This is the last thread I make about buying a new computer lol

[Trivium Nate]

Okay my mind is set! I'm going! To buy this computers, i just need the final word to find out if this computer is good,
its $1,153.44 and only $35.00 a month which isn't bad at all.
Once again my question is is this computer good?
good for lots of gaming?
system specifications are below

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800+
Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Professional
Memory 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
Keyboard and Mouse Bundles Dell USB Keyboard and Dell 2-button Scroll Mouse
Monitor No Monitor
Video Card 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro
Hard Drive 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Floppy Drive and Media Reader No Floppy Drive Included
Mouse Mouse included in Wireless, Laser or Bluetooth Package
Network Interface Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Modem No Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
CD ROM/DVD ROM 16x DVD+/-RW Drive
Sound Cards Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Speakers No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) No Productivity software pre-installed
Anti-Virus/Security Suite No security subscription (McAfee 30-day trial)
Warranty and Service 1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor - Next Business Day*
Internet Access Service 6 Months of EarthLink Internet Access Included
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support
Dell Digital Entertainment No Entertainment software pre-installed
Labels Windows XP™

I have these games right here

Counter Strike
Counter Strike Condition Zero
Counter Strike Condition Zero Deleted scenes
Counter Strike source
Call of duty 2
Day of defeat
Doom 3
Doom 3 Resurrection of evil
Halo
Half Life 2
Half Life 2 Episode 1
Half Life 2 Gary's Mod
Half Life 2 Death match
Half Life 2 Lost Coast
Half Life death match source
Half Life source
Half Life
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
Grand theft auto vice city
Grand theft auto 3
Need for speed Most Wanted
soldier of Fortune
star craft
Star craft Brood War
Unreal Tournament 2004
Would i be able to max out the graphics? would I be able to play all of those games on the highest settings?
Would they run fast?

also
when I get this computer I would probaly buy games like

F.E.A.R,Quake4,Battlefield2142,NFS Carbon,tom clancy Ghost Recon Advanced warfighter,
would this computer be able to play those games?

when i do get this computer I need a wireless adapter so i chose the
(Netgear WG111 54 Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter) Is this a good Wireless adapter? I have the Linksys router/Wap at home and its 54mbps

Which gpu is better?

256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro

256MB NVIDIA Geforce 7300LE TurboCache

[DennyCrane]

The video card seems to be the only real weak link I can see... but most manufacturers just throw in basic basic cards... and that's not really a huge deal because a much better card can be gotten from Newegg or someone like them for very few dollars. It really depends on how much eye candy you want. I'm sure it will game fine if you dont have to have every setting maxxed. Avoid "turbo cache" nVidia cards... they share system memory and that really slows you down. Try to get at least a 7600 that has it's own dedicated video memory.

[Trivium Nate]

okay i think ill choose the 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro
Damn I wish dell would offer better gpus, they do but then u need vista and i dont want vista at all

[ech0]

like stated above, just get the cheapest card dell offers then buy a better one from newegg

[Hannibal888]

I'm not sure if this has been asked but have you thought about building your own computer? Cause for $1153.44 you can get something so much better then what dell offers. I mean the cpu and ram will only run $100 a piece. Mobo, case, psu, HD, media drive and windows will run another $500 tops if you go for a budget build. That'll leave you a good chunk for misc stuff and a much better video card.

Go to newegg and build the computer you want off dell and you'll see the price difference but if you don't want to build your own computer thats cool too.

[Craig]

here's what I'm cooking up:

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OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P8002GK - Retail
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[Trivium Nate]

i do thank you all for your help but ive already ordered the computer, I do very much appreciate all the help ,
When I get it I will probably put a better video card into it probably the

EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail,
and if I need more ram then I shall put more in, Ive got a 500GB Sata HDD but unfortunatly its only 7200RPM
(I'm going to be so mad if I don't get the full 500GB)
but I think i'm good thank You all again

[K_Dog]

Trivium I have to agree with Hannibal if your willing to learn to put together your own computer you can get a better system for almost half that price or even a pretty killer system for less. The Core 2 duos just took a big jump down in price you really can't beat them for the bang 4 buck.

I've had several Dells a few things I noticed they tend to have weak power supplies in regards powering high end graphics cards they might be different now though.

Craig.. Sweet

Edit Triv you posted when I was writing this
also the stock ps shouldn't have probs with a 7600gt

[Trivium Nate]

I know but that GPU was like $600....

[Trivium Nate]

I'm canceling the order because I thought that I only pay the $35 a month but Dell charged my bank -$1,110.24,And now I only have $756.55 in my account, so if the package comes to my house I have to tell them that i canceled the order and the dell guy said that it will take up to 30 days for the money to be put back into my account