such system is worth?

What he requires from the computer is that it can run newer games (he is casual gamer), it wont get outdated too soon, and it's stable when doing stuff that require resources from the computer (designing, rendering and so on.)

Edit: Changes can't be done to the setup. its either this or not at all. :( if looking at the price, I think its a fine setup, just wanted a second hand opinion and well, if it needs something to be changed after its been purchased, then yeah :p

Processor: INTEL Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4ghz)

MotherBoard: ASUS P5K S775 IP35 DDR2 SATA2 GBLAN 8-ch ATX Motherboard

Memory: G.Skill F2-6400CL5D_4GBPQ, DUAL-CHANNEL 4 GBkit DDR2-800MHz, DIMM, 240-pin.
Size: 2 x 2048MB
Speed: 800MHz DDR-2 (PC2-6400)
Latency: 5-5-5-15

GFX: Leadtek WinFast PX 8800GT, 512MB GDDR3,PCI-E

HDD: SEAGATE/MAXTOR DIAMONDMAX22 500GB

DVD-case SAMSUNG SH203D/BEBN DVD+-RW,DL, 20x , Black

Tower: COMPUCASE

Power: LC 6550GB Silent GIANT Green Black, ATX

Mouse & Keyboard: Logitech Ultra Flat Keyboard & Logitech Opt. Mouse

Monitor: LG L226WTQ/2ms/DVI/22 WIDE

The computer comes with Windows Vista (yes it sucks loel) and 3 year warranty.

this, including the monitor would be 1120 euros.

Little more detailed, but partly in finnish, ]PROSESSORI:INTEL Core 2 Quad Q6600
2.4 Ghz/FSB 1066,L2 cache 8MB Prosessorissa on 4-ydintä ja jokaiselle ytimelle 2MB Cache muistia.
Prosessorin stepping G0
Prosessori ostettu 22-02-2008 BOXED prosessori.
PROSESSORIN TAKUU 3 VUOTTA

EMOLEVY:
ASUS P5K S775 IP35 DDR2 SATA2 GBLAN 8-ch ATX EMOLEVY Erittäin vakaa alusta ilman virittelyjä. Tässä emolevyssä on käyttäjälle vakautta ja tehoja.Emolevyssä on myös erinomaiset virittely ominaisuudet. **Tämän emolevyn suunnittelussa ja valmistuksessa on otettu huomioon Intelin uusi 45nm prosessoriteknologia. **Muisteilla DDR2 Dual-channel tuki

EMOLEVY ostettu 22-02-2008
EMOLLA ON TAKUUTA 3 VUOTTA

EMOLLE ASENENTTU 4GB DDR2-800 DIMM

G.Skill F2-6400CL5D_4GBPQ, DUAL-CHANNEL 4 GBkit DDR2-800MHz, DIMM, 240-pin.
Koko 2 x 2048MB
Nopeus: 800MHz DDR-2 (PC2-6400)
Latency: 5-5-5-15
Unbuffered
Voltage: 1.8V - 1.9V
240-pinninen
Ostettu 26-02-2008
TAKUU: MUISTEILLA ON ELINIKÄINEN TAKUU (Lifetime)


NÄYTÖNOHJAIN:ODOTETTU UUTUUS, joka tarjoaa ehdottomasti PARHAAN TEHON HINTALUOKASSAAN. Testeissä tällä näytönohjaimella on saavutettu lähes nVidia 8800GTX kortin tehot


Leadtek WinFast PX 8800GT, 512MB GDDR3,PCI-E

NÄYTÖOHJAINPIIRI:NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT

G92 grafiikkapiiriin perustuva 8800GT näytönohjain Leadtekilta
65nm prosessilla valmistettu G92 grafiikkaydin sisältää 16 pikseliliukuhihnaa sekä 112 Unified Shader yksikköä -LIITÄNNÄT:2 x DVI-D, TV-out -YTIMEN KELLOTAAJUUS: 650MHZ -MUISTIEN KELLOTAAJUUS 1800MHz -MUISTI 512 GDDR3 -65nm valmistusteknologia -Streamprosseroiden määrä on nostettu 96 112 kappaleeseen -MUISTIVÄYLÄ: 256-bit -MUISTITEKNOLOGIA GDDR3 -MAX resoluutio 2560 x 1600 -Mukaan tulevat kaapelit:HDTV-kaapeli, DVI/VGA-kaapeli -VÄYLÄLIITÄNTÄ_ PCI-Express

