Spec for me first dual quad machine

[simon1983]

Please can you give me comments on this machine spec i have had priced up for my first machine to start me off visualizing. the spec is as follows

 

1x AMD PHENOM X4 QUAD CORE 9550 2.2GHZ RETAIL

2X ELIXIR 2GB 800 DDR2 PC6400

1X 500GB MAX/SEA 7200 SATA 2

1X ASUS MCP560 M2N SLI

1X X-BLAIZE BLACK 450W PSU NEON S/W+FAN

1X OPTIARC AD-7200 DVDRW20X BLACK SATA OEM

1x TP LINK TL-WN650G WIFI PCI 108MB

1X NVIDEA 1G 9800GT PCI-X (PLEASE NOTE I HAVE THE OPTION OF 2 OF THESE GRAPHICS CARDS IN MY MOTHER BOARD IS IT WORTH IT?)

1X YURAKU 22"WIDE SCREEN BLACK

1X N-CUBE SPEAKERS SP-128 2.1 SPEAKER SET

1X MS WINDOWS VISTA 64BIT

 

 

NOT SURE WEATHER TO GO FOR VISTA OR XP ?

 

The Price i was quoted was £711 vat included in price

 

Please note that i dont really understand the technical side of computers.

i know a little bit and am learning all the time.

 

Any help would be greatly recived thanks in advance

 

simon:)

[AJLynn]

Well, that's not dual quad, it's just a quad, and that 2.2GHz Phenom is not as fast as an Intel quad would be. (A newer Intel quad would be much faster.) Also I'd be concerned about the 450W power supply.

 

I don't know what you'd expect to pay in GBP or how much the VAT was on it but, before taxes, I'd expect $711 to buy me the same spec only with at least an Intel Q6600, and that's USD with tax included.

[simon1983]

yer sorry mistake on my part it is only a quad core.

 

i will look into the intel quad and prices i have about £1000 to spend on it so i have room to chop and change the spec about.

 

thanks for your reply

[AFK_Matrix]

Hi,

 

Here are my opinions on what you have specced mate:

 

1x AMD PHENOM X4 QUAD CORE 9550 2.2GHZ RETAIL - Go for the Intel Q6600 as AJLynn suggested.

 

2X ELIXIR 2GB 800 DDR2 PC6400 - I would personally try and get some Crucial memory as if the memory goes wrong it only takes around 48hours for a RMA from Cruical, its an awesome service and I have used it.

 

1X X-BLAIZE BLACK 450W PSU NEON S/W+FAN - I would go with this power supply personally - Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU

1X ASUS MCP560 M2N SLI - I would go for this board - Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775)

 

As for the graphics unless your doing really large complex models then one of the graphics cards should be enough as it will only be used to move around your viewports and not for rendering.

 

Obviously I don't know your budget but this is what I would go for, I have actually been debating upgrading myself and would go for those bits.

[simon1983]

thank you for your commetns i will try thesse when i go bk to the supplier next week as for my budget id around about £1000 all in so have some room for improvement. thanks again

 

simon