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Fletch:
I'm currently looking for info on portable (or close to) gaming computers ... I'm in China with about 8000RMB. (think it's a bit over $1000 USD, but I'm not sure the comparative market prices are the same)
If I can get specs and information to print out, I can probably find somewhere to sell/build it. :)
Dimmukane:
A quick glance at Newegg shows a somewhat limited selection. FrozenCPU.com is a bit better. Tiny cases run about 80$ on average, same with motherboards. You'd probably have to be careful about what size video card you get...9500GS's and 8500 GT's have pretty decent performance, good size and price, but they aren't nearly as powerful as 9800GT/4870's. Which won't even fit in slim cases. Actually, I'd avoid slim cases if I were you, they cut down your options even more.
MarkTBSc:
I'd reccomend the outervision extreme site's "Power supply calculator" and the "Overclock calculator":
http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp
They allow you to make sure you're not under or over-specing your PSU for the system you've got.
I'll also point out that the worst source for noise in a PC is the piower supply. Most cheap PSUs aren't in fact quiet, they're cheap Chinese tat which roar when they get warm. I wonder why so far no-one's built a liquid cooled PSU for silent PCs.
Finally, excellent article here:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/07/08/is-more-memory-better/1
On memory and how it relates to 32/64 bit systems. of particular note is that your memory address allocation is shared between all devices using memory. So if you max out your ram to 4gb and use a 512Mb video card then you're only using 3.5Gb of that ram. The other 512Mb is wasted.
Fletch:
--- Quote ---cpu :Intel CORE 2 QUAD Q6600 2400MHz 1540
MB: asus p35 800
Ram :G SKILL 4GB DDR2-800 w/Heatpipe Coolina(2x2GB) 400*2
Video Card: XFX Geforce 9600GT 512MB quiet PCI-E 1399
Sound Card: Onboard Sound
Hard Drive: seagate SATA 10,000RPM 74GB 1000
CD/DVD: Pioneer Blu-Rav Burner SATA(black) 1280
Ext.Drive: 1TB USB2.0/Ext SATA Samsung Hard Drive 1550
Case: Antec P-80B 1280
Power Supply :Thermaltake 680A 680w 780
CPU Cooling: ASUS V60 300
--- End quote ---
This is the specs I've been recommended by a local (read: Chinese) computer dealer after showing them some stuff from Puget. Any opinions? It's through a friend, but I still don't trust them as far as I can throw them.
Dimmukane:
That's pretty good. I have a 9600GT, actually. Runs everything I throw at it pretty well.
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