is this spec any good?

**lalalax3** · September 17, 2006, 10:01 PM

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4600+ Processor w/ HyperTransport and Dual Core Technology
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Service Pack 2
650 Watt Alienware® Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 x 1024MB
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 8MB Cache
16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive
512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900 GTX
Alienware Approved 17" 12ms Flat Panel - Black
High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio - Standard

is this any good??

or should I go with the Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 2MB Cache 1066MHz FSB ??
basically Area 51 or Aurora

**Incinerate_IV** · September 17, 2006, 10:18 PM

Try to get a Are 51 with a Core 2 Duo E6600.

**Lee1026** · September 17, 2006, 10:34 PM

Wouldn't buy alienware if I were you. If you insist on buying pre-bulit, dell generally have better prices. (Yes, I know that alienware is part of dell)

**lalalax3** · September 18, 2006, 12:22 AM

what other gaming systems do u recommend?
voodoo, aac?
I don;t really like Dell, and the management of alienware hasn't changed, even though it has been aquired by Dell

**Lee1026** · September 18, 2006, 12:38 AM

Well, I suppose you can spend more money then you have to if that is what you want to do. Heck, I should probably thank you for making everything cheaper for me by buying top of the line stuff all day long.

**Arakorn** · September 18, 2006, 04:50 AM

That is a very nice system, but indeed, the E6600 is the greatest "user-wallet-friendly" (:wink

CPU out there. Other than that, that is an excellent system. I wouldn't recommend a pre built, but if you don't wanna build yourself you can always go to a store that offers for example, free building when buying from them or good packages for example with the E6600 as base and then you add parts of your choice and then you can also choose that they install it (for a fee, usually 15€ around here, may be 10-15$ too)

**Lee1026** · September 18, 2006, 12:54 PM

No. The greatest "user-wallet-friendly" is the E6300.

**Arakorn** · September 18, 2006, 12:57 PM

By "user-wallet-friendly" I meant those that do not cost 1K €, ie the FX-62 and the X-something Intel CPU.

**Lee1026** · September 18, 2006, 01:16 PM

Well, by "wallet-friendly" I mean the best bang for the buck.

**Arakorn** · September 19, 2006, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by Lee1026

Well, by "wallet-friendly" I mean the best bang for the buck.

I know, I should've said something else, like "best of the CPU's that are for regular flesh&bones"...

Eh?

**lalalax3** · September 18, 2006, 02:14 PM

I m buying a maufatured one, mainly because I dont have time to make one myself, yes, i kno its cheaper, but time is precious too

should I buy the PC after microsoft releases Vista or should I get one now??