Buying custom built gaming PC - please comment

Hey I just ordered a custom built PC today intended for primary gaming, nothing to fancy but here are the parts I bought and was just wondering if the forum here could give me feedback on the value of the PC and how well it will run. Intel Q8200 Core2 Quad CPU Asus P5KPL-1600 Motherboard Team 2GB DDR2 800MHz x4 (8gb in total) ECS GTS250 1GB Video Card (Assistant told me this is one of the best on the market, true/not true?) Seagate 1Tb SATA Hard Drive Apower 650W PSU Thermaltake Xaser 6 MX Case Kaspersky Internet Sec 2009 OE MS Vista Home Prem 64 SP1 OEM Warranty - 2 years partys & labour on system. Total price: $1,664.00 Accessories: G15 Logitech Keyboard Razor deathadder mouse (need to get a good soundsystem and pref. 22'+ widescreen) anything else you think would be good to add the would increase preformance or benifit me please post. Thanks! regards. Mattmagzter

Get mor RAM, since you're using Vista and the GTS 250 is just a rebranded 9800GTX+. If you have the cash, i suggest getting a GTX 260 216 or better GPU and a higher PSU. Everything else is good.

[QUOTE="magzter"]Hey I just ordered a custom built PC today intended for primary gaming, nothing to fancy but here are the parts I bought and was just wondering if the forum here could give me feedback on the value of the PC and how well it will run. Intel Q8200 Core2 Quad CPU Asus P5KPL-1600 Motherboard Team 2GB DDR2 800MHz x4 (8gb in total) ECS GTS250 1GB Video Card (Assistant told me this is one of the best on the market, true/not true?) Seagate 1Tb SATA Hard Drive Apower 650W PSU Thermaltake Xaser 6 MX Case Kaspersky Internet Sec 2009 OE MS Vista Home Prem 64 SP1 OEM Warranty - 2 years partys & labour on system. Total price: $1,664.00 Accessories: G15 Logitech Keyboard Razor deathadder mouse (need to get a good soundsystem and pref. 22'+ widescreen) anything else you think would be good to add the would increase preformance or benifit me please post. Thanks! regards. MattJekken6

Get mor RAM, since you're using Vista and the GTS 250 is just a rebranded 9800GTX+. If you have the cash, i suggest getting a GTX 260 216 or better GPU and a higher PSU. Everything else is good.

[QUOTE="Jekken6"]

[QUOTE="magzter"]Hey I just ordered a custom built PC today intended for primary gaming, nothing to fancy but here are the parts I bought and was just wondering if the forum here could give me feedback on the value of the PC and how well it will run. Intel Q8200 Core2 Quad CPU Asus P5KPL-1600 Motherboard Team 2GB DDR2 800MHz x4 (8gb in total) ECS GTS250 1GB Video Card (Assistant told me this is one of the best on the market, true/not true?) Seagate 1Tb SATA Hard Drive Apower 650W PSU Thermaltake Xaser 6 MX Case Kaspersky Internet Sec 2009 OE MS Vista Home Prem 64 SP1 OEM Warranty - 2 years partys & labour on system. Total price: $1,664.00 Accessories: G15 Logitech Keyboard Razor deathadder mouse (need to get a good soundsystem and pref. 22'+ widescreen) anything else you think would be good to add the would increase preformance or benifit me please post. Thanks! regards. Mattimprezawrx500

Get mor RAM, since you're using Vista and the GTS 250 is just a rebranded 9800GTX+. If you have the cash, i suggest getting a GTX 260 216 or better GPU and a higher PSU. Everything else is good.

