Rate my newly purchased PC

[junayed93]

mobo: gigabyte g41mt-es2L
processor: intel core 2 quad Q8400 2.6ghz
ram: 2gb ddr3
graphics card: gigabyte 1gb gddr5 gt240
hdd: 320 gb sata
monitor: samsung 18.5'' wide
Optical driver: Asus dvd writer
PSU: Thermaltake 430w

 

[cmcghee358]

Considering it's 1/2 way through 2010, I'd rate your newly purchased PC as a 5/10, and that might be too generous.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

More like a 4/10. Fine for internet browsing....not very good for gaming at all. Overclock the processor to 3.2/3.4, add 2GB of RAM for a total of 4GB, upgrade the power supply and get a decent graphics card and you have a 6/10.

 

[lowriderflow]

Depends what you want to use it for and how much you paid. If you just want an internet machine.. and you only paid $400 bucks for it. then you got a 10/10

If you paid like $800 for that... then you get a 1/10

 

[cmcghee358]

Also the specs are pretty vague. HDD speed for one, also the RAM is only listed as DDR3.

Although if both of these were awesome I don't think it'd move your score too much.

The CPU is pretty nice but it's on a dead platform and 2 years old.

 

[mosox]

★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

 

[junayed93]

i could browse the internet pretty well even with my former celeron based pc. i have tried crysis, cod4, split/second, gta4, red-alert 3, blur in my new pc with high settings and found no problems, then why its not good for gaming?

 

[cmcghee358]

By today's standards it's not good for gaming. You cite alot of games there, specifically Crysis. What resolution? How much AA? Is it "high settings" or ultra? Whats the avg FPS? Whats the minimum FPS?

The last statement is too vague to place any value on. Sure it might make you happy, but we're scoring your computer off of current hardware available, not on your enjoyment of it. If that were the case, you wouldn't need us to rate it now would you?

 

[junayed93]

Best answer selected by junayed93.

 

[junayed93]

i understand...now there is core i7 and high end gpus out there in the market. i dont know anything about the terms AA and FPS you used. i played crisis in the res 1360*768 in my 18.5'' lcd

 

[junayed93]

+ high settings

 

[cmcghee358]

Anti-Aliasing, and Frames per Second

 

[mosox]

It's a decent system, you should add more RAM later.

 

[junayed93]

thank you..ok....ram twinmos 2gb DDR3 1333