advice for new comp?

im plannin on gettin a new comp in a few weeks time from www.pcoption.co.uk, i was wondering what u guys thought of the specsE66002 gigs 800 mhz ram320 gb 7200 rpm hdCoolermaster igreen 600w sli psuasus 8800gts 320mbmsi p6n sli-fi motherboardwin xp would that motherboard support pernyn or whatever that new core thats gonna come out later calledalso was considerin vista for dx10 but heard too many bad things as well as rumours of a new os called vienna, has the situation on vista improved at all?im not sure what to do about monitor i could get a 17 inch monitor and the whole thing wouldd cost me around 800 quid (1600 dollars) or i could get a samsung 226bw 22 inch which is hdcp compliant for a total of around 1000 quid (2000 dollars), if i brought the 22 inch would the 8800gts 320 meg version b ok for a native res of 1680 x 1050 altho tbh im used to gaming at 800 x 600 so these big res%26#39;s seem like overkill to me, is the hdcp compliant thing worth it? i wud like to b able to get a hd drive once the format war is over and if i brought the 22 inch i wouldnt have ne plans for another monitor in the forseeable futureadvice for new comp?
nope... looks like the penyrn%26#39;s will be using lower voltages so you%26#39;d need a voltage regulator-down for that. as for vienna, no word, M$ is slowly but surely fixing out all the kinks in vista, sp1 looks to be out by Novemberish.... but its more to do with nvidia dropping the ball with the drivers though. get the 22in monitor, its not overkill, its perfect for the card, playing at 800x600 really is a waste on that card.advice for new comp?
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voltage regulator? whats that? what wud i need for a compatible system/mobo? so is vista a negative for gamers? cuz i was plannin on gettin vista once they got the bugs fixed but since im gonna purchase xp with this comp i might as well get it? i have a copy of xp at home i cud dual boot altho with one hd not sure how to do that, altho id prefer to just have vista from the start if there arent too many problems, whats the situation with the nvidia drivers? is it totally unplayable in vista?
seems liek a good rig, get the 22 inch one, lol 800*600, dont worry i doubt you%26#39;ll ever thave to use res ever again on the GTS.
[QUOTE=''noproblem0'']voltage regulator? whats that? what wud i need for a compatible system/mobo? so is vista a negative for gamers? cuz i was plannin on gettin vista once they got the bugs fixed but since im gonna purchase xp with this comp i might as well get it? i have a copy of xp at home i cud dual boot altho with one hd not sure how to do that, altho id prefer to just have vista from the start if there arent too many problems, whats the situation with the nvidia drivers? is it totally unplayable in vista?[/QUOTE]the voltage regulator regulates the voltage coming in to your chip, and when you compare say the core 2 duo vs penyrn, the penyrn should require less voltage, so if you pop it in a core 2 duo mobo, it might not work since it works with the higher voltages. You might want to look at the Intel P35 board if you are really interested in penyrn and DDR3 tech, though DDR3 is exhorbitantly expensive, especially in the first few months of its release. vista is playable, you usually will get a few frames less than on xp, don%26#39;t count much on sli performance though. dual booting is a snap... just make sure you have a program like PartitionMagic, or better yet, two hard drives, but if going the single drive route, just partition a portion of the hdd for vista, and once you%26#39;ve installed xp, pop in the vista disc and go for a clean install into the partition. I%26#39;d hit up dual booting the system, especially since you have a good-sized hdd for it.
if i dual booted, what size partitions shud i make? also if i loaded up xp wud i still b able to play ne games installed in the vista partition? seein as im gettin it custom built vista might be pre-installed does that matter? cud i install xp second or wud i have to wipe vista first? also wud i b able to upgrade to the quad cores instead of the pernyns with that mobo later?
well it depends on which one you%26#39;d want to put most of your apps in, so if vista, allocate more gigs to it, and vice versa, its really arbitrary so you can make that call. I think you need to make a shortcut of the program between os%26#39;s to cross-run that program. well i checked on the egg, there%26#39;s no quad support apparently.....
i suppose i%26#39;d want more space for vista but use xp till vista is sorted however long that may be, vista seems like a lot of hassle, do u think its worth it for the dx10? or i cud just uninstall vista once i get it, install xp and upgrade laterDo u think it wud b better to get vista with the new system or xp2 considerin that my home version of xp is a haxed one?
easy on the discussion of haxed xp disks, but do what jfelisario  said,  do a partition. I would just cut your drive in half, allocate half to vista, half to xp. Is dx10 wirth the hassle of vista, idk man, I mean only a handful of games coming out support it, drivers are messed up, who knows. IMO, you have a kick ass system there, just install xp, and forget vista. if your custom pc comes with it pre-installed, then request if you can have a hard copy of it. Or tell the builders to create the partitions for you...