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I have a question can i play SMOOTHLY cs 1.6 or the other cs versions with a Q6600, i want to buy a new system. Here it is:


case NZXT Alpha
Voeding OCZ StealthXStream 600Watt
Motherboard GigaByte P35-DS3P (FireWire, RAID, Gb-LAN, Sound, ATX)
Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600
4x 2.4Ghz 8Mb 1066FSB
Processor cooler Thermaltake TMG i1 (CL-P0370)
Intern memory 4Gb 2x GeiL 2 GB DDR2-800 Kit
GX22GB6400UDC
graphic card EVGA Geforce 8800GT 512MB DDr3
2x DVI-I, Dual-Link DVI, HDCP,
DirectX 10 GPU, Shader Model 4.0
harddisk Samsung SpinPoint T166 500Gb Sata2 (HD501LJ, NCQ, 8,9 / 16 / 7200)
Audio Onboard Realtek ALC888 Soundchip met HD-Audio
input: 1 x Line-In, 1 x microfoon
output: 3 x Line-Out, 1 x Digital-Out (optisch), 1 x Digital-Out (coaxiaal)
Overige aansluitingen Usb 2.0: Achter 8X Voor 3X
Firewire: 3x 50 MB/s
Lan: Gigabit 10/100/1000
CardReader Intern Procase
supports: CF I, CF II, MD, SD, MMC, SM, MS, MS Duo, MS PRO, optical drives Samsung SH-S202J 20x DL
Samsung SH-S202N 20x DL LightScribe

gaurantee 12 months carry-in garantie en support

what do you think?

I hope you ll answer soon !

I'm afraid you will not even be able to run CS1.6 or other CS versions with that set up. It will run horribly slow.

CS requirements


CSS requirements


Come on, that was a stupid question...can it run cs1.6 and css. Hell yes it can.

It is a good build very similar to mine.

Also how much are you paying for this?

wow, sorry for the question than ( isaw on the internet a q6600 but that guy couldnt play cs.) however, this system costs 1075 euros. Cheap or expensive? and whats your setup? how much did u pay?

Thats kind of pricey. I think thats $1700 USD ish. Theres no real need for 4GB of RAM or a quad core processor. Especially if you're going to use a Windows operating system, XP or Vista. XP can only support like 3.2 GB of RAM, and Vista will find some stupid ass reason to use all your RAM and CPU for nothing. A lot of game engines aren't even optimized to support more than 2 cores anyway, according to my computer-engineering friends. And if you have to pick between XP and Vista, get XP, because Vista will ruin your overall experience and hardware performance.

oh cmon i really dont know what to do. Everyone says core2quad.
What i want is A SUPER FAST system and i want to play smoothly in games cmon please help me.
processor
ram
hardrive
grap card

Well, if you want to spend that kind of money, be my guest. I gave you my advice. I always try to find a compromise between cost and power.

Quad will future-proof you. A lot of games will support them soon, some already do. They're not THAT much more expensive than equivalent Duos anyway. Also, go XP, and ditch that 4GB RAM because it's overkill.

And it seems expensive to you Yankees because most components cost more in Europe.

Sucks for you guys then.

I would like to say your wrong on that, it don't eat up all your ram and cpu..

But maybe it is just my pc.

Right now my CPU use is 4% and my memory is at 30% use..and it rarely gets above that inless i open up a video game or something. (This is just using WMP, Firefox with a few tabs, Xfire, MSN, and my other little programs running).

OK, im confused. How about this one?
it costs 600 euros.
and whats the difference between the 1075 euros pc and this one? explain it to me.

Computer
Special Selection 14
Miditower black
450W silent voeding
Processor/type
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Processpeed
4x 2.4GHz 8MB 1066MHz FSB
ram
4096mb DDR2 667 2x 2048mb Transcend
Harddisk / opslag
1000 GB S-ATA 2 7200rpm (2x 500GB) Samsung Spinpoint 16mb cache
video
Intel Extreme Graphics geintegreerd X3100 384mb
Audio / Geluid
Geïntegreerde High Definition audio chip, 7.1 channel sound (8 kanaals geluid)
DVD station(s)
DVD brander +/-RW Lite-On 20 speed Dual Layer
Moederbord informatie
MSI G31 met Intel G31 chipset
Overige aansluitingen
Seriele poort
Parallelle poort
PCI-Express slot
LAN 10/100 mb/s
(Supersnelle "Fast Ethernet" netwerk/internet aansluiting)
6x USB 2.0 aansluitingen
Multimedia cardreader met T-Flash voor alle typen geheugencards
Meegeleverd
Drivers voor geluid, video, en LAN
Service
12 maanden carry-in basisgarantie en support.

fast,silent system for a good price!

Note: Im ordering a new videocard a geforce 8600 GT 512mb (100 euros)

XP can have more than 3.25GB of RAM when in x64 flavour, and Vista really isn't that bad if you've taken the time to sort it out, at the moment I'd get one of the new Penryns rather than the Q6600 or at least wait until the new quads are out.


The RAM is a lower spec so I'd get the 800Mhz stuff but only 2GB of it, the Graphics card is 100x worse than the other one as well, the 8800 in the original spec is easily twice as fast ad the 8600 you are getting, which btw you'd be better off getting the 256MB one because the 512MB will be useless on a 128bit Memory Bus, the Audio is better on the second build but not by much and the second one doesn't have firewire though you may not use that.

30% of 4 gigs of RAM being used on a 64 bit OS when its idle? The slightest performance enthusiast would shit themselves if they saw that. I've got 2 gigs on XP with only 13% RAM and 0% CPU being used while its idle. Booyakasha

If you want to get technical about what PC specs you want Sparco, you'd probably be best off talking to Elanzer or Rifleman.

it pains me to see someone getting such a bloody high end pc but knowing nothing about it, while i'm here stuck on a crappy machine and know quite a bit.

:<

Oh yeah question? are you building this yourself of are you buying a pick-me-options and we build it for you?

(IE, LIKE IBUYPOWER)

Yeah, if you build it yourself you'll save a ton of money.

1. i know a lot about pcs but last years i couldnt follow it!
2. Yes i want to assemble my own pc. SO help me.

Well, we're all giving you different advice. Take what you will from it. If you haven't assembled a PC before it may seem a bit tricky at first.

This thread hurts my brain. I'm out of here.

Yes, i got my answer now, thanks!

LOLCYA

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Actually no.


That's why.

Also the last 'non-experienced' person I gave buying advice to proceeded to get all his bits only to attempt forcible insertion of the CPU into its socket, bending or tearing out all the pins. Everything Sparco needs to know is already in reply #7 and #11.

What the fuck? He tried to force the cpu in the socket? I mean wouldn't common sense say "Hey jimmy now their is no way in hell that will fit, maybe you should let off for a bit."

Not if hes illiterate or lacking in other cognitive abilities.