Author Topic: Alienware Aurora 7500 (Read 748 times)

Larry · « **Reply #15 on:** December 05, 2007, 04:27:44 PM »

BTW power supply is max output of 210W.

Krusty · « **Reply #16 on:** December 05, 2007, 04:52:40 PM »

I don't think that'll be a problem for the 2400. It's low enough that it doesn't have a minimum power requirement, like the 2600 might have had.

Larry · « **Reply #17 on:** December 05, 2007, 06:02:10 PM »

Things might be looking up. Since it is the holiyday season Iv talked my grandmother an parents into giving me cash instead of clothes and other goodies.

If I can sell my old 6200 and the 1.75gb of memory Ill have just enough for my new system.

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with SP2

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6750

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ

XFX PVT71JYPF4 GeForce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

COOLMAX CW-650T EPS12V 650W Aluminum ATX v2.01 APFC Power Supply w/ "SLI"

TRIPP LITE 6 ft. DVI to VGA Cable Model P556-006

Grand Total: $867.77 w/ S&H

Just need some feedback. Will all these parts be compatible? Also I have a LCD monitor with a VGP plug, since the Vcard only has a DVI output will that DVI>VGA cable make it work?

TequilaChaser · « **Reply #18 on:** December 05, 2007, 10:44:04 PM »

TK, I would think that video card should/might come with a DVI to Analog converter to hook up to your existing monitor cord......all the newer vidcards I have seen shipped or received have come with at least 1 if not 2 of these adapter/converters

good luck

Larry · « **Reply #19 on:** December 05, 2007, 11:10:56 PM »

It doesnt come wiht the converter, but will this one work?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814999902

OOZ662 · « **Reply #20 on:** December 06, 2007, 01:55:23 AM »

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #21 on:** December 06, 2007, 04:42:26 AM »

Alienware = megaexpensive and very poor price/value.

Have a local hardware shop compile you a box, you'll get double performance for the money.

Reschke · « **Reply #22 on:** December 06, 2007, 09:32:06 PM »

See if you can change the motherboard to a 680i version. More stable and a better chipset for any possible future upgrades.

Larry · « **Reply #23 on:** December 06, 2007, 09:41:21 PM »

Iv made a few changes, one of which was the mothermoard. Since the 7950 Im buying is only $190 and is a SLI card I would get a mothermoard that has two PCI-E 16x slots.

The one I picked was:

MSI P6N SLI-FI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Maybe in a few months I can get another 7950.

Edit: One more thing I have to ask. Will XP home run both cores on the processor?

OOZ662 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 06, 2007, 09:47:42 PM »

Yes, it will run both cores.

Remember that SLI gives a 5% max performance increase for twice the price. Also, AH is a CPU intensive game and will probably see no increase from an SLI setup at all.

Fulmar · « **Reply #25 on:** December 06, 2007, 10:08:25 PM »

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Originally posted by Larry
Iv made a few changes, one of which was the mothermoard. Since the 7950 Im buying is only $190 and is a SLI card I would get a mothermoard that has two PCI-E 16x slots.

The one I picked was:

MSI P6N SLI-FI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

Maybe in a few months I can get another 7950.

The 650 is a good chipset. HOWEVER, it only operates at 16x PCI-E mode when only one card is being used. If you are running SLI, it goes to 8x mode. So the performance isn' there. Only thing you'd want to get a 2nd card for is if you want to run more than 2 monitors.

SLI is a good idea in theory, but it is not practical. Why? In order to take full advantage of SLI and actually get 'some' use out of it, you would need the fastest processor on the market. Before the Quad-cores came out, tomshardware tested two 8800GTX's with multiple processor and found you'd need the $1000 X6800 in order to keep up with the two GPU's. I.e. the video card were processing data faster than the CPU -> thus a CPU bottleneck.

And two 7950's may yield 10-15% boost in performance over just 1. Don't waste your money. And if you have the extra money to spend, but a faster processor, more ram, faster/bigger hard drive, but don't spend it on another video card.