My Little one

[barney151]

To be ordered this week

Case
CoolerMaster Elite 310 Blue Case + 2 Front USB

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-660 Dual Core (3.33GHz, 4MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard
ASUS® P7H57D-V EVO: FULL ATX, TRUE USB 3.0 & SATA 6.0GB/s

Memory (RAM)
4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz(2x2GB)

Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
250GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
250GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER

Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET

Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER

Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence

Monitor
IIYAMA E2210HDS 22" WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D FULL HD 1920x1080

But wil asked to be added
Genuine Windows XP™ Home + SP3, CD & Licence = 2nd Hard Drive
6GB RAM instead of 4GB...(IS THIS OK ??)
1x120mm case fan
Looks ok to me ..... i think

 

[Gorman]

I like, whats with the XP though? 6GB ram is fine, just an odd number for a dual channel system

 

[Meds]

Looks like a good spec to me, what's it going to be used for?

 

[barney151]

The XP is for my little nephew and his games,read that there's probs with windows7 and older games,gonna fill up 2nd drive for him,c+c,lotr,settlers etc
Going to be used for general pc stuff and gameing(not extreme),online,modern warfare sort of stuff.
Not being a pc person went for 6GB RAM cos it just seemed about right,i don't need an "exteme" machine,but can go for 8GB

 

[LDUK]

The XP is for my little nephew and his games,read that there's probs with windows7 and older games,gonna fill up 2nd drive for him,c+c,lotr,settlers etc
Going to be used for general pc stuff and gameing(not extreme),online,modern warfare sort of stuff.
Not being a pc person went for 6GB RAM cos it just seemed about right,i don't need an "exteme" machine,but can go for 8GB

For what you described, 4GB should be just fine. I've not heard that about windows 7, but I'll look into it when I have time, unless other people can confirm or add to that.
Hell I've played some pretty serious games (Crysis, GRID etc.) with only 2GB on Vista and it worked fine.
I don't understand the point in two Optical Drives either. And a GTX 460 is a great GPU, very capable with the games you mentioned.

 

[Meds]

I would honestly say you would be ok to run older games on Windows 7. Every game I have ever wanted to play has worked fine, some being upto 10 years old. However, Gorman will be able to let you know for sure.

The rest of the specification looks great and as LDUK says, the GTX460 is looking like an absolute bargain at the moment, it'll run everything you throw at it.

 

[Gorman]

I am yet to come across a game i couldnt get working in 7 or Vista. And i like my original Fallout (1997).

 

[LDUK]

I agree with the above. Windows 7 seems to be fine, even for old games. From my research, it's not all Windows 7 PC's it happens to, not that there are many people it has happened to. So I don't think the issue is Windows 7 itself, people just seem to be running windows 7 when they have the problem. Thing is this rumor happened when Vista was new too. I had no problems playing old games on that either.

 

[Tabasco]

Or stretch the budget to Windows 7 Pro. Has a XP mode built in...

 

[Gorman]

XP mode being a VM doesnt do DX so it wont play most games. The issues with Vista / 7 generally come down to UAC and permissions on program files folders etc. There is always a workaround.

 

[Al.Neri]

I have loads of "old" games I would love to play at their full potential. this pile of junk I am using right now is knocking on for 10 years old, and has less than 512mb of usable ram, integrated GPU and no bells or whistles at all. even games that are over 5 years old could not play at full whack.

that's why I am going for a real top end gaming pc myself, so I can let whatever game I buy run wild and free.

I was wondering about W7 compatibility issues as well for that reason. the first games I plan on installing are some of my older classics, just to see the difference a proper gaming system can make.

 

[LDUK]

XP mode being a VM doesnt do DX so it wont play most games. The issues with Vista / 7 generally come down to UAC and permissions on program files folders etc. There is always a workaround.

If UAC's the case, then that's as simple as a lemon to just switch off. I never have UAC on, it stops me from playing games and doing other things like that! All UAC does it ask you if you want to do things, like "are you sure you want to do this?" F*** off, obviously I do otherwise I wouldn't have done it. Other time it just disallows you completely from doing things. Like installing games and what not. Grrr, it angers me lol.

 

[barney151]

Probs already...lol,waiting for finance company to give the ok,the paperwork got lost in the post(i kid you not),so had to get a
second copysent out.This been signed and returned.Gonna change a couple of bits,now going for
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB),Intel® Core™i7-870 Quad Core (2.93GHz, 8MB Cache).But still
gonna keep my lil nephews "gaming 2nd drive",to be delivered mid September (on holiday).......might take that long to get
the ok..rofl

 

[barney151]

Great news ..... just delivered,unpacked and now...... going to work lmao,i'll have to wait until tomorrow ..... damn

 

[Rakk]

Hehe, when I got mine it was early morning and I had to go to work straight after it arrived, spent the whole day wishing I'd booked the day off

You'll have to let us know what it's like when you get to play with it later.

 

[barney151]

All up and running ......... everything is great ..... thx pc specialist,just need help on W7,have'nt got a clue lmao
..... damn wish i'd spent another 200-300 lol .... thx again ppl ...))

 

[Sleinous]

Hehe youll figure it out eventually after much head scratching and coffee consuming.