Total Noob here - just bought a new rig...

[New Rig]

Hi...

I've just bought a new computer. Wanted something that could play games on good specs and do the rest (internet etc, etc)...

Had about £1K to spend, don't have much knowledge/expertise. This Is what I've gone ahead and got...

Does this sound like a good new rig? Would like to know what you guys think...


PRODUCT Intel P45 Crossfire
CPU: Intel® Core 2 Duo E8500
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Golden Orb II
Motherboard: Asus P5Q Deluxe (Intel P45 chipset Crossfire)
Memory: 4.0GB Corsair DDR2 1066mhz Dominator (4x1GB)
Hard Drives: 500GB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 20x DVD±RW DL S-ATA Lightscribe
Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows Vista Home £71.69
Premium 64-bit
Software: Norton Anti-Virus 2008
Software: Microsoft® Office 2007 Home and Student
Peripherals: Belkin Wireless keyboard and mouse
Monitors: 22" Asus VW222S Widescreen LCD
PSU: 1000W Dax Modular
Case: Coolermaster Mystique 631
Warranty: 3 Year Bronze Warranty

[wngman]

Hi New Rig,

That looks like a pretty sweet setup to me. All the components look good, though I would dump the Norton Anti-Virus for a better (and free) one. I personally use AVG, though others around here use others like Avast and others I don't remember at the moment haha.

I wish i had your monitor :P

[frost]

about how much does all that add up too.

[hockey man]

Definitely dump Norton, it is really bloated.

[wickedestman]

yuh know! norton is sucky,

btw, this looks like a nice system, buying a silmilar one myself, (God Willing) soon,

[jerkto]

Did you say you had 1k pounds to spend? That comes to around 1980 USD (increasing as we speak). Could probably buy a very good PC :D . But of course, it also depends on where u buy your pc from. Not many of us are that familiar with the current status of the commonwealth PC markets ;)

[WarmCupOfSTFU]

I don't think with this Chip ( E8500) I would go with a ATI GPU. No I'm not a fanboy I used to be a big AMD/ATI fan but if your going to go to Intel then I think it would be wise for you to get a Nivida card the ATI's are cheaper but they really arent ment for gaming they are more for multimedia and video stuff. If you want a Great gaming card I would look at the GeForce 9 series they have some really good cards there for not a lot of money.



Hope this helps,
Warm

[mjc]

The 48xx's hold their own in gaming...at least in most of the reviews I've looked at. The 98xx and 280s are significantly more expensive, so when trying to stay in a budget, that must factor into what you can get...

[WarmCupOfSTFU]

The 48xx's hold their own in gaming...at least in most of the reviews I've looked at. The 98xx and 280s are significantly more expensive, so when trying to stay in a budget, that must factor into what you can get...

Yes, very true

[George Hallam]

The 48xx's hold their own in gaming...at least in most of the reviews I've looked at. The 98xx and 280s are significantly more expensive, so when trying to stay in a budget, that must factor into what you can get...

But it laughs in the face of games muhahah :p ;)

[Yoshi Fan]

You can probably play most games on very high settings. I've heard that you can't play Crysis on Very High (with the 4870), but still High. :P

AVG and Spybot S&D are pretty good programs to use, I had Norton.. it always had "problems"