PC Specs guide.

[Singularity]

Yung x2 means dual core, x3 tri-core, etc. Wag mo kunin yung Phenom na luma, mejo outdated na yung architecture. Yung Phenom II, nakakasabay sa Intel processors.

Yung RAM, go for 4gb. You probably won't need anymore than that. Brand doesn't matter much for it. Yung LAN card and modem, built in na sa motherboard yun. The videocard, I'd suggest an ATI HD4830 or the Nvidia equivalent, whichever is cheaper, di ko sure kung magkano yun ngayon, pero magandang bang for the buck yung value nun.

Also, add a decent power supply to your list. Sayang naman yung pc kung puputok dahil sa faulty power supply. Yung akin HEC na 550 watts.

[ViperXtreme]

Wow AMD Thunderbird core, naalala ko tuloy yung time ng thunderbird saka palomino na umaapoy yung processor lol, yun yung nagbigay ng bad rep sa AMD and kahit ngayon nangingibabaw pa din sa isip ng tao

Invest on a good Quad core CPU if you are into CAD and 3D apps (gaya ng sabi ni singularity, the Phenom II X4 series or even X3 series fair well with the Intel's offering pero mas mura), sabayan mo ng around 4GB ram na high speed (make sure you use a 64bit OS) saka reliable and fast HDD.
Sa video card mostly pang gaming applications yung nasa market, any decent one would do. Yung talagang pang professional CAD cards kasi eh sobrang mahal nun (ATi FireGL/FireStream and nVidia Quadro series)

On a side note, Quads are getting support from games as time goes on so a good quad or even tri core CPU is good for games these days (games like prototype, GTA4, DMC4, RE5 etc in which some can use up to 8 cores)

[pantone #000]

^^wow thanks to both of you.
siguro naman kung okay po yan sa 3D games, edi kakayanin na nun yung 3D animation? i'm still learning 3D modeling then saka na yung animation pag ready na utak ko.

[ViperXtreme]

business 3D apps/CAD or similar is not the same case as 3D gaming, so professional cards such as the ATi FireStream or nVidia Quadro series won't perform very fast on commercial 3D games, rather they are made for extreme precision on 3D designs and CAD (for the video card, that is)
Sa video card, get around teh level of GeForce 9800GT or HD 4770/4830 with around 512MB to 1GB ram pwede na for both CAD and games.

And like they said, INVEST on a good quality
PSU. It's one of the most underrated part of a computer system imo. My HEC 475W Power OP kept my computer well for more than 4 years now

[pantone #000]

hindi po ba maliit yung 475W? bakit yung sabi sa taas 550?

ah hindi po pala on the same track ang 3D gaming at graphic/3D animation? i am using adobe programs po pala, photoshop, illustrator, etc and little bit o' corel draw. hindi pa ako marunong ng CAD. hindi rin naman po ako hard core gamer. kiddie level lang sa games. own misconception ko lang pala yun all the while, i'm so foolish haha

[ViperXtreme]

^i was just saying a good brand PSU like HEC would provide better results. If you read his post, were using the same brand, except mine is older than his afaik. (im assuming he is using a HEC 550W Winpower, while mine is the earlier version the HEC PowerOP, but both are the same brand)

[108XXXXX]

finally dumating din....eto for me katatapos ko lang i install ang OS
grabe ang pala mag init ang videocard nito...nakakatakot...hehehe

Mainboard - Asus P6T SE
Processor - Intel Core i7 940 @ 2.83GHz 8MB Smart Cache
VideoCard - ATI 4870 x2
RAM - 12gb DDr3 Corsair (2000Mhz)
HDD1 - 1 TB Seagate (Raid)
HDD2 - 1 TB Seagate (Raid)
Display - 27" HP 2709 Diagonal 16:9 full HD Widescreen
OS - Vista Ultimate
Keyboard and Mouse - Logitech

pwede akin na lang?

magkano naman inabot niyan?

[8choy]

pwede akin na lang?

magkano naman inabot niyan?

actually bigay ni tatay eto....hehehe d ko pa alam kung magkano lahat kararating *** kc kanina umaga....tapos unpack ko agad and install....may bundle pack sya na games like crysis warhead, grid, fallout 3. nakakapanibago *** *** monitor nya parang sobrang laki...

thanks.....

[just10]

finally dumating din....eto for me katatapos ko lang i install ang OS
grabe ang pala mag init ang videocard nito...nakakatakot...hehehe

Mainboard - Asus P6T SE
Processor - Intel Core i7 940 @ 2.83GHz 8MB Smart Cache
VideoCard - ATI 4870 x2
RAM - 12gb DDr3 Corsair (2000Mhz)
HDD1 - 1 TB Seagate (Raid)
HDD2 - 1 TB Seagate (Raid)
Display - 27" HP 2709 Diagonal 16:9 full HD Widescreen
OS - Vista Ultimate
Keyboard and Mouse - Logitech

talagang matakot ka na sa ganitong rig...GANYAN ba naman nakasalpak sa cpu mo tapos malamang yung PSU generic. kaya bumili ka na ng 750watts...dapat alamin mo kung true wattage niya un o hindi. kasi may mga ibang PSU 750 watts hindi un talaga ang watts niya.

anong brand ng pc mo tsong?

