Thread: DESKTOP PC final

hey, well, as most of you know, i am getting a computer, and i think i found a great one, if i get some good feedback i'ma use my dads paypal or credit card or w/e he got and order it, i jsut gotta pay him back
so i will give you the specs, the price in CAD and how much of a deal that it says it is.

this is a dimension 9200
intel core 2 duo processor E6600 (4mb l2 cache,2.4 GHZ, 1066 FSB)
Genuine windows vista home premium edition
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz-2
320GB Serial ATA 3GB/s Harddrive (7200rpm) w/ databurst cache (if i need later on i'll upgrade, thats lots to start off with though right?)
integrated 7.1 audio sound card (i will hookup to a 250 watt woofer i got in my room already, does that work?)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3 (will this video card be supported with the new games like -et:quake wars- and -half life 2- and games like that?)
16x CD/DVD burner
22 inch widescreen digital flat panel monitor! w00t
no modem (wats a modem for?)
standard dell usb keyboard (for now,i'll probably get a logitech G15 gaming keyboard later))
Logitech G5 Gaming Laser USB Mouse (i want a usb not cordless for better precision)

all this for $1,215.00 CAD. it says that t is originallt $1,575.00 CAD but its on sale.
ummm, togeather with shipping and handeling and taxes and stuff i am looking at about $1,400.00 CAD

how does she look.
also, i asked if i can hookup this to my woofer and speakers in my room, i can go take pictures of my woofer and speakers to upload here so u can tell me if i will be able to hookup or not. or you can just tell me what i need to look to see what i have to hookup to.

ummm the E6600 processor is lots fast enough for just browsing the internet, playing some flash games, then exit outtta internet and go play a game like ET right? it wont be slow or anything?

the 2 GB dual channel memory is lots enough for my uses?

and yeah i really wanna know if that grafix card will be supported on new games, caz thats really all i can afford but tell me the truth please.

and i didnt really say what i want this for but, i'll tell you how i would set it up:
i will use it for primarely gaming, not like 5 big games like WOW or anything either, maybe buy 2 disk games and then play like 1 online game that i DLed off the internet or something. i would also use it for playing flash games on the internet, but any computer can handle that, right? . and i have a mp3 player so with my mp3 software put on to this computer i could transfer music between the two, i dont need any special hookup do i? and thats about all i would use it for.
my internet situation is this, the computer i am typing with rite now is upstairs in my computer room, my bedroom, where i would put my new computer, is downstairs, so thats 1 floor down. caz my house only has 2 floors. and with a router, that i will buy separetly from the pc, i will be able to hookup my downstairs (new) computer to the internet right? i think thats how it would go. but i have a little question
with two computers running on the same internet connection is the internet gonna be really slow? because rite now i am using a sasktell highspeed internet connection, so i should be able to run both computers on that internetconnection without it being slow right? or will it be slow? and it should not be a problem with keeping this computer that i am typing on rite now turned on because it always stays on, and thats what i need to have internet on my new PC right?

i think that about raps it up, i would apreciate absoutely anything that you have to say, bacause this is the first pc i ever bought, and i need tips from real smart men like u guys, and i know u are.
and if someone has said something that you were going to say, say it in your words or your oppinion to please, i wanna hear all sides and points of view, i really have my eyes set on this pc and if i get the thumbs up from the smart ones (you guys) then i'ma go buy it right away.

thanks for your time

i wasnt getting a reply on my other forum but i know u guys will help me here

mmmm nice, not bad!!! did u thought about getin amd? i got amd atm and its kinda the same to intel!! ownage!!!

If someone gave me that computer id burn it, everything i hear about windows vista is bad, it sucks for gaming it takes 1568 ram in vista to do what 1 gig in xp can do, and Dell is good, thats what im running now, a 8300 tho, i had it for 3.5 years now, still a nice pc i can play cod4 when it comes out, so im happy, but when i get a new computer, im custom building it, its so much cheaper 1/3 times cheaper in most cases, so i highly recommend custom building it.

yeah, anywhere i look that i know though all i can find is xp.... also, i have no experience with customizing, unless someone does it for me i am fked through a wall :P

FALSE rottenpig =O
Intel is alot better if you want to overclock cause with retail ventirad, you can go easily to 3GHz...with a retail 1.8
AMD just sucks on Overclocking

Lone wolf, take ddr2 800 ram, its alot better than 667

Hey Lone wolf,
DELL is not bad but take care if u dont customize ur own PC. It takes always a lot of money and or u have less power then u should. Before u buy it take a look at thg.web. Its the best site in the web I know (for hardware). Look at the charts. For CPU take Intel 2 DUO with 4MBL2Cache(at least 2 MB) thats important for further usage. Ur board should be from ABIT, ASUS, or MSI. Do not buy anything else its to risky.

Originally Posted by FunkFui

Ur board should be from ABIT, ASUS, or MSI. Do not buy anything else its to risky.

Ehum...
Gigabyte has pretty awesome boards...

uuups. Sorry I missed. U are right. :

well, srry i've been gone a couple of days, havnt got to really test my pc out because i cant get my router goin, check hardware section.

thx for coments

you alread got your pc
so /closed