New computer

Sonsofsin · December 10th, 2006

I was just thinking about getting a new computer. Which build would be the most cost efficient for running PCSX2? There's a lot of them online...but the cheapest one with the best results would be optimum. Also, I was wondering if laptops are decent enough to play them now....if not, maybe just go with a PC.

Dantar · December 10th, 2006

Best for price/efficiency in my humble opinion would be:

CPU: Core2Duo E6600
GPU: Radeon X1950Pro
1GB-2GB RAM, depending on the money you have left. As far as I know PCSX2 isn't reliant on RAM so you'll only need 1GB.

The rest of the stuff - hard drive, CD rom, casing, mainboard, just get something cheap to support these.

Very nice performance for its price, would run PCSX2 at good speeds as well.
You could opt lower than this of course but I personally wouldn't

The basics I listed + the mainboard would cost you roughly 700 euros.

You could get a full machine running these specs for roughly 900 euros (sorry I'm European

), a lot cheaper if you recycle your old case, harddrive, power supply and CD drives.

You can play on Laptops of course, but laptops are far more expensive. The cheaper ones either come with integrated graphics cards, low end CPUs or both. I'd never recommend a laptop for gaming. Either way, a decent game laptop would cost you at least twice as much as a desktop pc.

kch0pa · December 10th, 2006

Why don't you move this one General Plot?

**General Plot** · December 10th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by kch0pa

Why don't you move this one General Plot?

Why don't you mind your business? Don't try dictating staff.

That aside, I hadn't seen this one yet, which is why it didn't get moved.
Not PCSX2 related, thus moved to hardware discussion.

Player-X · December 10th, 2006

This is a computer I recommended to someone else.

Quote:

POWMAX CP0327PL-4 Window Black/Silver SGCC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply - Retail
$39.99-$5.00 Instant=$34.99

ASUS A8N5X Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 ATX AMD Motherboard - OEM
$38.99

connect3D 3049 Radeon X1600PRO 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
$95.99

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 2.2GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3500BPBOX - Retail
$75.99

pqi POWER Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 266 (PC 2100) Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model MD641GUOE-X2 - Retail
$93.99

HITACHI Deskstar T7K500 HDT725025VLAT80 (0A33408) 250GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive - OEM
$69.99

Scythe SCKB04-SV Black Keyboard USB + PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard - Retail
$4.59

SCEPTRE X7G-NagaVI Black 17" 8ms LCD Monitor - Retail
$159.99-$10.00 Instant=$149.99

Sunbeam Blue Eye MS-BLE-BK Blue 3 Buttons 1x Wheel USB Optical Mouse - Retail
$6.99-$1.37 Instant =$5.62

SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write, LightScribe Technology Black IDE Model SH-S182M/BEBN - OEM
$32.99
Subtotal: $603.13

I didn't add speakers because they are person specific, go to a store and listen to a few and see what you like

tuanming · December 11th, 2006

Here's my recommendation:

Motherboard - Asus P5B Deluxe
Processor - E6300 1.86GHz (easily overclocked over 3.0GHz)
Cpu cooler - Zalman CNPS 9700 and get ArticSilver 5 for Thermal compound
Rams - A pair of 2x1 (2gb) Super Talent or G.Skill DDR2-800 (pc-6400)[/color][/color]
Graphic card - ATI x1900 and up. For Nvidia 7900 series and up.

Sonsofsin · December 11th, 2006

I was hoping to get top of the line stuff for cheap XD. But the prices are around 5k or 6k O.O. Would it be more advisable to wait to get these quad cores and stuff..or just buy a comp for now...and buy another one later...or just entirely buy the quad cores later....

I'm in no rush to get a new computer though. Old one works fine but sucks..can't play ANY games well.

tuanming · December 11th, 2006

Trust me, you won't regret it! My recommended hardwares are the best and the best bang for your $$$. You don't need no E6600 or E6400, as long as you have quality rams and you can overclock the hell out of the E6300

Sonsofsin · December 11th, 2006

If you can build me one or find a site which has one...looking for under 1k...with hopefully some kind of warranty...nothing fancy. That'd be awesome. With your specs...at least. yup I'm a cheap miser who wants a very good computer XD

If it's not under 1k it's fine too...just don't want somethin 3k O.O

tuanming · December 11th, 2006

Don't worry these hardwares that i mentioned does not sum up to 1k. If you want to play cheap then you can reuse your old hard drive, DVD-Rom/burner, computer chassis/case, etc. to save the extra $$$

Sonsofsin · December 11th, 2006

XD. Rebuild the whole thing? Don't have the time...if I did...I'd probably be making my dream machine *drools*. But yea...whats the noise lvl and heat lvl of that composition..and price....don't want a boeing 747 in my house XD

Player-X · December 11th, 2006

I wouldn't say that tuanming's recommendation is the best bang for buck if you do plan to keep your computer long term and some parts such as the processor seems questionable, the cost effectiveness of using those components are also somewhat in question.

