Desired system specs...good gaming pc?

[Terran Sniper]

here are my current system specs: (these are for a 1997 Pionex)

Harddrive: 4 gb (98% full)
Processor: Intel pentium ??? 233mHz
Graphics card: unknown
sound card: unknown
optical drive(s): 24x CD-ROM
3 1/2 inch floppy


These are my desired system specs. will they make a good gaming computer?

Harddrive: 80gb
Processor: Intel Paentium 4 2.80 GHz
Graphics card: ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
Sound Card: Maya 5.1
optical drives:48x CD-ROM
DVD-R/-RW/CD-R/-RW
DVD-ROM


So, what about 'em?

[dscytherulez]

Yes that will be plenty to compete with present day gaming rigs, not as good as mine, but, you know

[Rbstr]

ya thats good, but be sure to get a Gigabyte of ram, and are you building it yourself or ordering it?

[Terran Sniper]

building it. my mom has like, $10000 credit at circuit city

[NoSurrender]

dont get the maya it steals alotta FPS get a Audigy 1 or 2

[Terran Sniper]

How much are Audigies? Mymom wont pay too much for a 3x5 piece of silicon.

[Lise]

Should be able to get an Audigy 2 for ~$100 now.

[NoSurrender]

you could prob get a audigy one for $60

[Zodiac]

Originally Posted by dscytherulez

Yes that will be plenty to compete with present day gaming rigs, not as good as mine, but, you know

Dont you mean your parents PC.

How much RAM are you going to get Terran?

[Terran Sniper]

im thinking of getting 512mb. what do you suggest?

[Bighoss]

go for the gig, you won't regret it!

[NoSurrender]

yea the gig will make a HUGE difference

[Terran Sniper]

Pyro, (long live all pyros, and may the burn cream supply never diminish), ill probably end up having a better system than you

[arctik]

Don't be fooled get as much RAM as possible, I have 1gig and when I check PS is using 95% of all my resources. I dont crash to desktop tho.

[Terran Sniper]

what is the largest amount of RAM on the market?