Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations

Ok Im gonna get a new comp, everyone knows that lol  :P Anyway Im wondering if these specs ('Sepcially the Video card) is any good..


-CPU= Interl P4 3.C 800Mhz 1MBK L2

-Mainboard= ASUS I85PE (F800-P) R/FW/GBL/A/W/Wi-Fi P4P800ED (Phew~)

-Main Memory= 512 mb of RAM but with 2 256 RAM chips, they say it increases effeciency....

-Hard Disk= IDE MAXTOR 120.0GB (7200RPM) UDMA133 MAXTOR 6Y120L0

-Video Card= SAPPHIRE RAD 9550 128MB DUAL (LITE)

-DVD Rom= LG DVD 16X IDE (BARE) *8160 OR 8161 LG 16X DVD

-CDRW= LG GOLDSTAR 52W/52R/32E W/SW (BARE)

-Case= TURBO X INFINITY W/WIN (SILVER) W/350PS

-Power Supplier= ENERMAX PS2 350W ATX DUAL FAN#EG365P-V

-Moniter= SAMSUNG 17" (713V) LCD (Silver)

-Printer= Samsung LaserJet (ML 1740)

-Keyboard= LOGITECH ACCESS (PS/2) KEYBOARD (RETAIL)

-Mouse= LOGITECH BEIGE (PS2/USB) OPTICAL WHEEL MOUSE

-Floppy Disk Drive= PAN 1.44 FD PAN 1.44 FLOPPY

-Speaker= Speaker (It just said so simply..)


Yeah this is gonna be my new comp (Whew, so long an complex these names.. :sweatdrop: )

So yeah, is the vid card and stuff any good..?

no, its all crap. :lol: is it any good???hell ya!!! 120 GB??? Pentium 4??? Hell, even the case sounds good: :lol:

Even my vid card is ok????

Yeah I love the case too, it shows the temperature of the insideo f the comp and has neon lights, I begged my dad to buy that case...

I think it would be better if u would buy the next generation video card like the geforce 6800 or ATI x800, but that card is also good of course :D


And the hard disc are u planning to have S-ATA or ATA, cause it would be much better if u could buy a S-ATA its much faster and it isnt really that more expensive than the ATA and plus your motherboard already has the option for S-ATA discs B)  

I advise you to buy stronger power supply. 400W minimum.

Oh yeah thats true I missed that, and I think that even more than 400W is a must especially if that case has alot of neons and stuff, and plus that video card needs its own supply,....

hm, well it should be enough... but i would say... take a tagan 380W dual fan... well... the graphicscard... i would say... take a 9600 xt.. its nearly the same card, but with a bit more mhz.. for 40$ more than the 9550.. or you can buy my 9500pro for the same price :D

Whats good about having a good power supplier?
I thinkt his perso who graduated collage siad that its fine with the power supplier Im having now....not sure but u guys' opinions count a lot to me :) just to let you know..

Well, I also study electronics and computer science at university so I am quite capable to give advices in this topics. Good power supply (strong and good voltage stability) will give you stability of the whole system. Motherboards usualy need 250W to function but with new upgrades and components that number is getting higher.

Plus hard disks, CD-ROMS, DVD-s, all draw energy directly from power supply not through motherboard. Processor usualy need 60-80 W but if it's doing some big job he'll draw more.

That's way you need more supply power for at least  100W  or more and it's not that expensive.  

So you are advising me to get a power supplier of 400w plus? damn.. I already ordred the computer.. is there any way to replace it myself..?

Sure, it's very easy, but first try this one. In time you'll have to change it, because with time power supply output is lower.

Ah.. thanks, the guy whos assembing my comp said Im fine as long as I dont turn onm the PC for more tahn 24 hours.  

lol, my comp is running 24/7.. and i got a bad powersupply... but just till the next days, cause i ordered a new and better one... the same i said above: tagan 380 dual fan :D

Myold comp ahs never been on for more than 5 hrs and the same iwll apply for my new one :)

My comp also runs 24/7, and I have 430W power supply B)  

My PIII regularly runs 12 hours almost every day. And I think I have under 300W. :D I did this for about 3 years now. No problems.

I had AMd Athlon 850 with 350W. After 2 years i saw some instability in power supply like one of hard disk would randomly power off itself. Later I bought Tv Tuner, and when I started recording I would get some heavy noise in recorded signal. Finaly I discovered that my power supply is not functioning well because i realy exausted it.

Now I have AMD Xp 2500+ and 500W power. Everything is without problem.

I advise more power then realy needed (that your PC actualy uses about 70% of maximum power) because if you realy need all 100% of maximum power the power supply unit will eventualy break.

i advise a p12 processor i have like a hundread from my last time shift, currently selling them at £15,000 each, also trhey come out in the yr 2015 :P

Mmmm........ PXII Processors............

i have a feeling pentium is in the past thay will have a new one.

why i think this:

86 p1

286 p2

386 p3

486 p4

my computer is a dell p4 1.7gb time for a new one need cash furst

I hope that videocard was cheap and i mean like 20 bucks cuz Damn 9550 LITE? that doesnt sound verry promising, just dont try running farcry on it for verry long.

Sh*t I got it for 92 Bucks!!!

well then... get 3dmark03 and tell after that how many points u get with that system now... cause i cant believe the card is worth the price..