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darkradar
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_ 		22. April 2008 @ 14:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I want to build myself a computer for gaming, and I realize that computers are becoming obsolete quicker and quicker these days. Games like Crysis are coming out and nobody can play them with what they thought to be a "High Performance Machine" last year. These are the specs of the computer I want to build and I want opinions on how long you think this system will be great before it becomes the next Pentium 3 with 64MB of RAM.

CPU:Intel Quad core 2.4 Ghz
Memory: 8Gigs of RAM 800Mhz
Harddrive: 500Gigs
Graphics: 2x Nvidia Geforce 9800 512Mb in SLI
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64

What do you think. I was also wondering if I should get a faster clock speed Dual Core.
Thanks
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sammorris
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_ 		22. April 2008 @ 16:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you're worried about your PC being obsolete, a Quad core will last you far longer than a Dual core I assure you. Your best off with the Q6600. 8GB of RAM is utterly pointless right now and will be for a long time, but the rest of it I'm sure you'll use. The weak point will probably be the graphics.
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varnull
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_ 		22. April 2008 @ 17:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
When does it lose it's high performance? The moment you install windows on it :)

Give it 6 months and you will probably need to be upgrading something.
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