Is this suppose to be an awesome deal?

[soulslicer]

Intel Core i7 920 (2.66) (+ some cooler master cooler)
Asus p6t Motherboard (supports ddr3 and Sli)
2Gb DDR3 (1333) Ram
Hitachi 250GB HDD 7200RPM
DVD Burner
Gigabyte 9800GTX with 512Mb
450 Watt PSU (shit..it's seems little)
Bad-ass colourful gaming case with fans and lights
Logitech Gaming Keyboard + Logitech Gaming Mouse
(3 years warranty by that shop)
Windows Vista Basic

Price: 1550 Singapore Dollars
US Dollar Price: 1000 US Dollars

I'd probably use my old os, and probably do away with the fancy keyboard and mouse, so it might be lesser

My concerns: It's a corei7, and I know nuts about it. I'm not sure if any games are going to actually support that processor or if it's going to give me better performance than a standard quad series. And the PSU they are giving me seems pretty low watt.

What do you guys think?

 

[Warped]

I saw an HP Pc at Best Buy that had 7GB of Ram, Quad Core Windows Vista 64 bit, 750GB HDD, and a few more goodies for around $800. It had a bad graphics card but yours has only 2GB of Ram, thats really weak imo, also get Windows Vista Premium

looking for pics and price now on bestbuy.com

check out the other HP pcs here: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17080&type=page&qp=crootcategoryid%23%23-1%23%23-1~~q70726f63657373696e6774696d653a3e313930302d30312d3031~~cabcat0500000%23%230%23%2311a~~cabcat0501000%23%230%23%2329~~nf510||4850&list=y&nrp=15&sc=abComputerSP&sp=%2Bbrand+skuid&usc=abcat0500000

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9174261&type=product&id=1218044028199
$709

 

[Warped]

#
Warranty Terms - Parts
1 year limited
#
Warranty Terms - Labor
1 year limited
#
Product Height
15.2"
#
Product Width
6.9"
#
Product Weight
22 lbs.
#
Product Depth
16.3"
#
Processor Brand
AMD
#
Processor Platform
AMD LIVE!
#
Processor
AMD Phenom™ X4
#
Processor Speed
2.3GHz
#
Cache Memory
2MB L2 + 2MB shared L3
#
System Memory (RAM)
8GB
#
Type of Memory (RAM)
PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM
#
Hard Drive Type
Serial ATA (7200 rpm)
#
Hard Drive Size
750GB
#
Graphics
ATI RADEON HD 3200
#
Video Memory
256MB (dedicated); up to 3323MB (allocated by Windows Vista)
#
Personal Video Recorder (PVR)
No
#
TV Tuner
No
#
MPEG
Yes
#
Audio
High-definition (8-speaker support)
#
Built-in Webcam
No
#
Modem
None
#
Network Card
Built-in 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
#
Wireless Networking
Wireless-B+G
#
Recordable DVD Drive
Yes, double-layer DVD?RW/CD-RW
#
Recordable DVD Drive Speeds
8x DVD+R DL; 8x DVD-R DL; 16x8x16 DVD+RW; 16x6x16 DVD-RW; 12x DVD-RAM; 40x32x40 CD-RW
#
Direct-Disc Labeling
Yes
#
Digital Media Reader or Slots
Yes, digital media card reader
#
Total Expansion Bays
External: 1 (3.5"), 2 (5.25"); Internal: 2 (3.5")
#
Available Expansion Bays
External: 1 (3.5"), 1 (5.25"); Internal: 1 (3.5")
#
Total Expansion Slots
1 PCI, 2 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16
#
Available Expansion Slots
1 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16
#
USB 2.0 Ports
6 USB 2.0 (2 front, 4 rear)
#
IEEE 1394 Ports
2 (1 front, 1 rear)
#
S-Video Outputs
None
#
Additional Audio/Video Connectors
1 DVI-D
#
Serial Ports
None
#
Parallel Ports
None
#
Game Ports
None
#
Keyboard Description
HP multimedia
#
Other Control Devices (mouse, etc.)
HP optical mouse
#
Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with SP1
#
Software Included
HP MediaSmart Suite; muvee autoProducer Basic; Microsoft Works 9; Adobe Reader 8; Cyberlink DVD Suite Deluxe and more
#
ENERGY STAR Qualified
No

 

[soulslicer]

That's a pretty decent set-up, considering it's HP. But, mine has much higher specs(i7, bad-ass mobo, DDR3Ram, nice GPU)

anyway, you're going out of topic, I'm asking about corei7 and asking if it's worthy of the above price, and you post some HP set-up.

 

[soulslicer]

well..

 

[Eejit]

DDR3 isn't really worth it over DDR2 unless you have money to burn imo. I think most games and other programs still have limited/no quad core support.
9800GTX is dirt cheap even though it's a good card.

You could probably build something superior for cheaper.

 

[PimpinPenguin]

Unless you play GTA4 the i7 is going to make little difference in your games over a standard Quad, and even GTA's quad support is half-assed. I haven't come across any games apart from GTA were quad cores make a difference including Crysis.