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Gaming rig
« on: September 17, 2009, 06:17:00 am »
Hey espiya gamers! I'm planning to get a gaming desktop, and i'd like you guys to know what you think of its specs. Thanks!

Intel E7500 (2.9Ghz) Core2Duo FSB1066
ECSG31T-M7 AVL/DDR2/PCI-Ex | Emaxx IG31-AVL/DDR2/PCI-Ex | Redfox G31D-M7 AVL/DDR2/PCI-Ex
Gforce 9600 512mb ddr2
1GB PC-800 DDR2 Memory
160GB 7200RPM SATA Harddisk | Western Digital | Samsung
ATX Casing with 500w Power Supply | RISE


Tatlo yun pwede kong pagpilian sa mobo, please tell me your opinions :)

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2009, 06:22:31 am »
dagdagan mo na ung memory mo gawin mo ng 2 gig, ngtataasan na gaming requirements ng mga laro ngaun.

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2009, 06:29:40 am »
other than that, okay naman?

What abt the mobos?

Ang mahal talaga. Budget ko 15k lang, pero mukhang di ata aabot yun specs na yan sa 15k eh :|

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2009, 06:35:46 am »
magkano ba Nvidia 9600GT? Nasa 5k ba price tag nyan?

I think may mga 9800gt at 8800gt models na nasa 6k to 7k php nlang.

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2009, 06:36:24 am »
hindi naman ako masyado bihasa sa pag set up pero usually ung mga gaming rigs ang mga mobo nyan yung pinka affordable pag ngsset up. parang branding lang yan pero performace wise naman pareho din. memory importante para faster speed. inty tau updates from our brothers dito sa espiya.

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2009, 06:45:23 am »
I think basta pci-e 2.0 na mobo pwede na yan... kahit bumili ka muna ng mas mura na mobo.. kung games lang din mag focus ka ng money sa Video card, memory.. and I think kahit mas mababaw na model ng core2 duo pwede na para mas makatipid ka at mag focus ka sa video card. Hindi naman siguro masyado mabigat sa CPU process ang mga games.. ang alam ko kasi kung games lang din mas mabigat ang process sa video card.

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2009, 06:52:54 am »
Actually okay na rin yun processor kasi pangmatagalan narin. Yun video card naman, iniisip ko rin kumuha ng 9800gt, pero masyadong mahal na taalga yun.

Yun 15-16k budget ko, pang complete cpu na sana. HAHA. Kkayanin ba mga bros?

Hmm. Di ko lang po sigurado sa mobo, pero hindi ba masama or what kung bulok yun mobo?

LASTLY, yun psu pa pala! Grabe, di ko alam na magiging hassle din pala yun at magastos. :|

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2009, 01:19:08 pm »
try to choose ASUS na tatak ng mobo, sa mobo wala sa performance yan, kung same PCIEX or DDR2 parehas na un, pero i prefer ASUS tatak, kasi mas matibay, and piliin mo yung pinless na processor core2duo and pinless socket ng mobo, much less electricity usage, and choose mo seagate for harddisk, seagate maraming software na pangsupport, tulad ng Seatools, na pwede magrepair ng badsector, and for memory Kingston piliin mo, for videocard choose PCIEX Geforce.

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2009, 02:27:30 pm »
Hey pal, Palit GF9800gt 512mb PCI Express 2.0x16 nasa range ng 4-6k lang... baka mamurahan ka...

wag kang titigil sa pag-canvass sa mga computer shops... madaming mura ngayon...

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2009, 02:57:20 pm »
hello gawan lang kita ng alternative build ha..

AMD Athlon x2 7750 Black Edition (CPU) - 2,700
Asus M3N78 VM (MoBo) - 3,800 (Phenom 2 compatible, so upgradeable sya if di mo trip yung CPU na yan)
ATI 4670 512MB GDDR3 (Graphics Card) - 3,700 (slightly better than the 9600gt pero same price lang. also, less power ang need neto kaya cool na cool ang pc mo)
HEC 500w True Rated! - 2,240 (VERY VERY IMPORTANT kung gusto mo ng longevity sa hardware mo. naku wag na wag mo gagamitin yung mga hindi true rated kaw rin magsisisi pag pumalya yun.)
2 GB Kingston 800mhz ddr2 (RAM) - 1,700
iCute Chassis ZL08 (Casing) - 1,590
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P15,730
ayan pasok na sa budget mo. suggest lang if kaya mo pa push ng 16k+ gawin mong 4gig yung ram mo.

ayun.. hope i helped! Good luck on buying your PC!
onga pala, stress ko lang
PSU mo is very very important. avoid mo yung mga kasama sa ATX casings na 500w kunwari.
PSU is the heart of your system unit. pag yun bumigay, chances are, bibigay yung mga nakakabit sa kanya.