[Singularity]

Sobra lang ata 12gb RAM. Di mauutilize ng pc mo yan kung magggames ka lang. Pero nice pc, also bilhan mo ng PSU na maganda yan. Yung Corsair na 650 watts kaya na siguro yan. Best PSU brand para sakin yung Corsair.

[just10]

^^
may mas maganda pa sir...*** zumax 750 watts.

uu nga eh...bottleneck ang performance ng computer niya. 12gb RAM is a waste.

haha! sasakit ang ulo mo din sa gnun kalaking screen...lalo na pag babad ka sa games. baka hindi makayanan ng mata pag ganun...

[jmpet626]

sulit ba kung SLI ko yung 9800GT ko or mag GTS260 na lang ako? Meron na

[JASnipes]

xfx 260 gtx Black Edition Super clocked (Out for repair )
E7200 2.53 Ghz
Zephyr 750w
2 gb kingston ram
Asus P5Q motherboard
250 Gb HD

Guys need help I need a medium end graphic card to substitute my original graphics card while its out for repair.

Should not have bought it in the first place , lousy customer service.

Lucky! got my video card exchange for a new xfx 285 gtx for free

[j.krisr]

finally dumating din....eto for me katatapos ko lang i install ang OS
grabe ang pala mag init ang videocard nito...nakakatakot...hehehe

Mainboard - Asus P6T SE
Processor - Intel Core i7 940 @ 2.83GHz 8MB Smart Cache
VideoCard - ATI 4870 x2
RAM - 12gb DDr3 Corsair (2000Mhz)
HDD1 - 1 TB Seagate (Raid)
HDD2 - 1 TB Seagate (Raid)
Display - 27" HP 2709 Diagonal 16:9 full HD Widescreen
OS - Vista Ultimate
Keyboard and Mouse - Logitech

64 bit ba ang Vista mo? dapat 64 bit para hindi sayang ang 12gb na ram.

[8choy]

hello guyz....gud morning po...kakagising lang hehhe

ang psu po nito ay corsair hx750 watts

yes i am using 64-bit vista ultimate...

sabi nga ng friend ko dito sa davao na parang masyadong malaki ang RAM balak niyang bilhin ang iba....

natatakot lang ako sa videocard kc maiinit talaga sya....

may nag suggest sa akin na ang pwedeng solution dyan ay yung fan na pwede ilagay slot katabi ng PCI-Ex

ano kaya magandang cooler nang video card....

actually customize ang pagbili nito....lahat halo halo ang mga hardware...iba ibang mga brands....ang casing po ay cooler master-scout mid tower case...

hopefully guyz i can post photos here....


thanks

[8choy]

sulit ba kung SLI ko yung 9800GT ko or mag GTS260 na lang ako? Meron na

sulit yan marami na akong review nabasa tungkol dyan...

[ViperXtreme]

@8choy: try scouting in TPC for aftermarket coolers for your HD 4870 X2, medyo mahirap hanapan ng cooler niyan sa local shops, mebbe online pwede.

@jmpet626: 9800GT in SLI would theoretically rank around GTX 260 216SP or GTX 275 i think, but imo mas ayus pa din kung single card lang. Not all games fully support multi GPU anyway , and that includes dual GPU on a single card (such as the HD 4870 X2 and GTX 295) Pero usually sa driver updates me kasama ng game profile for multi GPU, but i still prefer a single card solution.

[courtsideBUM]

Help!

Processor: Intel Q9400 2.66
Mainboard: ECS GF7050VT-M5
Video Card: INNO3D 98GT
Memory: DDR2 800

Question is, with this kind of setup, what possible problems might arise? For gaming sana. Nasa 25k na po ito. Suggestions na rin po sana.

[Impenneteri]

^^Possible problems? Babad ka na sa PC mo kakalaro kung games lang talaga.

Ok naman yung rig mo. Put3k bigay mo sa akin yan pro-problemahin ko kung ano gagawin ko dyan.

[ViperXtreme]

Help!

Processor: Intel Q9400 2.66
Mainboard: ECS GF7050VT-M5
Video Card: INNO3D 98GT
Memory: DDR2 800

Question is, with this kind of setup, what possible problems might arise? For gaming sana. Nasa 25k na po ito. Suggestions na rin po sana.

Ano PSU niyan? try to get a good Quality PSU, wag ka kumuha ng mga generic or Dynamo PSU.