# Buying new desktop computer suggestions... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 13, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373 "2005-10-13T15:47:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/41 "2005-10-14T13:54:57Z")
far cry and doom3 are some of the most graphically intense games out there, i have a SLI 6800GT setup and sometimes run into stumbles on full quality. When i had just one 6800GT i set it for 1280x1024 all graphics on full, and it was a bit slow at times. The regular 6800 might do fine, but you will NOT be able to crank up the shaders, and stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/42 "2005-10-14T13:58:10Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > far cry and doom3 are some of the most graphically intense games out there, i have a SLI 6800GT setup and sometimes run into stumbles on full quality. > > When i had just one 6800GT i set it for 1280x1024 all graphics on full, and it was a bit slow at times. > > The regular 6800 might do fine, but you will NOT be able to crank up the shaders, and stuff like that. What is the important thing to look for in a video card when wanting to run graphic intensive first person shooters like those? ---
**Author:** ![haner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/haner/32/7626_2.png) [@haner](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/haner)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/43 "2005-10-14T14:02:37Z")
It will work perfectly fine. Specs are 1 sealed WD 8MB cache 250GB SATA Drive, 2x Buffalo 512MB PC3200 DDR ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/44 "2005-10-14T14:34:55Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > What is the important thing to look for in a video card when wanting to run graphic intensive first person shooters like those? core and memory clock are one thing the actual memory used is another. and pixelpipelines. theres some other stuff, but the 6800 is fine, if u dont plan on turning up the graphics to full, any other game shoould work fine also. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/45 "2005-10-14T14:42:49Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > core and memory clock are one thing > > the actual memory used is another. > > and pixelpipelines. > > theres some other stuff, but the 6800 is fine, if u dont plan on turning up the graphics to full, any other game shoould work fine also. Did you see the second card I posted? Would that would function well? ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/46 "2005-10-16T05:22:57Z")
Anyone else have thoughts on the set up? ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/47 "2005-10-16T17:20:03Z")
Will all of this stuff work together, basically just looking to build a homework/gaming computer for my g/f, needs to be able to run WoW for her. Motherboard [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131511](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131511) Case [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811162001](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811162001) Burner [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827152047](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827152047) X-tra fan [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811998108](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811998108) Hard Drive [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822135106](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822135106) Keyboard [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16823126171](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16823126171) Monitor (for me, she gets my old one 🙂 ) [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824179014](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824179014) Sound Card [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102176](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102176) Video Card [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814121195](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814121195) Memory [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440) ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/48 "2005-10-16T19:48:04Z")
That all looks pretty good to me. My only suggestion would be to switch out the burner for one that doesn’t say OEM. If you buy a retail version you will get all the installation software and a burning program like Nero. Also if you switch you monitor for one without built in speakers it will save you a little money. It seems a shame to have that nice sound card and run it through some crappy built in speakers. ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/49 "2005-10-17T05:36:20Z")
i didn’t even notice the monitor had speakers, im gonna have to switch that. The monitor is gonna be for me though, the g/f is getting my old monitor. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/50 "2005-10-17T05:42:33Z")
A friend of mine showed my combination to his buddy who works for IBM and he was very impressed with it. One thing he did mention though was the installation of the CPU and Memory in the Mobo can be one of the more troublesome things. If you go to [www.mwave.com](http://www.mwave.com) you can buy a motherboard, memory, and CPU and they will put it together and test it to make sure everything works and ship it to you completed. All for only $9 more. ---
**Author:** ![wickedcivy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wickedcivy/32/7295_2.png) [@wickedcivy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wickedcivy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/51 "2005-10-17T06:32:30Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > A friend of mine showed my combination to his buddy who works for IBM and he was very impressed with it. One thing he did mention though was the installation of the CPU and Memory in the Mobo can be one of the more troublesome things. If you go to [www.mwave.com](http://www.mwave.com/) you can buy a motherboard, memory, and CPU and they will put it together and test it to make sure everything works and ship it to you completed. All for only $9 more. cpu installation is alot easier now taht u dont have to slam the heatsink on there. amd has those new heatsinks with the handle where all u do is move a lever and it snaps into place. ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/52 "2005-10-17T06:51:59Z")
lol… but that lever is deceivingly hard to move… not thats its difficult… but this is a small computer part… it shouldn’t require this much effort… but it does. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/53 "2005-10-17T07:28:06Z")
> [@wickedcivy](#): > > cpu installation is alot easier now taht u dont have to slam the heatsink on there. amd has those new heatsinks with the handle where all u do is move a lever and it snaps into place. True but be that as it may, I certainly like the idea of getting the CPU, Mobo and memory assembled and tested to make sure its functional for a mere $9. I hear of so many people getting boards or memory that is dead right out of the box. This will avoid me putting my fist through the wall of my office. ---
**Author:** ![haner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/haner/32/7626_2.png) [@haner](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/haner)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/54 "2005-10-17T07:39:58Z")
It’s not so hard to snap the memory into place. They can only go in 1 direction. I have a mobo/cpu along with the hdd, and memory. It’s a P4 2.8 1M cache. ---
**Author:** ![wickedcivy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wickedcivy/32/7295_2.png) [@wickedcivy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wickedcivy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/55 "2005-10-17T07:47:07Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > True but be that as it may, I certainly like the idea of getting the CPU, Mobo and memory assembled and tested to make sure its functional for a mere $9. > > I hear of so many people getting boards or memory that is dead right out of the box. This will avoid me putting my fist through the wall of my office. 9$ is alot! haha jk i just built an amd 64 3700+ and didnt ahve a single problem… but i also built a thunderbird back in the day which i had a million problems with… luck of the draw i guess edit: i thought the new lever is amazing… 100 times easier then taking a screwdriver and pushin on the heatsink clip as hard as possible ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/56 "2005-10-17T10:37:42Z")
> [@haner](#): > > It’s not so hard to snap the memory into place. They can only go in 1 direction. I have a mobo/cpu along with the hdd, and memory. It’s a P4 2.8 1M cache. Yeah memory is easy. Really my concern was in getting product that was free of defect. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/57 "2005-10-17T10:42:44Z")
just give the shit to me, ill do it for ya. its really simple dont pay anyone to put that shit in ---
**Author:** ![RedDawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RedDawg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedDawg)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/58 "2005-10-17T10:55:13Z")
is it possible to upgrade the graphics card in a laptop, a friend went to Bestbuy to upgrade his so he can play some of the more recent video games and they told him it wasn’t possible that the only thing you can do to a laptop is upgrade the memory. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373/59 "2005-10-17T11:02:49Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > just give the shit to me, ill do it for ya. > > its really simple > > dont pay anyone to put that shit in Too late. I already bought it. Thanks for the offer though. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buying-new-desktop-computer-suggestions/3373.md?page=2)