N Scale Supplies
Rate my gaming/multitasking pc.?
Please Rate my (soon to be upgraded) gaming/multitasking pc on a scale of 1-10. And what games do you think it can handle? thanks:)
Windows XP Media Center Edition (32bit)
Motherboard: Asus P5LD2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131538
Processor: Intel Pentium D 925 3 GHz
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=PD925300775-N&cpc=SUGG
Video Card: GeForce 8600GTS: Over Clock Edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127284
Memory: 4Gb (4 x 1GB)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098
Seagate 250GB sata hdd
350watt power supply
The only thing im upgrading is the ram and the video card, everything else was already in there, and im running very low on cash:(
A few general observation comments.
Power supply is a bit of a lightweight.
CPU is OK for a budget gaming system.
MB has a lot of features, but doesn't support SLI which your video card does.
Your video card implys interest in overclocking, but at first I was concerned that the low cost RAM you selected likely wouldn't overclock well. However since you selected RAM faster then your MB is rated for (DDR-800 as opposed to the MBs DDR-667) it'll likely overclock fine.
I can't say for certain about Media Center Edition, but XP is notorious for being difficult to install on a SATA drive.
Suggestions:
If you plan on this being your "Box" for a while, I would seriously consider a meatier power supply.
If you plan on adding/upgrading as time/money allow it's biggest room for improvement would be an additional video card and a MB that supports SLI. If this is your intent definately get the largest PS you can afford.
Find someone who's installed Media Center Edition on a SATA drive, confirm it will work. If it doesn't an option might be to install it to an old EIDE drive then copy the install to a SATA drive with partion magic or other such product.
I noticed no CD/DVD drive in the build.
Summary:
The system should do what you want it to, although I'd definately up the PS to 400-450 watts. You may not be able to play all the games at max settings and likely won't want to multitask heavily while gaming (No unthrottled massive DLs while playing a CPU intensive game)
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