Your advice

[Angel]

Hi , i think to buy a new computer , but i don't know whether the given parameters are sufficient to meet my expectations. I need a computer who work seamlessly with part of the new games like GTA IV for example(which is not so new) . The seller who asked said: '' it's super , it's fine for it'' but they always try to sell their shits .
Tell me what u think about this :

Processor - Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2.00 GHz
Motherboard - Asus P5K Intel P35 chipset, Dual-channel DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz
RAM - 2GB RAM Kingston Hyper X DDR2 800 2x1
HDD - HDD Hitachi 320Gb SATA 7200 rpm 3
Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Silent 256 MB
Opt. Device - Asus DRW

I'll wait for your opinion.

[PM]

Will run GTAIV on 3FPS.

[Sheep]

2GB ram is barely enough to run Windows 7 OS.

[Blaze]

2GB ram is barely enough to run Windows 7 OS.

No it's not? I ran it on a shitty Celeron with 1GB RAM and it was fine.

Also OP don't buy that, it's old as fuck (I'd guess around 2006/2007 parts), and leaves no room to upgrade in the future, plus the video card is passive so good luck running IV or newer games on it.

[Rainbow]

Unless you are in a desperate need of a PC and he offers it really really really really cheap I woulden't buy it. Pretty outdated, will run games like BF3 (or BF4) on lowest setting (if it runs it at all) with low FPS. And that is on systems with 4-6GB ram, but this only has 2. So I highly doubt you'll be able to play memory intensive stuff like IV in a decent manner.

[Angel]

It's very cheaply like 150 euros plus monitor 17' , but im tired of playing everything in lag , not even sony vegas will rend fine with this . There is an opportunity to build one with parts , can you offer me some processors and video cards?(not those of $ 800+)

[Rust]

Huh dude I have the next components:

- 1GB of RAM (Running Windows 7 Ult 32 bits).
- ATI Radeon Xpress 200m series 254mb (It came by default when the computer was bought first, I can't even run VC with more than 800x600)
- 80GB Hard Drive
- Intel Celeron D proccesor

This PC has been giving me nightmares in editing and yet I still make it happen... I normally record VC and SA with no more than 10 or 12fps and it actually depends what resolution I use for it, normally I use 720p for both games. 5 FPS when I hit F9. So now you better learn you have a nice build and not because your SA running 3x AA, 1080p and Very High details is not going well, now feel happy you can actually open it lol.

- I can't watch previews on Sony Vegas, I'm forced to render them.

- I had a 17" monitor too and it was really cool and didn't make me stop doing stop something because I wasn't feeling comfy. I actually own a 22" one which is cool.

[Angel]

I'm using a laptop with windows 7 already which run SA very clean , but IV without graphic . 2.4 Ghz , 4GB max memory 8 GB , intel core , GMA HD ...not for games but chat.
I have money for parts , all i need is the best one at an affordable price .

[Sheep]

Yeah then again you have a laptop, which is useless.

Don't think you can ever play games with regular laptops. If you have the money just go for the 800$ self build desktop PC and you'll be able to run games for years ahead.

[Angel]

And this is what i think to do , i found the video card already  Inno3D GF GTX260 896MB - second hand on best price .
I'll tell you next week what parts i have taken , still u can help with parameters of parts.

[FIGHTER]

Processor - Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180 2.00 GHz   - Atleast take a quad core or sixcore
Motherboard - Asus P5K Intel P35 chipset, Dual-channel DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz - idk take something around 100 euros
RAM - 2GB RAM Kingston Hyper X DDR2 800 2x1 - atleast 4GB lesser is shit.
HDD - HDD Hitachi 320Gb SATA 7200 rpm 3 take a SSD it will give you the most difference in loading programs
Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT Silent 256 MB - take something with 1GB atleast. newest ATI cards are cheaper then the newest Nvidia's
Opt. Device - Asus DRW - you still use it?

My advice is to go for something were you dont need to upgrade after 1/2 years. ofcourse there are always new parts but get some high standard so you dont need to upgrade in 4 years. spend a bit more money on it.

I bought 5 years ago:

- 4GB ram 800mhz
-ATI 4870HD 1GB
- AMD black edition 9950 2.6 x4
- 650 watt PSU

And can still run some high-end games, well BF series plays with lags mainly due my processor and ram. GTA4 runs smooth at medium settings.

I currently dont have the money to spend on a new pc, otherwise i would planning to...i mean 5 years with a decent build isnt that bad...

[Shifftee]

Sheeptea, you're useless. Just got myself a new laptop yesterday!
HP ENVY 15.6"
Processor   AMD A10-5750M APU (2 MB cache)
RAM   8 GB DDR3
Graphics card   AMD Radeon 8750M (2 GB DDR3)
Storage   1 TB SSHD, 5400 rpm
Sound   Beats Audio
Speakers   - Integrated stereo speakers x 4
- Integrated subwoofer x 2

[Sheep]

Sheeptea, you're useless. Just got myself a new laptop yesterday!
HP ENVY 15.6"
Processor   AMD A10-5750M APU (2 MB cache)
RAM   8 GB DDR3
Graphics card   AMD Radeon 8750M (2 GB DDR3)
Storage   1 TB SSHD, 5400 rpm
Sound   Beats Audio
Speakers   - Integrated stereo speakers x 4
- Integrated subwoofer x 2

Okay tell me how much  that cost you? I doubt anything near 1k £$€ wouldn't be enough and yet desktop PC with same price tag on it would be 10x better.

[Named]

Okay tell me how much  that cost you? I doubt anything near 1k £$€ wouldn't be enough and yet desktop PC with same price tag on it would be 10x better.

[PK]

This has quickly formed into a show off specification topic.

I suggest taking a quad core or six core like mentioned above with at least 2.0GHz (they usually have turbo, in which would boost them to 2.5 or 3 [if lucky]). For GTA IV; I personally believe a 1.25-30GB video memory should do it for decent fps (max settings on IV takes only 1.1GB). A 4GB RAM and at least a 500GB HDD should start your route.

The rest is dependent on what you want to do, soso.
And so along, is what's advised by the folks earlier - someone get Andre Ruschfucking69 here, I'm expecting a post of his soon.