Does this desktop spec look good to you?

[sameerrao]

Thanks to the Big J posting all the HD stuff that I can't run on my geriatric PC, I am forced to upgrade. Basically i want a PC capable of playing simulation games and watching HD Rips.

This is what I have come up with from Dell: XPS 410 -->
- Intel® Core™ 2 E6420 Duo Processor(4MB L2 cache,2.13GHZ,1066FSB)
- Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
- 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
- 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
- Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
- 22 inch E228WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
- 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS
- Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

I will buy a HD/Blue ray drive later when the prices come down.

Does the specs look OK?

[saadie]

Looks good to me ... all you'd need after that is a nice 7.1 speaker system ...

[dutchmasterflex]

Not bad at all.. is it a Gateway?

[gigdy]

Originally Posted by dutchmasterflex Not bad at all.. is it a Gateway?

This is what I have come up with from Dell: XPS 410 -->

ops:

[Fleischmann]

What's the manufacturer of the hard drive ? IMO you should get the Seagate 7200.10 with perpendicular recording, it kicks the ass of anything that isn't a WD Raptor. Apart from that, looks good.

[Erez]

looks pretty good.. maybe go DDR2 800..
what mobo?

[gigdy]

^^ you last 2. Its a DELL.

[Erez]

what dell uses? or are they making they're own now
anyway DELL is such a rip off.. at least in Laptops.. I say check prices else where too.. if you dont want to build your own..

[inso]

enough ddr800
fsb 1333
2x500G drives raided
8800gts
would be my changes.

[ae86_16v]

Haha, I knew that looked familiar. Dell makes good bang for the buck. I would probably skip the GPU and buy after market.

Plus you could get a big ass HD later too.

Like this:

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=519538

Caution of note, others could probably give you better information, but I think Dell locks out their Mobo so you CAN'T overclock it. I will see if I can shoot you some links later when I get back.

[ae86_16v]

^ You probably can't get that kind of deal if you put one together. Dell definitely gives the most bang for the buck. Especially if consider that 22" LCD cost about $350 or so, I don't think you could get that much out of your local retailer.

[sameerrao]

Gentlemen, Thanks for the input.

ae86 is right about buying from Dell vs getting a grey market PC. Fryes Electronics make their own PC but it costs more than the Dell.

The 8800 GTS costs about $200-250 more than the 8600 GTS. :shock:

I can't get 800 DDR RAM in this specification.

i think I am going to buy it as it specced above.

[gigdy]

As long as you dont want to overclock there is nothing wrong with dell. Theyre not that expensive and built pretty well.

[dutchmasterflex]

Originally Posted by sameerrao Gentlemen, Thanks for the input. ae86 is right about buying from Dell vs getting a grey market PC. Fryes Electronics make their own PC but it costs more than the Dell. The 8800 GTS costs about $200-250 more than the 8600 GTS. :shock: I can't get 800 DDR RAM in this specification. i think I am going to buy it as it specced above.

I bought a EGA 8800 GTS "Superclocked" 320mb retail card over 2 months ago for $310.

There is nothing wrong with the specs you have picked out.. although what is the price Dell wants for that package?

Can't help but agree with Ronin, but it is a bit if a pain to put everything together yourself.

[sameerrao]

Originally Posted by dutchmasterflex Originally Posted by sameerrao Gentlemen, Thanks for the input. ae86 is right about buying from Dell vs getting a grey market PC. Fryes Electronics make their own PC but it costs more than the Dell. The 8800 GTS costs about $200-250 more than the 8600 GTS. :shock: I can't get 800 DDR RAM in this specification. i think I am going to buy it as it specced above. I bought a EGA 8800 GTS "Superclocked" 320mb retail card over 2 months ago for $310. There is nothing wrong with the specs you have picked out.. although what is the price Dell wants for that package? Can't help but agree with Ronin, but it is a bit if a pain to put everything together yourself.

~$1350 for the whole package