Will this computer meet my needs?

[Shadowex3]

WHICH intel dual core. There's a difference between a Pentium D, a hyperthreading P4, and an actual Core 2 Duo.

[Lucid]

I've decided on a different computer for not much difference in price.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883147254

[EvilShadow98]

I've decided on a different computer for not much difference in price.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883147254

 

Good choice for the price.

[Coffee Crisp]

I've decided on a different computer for not much difference in price.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883147254

 

You're really just better off with Tinky's build.

 

Budget Quad Core, 4gig Ram, 260GTX and 750gig HDD

 

 

Case: Linkworld 313-06-C2228 Blue

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811164094

$20.99

 

MoBo:GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128342

$49.99

 

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103706

$99.00

 

RAM: WINTEC AMPX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161183

$80.99

 

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004

$89.99

 

HDD:Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136283

$64.99

 

GFX: Palit NE3X262SFHD94 GeForce GTX 260

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261053

$174.99

 

Subtotal: $580.94

 

If your uncle built the computer he was offering you I guess he can help out.

 

I can imagine you don't really need 1TB of space on your hard drive unless you want to download a million games, movies, and songs. Also, you really don't need more than 4GB of RAM anyways if you're just planning playing Source engine games. Plus computers like that usually come loaded with bloatware (useless programs) anyways. I myself have 3GB of RAM and 500GB HDD and all I really do on my PC is Game/Edit videos here and there. I've never really came across any problems performance wise and I've only gone down to about 300GB of space.

[EvilShadow98]

You're really just better off with Tinky's build.

 

 

 

If your uncle built the computer he was offering you I guess he can help out.

 

I can imagine you don't really need 1TB of space on your hard drive unless you want to download a million games, movies, and songs. Also, you really don't need more than 4GB of RAM anyways if you're just planning playing Source engine games. Plus computers like that usually come loaded with bloatware (useless programs) anyways. I myself have 3GB of RAM and 500GB HDD and all I really do on my PC is Game/Edit videos here and there. I've never really came across any problems performance wise and I've only gone down to about 300GB of space.

 

 

He also has to consider the risks of building a computer. I prefer to build a computer over buying one pre-built (my current PC was built by myself). It is all up to Lucid if he wants to put one together, but that PC he linked us with is pretty damn good for the price and he can always take the bloatware off himself or do a format.