Sonsofsin · December 11th, 2006

so Player where can I get that build pre-built? If you can make me one I'd add another...let's say $100.

Player-X · December 11th, 2006

I have a policy against directly physically helping people over the web but you buy those parts from the links I have provided and then have someone assemble them or you can learn to build it yourself by reading the manuals, it's not that hard and in fact it's pretty fun to do.

Sonsofsin · December 12th, 2006

Ok I think I might have decided a spec....let's see how cheap I can get this for
Nvidia Quadro Graphics Card
Intel Dual Core Extreme.
The Plextor dvd drive.
A decent hard drive. 100gig or more.
1gig or more ram (preferable 2 gigs)
Logitech® X-530 5.1 system
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit
solid case.
solid moniter
solid cooling system
soild power supply.
And maybe an elephant...for kicks.

Player-X · December 12th, 2006

Don't bother with the Quadro graphics card, those things cost a hell lot more than the standard GeForce line and give no performance in gaming and in fact may actually be much slower Quadro cards are designed for 3d artists not gamers.

You do not need a cooling system if you are buying a CPU as most first hand CPUs come with their own cooling systems.

aolforbroadband · December 12th, 2006

I wouldn't spend too much on anything right now. Just get some decent parts and a E6300 Core 2 and overclock the crap out of it. And I probably would steer clear of laptops since they tend to have pretty craptastic graphic chips, unless you get something like a Dell XPS, Voodoo Envy, etc. but for half of that price or so you can get a better PC.

December 10th, 2006	#1 (permalink)
Sonsofsin Village Idiot Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: wefwefad Posts: 27	New computer I was just thinking about getting a new computer. Which build would be the most cost efficient for running PCSX2? There's a lot of them online...but the cheapest one with the best results would be optimum. Also, I was wondering if laptops are decent enough to play them now....if not, maybe just go with a PC.

December 11th, 2006	#6 (permalink)
tuanming Final Fantasy XXX Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA, TX Posts: 1,746	Here's my recommendation: Motherboard - Asus P5B Deluxe Processor - E6300 1.86GHz (easily overclocked over 3.0GHz) Cpu cooler - Zalman CNPS 9700 and get ArticSilver 5 for Thermal compound Rams - A pair of 2x1 (2gb) Super Talent or G.Skill DDR2-800 (pc-6400)[/color][/color] Graphic card - ATI x1900 and up. For Nvidia 7900 series and up. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6300 1.86Ghz L629A244 @ 3.78GHz Asus P5K-E Wifi/AP Rev.1.02g Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120+ FM121 (110 cfm fan) ATI x1900 GT Rev.2 256mb 513/657 G.Skill 2x1gb Hz--540MHz

December 11th, 2006	#7 (permalink)
Sonsofsin Village Idiot Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: wefwefad Posts: 27	Should I wait or buy now I was hoping to get top of the line stuff for cheap XD. But the prices are around 5k or 6k O.O. Would it be more advisable to wait to get these quad cores and stuff..or just buy a comp for now...and buy another one later...or just entirely buy the quad cores later.... I'm in no rush to get a new computer though. Old one works fine but sucks..can't play ANY games well.

December 11th, 2006	#8 (permalink)
tuanming Final Fantasy XXX Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA, TX Posts: 1,746	Trust me, you won't regret it! My recommended hardwares are the best and the best bang for your $$$. You don't need no E6600 or E6400, as long as you have quality rams and you can overclock the hell out of the E6300 __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6300 1.86Ghz L629A244 @ 3.78GHz Asus P5K-E Wifi/AP Rev.1.02g Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120+ FM121 (110 cfm fan) ATI x1900 GT Rev.2 256mb 513/657 G.Skill 2x1gb Hz--540MHz

