Is this PC any good?
 

Intel® Pentium ® 4 Processor 530 with HT technology (3.00GHz, 800MHz fsb, 1MB cache)

MicrosoftÂÂÂà ‚® Windows ® XP Home Edition SP2 †“ English

1 Year European Collect and Return Service

1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 400MHz [2x512]

160GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst↞¢ cache

128MB PCI-Express ATI Radeon X300SEââ€Ã⠀¦Ã‚¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ with TVout & DVI

FP / MG 17in (E173FP) TCO99 Value Midnight Grey Flat Panel

16x max. DVD+/-RW with double layer write capability

Sound Blaster ® Live! 24-bit ADVANCED HDââ€Å ¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ Sound Card

Dell A425 Midnight Grey speakers with subwoofer

Dell Entry USB

USB Optical Mouse

£606 inc delivery

Will be using it for games and work, as well as the net. Want it to be able to handle any of the top games really, have a good monitor. Not too bothered about sound/imaging or anything like that. Can anyone tell me where this system's weak points are, and what to upgrade to?
Cheers

Re: Is this PC any good?
 

Erm well only thing I'd say is you may want to push up the video card to a 256mb version, but that looks fine.
Apart from that, all looks good.

If possible, see the monitor in action as some flat panel monitors are rubbish for games over a good CRT. Make sure you see how good it is, read reviews.

Re: Is this PC any good?
 

Cheers mate :)

Re: Is this PC any good?
 

Not a bad system really. However, I wouldn't expect much performance out of that X300SE card.

The X800XL card is the best bang for buck at the minute.