is this a good gaming comp?

games i want to play: halo2, hl2, css, c&c3, stalker, bf2, bf2142.

Case: Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000SWA Silver Aluminum Modern Dream Tower Chassis Computer Case - Retail

Mobo: MSI K9NBPM2-FID Socket AM2 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 210S Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA4200CUBOX - Retail

Vid. Card: EVGA 256-P2-N624-AR GeForce 7900GS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Video Card - Retail

RAM: A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model ADQVE1A16K - Retail

OS: Vista

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Monitor: Hanns·G HW-191APB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail

 costing only $930

Why are you getting a motherboard with onboard graphics? Not just any onboard graphics either, but onboard graphics intended for professional modeling use?

Also, I assume you're picking up or already have an optical drive, right? You're not going to get very far with your OS disk without one. Everything else looks decent for the price though. 

yes theres an optical drive i just didnt list it. so is the mobo ok or no?

unlisted: 500w power supply and optical drive 

yes theres an optical drive i just didnt list it. so is the mobo ok or no?

unlisted: 500w power supply and optical drive

kbubba92

The motherboard will work, yes - it just seems like a somewhat odd choice. For that price you could pick up a DFI Infinity board, which would be a better choice if you're an overclocker. 

Nice machine. It's just a tad faster then mine.

I mine runs CoH at 1280x800 med high settings noAA at about 45 fps

AoE3 1440x900 noAA max settings 65 fps

you will be happy with that machine. 

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yes theres an optical drive i just didnt list it. so is the mobo ok or no?

unlisted: 500w power supply and optical drive

RayvinAzn

The motherboard will work, yes - it just seems like a somewhat odd choice. For that price you could pick up a DFI Infinity board, which would be a better choice if you're an overclocker.

Not to mention it's a micro ATX board with only 2 PCI slots. I'd don't know about you but I don't like having my PCI cards right next to the video card. My sound card is 3 spots down from the video card to help with air flow. Your getting a ATX case why not get a full sized board. Newegg has plenty in the $70-80 range. 

i changed a couple things around.

motherboard: ECS AMD690GM-M2 Socket AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail 

Video card: MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Over Clock Edition HDCP Video Card - Retail 

how is that? better?