Are these specs good?

[Hiro]

I'm looking into buying a new computer and i liked this one:

Frame: Cooler Master CM 690 Midi Tower Svart Fl?ktar: 1x 120mm Front, 1x 120mm Bak, Bl? LEDs, 2x USB, 1x FW, Audio
Power Supply: Silver Power SP-SS500 500W PSU ATX 12V V2.2, 80 Plus, Standard, 1x 6pin+1x 6+2pin PCIe, 6? SATA, 120mm Fan
Motherboard: MSI P55-CD53, Socket-1156 ATX, P55, DDR3, 1xPCIe(2.0)x16, GbLan, OC Genie, DrMOS
Processor: Intel Core? i5 Quad Processor i5-760 Quad Core, 2.80Ghz, Socket 1156, 8MB, 95W, Boxed w/fan
DDR3 memory: Kingston ValueR. DDR3 1333MHz 8GB, CL9 Kit w/2x ValueRAM 4GB DDR3
Graphic-card: Gainward GeForce GTX 460 1GB PhysX CUDA PCI-Express 2.0,"Golden Sample - GS", GDDR5, 2xDVI, native-HDMI, 700MHz
Harddriv: Western Digital Caviar? Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3.0), 16MB, 7200RPM
DVD drive: Sony Optiarc DVD?RW burner AD-5260S DVDRW 24x, DL, SATA, Bulk, Black
Keyboard: Logitech Gaming Keyboard G110 KB Layout Pan-Nordic, custom-colour backlighting
Mouse: Logitech MX518 Optical Mouse, USB, PS/2
Monitor: BenQ 24" LCD G2420HD 1920x1080, 40000:1, 2ms, VGA/DVI/HDMI
Earphones: Creative Headset Fatal1ty H?rlurar med mikrofon och volymkontroll
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit Swe.
Also includes: Call of Duty Black Ops PC
Service: Garanti 3 ?rs inskicksgaranti PC skickas av kund till Komplett.se

Here's a link if anyone feels for reading Swedish: http://www.komplett.se/k/ci.aspx?sku=10446

 

[Sporge27]

I think that should be good... sweedish... huh

Yeah I am not normally good at telling how things look or work from specs but I think that sounds right. Glad to see the 64 bit windows for the 8 gigs of ram

 

[Josh]

That's pretty amazing actually, Better than mine :L

 

[Bacon Boy]

Also includes: Call of Duty Black Ops PC

I chuckled. I have no idea why, though.

 

[Hiro]

I chuckled. I have no idea why, though.

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[Serk102]

I think you should get to know more about computers if you're really interested in knowing about your specs. One of the worst things in the world is an ignant computer buyer.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

 

[Psychonaut]

you're looking to play some games, high res, all that, yeah?

need to look at the graphics card, and the processor. ram isn't really that necessary i think, but you may need it for 64 bit systems.. i dunno. maybe not. i don't have a 64 bit system, extra ram only slowed me down (strangely)

but. my comp is a dual core 2.1 ghz with a nvidia 9800 gt card (512 mb) so you know. looking at what you have, you'll be at least twice as fast as me. which means good.

but, how much are you paying? you might be able to save money by just getting a cheap computer without a graphics card, and then buying one separately. you'd be surprised how much you'd save just by having to do one/two tasks.. insert the card, install the drivers.

but iunno. your call in the end, dude. best of luck & post results.

 

[Hiro]

According to Google it's roughly $1573

 

[Psychonaut]

According to Google it's roughly $1573

welp, in that case, i'd say DIY, as you're overpaying.

http://www.refugeegaming.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=827

that thread has a LOT of good advice on buying parts. if you feel that you can't put it together yourself (which sounds more daunting than it actually is), then i'm sure you'd be able to buy a cheap barebones PC (something without a graphics card, as they're usually the most overpriced part when already installed/in the computer), dual core 3.0ghz, or quad core with a decent speed (~2.1-5, dunno how quad cores are supposed to be), and a decent amount of ram.. 4 gigs should be enough, dunno how much a 64-bit OS benefits from having extra ram.

basically, buy a $500 computer (1/3 of the price this one is) that has most all of the specs this one has, but no graphics card. buy the graphics card for $150-200 (research which one is good for you, there's dozens to choose from), and pop it in. save $750, if you can find a good, cheap (in price) quad core pre-built computer.

best of luck and hope i helped ya.

 

[Fillfall]

You should buy a laptop so you can carry it with you. Also if your willing to pay that much you should buy a Mac.

 

[Sporge27]

You should buy a laptop so you can carry it with you. Also if your willing to pay that much you should buy a Mac.

A laptop to play games on is still very expensive in my mind

Psychonaut, what you said about RAM is mostly true, really it has kinda leveled off, really 2 gigs is enough to play most high end games, but 4 is really nice, and above that is still fine as long as you have 64 bit windows, might be a little unneccessary but it should be a huge price increase now.

 

[Psychonaut]

A laptop to play games on is still very expensive in my mind

Psychonaut, what you said about RAM is mostly true, really it has kinda leveled off, really 2 gigs is enough to play most high end games, but 4 is really nice, and above that is still fine as long as you have 64 bit windows, might be a little unneccessary but it should be a huge price increase now.

mine has 4 gigs, and i think my video card is all that's ever really used.. street fighter IV takes ~256 MB max, says the benchmark.

3-4 gigs = plenty, imo. if you're gonna be multitasking like a pro though, (like.. image manipulation, video editing, + multitasking at the same time) you may want to squeeze in some more. i'd say 6 is as much as you'll realistically need, unless you're REALLY going to be doing a lot at once, and even then, it most likely won't get past 4 gigs, imo. just focus on the processor's speed, and buy the graphics card separate. cannot be stressed enough.

 

[Hiro]

mine has 4 gigs, and i think my video card is all that's ever really used.. street fighter IV takes ~256 MB max, says the benchmark.

3-4 gigs = plenty, imo. if you're gonna be multitasking like a pro though, (like.. image manipulation, video editing, + multitasking at the same time) you may want to squeeze in some more. i'd say 6 is as much as you'll realistically need, unless you're REALLY going to be doing a lot at once, and even then, it most likely won't get past 4 gigs, imo. just focus on the processor's speed, and buy the graphics card separate. cannot be stressed enough.

I changed it so it will only include 4 gig, but in that pack there is x2 2 gig included :S
i also realized that i have some add-on ram from my old laptop