Andrew Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 Any reason why? My dad has been running it on his system now for 2 months (core 2 duo, 1.8ghz, 2GB ram, geforce 6600GT) its been running fine. Plays all games hes tried on it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 XP is the most stable choice. I'd buy another harddrive, and set up a Vista/XP dual boot, if you're bent on Vista. That's what I've got - but XP just plains works better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Get Vista! You will have no problems with it as long as your drivers are updated. See, I am running Vista on a 4-year old ancient system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 Most of the hardware I'll be using on the machine is fairly new, and has Vista drivers out for it. But I still don't know wether to go 64bit vista or 32bit vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew1g Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I have been using 32 bit vista on both of my quads, and haven't had any problems so far. I've read about people running into compatability issues with 64bit- bioshock for instance, and apart from that, I read that it emulates 32 bit, slower than a real 32bit OS. Howerver, on the plus side, I've read about Crysis running way better on 64 bit- but that's the only game I know of that runs better. otherwise, support for 64bit is pretty much non existant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 XP is the main choice for many people because there has been problems with it, i've heard it's a processor hogger. Plus, alot of people don't see the need to swap their OS because games are being made now that are DX9 and DX10 compatible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew1g Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I have vista ultimate installed on my pentium 4 3.00GHz with HT with all kinks enabled, idles at 2%, and memory usage is ~550mb but aero shuts down if you start a memory intensive program, tuning down usage to ~ 256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picolini Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 If you're buying your OS (which sounds like you are) I would suggest going with XP. You can get it for like $75, compared to Vista's several hundred $ price tag. I myself have Vista, came on my PC already, otherwise I may have opted for XP. I'm actually considering even getting XP as a secondary OS, for a few programs (CAD stuff). Vista isn't 100% yet, so getting it over XP would be a waste really. You aren't missing too much, and if you think you'll have the cash around the time SP1 comes out for Vista, then go for it then. Just my 2 cents on that. The lack of finish and your limited budget point toward XP for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 There's also the DX10 issue as well, if you are going to get a 8800GT or similar then to make use of its DX10 capabilities you will need Vista. Easiest solution is to either get another hard drive or partition one hard drive so you can have a dual-boot XP and Vista. That way you've got the best of both worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 OS Is still being decided upon at the moment, but I cant upgrade as soon as I would have liked. Its going to have to be around January time now. My car decided to have a few problems which cost the upgrade money to sort out The spec is more or less finalised now, could be slightly cheaper in January anyway. Core 2 Duo E6750 4GB Ram 512MB Geforce 8800GT Sound Blaster Audigy 320GB SATA Drive. I have a decent case, which should provide plently of room and airflow (2 fans at front, 2 at rear. and if necesary can always pick up a 5 1/2 drivebay cooler, as I have 4 spare drive bays.) Power supply is a 600W one which should more then suffice?(All that stuff + 4 fans, 1 PCI slot cooler) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 If you are going to be using Vista, stick with the 4GB of RAM, if you're going to use XP, 2gb is more than enough for that processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 Bump Well christmas has come and gone and so has new year, and the SLC deposited a nice amount into my bank account, time to spend! The spec is still about the same. Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66ghz clock: 1333mhz link: http://www.ebuyer.com/search/?qfind=E6750&x=614&y=139 Motherboard: Asus P5KPL G31 LGA775 link: http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(21207)Asus-M...775-LGA775.aspx Graphics: Point of View nVidia 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 link: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135258 Memory: Corsair 2048MB TwinX XMS2 6400 DDR2 (2X1GB) link: http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(15884)Corsai...DR2-Memory.aspx Storage: 250GB Western Digital Caviar SATA II 7200RPM 16MB link: http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(11009)Wester...16-SATA-II.aspx Which gives a nice total of £412.93 After delivery costs, the total is £417. Is this spec okay? Any parts I can switch out or change to better ones? Some parts are more expensive, as they are the only ones in stock. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ring_of_Fire Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) Does the motherboard support DDR3? Crap, it doens't. Yes, your specs are fine. Point of View nVidia 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 I saw in your post that you were anxious to change the current specs for better ones. Do you have enough money to afford a better card than a 8800GT? Edited January 14, 2008 by Ring_of_Fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picolini Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I was looking into the 8800GT and there was plenty of talk about how it runs really hot. Also, I'm pretty sure it was only a certain brand (BFG maybe?) that put a sticker on the fan which would eventually get sucked in and cause tons of trouble... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyphonPayne Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) I was looking into the 8800GT and there was plenty of talk about how it runs really hot. Also, I'm pretty sure it was only a certain brand (BFG maybe?) that put a sticker on the fan which would eventually get sucked in and cause tons of trouble... I have the EVGA 8800GT and it has no problems whatsoever with heat but you should use nTune or RivaTuner (RivaTuner won't work for SLI) to turn up the fan to about 60 percent. Supposedly most of the new 8800GT's have updated BIOS's ( mine came with the latest BIOS, or you of course can update them yourself) that fix the issue with the auto sensor not turning the fan up from 29 percent properly when the card is under load. But as I said I keep it at 60% when under load and it runs 68C in Crysis tops. Edited January 14, 2008 by SyphonPayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picolini Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) I was looking into the 8800GT and there was plenty of talk about how it runs really hot. Also, I'm pretty sure it was only a certain brand (BFG maybe?) that put a sticker on the fan which would eventually get sucked in and cause tons of trouble... I have the EVGA 8800GT and it has no problems whatsoever with heat but you should use nTune or RivaTuner (RivaTuner won't work for SLI) to turn up the fan to about 60 percent. Supposedly most of the new 8800GT's have updated BIOS's ( mine came with the latest BIOS, or you of course can update them yourself) that fix the issue with the auto sensor not turning the fan up from 29 percent properly when the card is under load. But as I said I keep it at 60% when under load and it runs 68C in Crysis tops. Ahhh, that's what it was. Glad they've been working on sorting that out. Of course for those who know what to do (and that's mainly the target audience for such a card) it was a relatively simple fix, but still something to be mindful of. @GanstaKilla, You might want to look at getting a bigger HD. 250GB won't last long especially if you have lots of media files and games to install. I've got over 300GB used right now, and it's building day by day Once you format it and install the OS it'll knock quite a bit off, you'll have just over 200GB left. Of course it will cost more. But you can get a 400GB-500GB for around £65-£80, which I'd say is worth it. Or you can go with that one and just buy a second drive later on if you need to watch your costs right now. Most likely drive costs will go down. Edited January 14, 2008 by Picolini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew1g Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I was looking into the 8800GT and there was plenty of talk about how it runs really hot. Also, I'm pretty sure it was only a certain brand (BFG maybe?) that put a sticker on the fan which would eventually get sucked in and cause tons of trouble... mine is from the launch batch and normal temps for it are 39 idle, 60-65 when gaming. ontopic, I'd say get a much better P35 chipset mobo. http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(20810)MSI-mo...el-P35-ATX.aspx that is a really good budget mobo, and much better than the asus you chose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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