It really depends on what the intended use of the machine is.  If it's a
workstation (for a business for example) then it's a great machine.  If
it's a gaming machine, your friend would probably be happier with a more
powerful video card.  Personally, I use the ATI Radeon 9800XT w/128 meg of
memory and it works very well for me.
Another thing to point out, especially if it's a gaming machine, is that
you have to make sure to have ample cooling, especially on the CPU.  And,
make sure to periodically clean dust out of the machine or you can
drastically reduce the cooling available.

Tony Mayer


>Hi to all List members.
> My friend  would like to buy a computer with configuration:
>  1.Processor: Intel   P4-2.4G/1M/533 S478 Box Prescott
>   2. Seagate 120G,7200,Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus w/NCQ,8M
>buffer,Serial ATA
>   3. Asus P4P800-Deluxe (P4 S-478, Dual  DDR400, i865- E, 800MHz, ATX,
>SATA Raid 0,1,0+1, FireWire, 6ch  audio, 3Com Gigabit Lan, Wi-Fi slot)
>
>    4.Kingston DDR2 256M 533MHz Kingston
>  5.Gigabyte ATI Radeon 9250 Gigabyte 128M DDR, 128bit, TV-out, DVI
>  How do you think for choosing like this? Thanks for all the help.
>     Cheers.
>  Bao Tan.

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