New System Specs- yay or nay

(well past)time to upgrade

i have been looking at the following system.
Any pointers from the knowledgable folk at this fine forum?
particularly anything to steer clear of.
Needs:
gaming
some future upgrade potential

Mother Board:
INTEL® D915GLVGL, Supports 800MHz FSB
CPU:
3.2GHz Intel® Pentium 4 – Prescott HT 640/800FSB
LGA775 Processor 2MB Level-2 Cache H D Heat Sink & Cooling Fan
RAM Memory:
2GB Genuine PC-3200 / DDR400 (2x512MB Gold Tipped) RAM Memory Module
Hard Drive:
200GB-7200rpm Western Digital PATA/100Gbp/s with 8MB Cache Ultra Fast
Drive:
Super Multi - Dual Media / Dual Layer DVD+RW / CD-R/W Drive
16xDVD+R, 8xDVD-R, 4xDVD+RW/-RW, 5x DVD-RAM, 16xDVD-ROM, 40xCD-R, 24xCD-RW, 40xCD-ROM
Video:
256MB SAPPHIRE X700-PRO ADVANTAGE PCI-express with TV & DVI Output
Sound:
Intel® High Definition Audio Digital Audio Sound System
Fully Integrated On-Board – Using the Realtek ALC860 Audio Codec.
Monitor:
19” PolyView Flat Panel (Silver/Black) LCD Colour Monitor: 21ms Response, High 1280x1024 Resolution, 800:1 Contrast Ratio, 330 cd/m2 Brightness, With D-Sub + DVI-D Input Connectors
Operating System:
XP HOME with SP2
Printer ect:
LexMark P6250
Tower:
Digital Extreme Vertical MIDI ATX Tower- 400w ps

all comments greatly appreciated.

 

Fine except I personally don't like your choice of video card, the x700 range is poor IMO.
You'd be better off with a 9800pro than that, or a geforce 6600 series (possibly the GT).

You have a nice build there but definitely up the card to match it, possibly a 6800 nVidia series or an x800 but the x700 range isn't seen as the best. (You asked for comments )

 

how much are you going to spend? and how much can you spend?

 

i agreee on the video the x600 and x700 are ok but i got an nvidia 6600gt when my x600 burned up and ive been much happier with it

 

I'm trying to keep below au$2,500.

The Video card was my main concern any more thoughts on this appreciated.
128 vs 256 ??


I have seen monitors with a 4ms rsponse, would i be able to notice the difference between a 4 or 21ms response?

is a 400 watt ps sufficient?

Thanks All

 

dont know on the monitor bit as far as 128 or 256 meg ram on video the difference is minimal especially since you will be running 2 gig of ram

 

Yes you would. The difference being......the 4ms will give you a nice smooth gaming experience, while the 21ms will give you headaches.

 

If it's for gaming, I would prefer an AMD with an nForce Ultra 4 chipset motherboard, which also has better upgrade potential.

About the only thing the Intel processor does better is video editing.

As far as hard drive, I would go for a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 with 16 mb cache.

I also think CRT monitors are better for gaming due to viewing angles and resolution. LCD's only work okay at their native resolution, then you have the issue of dead pixels.

Regarding the RAM, there is no real advantage, at least currently, at having more than 1 GB.

For video card, if you can afford it, an nVidia 7800 GT, or even better, a GTX.

If not, perhaps a 6600 GT or 6800 nVidia.

 

Thanks all

Staying with the Intel chipset-( have a backlog of video editing to do)
reducing RAM to 1gig
changing monitor to a Samsung 8ms
going for the nvidia 6600 GT
fits to budget!

I Appreciate the input and the chance of suffering "post purchase trauma" has been greatly reduced!

 

"not true. a human cant tell the difference between 20ms and 70ms."

Have you ever used an LCD? You absolutely can tell the difference when the images are compounded on each other. With a high response time, you get blurring. So, for gaming, anything 16ms and lower is pretty good, but obviously the lower the better.

I would also go AMD. The price is not worth the extra small amount of performance with video editing.

 

I have a 16ms LCD, and I get zero motion blurring.

 

Your opinion, I wouldn't make statements such as "they suck", they're just not to your liking.

 

Oh really?Set your desktop to black and move your cursor around a little,it also depends how much contrast your running