Good enough for gaming?

[Podfather]

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 Processor (2.4GHz, 1066MHz, 4MB)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005

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PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 Processor (2.4GHz, 1066MHz, 4MB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 - English edit
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MONITOR Dell™ 17" UltraSharp™ Digital/Analogue Flat Panel (1707FP) - UK/Irish

MEMORY 2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 667MHz [2x1024] Memory edit

HARD DRIVE 250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache

OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive

GRAPHICS CARD 256MB nVidia® GeForce® 7900GS graphics card

SOUND CARD Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio
SPEAKERS Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speaker System
KEYBOARD Logitech™ Cordless Desktop™ MX3000 Laser Keyboard & Mouse) - UK/Irish

good enough for gaming? how much fps would i get in cs source if i had this set up?

 

[benjo]

good enough for gaming? how much fps would i get in cs source if i had this set up?

Increase over what It's easy to tell where you copy/pasted that from, and i'm sure they a competitor.

As for performance, it'll be fine

 

[willhub]

CSS you should deffenitly be able to play at max, not that much of an intensive game, someone with an X1900XTX and 3ghz Pentium 4 gets an average of 105fps, I get 190fps in text all max, you will probs get around 90fps? so deffenitly ok, but even with my setup with the 8800GTS, on max, 16xAF 16xQ AA I drop down to like 35fps in lots of gunfire + lots of smoke.

 

[masslac]

The system you just pasted is definitely a waste of money.

Give me your budget and I'll spec you something much better for the price.

 

[Tommy B]

And if you won't build it yourself buy OCUK's pre-made systems because they are very powerful and great value too.

Have a look:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=43&catid=781

 

[masslac]

And if you won't build it yourself buy OCUK's pre-made systems because they are very powerful and great value too.

Q4T

 

[SideWinder]

The system you just pasted is definitely a waste of money.

Give me your budget and I'll spec you something much better for the price.

Agree with this man.

 

[Duff-Man]

I would spend a little more on the graphics card.

As stated above, post your budget and one of us will spec you a better gaming machine.

 

[ShiWarrior]

looks like from dell direct

my mum has a dell, so does my dad, their prices for a full system are actualy very good, i offered them to buy all the components and build it my self, when they bought theirs, it wasent much more!

 

[calnen]

looks like from dell direct

my mum has a dell, so does my dad, their prices for a full system are actualy very good, i offered them to buy all the components and build it my self, when they bought theirs, it wasent much more!

They're good for cheap systems/laptops I'll grant you, but if you want a gaming machine theres no need to spend their prices. You can always get a new machine that'll play all the games out for around £600 by building it yourself. (In my experience anyway -I've certainly never spent more than that.)

Buying pre-built saves you some fuss and you get better warranties, but you pay a lot more for it.

 

[schnipps]

Also that spec has a 17" screen, its not big enough really. Should be looking to go 22"+ as they are so cheap now. I would rather buy the bits seperate and wait a bit longer so i could get a bigger screen, couldnt play or use a 17" they are like postage stamps

 

[Podfather]

its £1800 quid from Dell, worth it, please spec me a better one.

 

[utajoker]

1800!!!!!!


some one could spec u mucho better for around 1000

 

[Podfather]

this is from OCUK, is it worth the money for a gaming pc? is the mouse any good?

you are looking for the ultimate INTEL box then look no further than the Ultima OC 8800 GTX Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 Dual Core overclocked beyond X6800 clock speeds. Supplied as a complete kit this system has the performance to rival ones costing nearly twice the price due to OcUK's expert engineers pre-overclocking this system to safe and reliable systems for a huge performance boost. With this system you also get the award winning Saitek Eclipse 2 keyboard, Microsoft Intellimouse 3 Explorer, Microsoft VX-1000 Webcam and latest drivers come stored on a Corsair USB2.0 Flash pen. All you require to make this system complete is an LCD monitor and set of speakers which can also be purchased from this online store. This system packs enough power to play the latest games at maximum details including AA/AF upto resolutions of 2560x1600 without breaking a sweat. Supplied pre-built it has an impressive specification to say the least :-

- Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 2.40GHz Dual Core CPU Overclocked too a minimum of 3.00GHz and beyond. (9 x 333MHz - 1333MHz FSB)
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Intel approved cooler
- Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound professionally hand installed by our technicians
- ABIT AW9D-MAX Intel 975X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Award winning G.Skill 2GB PK Ultra PC2-6400 CAS4 (2x1GB) Dual Channel Kit (Overclocked at 900MHz+)
- 500GB Western Digital 16MB Cache SATA-2 Hard Drive
- NVIDIA 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) DirectX 10 Graphics Card
- NEC 7173 18x DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black)
- Black Sony Floppy Drive
- Antec NINE HUNDRED Gamers ATX Case
- BFG 800W Next Generation Power Supply
- Microsoft Vista Premium 32-Bit pre-installed with License and CD supplied (64-Bit version available upon request when ordering)
- Corsair 1GB Flash Voyager USB2.0 Flash Drive with all latest drivers stored on it should you ever need to do a re-installation.
- Saitek Eclipse Illuminated Keyboard with dimmer and selection of Blue/Red/Purple at click of a button.
- The legendary Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 revised edition with new improved optical tracking engine.
- Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000 Webcam. Have audio/video conversations with anybody anywhere in the world.

 

[Tommy B]

OCUK "Ultima OC 8800GTX" Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 2.40GHz @ X6800+ 3.00GHz Dual Core SILENT DDR2 System - Vista Premium

£1,467.58 inc VAT (leaves £300 to buy screen/speakers etc)

- Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 2.40GHz Dual Core CPU Overclocked too a minimum of 3.00GHz and beyond. (9 x 333MHz - 1333MHz FSB)
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Intel approved cooler
- Arctic Silver 5 Heatsink compound professionally hand installed by our technicians
- ABIT AW9D-MAX Intel 975X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Award winning G.Skill 2GB PK Ultra PC2-6400 CAS4 (2x1GB) Dual Channel Kit (Overclocked at 900MHz+)
- 500GB Western Digital 16MB Cache SATA-2 Hard Drive
- NVIDIA 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 VIVO HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) DirectX 10 Graphics Card
- NEC 7173 18x DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black)
- Black Sony Floppy Drive
- Antec NINE HUNDRED Gamers ATX Case
- BFG 800W Next Generation Power Supply
- Microsoft Vista Premium 32-Bit pre-installed with License and CD supplied (64-Bit version available upon request when ordering)
- Corsair 1GB Flash Voyager USB2.0 Flash Drive with all latest drivers stored on it should you ever need to do a re-installation.
- Saitek Eclipse Illuminated Keyboard with dimmer and selection of Blue/Red/Purple at click of a button.
- The legendary Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 revised edition with new improved optical tracking engine.
- Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000 Webcam. Have audio/video conversations with anybody anywhere in the world.vv

 

[benjo]

its £1800 quid from Dell, worth it, please spec me a better one.

Definatly not worth it then. I'm not good at speccing new systems, but i'm sure someone could get you a LOT more for the money pretty soon.

 

[Tommy B]

lol I see you found it just as I was posting!

It's far superior to the Dell, and comes overclocked for even more performance.

 

[Duff-Man]

£1800?! You've got to be kidding...

The ultima system posted above will defecate on the Dell from a large height. The 8800GTX graphics card will give you 2 or 3 times the framerate of the 7800GS in the Dell, at least. Also, the OcUk system comes pre-overclocked and since you appear to be new to all this that will be a big benefit (not really very hard to do it yourself, but you need a certain background knowledge to do it comfortably).

 

[Podfather]

how much FPS in CS Source would i get with this mouse?

 

[masslac]

lol @ Dell

Just looked at the OP again tbh. Seriously LOL @ Dell. That's like you're being overhcharged by about a grand.