Help! I'm buying a system tomorrow, need some advice...

[Billmanweh]

I'm replacing my current computer and I hope to order something new tomorrow. I'm borderline clueless, so I would appreciate any advice or recommendations.

I've been looking at a couple of websites that offer configurable systems. I plan to keep my current monitor, cable modem, speakers, mouse, and keyboard. Mostly, I use my PC to get online, download and listen to music, mess around with my digital camera and possibly a digital camcorder at some point, and play games like Sims, etc.

Here's a system I "configured" that cost around $900;

ATX Medium Case 350 Watt
Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.0 GHZ 512K
MSI 845PE MAX i845PE Chipset 533FSB AGP4X MB
512 MB PC2700 333MHz DDR Memory
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM ATA 8MB SE
nVidia TNT-2 M64 32MB AGP
CDRW 48x16x48x
AC97 Sound Card On Board
Windows XP Home Edition
MS Office XP SBE

Am I overkill in some area? Do I need to upgrade in some area? Would I be better off just ordering parts separately from some place like newegg.com and have someone locally put it together?

Help please!

 

[Green Man]

"nVidia TNT-2 M64 32MB AGP" is less than questionable if you're going to play games. How much more is it for an ATI 9000 or 9100?

 

[newbiepcuser]

Originally posted by: Billmanweh
I'm replacing my current computer and I hope to order something new tomorrow. I'm borderline clueless, so I would appreciate any advice or recommendations.

I've been looking at a couple of websites that offer configurable systems. I plan to keep my current monitor, cable modem, speakers, mouse, and keyboard. Mostly, I use my PC to get online, download and listen to music, mess around with my digital camera and possibly a digital camcorder at some point, and play games like Sims, etc.

Here's a system I "configured" that cost around $900;

ATX Medium Case 350 Watt
Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.0 GHZ 512K
MSI 845PE MAX i845PE Chipset 533FSB AGP4X MB
512 MB PC2700 333MHz DDR Memory
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM ATA 8MB SE
nVidia TNT-2 M64 32MB AGP
CDRW 48x16x48x
AC97 Sound Card On Board
Windows XP Home Edition
MS Office XP SBE

Am I overkill in some area? Do I need to upgrade in some area? Would I be better off just ordering parts separately from some place like newegg.com and have someone locally put it together?

Help please!

Dell system I just got for my cousin
Pent IV 2.4
ATI non pro 9700 128 mb
40x CDRW
256 mb DDR2700
30 GB WD 7200 rpm
18 inch LCD
Intergrated NIC and sound

You could probably easily sell the LCD and upgrade for extra parts like a bigger drive, more ram (RAM is cheap now), nice speakers, etc...
The total cost was 1067. This was average Dell Deal. Other members have gotten better.