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2009, 03:35:43 pm »
PSU mo is very very important. avoid mo yung mga kasama sa ATX casings na 500w kunwari.
PSU is the heart of your system unit. pag yun bumigay, chances are, bibigay yung mga nakakabit sa kanya.

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2009, 07:03:44 pm »
@ Zornhau

Sir, masyadong mahal na yun 9800gt para sakin eh. 1k difference lang naman, pero over na rin sa bugdet

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2009, 07:06:12 pm »
@ kefkef

so yun mga nilagay k na mobo, hindi po maganda mga yun?

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2009, 07:11:03 pm »
@hoy

Sorbang salamat sa pagbuild mo na set.

Kasing lakas lang ba ng bnuild mo yun bnigay ko na package?

Hmm, actually pinag-isipan ko rin yun amd kasi parang mas mura, pero hindi ba mas okay kumuha ng intel na cpu?

Parang mahal po masyado yun psu, may mga psu na 1500 lang naman dba, baka yun sobra dun, pwede ko nang ilagay sa upgrade ng cpu. Yun cpu ba katumbas ng core2duo na 2.9ghz o mas mababa pa?

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2009, 07:13:04 pm »
Sorry, @Zany pala yun isang post hehe

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #15 on: September 17, 2009, 07:32:33 pm »
AMD Phenom II 550 (3.1Ghz) AM3 X2
Redfox MCP6PB-M2+/AVL/DDR2/PCI-Ex | Emaxx MCP61P-AVL/DDR2/PCI-Ex
512MB Video-on-board | 256MB Video-on-board
1GB PC-800 DDR2 Memory
160GB 7200RPM SATA Harddisk | Western Digital | Samsung
ATX Casing with 500w Power Supply | RISE

Eto po, mas okay ba sir hoy?

Wala pa pong video card at psu yan, pero pwede na. Aabot naman sa budget

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #16 on: September 17, 2009, 11:21:41 pm »
hello gawan lang kita ng alternative build ha..

AMD Athlon x2 7750 Black Edition (CPU) - 2,700
Asus M3N78 VM (MoBo) - 3,800 (Phenom 2 compatible, so upgradeable sya if di mo trip yung CPU na yan)
ATI 4670 512MB GDDR3 (Graphics Card) - 3,700 (slightly better than the 9600gt pero same price lang. also, less power ang need neto kaya cool na cool ang pc mo)
HEC 500w True Rated! - 2,240 (VERY VERY IMPORTANT kung gusto mo ng longevity sa hardware mo. naku wag na wag mo gagamitin yung mga hindi true rated kaw rin magsisisi pag pumalya yun.)
2 GB Kingston 800mhz ddr2 (RAM) - 1,700
iCute Chassis ZL08 (Casing) - 1,590


ok na tong pinost ni hoy wongus08
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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2009, 05:17:25 am »
@flatline

What abt yun pnost ko po?

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2009, 05:49:58 am »
@wongus

ok din yung last specs mo. yun HDD mo nga lang, 160 GB? recently nag-assemble ako ng PC and wala ng nabibiling 160GB. baka old stock na yan. nasa 250GB and 500 GB na available. and kung may available man na 160GB 2200 ang price. magdagdag ka lang ng 800 php, meron ka ng 500 GB. di worth it na bumili pa ng 160GB na HDD, kung meron naman mas mura at mas malaking capacity.

and another thing, yung memory mo kulang ang 1GB. make it 2GB or kung pasok pa sa budget, 4GB na.

ok na nga yung binigay na specs ni hoy

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #19 on: September 18, 2009, 07:43:18 am »
@ TobleRONe

pero yun AMD Phenom II 550 (3.1Ghz) AM3 X2, katumbas ba niya yun high-end na core2duo o dualcore lang? :|

Mas malakas itong phenom II kaysa sa nrecommend ni sir hoy dba?

Tsaka mas okay nga ba talagang mag amd? Mrami nagsasabi mabagal at low performance compared sa intel.

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2009, 01:46:45 pm »
I think am3 is ddr3 right? or ung board na napost is ddr2?
in my opinion go for the specs of Sir Hoy.. for me kung budget rig talaga ang habol mo go for amd di naman nalalayo or better pa ang performance sa intel.. and kung for gaming habol mo invest ka sa Mid range or high end video cards add mo na rin ang 2gb+ mems..