December 11th, 2006	#9 (permalink)
Sonsofsin Village Idiot Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: wefwefad Posts: 27	sounds good If you can build me one or find a site which has one...looking for under 1k...with hopefully some kind of warranty...nothing fancy. That'd be awesome. With your specs...at least. yup I'm a cheap miser who wants a very good computer XD If it's not under 1k it's fine too...just don't want somethin 3k O.O Last edited by Sonsofsin; December 11th, 2006 at 00:54. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

December 10th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
Dantar Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 201	Best for price/efficiency in my humble opinion would be: CPU: Core2Duo E6600 GPU: Radeon X1950Pro 1GB-2GB RAM, depending on the money you have left. As far as I know PCSX2 isn't reliant on RAM so you'll only need 1GB. The rest of the stuff - hard drive, CD rom, casing, mainboard, just get something cheap to support these. Very nice performance for its price, would run PCSX2 at good speeds as well. You could opt lower than this of course but I personally wouldn't The basics I listed + the mainboard would cost you roughly 700 euros. You could get a full machine running these specs for roughly 900 euros (sorry I'm European ), a lot cheaper if you recycle your old case, harddrive, power supply and CD drives. You can play on Laptops of course, but laptops are far more expensive. The cheaper ones either come with integrated graphics cards, low end CPUs or both. I'd never recommend a laptop for gaming. Either way, a decent game laptop would cost you at least twice as much as a desktop pc.

December 10th, 2006	#3 (permalink)
kch0pa Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: OTDrama.com Posts: 57	Why don't you move this one General Plot?

December 11th, 2006	#10 (permalink)
tuanming Final Fantasy XXX Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA, TX Posts: 1,746	Don't worry these hardwares that i mentioned does not sum up to 1k. If you want to play cheap then you can reuse your old hard drive, DVD-Rom/burner, computer chassis/case, etc. to save the extra $$$ __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6300 1.86Ghz L629A244 @ 3.78GHz Asus P5K-E Wifi/AP Rev.1.02g Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120+ FM121 (110 cfm fan) ATI x1900 GT Rev.2 256mb 513/657 G.Skill 2x1gb Hz--540MHz

December 11th, 2006	#11 (permalink)
Sonsofsin Village Idiot Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: wefwefad Posts: 27	XD. Rebuild the whole thing? Don't have the time...if I did...I'd probably be making my dream machine drools. But yea...whats the noise lvl and heat lvl of that composition..and price....don't want a boeing 747 in my house XD

December 11th, 2006	#12 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	I wouldn't say that tuanming's recommendation is the best bang for buck if you do plan to keep your computer long term and some parts such as the processor seems questionable, the cost effectiveness of using those components are also somewhat in question.

December 11th, 2006	#13 (permalink)
Sonsofsin Village Idiot Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: wefwefad Posts: 27	so Player where can I get that build pre-built? If you can make me one I'd add another...let's say $100.

December 11th, 2006	#14 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	I have a policy against directly physically helping people over the web but you buy those parts from the links I have provided and then have someone assemble them or you can learn to build it yourself by reading the manuals, it's not that hard and in fact it's pretty fun to do.

December 12th, 2006	#15 (permalink)
Sonsofsin Village Idiot Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: wefwefad Posts: 27	Ok I think I might have decided a spec....let's see how cheap I can get this for Nvidia Quadro Graphics Card Intel Dual Core Extreme. The Plextor dvd drive. A decent hard drive. 100gig or more. 1gig or more ram (preferable 2 gigs) Logitech® X-530 5.1 system Creative Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit solid case. solid moniter solid cooling system soild power supply. And maybe an elephant...for kicks.

December 12th, 2006	#16 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	Don't bother with the Quadro graphics card, those things cost a hell lot more than the standard GeForce line and give no performance in gaming and in fact may actually be much slower Quadro cards are designed for 3d artists not gamers. You do not need a cooling system if you are buying a CPU as most first hand CPUs come with their own cooling systems.

December 12th, 2006	#17 (permalink)
aolforbroadband I am pro, lawl. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Washington D.C. Area Posts: 1,834	I wouldn't spend too much on anything right now. Just get some decent parts and a E6300 Core 2 and overclock the crap out of it. And I probably would steer clear of laptops since they tend to have pretty craptastic graphic chips, unless you get something like a Dell XPS, Voodoo Envy, etc. but for half of that price or so you can get a better PC. __________________ Core 2 Duo E6600 \| 2GB Corsair XMS2 \| eVGA 7900GS 320GB SATAII \| Antec Sonata II \| Antec 450W Sony XBRITE 17" LCD \| Logitech G5 Mouse Last edited by aolforbroadband; December 12th, 2006 at 08:18.

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