New stuff..I hope it was worth it!

04-05-08, 12:56 AM

Hey guys, I wanna know what ya think. I got a new computer...sort of

Dell Pentium 4
Antec SX630II ATX case
Supermicro brand P4SCE motherboard
350 Watt Power Supply
240 GB Hard Drive Space (Two 120 GB HD'S)
1 GB RAM
Sony 10x DVD-RW & 16x DVD Burner
( I also own 2 10x CD-ROMS)
I still use Nvidia Geforce FX 5500

Also, I had to finish my collection, can't stand having unfinished ones.
I got some new games:
Silent Hunter I
Silent Hunter II
Silent Hunter IV: Wolves of the Pacific
Battlestations: Midway
Blitzkrieg 2
(All other Blitzkrieg's)
(All other COD beside COD 1 and United Offensive)

Hmm, I still have quite a bit of money.

Sailor Steve · 04-05-08, 05:46 PM

I don't know much, but on the whole it sounds pretty good to me.

Except you should have held out for more RAM. SH4 says 1 Gb minimum, and 2 Gb recommended. "Required" means it will run it. "Recommended" means you'll need that much to run it well.

Steel_Tomb · 04-06-08, 04:52 AM

If possible I'd think about upgrading your graphics card. An FX5500 just isn't going to cut it in modern games. SHIII wil be ok but I would think SHIV would stuggle quite a bit with the sliders set up. If it's an AGP, if your interested I may have something you would like, for a small fee :P.

ATi Radeon X1600 (I think!) 512mb, its AGP and a good card a much better spec than the GeForce 5 card.

Apart from that, from the games you've listed it doesn't look like your going to need an uber-spec computer so thats a cool system for what you want/

04-06-08, 08:53 AM

Or an ATI Radeon X1950 Pro? Might work, I knew I needed 2 GB RAM but me dad won't let me get it. I got $61.00, so I don't know why.

Jimbuna · 04-06-08, 09:04 AM

350 Watt psu looks a little on the low side (650 would be better) :hmm:

Steel_Tomb · 04-06-08, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdlerGrosmann

Or an ATI Radeon X1950 Pro? Might work, I knew I needed 2 GB RAM but me dad won't let me get it. I got $61.00, so I don't know why.

thats it, 1950 pro is what ive got i think

04-06-08, 01:38 PM

Cheapest I know is either eBay, pricewatch, newegg. :hmm:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gecube-X1950-Pro...QQcmdZViewItem

Most of them are 256 MB. I rarely found any 512 MB's on ebay.

This is the computer I bought from firstpacificorp
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2BSI%26otn%3D3

04-05-08, 12:56 AM	#1
AdlerGrosmann Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	New stuff..I hope it was worth it! Hey guys, I wanna know what ya think. I got a new computer...sort of Dell Pentium 4 Antec SX630II ATX case Supermicro brand P4SCE motherboard 350 Watt Power Supply 240 GB Hard Drive Space (Two 120 GB HD'S) 1 GB RAM Sony 10x DVD-RW & 16x DVD Burner ( I also own 2 10x CD-ROMS) I still use Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 Also, I had to finish my collection, can't stand having unfinished ones. I got some new games: Silent Hunter I Silent Hunter II Silent Hunter IV: Wolves of the Pacific Battlestations: Midway Blitzkrieg 2 (All other Blitzkrieg's) (All other COD beside COD 1 and United Offensive) Hmm, I still have quite a bit of money.

04-05-08, 05:46 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I don't know much, but on the whole it sounds pretty good to me. Except you should have held out for more RAM. SH4 says 1 Gb minimum, and 2 Gb recommended. "Required" means it will run it. "Recommended" means you'll need that much to run it well. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-06-08, 04:52 AM	#3
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If possible I'd think about upgrading your graphics card. An FX5500 just isn't going to cut it in modern games. SHIII wil be ok but I would think SHIV would stuggle quite a bit with the sliders set up. If it's an AGP, if your interested I may have something you would like, for a small fee :P. ATi Radeon X1600 (I think!) 512mb, its AGP and a good card a much better spec than the GeForce 5 card. Apart from that, from the games you've listed it doesn't look like your going to need an uber-spec computer so thats a cool system for what you want/ __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| *Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.*

04-06-08, 09:04 AM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	350 Watt psu looks a little on the low side (650 would be better) :hmm: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-06-08, 08:53 AM	#4
AdlerGrosmann Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Or an ATI Radeon X1950 Pro? Might work, I knew I needed 2 GB RAM but me dad won't let me get it. I got $61.00, so I don't know why.

04-06-08, 01:38 PM	#7
AdlerGrosmann Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Cheapest I know is either eBay, pricewatch, newegg. :hmm: http://cgi.ebay.com/Gecube-X1950-Pro...QQcmdZViewItem Most of them are 256 MB. I rarely found any 512 MB's on ebay. This is the computer I bought from firstpacificorp http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2BSI%26otn%3D3