ERINOMAINEN OHJAIN MICROSOFT WIN VISTAAN, WIN 2000, WIN XP ja
Tämä kortti on erinomainen valinta niin pelaajille kuin hyötykäyttäjille.
Kortti tukee täysin Microsoftin DirectX10 rajapinnan ja Shader Model 4:n uusia 3D-laskentarutiineja.
Pelien ja ohjelmien visuaalinen taso nousee aivan uudelle tasolle

TAKUU NÄYTÖNOHJAIMELLA ON 3 VUOTTA
Näytöohjain on ostettu 22-02-2008

TIETOKONEEN KIINTOLEVY: SEAGATE/MAXTOR DIAMONDMAX22 500GB KAPASITEETTI: 500GB LIITÄNTÄ:SATA II. HAKUAIKA: 8,5ms VÄLIMUISTI: 32MB SIIRTONOPEUS: ulkoinen 300MB/s SIIRTONOPEUS: sisäinen 150MB/s PYÖRIMISNOPEUS: 7200 rpm TYYPPI:STM3500320AS
Hijainen, viileä ja nopea kiintolevy tarjoa erinomaisen suorituskyvyn ja toimintavarmuuden

Kiintolevy on ostettu 22-02-2008
TAKUUAIKA 5 VUOTTA

DVD-ASEMA:SAMSUNG SH203D/BEBN DVD+-RW,DL, 20x , Black

DVD-asema OSTETTU 14-02-2008
TAKUU 3 VUOTTA

KOTELO:COMPUCASE tyylikäs, Hopea & musta
Pit x kork x lev.49 x 41 x 19

VIRTALÄHTEENÄ:LC 6550GB Silent GIANT Green Black, ATX

Laadukas LC-Powerin 550W tyylikkällä mustalla kuorella ja hiljaisella 14 cm tuulettimella. Virtalähde tarjoaa korkean käyttösuhteen, joka säästää virtaa.
ATX virtalähde 550W
Väri: musta
tehot: +5V=40A,+12V1=16A,+3.3=35A ,-12V=0.8A, +5Vsb=2.0A LIITÄNNÄT:24pin + 4pin,2 x floppy, 7 x Molex, 2 x SATA, 1 x 6pin PCI-E, Mukana 24/20 pin virta-adapteri
OSTETTU 26.02.2008

NÄPPÄIMISTö:
Logitech Ultra Flat Keyboard
TAKUU 3 vuotta

HIIRI:Logitech Opt. Mouse
TAKUU 3 vuotta

Hiiri & näppäimistö ostettu 26.02.08

MONITORI:
LG L226WTQ/2ms/DVI/22 WIDE
Monitori Sopii täydellisesti Windows Vista ympäristöön ja hyödyntää kaikki sen ominaisuuksia. Kontrasti ( 3000:1, markkinoiden korkein) ja valoisuus ( 300 cd/m ) hyödyntyvät näyttöä erinomaisella tavalla. Näytössä on FLATRON F-engine kuvanparannuspiiri ja 2ms vasteaika

Vasteaika: 2ms
Max. virkistystaajuus 75Hz
Liitännät:DVI-D(HDCP yhteen sopiva) VGA-liitäntä
MONITORIN VÄRI:HOPEA,MUSTA
NÄYTÖNKOKO: 22"
Resoluutio 1680 x 1050
MS WINDOWS VISTAN ympäristöön erinomainen monitori

Vasteaika 2ms,
Katselukulma: 170 / 160

KORKEA KONTRASTI 3000:1
Suojaustaso:TCO-03.
Värit:16.7 milj
Kaapelit:DVI-,VGA-sub ja virtajohto kuuluvat tietenkin mukaan.

