Hey,<br /><br />Been a long time since I posted here&nbsp; So my 3500+ A64 system has died and rather than fiddle around trying to fix it I have decided to upgrade. I would like to have waited for a while to upgrade, but I really need a computer for uni so I need to get this done ASAP. I was wondering if you guys had any thoughts on what I have put together? Have I done anything blatantly retarded? Been out of the scene for a while <br /><br />I am looking to play upcoming games like Crysis and Bioshock on my 2405FWP, which is why I am going for the quad core over an E6850. The mobo I chose because it looks like I will have a reasonable upgrade path with it in the future.<br /><br />I am just using an 8600GT as an interim card until the next gen of dx10 cards come out. I am a little unsure about 2GB vs 4GB ram. Seems for now on 32bit a good 2GB pair is what you want? I&#039;m not really prepared to run 64bit vista just now to really take advantage of the 4GB.<br /><br />So here is my list! Any advice/thoughts would be great! Thanks in advance!<br /><br />Intel Q6600<br />Asus Striker Extreme<br />Corsair T2X2048-64C4DHX 4-4-4-12 timings<br />OCZ 850w gamexstream<br />8600GT, asus atm -256mb but any point in the 512?<br />2 X 500GB seagate 7200.10<br />Vista Ultimate 32bit (upgrading from win2k)<br />

since you&#039;re going with 32-bit vista, 2gb of ram should be enough even for most demanding games.<br />on the other side, 8600gt is a total waste and won&#039;t help you much (if at all) with gaming. if possible, change that card for 8800 gts 320mb.<br />instead of ocz&#039;s 850w gamexstream, go with pc power and cooling 750w silencer.<br /><br />and finally, 4 cores will not help you in games so unless you plan to do heavy 3ds max modeling, you&#039;ll be better off with e6850.<br /><br />in order to get additional money for 8800 gts 320mb, you could try getting cheaper mb (chek out our mb reviews here, going with 2gb of memory and buying single 500gb drive unless raid is what you really want).<br /><br />

He might even go with two 8600GTS in SLI...<br />it can be a solid choice becouse two 8600GTS have better minimum framerate, than a single 8800GTS 320MB...