Sure you don't want a bigger harddrive? 80 gig is not much these days.

i have an external hd that suits what i want. so you're saying that xp is still a better option atm? also can you explain the processor you mentioned please? i have not heard of it

aah sorry just found it intel, lol didnt realise

The C2D I referred to is Intel's new Core 2 Duo.

http://www.intel.com/products/proces...2duo/index.htm

You can certainly go with Vista, just be prepared to deal with the potential headaches of a new MS OS. It'll take a while for the industry to get mature drivers out there. For gaming, I'd personally stick with WinXP for a while yet, but that's just me. I'll also miss out on all the hair-pulling that early adopters may get to experience. That's always a fun pastime. <g>

I ordered the Intel E6600, new motherboard and 2GB DDR2 Ram 20 minutes ago. Come to me, SH4!

Congrats, stabiz!

The above combined with your 7950 GT have you in excellent shape to join the war effort against the Japanese.

:up:

:o Thats insanely pricy. Is the case made of gold?[/quote]

No - but it's made of about 3mm thick stainless steel. The way the outside is made is also a good indication of what's on the inside. The MacPro is built like a brick ****house inside and out. I look at my old plastic and aluminum rattletrap PC and just shake my head. I just hate that I still have to mess with windows at all.

And "mediocre gaming machine"? I'm sorry, did I miss something?

Andrew

Well today I saw the RAM that my laptop takes is on sale at BestBuy,I bit the bullet and upgraded to 2 gigs......I hope it'll help me out in the Pacific!!:D

RAM is a good thing. Especially 2GBs when it comes to WinXP, so congrats on the upgrade!

Specs Check
 

I just threw together this custom Dell XPS machine on dell.com. What do you guys think of these specs? Anything need improvement?

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400 (2MB L2 Cache,2.13GHz,1066 FSB)

Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition with re-installation CD

2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs

250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™

Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability

256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS

Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

Two things:

a. You'll be fine w/ those specs
b. Why not post in one of the two other threads regarding this issue?

Barkhorn.

The vista thing still bothers me, yes I know the game will be made to run on it, but how well and with how many bugs, is yet to be determined:damn::damn:

What is the cost, and what about future upgrades, something difficult when you buy from Dell.

Woops sorry. :oops:

The other thread I saw I thought was specific to video cards so I didn't want to dilute it with all kinds of other specs.

No I forgot to mention I'm not getting the Vista upgrade. That can be made later down the line.

You will have no probs, trenken.

The 7900GS is a sweet card, by the way. As said elsewhere I swapped it for the 7950GT 512MB without noticing much improvement.

It comes to about $1800. And I really love those XPS cases. So futuristic looking, that's not important of course though.

It's a desktop PC so it can be upgraded regardless of who made it. My current machine is custom built, but it's getting pretty old now. I've heard nothing but great things about the new Dell XPS machines so I figured I'd just go with that. It's possible all of this could be cheaper if I got it all on my own, but I almost just don't feel like dealing with that at this point. I'd rather pay extra and have Dell just handle it all for me. So I'm almost paying extra for convenience. How much extra I'm not exactly sure though since I havent yet individually priced everything out. If I do that and find their really overcharging, I'll just build it myself I guess.