Näyttö ostettu 18-02-2008
TAKUU 3 VUOTTA

KÄYTTÖJÄRJESTELMÄ:WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM FI( suomenkielinen ), MEDIA,LISENSSI,PRODUCTION KEY Osat ostettu suoraan maahantuojilta varastosta tai ATK-liikkeistä. Kaikki komponentit on otettu avaamattomista pakkauksista kokoonpano vaiheessa.OSAT on ostettu 14-26.08
KONE ON KOOTTU 27-02-2008
Takuut ovat voimassa kuiteissa olevista ostopäivistä (14/12-02-2008 lukien) Koneen jokaiselle osalle on virallinen maahantuojan TAKUU 2 - elinikäinen
Maahantuonti firmat/ATK-liikkeet ovat Suomessa
Maksusuoritus tille etukäteen, jos postitustus tulee kysymykseen

Voit NOUTAA tietokoneen TAMPEREELTA, jolloin käteismaksu noudettaessa. Muissa tapauksissa maksu tilille etukäteen.
Postikulut ostajalle Suomen Postin Taksojen mukaisesti.


Emolevyn ominaisuuksia:
ASUS P5K S775 IP35 DDR2,SATA2 GLAN emolevyn piirisarjana on Intel IP35. Prosessorituki:INTEL Core 2 Duo,INTEL Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Extreme, Pentium Extreme,Pentium D,Pentium 4 prosessorit -TUKI MYÖS INTELIN uuden sukupolven 45nm MULTICORE PROSESSOREILLE Piirisarja: Intel P35(ICH9 with Intel Fast Memory Access Technology -MUISTIPAIKKOJA:4kpl DDR2-667/800/1066* --Tuned by ASUS Super Memspeed this motherboard navitely supports up to DDR2 1066MHz -Max.muisti 8GB, 4 x DIMM -Dual-Channel muistiteknologia -DDR2 667/800 MHz un-buffered memory -Väylänopeus:1333,1066,800 MHz -Muisti 4 x DIMM max 8GB, DDR2 1066/ 800 / 667 MHz ,non-ECC,un-buffered memory
SATA2-LIITÄNNÄT: 4 x SATA 3.0 Bb/s sisäistä
1 x ulkoista eSATA 3.0 Gb/s ulkoisille eSATA kiintolevyille.

Äänikortti integroitu emolle.
Verkkokortti integroitu emolle Gigabit ethernet
12 x USB 2.0/1.l Rj-45,1 x PS/2, 2 x FireFire-liitäntä Sarjaportti. rinnakkaisportti
line out: Line, SPDIF ( optinen )
Line in:Line, Mic
*8-kanavaiset äänet, äänikortti emolle integroitu Realtek ALC883, HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO 8-channel High-Definition Audio Codec -Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF
SOCKET 775
PCI-EXPRESS X16 : 2 ,PCI-EXPRESS X1: 2 kpl, 3 x PCI YLIKELLOTUSOMINAISUUKSIA: --vCORE adustable CPU voltage at 0,0125 increment --vDIMM 16-step DRAM voltage control --SFS(Stepless Frequence Selection) --FSB tuning from 200MHz - 800, 1MHz increment --Memory tuning from 667MHz up to 1333MHz for DDR2 PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 150MHz at 1MHz increment
MIELUUMMIN KOKONAISUUTENA
Lisätty: 29.02.2008 20:01:33

PIKSELITAKUU:
LG L226WTQ TFT monitorissa on PIKSELITAKUU
-Jos TFT-monitorissa on yksi tai useampi viallinen
pikseli, niin se vaihdetaan uuteen.
-PIKSELITAKUUN PITUUS: Sama kuin valmistajan myöntämä virallinen takuu ( 36 kk, ostospäivästä 22.02.2008 lähtien )


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Nice good pc ! reliable price
choose another monitor :<

ive got lg and it sux :<<
take ASUS VW222u it's the best out of fast 22'' lcds
it's for my friend who aint a hardcore gamer. he plays games for fun but does not require 120hz CRT to play.
Parent
it's awful because of rtc errors
i even clearly notice trails after letters while browsing the internet :<
Parent
hmm, that sounds bad. a private seller is selling this setup so it could be that we are able to return the monitor to the store as it still has warranty left, though I dont know if its valid reason to return it. but its a fact that we cant buy this package without the monitor.

