Confused...Kinda.

Big Slick · TweakNOOB Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

Well truth be told I suck with computers and I wanted to know if this would be a good buy for me. I plan on going into PC gaming so Plz tell me if I'm doing the right thing.

Oh yea and I'm buying this computer from dell.

Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB)
256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs
320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ 16MB cache
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D), w/Dolby® Digital 5.1
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

Thanks in advance.

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Big Slick · TweakNOOB Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

What card would be better for me and dell dosen't really give to many choices lol.

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Big Slick · TweakNOOB Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

Any other sites or anything that I should go to?

Big Slick · TweakNOOB Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

Would a 256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) nVidia GeForce 6800 or 512MB ATI Radeon X1900 XTX do me any good.

Big Slick · TweakNOOB Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

Well I deiced to go with this

Pentium D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology 2.80Ghz
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
512MB ATI Radeon X1900 XTX
320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ 16MB cache
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic , w/Dolby Digital 5.1

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meobius · Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:38 am Post subject:

I'ld say forget the intel 800 or 900 series, they aren't that good in games (compared to other options)
Go for either AMD 64s or wait for the new intels that will be out shortly, both choices would be much much faster and run cooler.

Videocard is a pretty good choice,
As was mentioned DO NOT GET A DELL if you are planning to do any gaming.

My suggestion is to go to a local computer dealer, or order the parts online and build it yourself.
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Big Slick · TweakNOOB Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

Ok thanks the sad part is as I said I don't know crap about computers so building one would be hard for me.

I have around 1,500-2,000 to spend and the closest place to me is a compusa wich is 50 miles away.

Big Slick · TweakNOOB Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

Ok I whent to alienware and for 2,100 I get this

Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4600+ Processor w/ HyperTransport and Dual Core Technology
Memory: 1GB DDR2 PC-6400 SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 x 512MB
System Drive: High Performance - 160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Graphics Processor: 256MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900 GT -
Sound Card: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio - Standard

and at dell for 2,000 I get
what I showed you befor.

meobius · Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:30 am Post subject:

the alienware is pretty good (actually it's now owned by dell)
Might get a custom built one for less, but as far as specs are concerned the alienware looks very good
I wouldn't recommend taking the screen they provide, either get a CRT screen (the old big ones) or get a really good lcd with an 8 or better (lower) response time.
The CRT's typically give better color and the response time is not an issue. Also it looks good in all resolutions whereas the LCD(for a 17 or 19 in) is 1280x1024 only, other resolutions will look pixalated or simply will not work.
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