Pros/cons of this PC? and is it worth $1100?

Posted in Desktops on July 16th, 2008

i asked a similar question and now i want to know pros/cons of it its a gaming pc at BESTBUY

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Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q9300 with 4 processing cores, 1333MHz frontside bus, 2 x 3MB L2 cache and 2.5GHz processor speed per core

6GB PC2-5300 DDR2 memory for multitasking power; expandable to 8GB

Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support records up to 8.5GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible DVD R DL and DVD-R DL media; supports DVD-RAM; also supports Labelflash direct-disc labels using compatible Labelflash media

The Intel® Core™2 Quad processor delivers 4 complete execution cores in 1 processor for superior multitasking and multithreaded performance; Intel® Smart Memory Access optimizes data bandwidth to accelerate and improve instruction throughput

Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost accelerates the execution of Streaming SIMD Extension (SSE) instructions to significantly improve the Media Boost performance on a broad range of applications, including video, audio, image and pic processing

640GB Serial ATA II hard drive (7200 rpm); eSATA port

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT over-clocked graphics with 512MB on-board memory and DirectX 10 support; S-video output, HDMI and 2 DVI interfaces; high-definition audio (8-speaker support)

15-in-1 media reader with Smart Copy button supports CompactFlash I/II, Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, MultiMediaCard Plus, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, xD-Picture Card, SmartMedia and Microdrive

Also supports miniSD, Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC) and MultiMediaCard Mobile with optional adapters (not included)

2 IEEE 1394 ports and 6 high-speed USB 2.0 ports, both front and rear accessible, for fast digital data transfer and easy peripheral connectivity

Built-in 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector; high-speed V.92 modem

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition operating system with Service Pack 1 (SP1) preinstalled; software package included with Microsoft Money Essentials

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It sounds like a very nice system and yes it is worth the money you are speaking. This is a very good gaming system even though unless this is a 64 bit version of windows you will lose all the memory over 3.2-3.5 GB. Vista 32 bit can't utilize RAM or memory over this amount. So the extra 2.5 GB of memory you’ve is useless. Now if you’ve the 64 bit version of Vista then you are good to go.

This system will last you a while into the future for gaming, the only upgrade you might need to make into the future is a possible graphic upgrade as games get more demanding but you’ve one of the top cards right now.

To the above poster, no computer is going to be worth its price in a year even a $400 piece of crap. With her buying one like this it will last longer and do more than the $400 piece of junk that won't do the gaming that she requires. Now if you were telling me this computer was $2000, then I would state maybe get a cheaper one, but for this price range this is a good system that will last you a while.

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the monitor?, the system really good
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for me..

its the system..

better use a vista ultimate with that kind of specs!

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Pros-

-It has the latest hardware

-Awesome for gaming

Cons-

-WILL NOT BE WORTH its value in less than a year. Soif you plan to “get a newer one” later down the years, don't purchase it.

Overall if you plan to stick with it and are a hard-core gamer and has many extraordinary multi-media accessories, but do you really need all of that?

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