might aswell try and resell the monitor aswell if its really that bad.
Parent
well, on latest firmwares (1.20 and older, to check: enter the service menu by holding the menu button while switching it on and pressing it again when it's on) this ghosting effect is a lil bit decreased but still it's worse than on other monitors ;[
Parent
well it might aswell be that he doesnt even notice it. I used to play with 19" 12ms TFT. now I play with 20" 120hz CRT. I was at my mom's where my old TFT is. it felt so awful to play with. its like watching 90->30fps motion blurred movie compared to 1000fps motionblurred. im definitely not switching back to TFT anytime soon, but for more of an casual gamer, its not that bad to play with TFT. also its more clear when designing and more suitable for watching movies, 22" widescreen is so uber compared to this 20" 4:3.
Parent
nah im not talking about crt vs lcd, just this lg screen isn't the best choice out of 22''s, there are screens without so noticeable artifacts
Parent
alright, I'll have a look at it when we go check it out.
Parent
samsung 226bw all the way! 8)
Parent
You think ASUS VW222u is best LCD for playing FPS? I have checked some czech reviews and people whining about problems after turning on PC and bad views (fuzzy icons etc) and some kind of noise from it. But it looks good for me but money talks :(
Parent
but it has the lowest RTC error percentage ang pretty fast responce time + ability to work @ 75hz fullscreen without letterbox (1280x1024 though)

my bro recently bought it and at least it's much better than my lg tbh ;<
Parent
get a bigger PSU imo, dont go cheap on it ;P

and take 2x320GB HDD for RAID0, cause its just much faster then 1HDD.
changes cant be done, what do you think of the setup as it is, with such price?
Parent
for the price its a killer setup imo, and im going to buy the same TFT probably, so let me know how that is gonna work out regarding the post above us
Parent
yeah I was surprised that the price included the monitor. we are prolly going to pick this up next week or maybe even this week if everything goes fine.
Parent
cool, really let me know about the TFT! im about to order it in the coming 2 weeks, so let me know <3
Parent
u might need to pm me about it @ irc, as I might easily forget. decem @ qnet. #stfu? & #crossfire.
Parent
ill pm u in a week or so then ;P
Parent
Its a high spec pc - has he just ordered it?

Good pc - but unsure about the price (england has the £'s ofc)

Seems good to me. But bad time to build atm - later new cards will come out (aprilish)

not bad though Decem :o
then you can wait forever, they already sayd that 2 months ago when i bought my 8800GT, and still there arent any new cards, glad i didnt wait
Parent
even if there are new cards, there will always be new cards. new cards come right after christmas usually so that they can sell the earlier versions before that.
Parent
Indeed.. stealing bastards - again they are all in it for the money..

much like game designers - GJ ruining etqw eh..

but yeah there is ment to be one soon.

March is ment to be the time when the most new software etc is out so.. we'll see i guess :D
Parent
:D!

I cant afford them atm - might get a 8800 soon if i can afoord it.
Parent
well, i can only say its one hell of a card ;P go for it!
Parent
if i dont go to CDC5 i'll spend £200 on:


8800 Alpha Dog
Booze (ofc)
Ext Harddrive
Lightscribe burner.

= epix winx
Parent
lol, i would goto CDC5 if i was you ;P atleast if you havent been to one yet, if youve already been to one buy the GFX card, or still go :P
Parent
its more the age =/

its like "Mum - can i go to holland to play games - my guardian will be someone i met on the i-nets"

she'd wtf
Parent
hmm, seems like a tough one ;( just say youre going to Holland to see the sights ;P
Parent
Nah - she wont realy care about me going just..if its early may i have to fly with a parent or guardian - but that goes when you are 15 - if it was early june i could go np.

but.. no early may = still 14 - what a shame =<
Parent
it's bought from a private seller via internet. he bought it few feeks ago. I dont know the reason he is selling it, but we'll find out :p
Parent
myb coz he can get it cheaper than normal.

ok4some :D
Parent
the price is still quite cheap so I believe its more of an issue of him thinking its bad system or there are some conflicts with it. or it's stolen, who knows, though, if its stolen, we would get our money back as he promised false warranty on it.
Parent
indeed - i would laugh if it was stolen though..

my house was once broken into and they stole alot of stuff - like a laptop which they smashed trying to open it :D:D

