tell me what you think of this comp

**hunter260859** · May 13, 2006, 10:35 AM

Intel® Pentium® D Processor 820 (2.80GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2x1MB cache)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
1024MB DDR2 RAM
17" Analogue Flat Panel Monitor (17.0" v.i.s)
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
256MB PCI ExpressT ATI RadeonT X600 Hypermemory
or
256MB nVidia™ GeForce™ 7300LE TurboCache graphics card
£579
tell me what you think of it

**Peter** · May 13, 2006, 11:58 AM

Is it a prebuilt system or are you building it yourself?. In my ears it sounds like a prebuilt system with the most expensive parts except the usual thrown in videocard. What are you going to use the computer for?

**PyrrhusIV** · May 13, 2006, 12:05 PM

Intel® Pentium® D Processor 820 (2.80GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2x1MB cache)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
1024MB DDR2 RAM
17" Analogue Flat Panel Monitor (17.0" v.i.s)
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
256MB PCI ExpressT ATI RadeonT X600 Hypermemory
or
256MB nVidia™ GeForce™ 7300LE TurboCache graphics card
£579
tell me what you think of it

Sounds like my friends Dell, except his has the X600 (which works good enough) and it has a 19 Inch screen. yes, is it prebuilt? It sounds like plenty of Dell's I have seen.

**hunter260859** · May 13, 2006, 12:05 PM

mostly gaming maybe homework and of course web browsing is the graphics cards there better than my nvida geforce 6200

yes it is pre built and yes it is a dell here are the specs of my comp atm

Intel Celeron D 330, 2680 MHz
1 gb of ram im hoping the ram will be the same in both comps so i can add
nvida geforce 6200
74 gb hdd

**Peter** · May 13, 2006, 12:43 PM

I wouldent expect alot of difference betwen the current one and the dell in terms of gaming performance. What you need is a good graphics card. A geforce 6800GT and above or a ATI equalent will give you like 140% more performance. But in the long run you could upgrade to a new motherboard and get a AMD processor and compatible RAM.

**hunter260859** · May 13, 2006, 01:25 PM

i want a new comp for a number of reason this one is past its day its slow unreliable just like a crappy car lol i cant realy upgrade it anymore motherboard is full lol also for some reason games that should work well dont and im fed up with it ill look into the geforce card

ty for help

**OTZ** · May 13, 2006, 07:17 PM

If that's the dual core Pentium - then go for it! I have heard that that CPU is the absolute best bang for your buck on the market...outperforms the best P4s and AMDs when overclocked. It will easily hit 4+ GHz

**Hadrian** · May 13, 2006, 10:08 PM

Yes, thats one of the top o the line Intel CPUs. The system is pretty strong, but I agree with Peter in that I would prefer another VC. Say,maybe a Sapphire X850XT,a BFG 6800GT or a BFG 7900GT! O.K. so I get a little carried away....
I believe Dell puts at least a 350W PSU in their systems but you should make sure, if your going to upgrade the VC, that the cards requirements don't exceed Dell's stock PSU...