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2009, 03:17:59 pm »
hello, syempre mas malakas yung intel compared sa binigay ko na AMD
45nm (intel) vs 65nm (AMD) -- smaller means more transistors, more transistors means more power

pero yung price difference nila is halos doble or more than doble
yung gap na yun is suggestion ko invest mo na lang sa RAM or VC
since gaming naman and tight ka sa budget. promise di ka magsisisi getting and AMD!
if kukunin mo yung AMD na procie siguro maka upgrade ka pa to 4GB ram or kumuha ka ng
ATI 4770 na video card.

*pero kung enthusiast ka i suggest go for intel kasi malaki tlga difference nila (pati syempre sa presyo. what you pay is what you get)

@shivarobert
AM3 procies pag nilagay mo sa am2+ na mobo is pwede sila ddr2. meron syang backward compatibility.
though merong advantages yung am3 mobo + am3 procie

di ko alam yung phenom ii 9550 price kung pasok pa sa budget mo or what, pero i suggest future upgrade mo na lang yung phenom ii's and stick to the amd x2 7750. meron syang phenom ii architecture na L3 cache (intel i7's have L3 cache!! core2duo's eh hanggang L2 lang). since gaming habol mo invest more on VC and RAM. konti pa lang naman yung CPU extensive games such as GTA 4 -- and kaya na naman sya ng system na propose ko sayo on decent settings.

ayun hope i helped!

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2009, 10:07:23 pm »
@ sir hoy

Intel E7500 (2.9Ghz) Core2Duo FSB1066
ECSG31T-M7 AVL/DDR2/PCI-Ex | Emaxx IG31-AVL/DDR2/PCI-Ex | Redfox G31D-M7 AVL/DDR2/PCI-Ex
256MB Video-on-board
1GB PC-800 DDR2 Memory
160GB 7200RPM SATA Harddisk | Western Digital | Samsung
ATX Casing with 500w Power Supply | RISE

Makukuha ko po lahat yan sa P11800. Tapos dadagdagan ko ng 9600gt na 512mb na 3200 = 15000 sakto lang.

Etong set naman po:

AMD Phenom II 550 (3.1Ghz) AM3 X2
Redfox MCP6PB-M2+/AVL/DDR2/PCI-Ex | Emaxx MCP61P-AVL/DDR2/PCI-Ex
512MB Video-on-board | 256MB Video-on-board
1GB PC-800 DDR2 Memory
160GB 7200RPM SATA Harddisk | Western Digital | Samsung
ATX Casing with 500w Power Supply | RISE

Makukuha ko po lahat yan sa P11500. Tapos yun video card na nirecommend mo ATI 4670 512MB GDDR3 3700 = 15200 pwede pa.


So alin po sa dalawa? :)

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2009, 01:11:14 am »
ok yung kay sir hoy, may mga binago lang ako sa setup nya. tsaka napansin ko kasi wala pa sa setup niya hdd.


AMD Athlon x2 7750 Black Edition                    2700
EMAXX AMD780G-PRO                                   3250
PowerColor HD 4670 PCS 512mb/128bit ddr3      3370
SATA 160GIG Hitachi/Samsung/WD                  1895
HEC 500w Raptor Power                              2240                   
Team Elite DDR2 800 2gb (2x1)                       1699
iCute Chassis ZL08                                       1590

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Re: Gaming rig
« Reply #24 on: September 19, 2009, 02:40:35 am »
@wonguso
pag walang branded na psu hindi tlga ako approve sa build.
intel e7500 vs phenom 2 550? > go with the phenom 2
see here eto benchmark (better yung phenom 2 VS core2 quad Q9450)
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=310&Itemid=63&limit=1&limitstart=4

@bloodymackey
uu nga nakalimutan ko HDD ahihi sorry. i suggest kuha ka ng at least 250GB
kasi ako punong puno na yung 160GB ko sobrang dali lang mapuno lalo na pag nag nag cocollection ka dito ng
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@wonguso ulit
yung build ko compared sa build mo is mas maganda since 1gb ram lang yung inabot ng build mo
yung phenom ii 550 pwede mo na rin iupgrade yun afterwards pagka tingin mo kinakapos na ng performance yung AMD 7750 (plus BE yung suggest ko kaya ok pa sya ma overclock ng kahit +100~300Mhz on stock cooling kaya oks na oks ka sa procie na yun)

again for games (karamihan) -- video card and ram is the key. ok lang mag sacrifice ka muna ng konti ngayon sa cpu, at least upgradeable naman yan and madali lang lalo na pag nagmura yung mga mamahaling phenom ii quads.

so.. go for my build if gagamitin mo sya pang games. ok rin yung post ni bloddymackey na mobo. yung 1gb na ram is sobrang liit.