Then just a better GPU and PSU

Have you considered building the pc yourself? You would save ALOT of money. Seriously, you could build a MUCH faster SLI system with an i7 processor and better components all around... Everyone here would be glad to help.
But as for suggestions for that build, you don't need more RAM. 8GB is overkill alreally. But I would get some 1066MHz RAM instead though, since it costs about the same. Another suggestion, go with the Q9550 instead. It's clocked much higher, and has 3 times as much cache (really important). One more thing... the GTS 250 is nVidia's low end video card at the moment. The core 216 GTX 260 is much better, but still cheap. And the GTX 275, 285, and 295 are even better, but they are pricey.
I hope this helps. Feel free to come back with anymore questions, and let us know how the build turns out. Congrats btw!-GeordiLaForge-

and ur assistant a noob if he said that ECS is one the best it more one of the Worst Nvidia Card Manifactrer and 250GTS = 9800GTX ultra Overclocked = FAR Behind the ATI HD4850 512meg

switch out the GTS 250 for a 4850/4870 (they are alot faster and getting alot cheaper and switch the Q8200 for a intel E8200 or Intel E8400 then overclock it. The dual cores are still faster with most things than dual cores and they can OC quite easily with adequate cooling. I have a E8400 at 4ghz right now and it stays below 50c in brisbane.

that is a very solid rig no doubt, and as for the 260 being one of the top cards? it is a good card yes, but there are a few notable ones that are better then it, the 4870x2, gtx285, gtx295, probably a few more

Also this is at a place called Geek Central located next to highpointmagzter

LMAO i also bought my PC from there, but the one inside highpoint. ive been waiting 2 weeks for them to finish... still waiting

Pretty sweet enjoy!

Decent PC but you could've saved so much if you built it yourself.

You could've gotten a GTX 260 SLI setup with an i7 for that price.

And GTS 250 is a good card, but not top 10 on the market.

Keyboard and mouse are top-notch.

It's a good PC if you don't mind the cost and you can't build it yourself.

[QUOTE="Jekken6"]

[QUOTE="magzter"]Hey I just ordered a custom built PC today intended for primary gaming, nothing to fancy but here are the parts I bought and was just wondering if the forum here could give me feedback on the value of the PC and how well it will run. Intel Q8200 Core2 Quad CPU Asus P5KPL-1600 Motherboard Team 2GB DDR2 800MHz x4 (8gb in total) ECS GTS250 1GB Video Card (Assistant told me this is one of the best on the market, true/not true?) Seagate 1Tb SATA Hard Drive Apower 650W PSU Thermaltake Xaser 6 MX Case Kaspersky Internet Sec 2009 OE MS Vista Home Prem 64 SP1 OEM Warranty - 2 years partys & labour on system. Total price: $1,664.00 Accessories: G15 Logitech Keyboard Razor deathadder mouse (need to get a good soundsystem and pref. 22'+ widescreen) anything else you think would be good to add the would increase preformance or benifit me please post. Thanks! regards. Mattimprezawrx500

Get mor RAM, since you're using Vista and the GTS 250 is just a rebranded 9800GTX+. If you have the cash, i suggest getting a GTX 260 216 or better GPU and a higher PSU. Everything else is good.

A 250 isnt the best on the marker, there's a lot in front of it.

You are paying way too much !!!!!!

I was able to build this rig with same price that you are spending. And, this one is a lot better.

Case (Thermaltake V9 Gaming Tower Case Red)

Power Supply (700 Watt -- Power Supply SLI Ready)

Processor ([=== Quad Core ===] Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q8400 (4x 2.66GHz/4MB L2 Cache/1333FSB))

Processor Cooling (Sunbeam Core-Contact Freezer CPU Cooling Fan System Fan Controller Included)

Motherboard ([SLI] Asus P5N-D Nvidia nForce 750i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394, Dual PCI-E MB EPU Technology)

Memory (4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand)

Video Card (2x NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 512MB w/DVI + TV Out Video - running SLI mode)

Video Card Brand (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)

Hard Drive (750 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache])

CD/DVD Drive (LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black)

CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive (LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black)

Sound Card (Creative Lab Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio)

Speaker System ([Black] Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Speakers + Subwoofer)

Network Card (Intel Pro 10/100/1000 Network Card)

Monitor (LCD Monitor 22" Widescreen TFT LCD Monitor [Black])

Keyboard (Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard)

Mouse (Razer DeathAdder High Precision Optical Gaming Mouse Black)

USB 2.0 Accessories (Built-in USB 2.0 Ports)

Flash Media Reader/Writer (12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black)

Operating System (Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit)

External Wireless Network Adapter (LINKSYS WUSB600N 802.11n Dual-Band Wireless USB Adapter)