Looking for a new desktop - Suggestions please

[faraz_k86]

K so i have been searching forever now and looks like I finally found the desktop of my choice.. just wanted you guiys to finally approve it and should I go for it?

its got 12GB RAM... 12GB.. my current desktop has 512 MB :/

here it is..

http://www.ramvalley.com/gaming-systems/gaming-desktops/intel-desktops/91-widow-extreme-gamer-best-seller.html

its for $1600, they say i get an instant $400 savings

[Technique13]

i was going to buy your same case haha... i build my own systems and this does look like a good deal (i assume thats USD since you're in pakistan. just make sure you really want to go down the path of SLI computing. I've heard alot about how one is better off going for a single more powerful card (like a 260-280GTX in this case) than an SLI combination. but its up to you, if you decide to go down this path you will have no worries playing absolutely anything you want on max res/settings, enjoy..

[pwnst*r]

if you're not gaming in windows with that thing, what's the point in that much horsepower?

[spcwingo]

if you're not gaming in windows with that thing, what's the point in that much horsepower?

Bragging rights. ;)

[Giant Speck]

Twelve gigabytes of RAM?!?

Does human perception even notice the difference after four?

[faraz_k86]

i was going to buy your same case haha... i build my own systems and this does look like a good deal (i assume thats USD since you're in pakistan. just make sure you really want to go down the path of SLI computing. I've heard alot about how one is better off going for a single more powerful card (like a 260-280GTX in this case) than an SLI combination. but its up to you, if you decide to go down this path you will have no worries playing absolutely anything you want on max res/settings, enjoy..

Thx mate.. My previous computer was also an SLi and I was pretty much happy with it.



if you're not gaming in windows with that thing, what's the point in that much horsepower?

I never said that. This will be used for only Gaming.. all those heavy games i couldnt play on my old PC.

Dual boot. Win + ubuntu


Twelve gigabytes of RAM?!?

Does human perception even notice the difference after four?


Yeah I also wanted to get this cleared up.. I thought the max ram any pc can have is 4 GB

[Sef]

I thought the max ram any pc can have is 4 GB

It depends on various factors: motherboard settings and os bit - 32 or 64. 32-bit can only read up to just over 3 gb (with PAE, up to 64 gb.) 64-bit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit) can read up to 16.8 terabytes.

[jomiolto]

64-bit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit) can read up to 16.8 terabytes.

Small correction: that's actually 16.8 million terabytes ... or 16 exabytes ;)