EPIC PHAIL
Parent
took the piss though - they took my phone which was shit - but it had like pictures of the paramids from my visit - =/ they were good also.
Parent
sad smiley time : :( ;( :'( :'\ :| :< =L
Parent
i was waiting for a journal from you by now, i thought u were dead man
limaaaaa <3
Parent
lold, i read your reply and I immediately thought of adriana lima. seems that decem has it in his profile, now I feel like a perv :D
Parent
been a while. you can expect next one at latest around 8am on thursday morning, maybe around then my party is over and I'll tell you detailed everything that happened, unless something actually happened, then I wont be here writing about it.
Parent
p3 ftw!
kom vent
just dont order from fucking verkkokauppa.com

still waiting for my graphic card i ordered in November
The memory isn't really special, could be better. What's the processor speed?
INTEL Core 2 Quad Q6600
2.4 Ghz/FSB 1066
Parent
it's a used PC?

well, specs look fine to me
Looks nice for a good price. Some advise:
- buy a Samsung harddisk, cheaper and at least as good
- buy a Samsung monitor, very good stuff
- some better RAM would be good
- keep in mind that processor can be overclocked very well, but you need the rest of the components to go along
Didn't read through all the comments, but I've some stuff to say:

I bought a similar system recently. Saved some money from using parts from my old computer (GPU, DVD, case) and I only had 2gb of RAM. I only paid 850 euros for everything.
And then I bought a ViewSonic VG2230wm which is an excellent monitor. LG has always made crap monitors and probably always will, so he might want to change that (if possible).

Point is, buying the computer in parts and then assembling it yourself (or paying someone else to do it) saves you a ton of cash, always. The warranty is still there for all the parts, you just have to fix stuff yourself if it breaks.
yes I heard this guy put the computer together, thus selling it. but isnt the price still quite cheap as it is now? ;:o
Parent
why does he sell it?
Parent
seems he assembles them from different sources, thus gaining small profit of it.
Parent
Is reasonably priced for sure. If it's an all or nothing deal then it's worth buying if he has the cash and doesn't fancy building it himself.

Is the C2D the G0 stepping edition? If so, it's an overclocking monster and can easily break 3GHz on stock cooling.

Like you said, he's not an avid gamer so this should be more than capable of doing what he wants :)
Prosessor's stepping: G0

so yes. I think this setup is fine for him, im just worried it might get outdated soonish and/or you could get better setup for nearly the same amount of cash.
Parent
Maybe the mobo could support DDR3, or you could get RAM with better latencies, but that setup should be fine for a while yet :)

If he built it himself, he'd probably save some money on the same build or a similar one though!
Parent
oh, this price isnt incredibly cheap? :p just some average cheap-o price?
Parent
get a life...
lol, who the fuck are u?

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Parent
Hmmmzz, wouldn't advise the Quad-core if it's for gaming... Quad cores are good for multitasking & multitasking only. Games run better on duals (no games using 4threads). If you encode, render alot, Quad may be better, otherwise a cheaper dual core will get better performance.

Depends bit what you're using the pc for.
The Q6600 (4 x 2,4 Ghz) is very cheap and you can easily boost it to 4 x 3 Ghz, which is better and cheaper than most dual cores. The newest dual cores maybe a bit faster and you can overclock them too, but since Quad is probably the way to go for the future, it's a good choice to take the Q6600 imo.
Parent
"Future"
Like I said, games will never run at 4threads (not the 4years coming). If you multitask, ok. If you're just a gamer, nopez. If you overclock your cpu, you allready know what you are doing. (and I guess you won't need a second opinion).
People who're not that handy with pc's, and don't use it for intensive tasks, should go for the dual (for now).
Parent
Crysis already runs on 4. And I'm sure decem can help the guy overclocking, even if it's only copy-pasting from crossfire :D
Seriously, that's why I wrote overclocking of the Q6600 is easy. You don't need to tweak it carefully. A friend of mine got one and he just followed a simple guide adjusting a couple of settings in bios and cranked it up to 3 Ghz in one step without any problems.
Parent
it might be that he doesnt even require overclocking and he might even be scared to overclock it as he might think it'll break or so. imo he'll do just fine without overclocking, though I will suggest him that I can do the overclocking for him :p
Parent
It runs on four, but is still faster on the dual.. :)
I'm not saying it's bad to buy a quad, but if it's not for a pc freak, a top dual would do just fine .
Parent
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