New Machine
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:53 am
[tab]Intel Code 2 Quad Q6600 (Quad core, 2.13ghz per core, EMT64)
[tab]Asus P5kSE Core 2 Mobo
[tab]4GB Corsair 800mhz PC6400 TwinX (4 sticks of 1gb in dual chan)
[tab]400gb Seagate SATA drive. 16mg cache.
[tab]Asus 8800GT 512mg Video
[tab]Antec NSK400B case
[tab]Total: 1298
Now im also after a 19” widescreen LCD. However I need to be able to remove the stand and sit it on itself (as desk space sucks for height). So that’s another $300.
Now the real question is... Do i instal Vista, XP, Server 2003 for best performance (esp smp)? In terms of games i'll be running d3, q4, cod4 etc so im not that phased with DX10. Sounds like a n00b question, but I know most of you prob use SMP machines and can pick performance difference. At this stage i'll be sticking with XP.
[tab]Asus P5kSE Core 2 Mobo
[tab]4GB Corsair 800mhz PC6400 TwinX (4 sticks of 1gb in dual chan)
[tab]400gb Seagate SATA drive. 16mg cache.
[tab]Asus 8800GT 512mg Video
[tab]Antec NSK400B case
[tab]Total: 1298
Now im also after a 19” widescreen LCD. However I need to be able to remove the stand and sit it on itself (as desk space sucks for height). So that’s another $300.
Now the real question is... Do i instal Vista, XP, Server 2003 for best performance (esp smp)? In terms of games i'll be running d3, q4, cod4 etc so im not that phased with DX10. Sounds like a n00b question, but I know most of you prob use SMP machines and can pick performance difference. At this stage i'll be sticking with XP.
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