ANY PC gamers here? I need assist

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

im looking for a new PC...Gateway has a nice one in my price range(1500.00)

any thoughts ?

Gateway® FX530B

$1549.00

Operating System Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium (32-bit)

Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E4400 (2.00GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB cache, non-HT)

Memory 2048MB 667MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2-1024MB modules) [$150.00]

Hard Drive 250GB 7200rpm Serial ATA II/300 hard drive w/ 8MB cache [$29.00]

Optical Drive 16x Double-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer DVD±/R±RW/CD-R/RW

Video NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS w/ 320MB, Dual DVI-I Dual link TV Out (Factory Overclocked) w/ VGA adapter [$299.00]

Sound Sound Blaster® X-FI PCI Card [$79.00]

Media Card Reader 9-in-1 Memory Card Reader

Speakers No Speakers Selected

Application Software Microsoft® Works 8.5

Backup Media Cyberlink Power2Go (for Windows Vista™ Home Premium and Ultimate)

Certification Energy Star Compliant

Chassis Gateway® 7-bay BTX tower case

Chipset Intel® 975X Chipset with DDR2 Support and Intel® Core™ Duo support

Color FX Logo Accent - Black Steel

Expansion Slots (3) PCI Expansion Slots, (1) PCI-E x4 Expansion Slot, (1) PCI-E x16 Expansion Slot.

External Ports (7) USB 2.0 (2 in front, 1 in media card reader and 4 in back), (3) IEEE 1394 Firewire (2 in front and 1 in back), (2) PS/2, (1) Microphone, front audio ports

Internet Service Provider 90-day America Online® Internet access

Keyboard Gateway® Elite Keyboard (for Windows® Vista™)

Motherboard Intel® 975X Chipset with DDR2 and Intel® Core™ Duo support

Mouse No Mouse Selected [$-15.00]

Network Integrated Intel® 10/100/1000 (Gigabit) Ethernet

Operating System Backup Media Windows Vista™ Home Premium Backup Media (32-bit)

Power Supply 700-Watt Power Supply

Security Software McAfee® 90-day Internet Security Suite Complimentary Subscription with VirusScan, Personal Firewall Plus, SpamKiller & Privacy Service v. 1.2 (for Windows Vista™)

Software Documentation End User License Agreement for Non-Microsoft Software

Warranty 1 Year Value Plan (Tech Support - Parts - Factory Labor)

or maybe this package ?

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529665348.php

Click to read more...

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

second one is about what im trying to do either getting a e6600 or q6600 july 22nd when the prices drop and i just got a 22" monitor and bought 2 more gigs of pc 5400 667mhz ram and a 600w psu. and i got 2 nividia 7900 gs xxx's on the way

just saw the second one has the 7500 le vid card, i got the 7300 le that came with my comp and its crap

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529665346.php

I think I like the one for 1499 with the better vid card

Gateway® FX530XG

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

i bought an hp for like 1100 + speakers and desk like last june and now im pretty much upgrading everything except the hard drive and cd drive

 

[Ku-sama]

get one from me... I'll make you a better PC for $1500....

 

[Ku-sama]

Optical: LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM SATA

Case: LOGISYS Computer Area 51 CS51WSL Silver

Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb

Videocard: XFX PVT80GTHF9 GeForce 8800GTS 640MB

Power Supply: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power RP-550-PCAR

Memory: OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775

Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium

all brand new and shipped to your door for $1700

 

[Ku-sama]

I could also cut back on a few things, but I think the extra $200 is worth it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Comparison:

My CPU: Quad Core 2.4GHz 2x4MB L2 cache 1066MHz FSB

Theirs: Dual Core 2.0GHz 2MB Shared L2 800MHz FSB

My GPU: XFX 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3

Theirs: Some generic 8800GTS and 320MB GDDR3

My PSU: Cooler Master 550w's of pure power

Theirs: Prolyl some shitty BestTech PSU... they tend to die alot, Trust me, I worked repairs...

My RAM: 2x1GB DDR2 1066 with 5-5-5-15 as the timings

Theirs: 2x1GB DDR2 667 with probably the same timings

need I continue?

 

[SkatinBassPLaya]

build your own man with a lil help if you need to. It was a great experience for me, now i feel as though i am my own warranty, lol. Sadly i don't play pc games, so the computer is going to waste, 6 months since finished build, and not one game. lol.

Ku sama also knows what hes talking about based on his list of parts he made for that price, so maybe you should have him build you one. But I'll build you one if you want

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

its all greek to me but kusuma sounds like he knows what he is doing.........

 

[Ku-sama]

I'm also offering him free assembly... with from a pro is a **** good offer...

and BTW, here is the case:

 

[nosaj070 10+ year member]

I never could get into the whole neon window case thing, just seems tacky and ugly to me, I know a lot of people do like them though. Every computer i've built in the past 4 years has been in an Antec Sonata, great cases IMO, look great, and come with a decent PS, although with hardware like that you'll have to upgrade.

 

[Ku-sama]

I never could get into the whole neon window case thing, just seems tacky and ugly to me, I know a lot of people do like them though. Every computer i've built in the past 4 years has been in an Antec Sonata, great cases IMO, look great, and come with a decent PS, although with hardware like that you'll have to upgrade.

yeah, but the case is $34, which isnt bad, and the case looks pretty good too....

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

yea I dont give a shit about lights and neon

 

[Ku-sama]

yea I dont give a shit about lights and neon

how's this???

 

[lilwheezy7d5 10+ year member]

you could buy my computer if your interested, i built it all myself.

Antec 900 case

Asus A8N-32sli mobo

AMD opteron 170 (dual Core)

Thermaltake Big Typhoon cooling

2 gb (1gb x 2) OCZ platinum memory

2 250Gb WD hard drives (Raid 0)

Evga 7900 Gt KO

X-fi Fatal1ty sound card

cd buner

dvd burner