The system looks okay, Doug.

If I were building it, I'd swap that motherboard for a Socket 775 solution and pick up an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (E6600 if you can swing it, E6400 if not). The C2D is simply a better processor (and I like AMD). The video card is fine, though for a few dollars more I would opt for a Radeon X1950 XT (it's a much faster graphics solution than a 7950 GT). The X1950 XT is too good to pass up at the current price point.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

Cheers,
flintlock

^^What Flint said.

Also, keep an eye on the 8800 GTS. With the release of the lower level 8800 cards, expect the higher end 8800 series to be dropping in prices soon.

Personally, with regards to the R600 (ATI's next offering), I would stay away from it. If the pic of it I saw was real, it is HUGE. It looks like it may be a few inches longer than an 8800 GTX....and that thing is NOT small. lol I have one in my TT Armor case and it still looks huge, it's at least as long, if not an inch and half longer than my Bad Axe 2 mobo. It almost stretches all the way to my case mounted reservoir next to my mobo. I'll see if I can take a pic.

Cheers. Did a bit of research on what you suggested and am very pleased with the results:up: . One more favour:roll: can you suggest a motherboard cause there is so many:damn:

Question wasn't asked to me, but I'm bored. lol

If you don't care about SLI, then I would highly suggest you look at the Intel Bad Axe 2 mobo. It is highly regarded as being quite stable, and there is soem decent room for oc'ing as well if you decide to go that route. I am not a fan of Asus like I used to be since they (Asus) have a history of Vdroop issues (I oc, so Vdroop can be an issue). I would also stay away from the 650i and 680i series of mobos. They are good products, but they are still suffering from issues with cold booting, Sata corruption, memory issues, overall general instability in quite a few instances, etc..(which is expected considering they are relatively new products).....and don't even get me started on how Evga applies thermal grease to the NB and SB on their mobos. lol

Ok, here's a pic of my latest build. It's dedicated to Silent Hunter IV/Submarine warfare in the pacific. Ignore the fingerprints on the CPU waterblock chromed portion (I've had to touch it a whole bunch recently during testing). As I stated earlier, the case is a Thermaltake Armor, and my 8800GTX goes almost to the lower black portion of the reservoir mounted on the right side by the mobo (it's a pretty huge videocard...the R600 has to be absolutely massive if it's bigger than this thing). Also, sorry about the brightness of the pic (the water is actually a deeper blue), I'm still trying to figure out the ins/outs of my digital camera. Pic quality is also greatly reduced by resizing. Hope you like it so far! :)

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4723/mypciv5.jpg

Still lots of work to do, but leak-testing is complete. Now it's on to sleeving my radiator fan cables, setting up my plan for wire management, and getting my components installed. :arrgh!:

(Specs in sig are WAY off, lol)

:rotfl:How fast does she dive?

:up:

About 2 years....so faster than a Gato. :rotfl:

@ARK

That blue tube with water looks like something I smoked illegal stuff in way back in the day....

Haha

There are actually "Bong style" reservoirs. They look almost exactly like what you are referring to. What I have isn't that style though. Mine is just an stard reservoir with a different design (by EK).

AVG, you play IL-2 right?

Here are my specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.40 ghz
ATI Radeon x1300 pro 256mb
1 gb ram
and I am running SHIII fine with GWX
If I delete GWX will SH4 work better?

Probably not.

SHIV has a bunch of new graphics effects, higher poly models, higher poly water, etc..

It will probably fall under the "system hog" category...but I'm just guessing. lol

What would you reccomend upgrading?

I'd probably start with the videocard and adding another gig of ram.

Many of the games nowdays seems to tax the videocard more than the processor (ideally), so that is probably the route I would take. Keep in mind, much of what has changed involves objects/effects and how they are rendered.

What videocard do you reccomend? in the ATI series?
and im not to good with computers so how do you upgrade ram?
sorry im not that computer savvy

ATI I'd probably get a X1950XTX (or XT).

Ram you just add another stick to one of the ram slots on your motherboard (make sure the sticks match though...you don't want to mix-match ram and have it underclock to the slower ram), and make sure you put it in the right way (match up the notch in the ram stick).

The best way to do it, is to just buy a simple book on building PCs and reead through it. It's pretty easy once you get the basics down.

An X1950 XT I can definitely see for the asking price. The XTX though? For a little more you can slide in a shiney new 8800 GTS. AMD need to lower the price on their X1950 XTX to make it a viable option for people again. Don't get me wrong; It's a great piece of hardware, it's just a hard sell with the 8800 GTS being a few bucks more. May as well get that DX10 goodness if you're in a XTX price range.

Yeah, I couldn't remember the designation.

What do I need to play SH4?

My specs:

AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ 2.4GHz
894MB RAM(tryin to get more RAM)
Nvidia GeForce 6150 LE(weak a$$ card)
19'inch wide screen LCD monitor

Your processor is all good, but you probably need(not "need", but want:D) more ram, and definately a new gpu.

With a 7600gs or similar from ATI, and up, you should be ok. But dont expect great performance AT HIGH SETTINGS with the 7600gs, the french video had some stuttering, and was made with a 7900GT, which tells me the game is alot more demanding than SH3, even with supermods.


I have made alot of videos from SH3 with fraps on a similar machine used in the french video. They used a AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 1GB ram and a 7900GT, I had a AMD Athlon 64 3800+, 2GB ram and a 7900GS. With no AA I could make videos in Grey Wolves and GWX without stuttering in convoys (and kinda in ports), but the video shows some stuttering with the same setup. This means that setup probably is performing well when NOT recording with fraps.

Now I've got 2GB RAM, a new GeForce 7900 GS and an Intel Pentium CPU with 3 GHz. Is that good enough to play SH4 with all settings maxed out?