New Computer

Welcome Guest.

You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.

Forums › Desktop computing › New Computer - HELP

Ellipsis

142 posts

Master Geek

#18687 19-Jan-2008 20:16

Hi there,

I am looking at a new computer.

Quad Core – Intel 2.4ghz
4gb memory
1gb video ram SLI
2x 500gb in RAID 10

Video Card
I am a heavy gamer so I would like around 1gb of video ram.
What Video card would you reccomend?
-

Motherboard
I would like one with at least 6 usb ports at the back, HDMI, 7.1 sound card, GB Lan, Wlan and possibly bluetooth.

What motherboard would you reccomend?

AmooMan

307 posts

Ultimate Geek

#105715 19-Jan-2008 20:41

hi :) just a quick little post..

if your going to get 4gb ram.. you will need to get XP 64bit.. or vista 64bit..
Cos 32bit XP&Vista can only see 3GB

SLI is Crossfire are a waste of time/power/money.. unless you get the very best card at the time..
so that will be $1200 X 2 for graphics cards...

You should just get 1 highend cards.. and be done

You said RAID 10 ?? dont you mean RAID 0 ??

Maybe you should look at getting a 10,000 rpm drive for you OS and games..
and a large 7,200 rpm for storage..

Would be faster

From what i can tell... nVidia is still on top for gaming..
maybe look at GeForce 8800 GT,GTS,GTX or Ultra

Try and spend alot of $$ on motherboard - m/b.. its the main bit of hardware in yr system so it needs to be high end..

gigabyte & Asus.. have always been good 2 me..

News and reviews »

Air New Zealand Starts AI adoption with OpenAI
Posted 24-Jul-2025 16:00

eero Pro 7 Review
Posted 23-Jul-2025 12:07

BeeStation Plus Review
Posted 21-Jul-2025 14:21

eero Unveils New Wi-Fi 7 Products in New Zealand
Posted 21-Jul-2025 00:01

WiZ Introduces HDMI Sync Box and other Light Devices
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:32

RedShield Enhances DDoS and Bot Attack Protection
Posted 20-Jul-2025 17:26

Seagate Ships 30TB Drives
Posted 17-Jul-2025 11:24

Oclean AirPump A10 Water Flosser Review
Posted 13-Jul-2025 11:05

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 Brings New Edge-To-Edge FlexWindow
Posted 10-Jul-2025 02:01

Epson Launches New AM-C550Z WorkForce Enterprise printer
Posted 9-Jul-2025 18:22

Samsung Releases Smart Monitor M9
Posted 9-Jul-2025 17:46

Nearly Half of Older Kiwis Still Write their Passwords on Paper
Posted 9-Jul-2025 08:42

D-Link 4G+ Cat6 Wi-Fi 6 DWR-933M Mobile Hotspot Review
Posted 1-Jul-2025 11:34

Oppo A5 Series Launches With New Levels of Durability
Posted 30-Jun-2025 10:15

Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.

Updates »

Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.

RSS feeds: Main feed; Forums feed

Site features: Geekzone BI dashboard; Geekzone Badges; Geekzone Status Page

Affiliate links: Samsung; AliExpress; Wise; Sharesies; GoodSync

Site Information: Subscribe to Geekzone; Privacy Statement; Forum Usage Guidelines (FUG); Advertising; Trademark and copyright