Re: Time for a new system - Specs required!

Maybe I should list the current specs I am thinking of...
Please remember this is very preliminary, especially the CPU &
motherboard.

Case Lian Li PC-6070BW Plus Mid Tower
Power Supply Thermaltake W0049RA, 680W, Auto Control
Motherboard ASUS P5WD2 Premium, Socket 775
CPU Intel Pentium 4 670, 3.8GHz, 800MHz FSB
Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar WD2500KS-SE16, 250GB, x 2
DVD drive SONY or LG 16xDVD, 52xCD
DVD writer Pioneer DVR-110D, DVD 16R/16W/8RW
Memory Corsair Dual Channel 2x1GB, DDR2-SDRAM, 667MHz
Video card Leadtek GeForce PX6600 GT, 128MB
Sound card Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, PCI
Keyboard Microsoft Basic keyboard (only $16!)
Mouse Logitech G5 Laser mouse, USB
Monitor DELL (Samsung) 2405FPW 24 inch widescreen LCD (already purchased)
Speakers Altec Lansing GT5051R, 5.1 Speaker System, 80W RMS
DV/Video capture/TV Tuner card Compro VideoMate DVB-T300

Comments please.
Also thinking about the Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers, instead of
the Altec Lansing. Anyone have experience with either speaker system?
Originally planned on buying Kingston memory, but having problems sourcing
it. I rate Kingston memory as the best money can buy. Is that correct
thinking? How does Corsair rate? compare to Kingston?
Hope this isn't inappropriate to post in this NG.
TIA.


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RocketMan
"RocketMan" <redrocketrex@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:dr659d$jvq$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> After 7 loooong years, I am finally updating my desktop! I am interested
> in advice on what specs are important for running car sims at full speed!
> My main questions are whether to go with a dual-core processor or stay
> with a single-core CPU, and (I don't wish to start a huge argument here)
> whether that CPU should be AMD or Intel? Would the dual-core processor
> help playing any of the car sims? Although I have heard that the AMD CPU
> is better for game playing, while the Intel is better for video
> editing/multimedia, is the difference that great when playing games? I
> must admit that I have purchased Intel up until now, and rate
> upgradability highly, but not at the expense of game performance too much.
> I don't think I can go wrong with a Gigabyte or ASUS motherboard??
> I am thinking of going with a Geforce 6600 GT video card to start with,
> as I can easily upgrade to a higher spec card at a later date. Currently I
> am only playing GPL, so it should be perfectly adequate. With a high speed
> CPU the 6600 GT will run the current sims (GTL etc.) well??
> My sound requirements are not that big, so a SB Audigy 2 ZS should fit my
> needs. Any suggestions on a good set of speakers for car sims and DVDs for
> under US$300? - preferably much less! :) I currently have a 24 inch
> widescreen LCD, so a good set of speakers would be great.
> My last question (sorry if these questions are inappropriate in this NG)
> is about RAID. Is this set on the motherboard? Can it be changed (from 0
> to 1) by switching jumpers on the MB?? My current desktop has two hard
> drives with the 2nd drive being basically a backup of my data from the
> primary (Windows) drive - not RAID of course. I was planning on
> partitioning the 2 new 250GB drives into something like 40GB (Windows), 2
> x 80GB, 50GB (data). Is that a good idea? What type of RAID should I run?
> Just mirror the 1st drive onto the 2nd drive, or go for speed??
> Thanks for your time.
>
> --
>
> RocketMan
>


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