Mikhail wrote:
Nah don't get quadcore, get AMD 6500 Athlon 64x2 stick with 2 core, 4 core don't do anything now...half the stuff doesnt even support 4 cores.
You might be surprised. Quite a few applications do support quad-core or even more.
However, I would really not recommend the Phenom. Go for Intel. The E8400 came out a few weeks ago, based on the new 45nm process. It's a fantastic processor. 3Ghz, Dual Core. I got one for the family comp, and it blazes along.
I don't really see much point in the PhysX card, tbh. I would drop that out. It might be worth getting 2 x nVidia 8800GT cards and hook them up in SLI instead of 9600GT+PhysX. nVidia are currently working on getting their graphics cards to do PhysX anyway, since nVidia bought Ageia. You'll have to get a motherboard that supports SLI for that. The 8800GT on its own is better than the 9600GT anyway, so two of them should be a huge improvement. Not that many games support PhysX anyway.
Windows Vista 32bit won't be able to take full advantage of that 4GB of RAM, either. It will only appear as 3.3GB or something like that (i forget the exact number). To take full advantage of it, you'd the 64-bit version of the OS, which might just be a complete pain in the *** because of drivers and stuff.
If you do decide to go with 2x8800GT, 650W won't be enough. In fact, I might not be enough for what you have now. Go with 800W or 1000W.
Do you have a monitor? If not, I'd recommend the Samsung SM206BW. It's a 20" monitor, 2ms response, 3000:1 contrast, 1680x1050 resolution.
