Hey guys... .. . what do you reckon about this computer for gaming? ? ? was going to build my own system but this looks pretty sweet. . was also going to update to the 24" Viewsonic Monitor instead of the 21.5" samsung

AMD AM3 x4 Phenom II 955 $ 1390

http://www.msy.com.au/SYSTEMS/Amdgame-3.pdf

im a huge fan of msy's prebuilt systems:

they are exceptionally well priced, and well supported:

why amd though?
id go intel:

if you're after a gaming system you'd want something way better than a 9400GT.

Things to note......IDE HDD and ROM....bad. You want a SATA HDD and ROM.
Shaw cases are very cheap thin steel and the PS is rubbish. Stick to a Antec/Coolermaster/Thermaltake case with matching PSU will cost you an extra $100 over the Shaw but worth every penny.

If you can't build it yourself then get them to build it for $50 or whatever they charge and spec it yourself.

ASUS P5Q-PRO mobo
Intel Quad 8400
4 Gb Geil RAM
1Tb Seagate HDD Sata
Pioneer 217 DVD-RW
512Mb GTX 250 XFX
Antec 6580B Case (with PS)
Viewsonic 24" LCD
Microsoft wired kb+m

$1329 + build cost

much better system
Load Windows 7 RC1 onto it and you got an awesome gaming rig.

Pre built systems are usually fairly terribly bad because they cbf'd updating them regularly.
Get what mass said but instead of the GTX250 get a 1GB 4870 Powercolor for an extra 60 dollar. Dunno what PSU comes with that case but.

Oh and if you getting it for games. mx518 mouse, microsoft fail.

last edited by ctd at 13:23:57 27/May/09

why amd though?
id go intel:

f*** it's a crazy world.

you're pimping Intel, and the wife just bought the family a f***ing nintendo wii console

haha, you love it :)
ive always just bought whats best bang for buck, you cant go past intel atm:

also microsfot mice are awesome for gaming

I was under the impression AMD has sucked at processors for a few years now...

Core 2 or i7 is the way to go.

They don't suck, its just intel are better :P.

Yeah, go Core i7 for the CPU for sure.

Yeah but the price jumps are quite big for the i7 CPU X58 mobo combo. Low powered quad cores are best bang for buck at the moment.

so i7 Cpu, X58 mobo, themaltake case, sat hd and rom, what about ram? I was thinking DDR2. . and what graph card. . . damn this s*** is confusing. . . maybe I'll just go out and but a gameboy :P

how much cash you got to spend?
ati ? 4870/4850 $260/$190
nvidia gtx260/gt9800 $260/$160

what about gamedude.com.au's puters?

we tend to avoid gamedude around here

wanna spend around 2 grand all up. . . umarts intel puter looks good

what about gamedude.com.au's puters?

sif gaydude.. go umart, msy, computer alliance... anyone who actually honors warranty.. or you know has some sort of customer service. also the rig Mass has mentioned is pretty good if that's all you want to spend.

$2000 at msy will buy you a killer box:

p5q3 ddr3 $200
4gig ddr3 $100
intel q9400 $300
Coolermaster CAC-T05 $100
whatever hardrives you want
whatever monitor you want
4870/gtx260 $260

for the above you'd get change from 2 grand

don't ever, EVER buy anything from gamedude. ever. everververververveverfsdasafa

what spook said

f*** it, if you wanted to spend all of your 2gs, go an i7 400 for chip 350 for mobo

also, mrhardware, lets make out:

wat

I think he wants to make love to you.

last edited by mission at 09:27:03 28/May/09

awesome. . . thanks for all the feedback lads. . . good luck with spook, mrhardware ... .. .

Definitely swap out the 9400GT for a 4850/4870.

Just select parts and pay them the $70 to put it together.

MSY ftw.

Simple :D

Yeah what CHUB said. Stop looking at the pre-built setups :(

You'd be better off going into MSY and going "hey I have 2grand and I want the best gaming system I can get with that budget" and they will hook you up.

lol wheres this jim guy.. haha let me see to not suck at forums... i'd have to. what do two to three word threads ?
like sending yes no messages via sms.
ye i can see whu sucks :)

what, the, f***;

i can see whu sucks to

wait a minute here, the thread you necro-posted in got locked because you're a s***ter.

now you're necro-posting again to try and (very poorly) pay out an admin?

you really do suck at forums, buddy.

i really hope you don't own/work at the lan cafe you're spruiking in your profile.

it would be mind boggling for someone to work somewhere like that and be so bad at the internet!

msy, i come for the pleasant customer service, but i stay for the low low prices.

Things to note......IDE HDD and ROM....bad. You want a SATA HDD and ROM.

Why ?
A cheap SATA drive is no better then a cheap ATA drive. The bus is not the limiting factor. You might notice a tiny difference in burst figures when you get lucky enough to hit something in the drives cache.


In fact I'd advocate an IDE dvd drive. Leave all your sata ports free for HDDs.

I mean yeah sata is better then ata ... but ata is not bad

Also I wouldn't get the nvidia 250 given the small price difference to a 4870

dudes, the thread is 4 months old.

We had a long think about it

ah

EDIT: deleting comments cause of old thread ;)

i failed hard

harsh harsh taggs , after reading all the comments in this section of this local forum.your comments i decided to back umart on a coment about waiting to long.if that makes me useless then so be it :)

no, that's not what makes you useless.

what makes you usless is that you don't check the time/date of a previous post before reviving a months old thread. then when an admin understandably locks that thread you post a pathetic comeback in ANOTHER MONTHS OLD THREAD. it's as if you've never used the internet before, which is why it amazes me you pimp/work for a LAN cafe!

also it seems you struggle with english/typing, so i don't have high hopes for you tbh.

anyway, you have a nice day ;)