buying a new comp help with specs

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bloody_pc's

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Hi i am thinking of buying a new pc problem is i dont really know what to go for, ive seen this and i think it looks ok what do you guys think.

Intel Pentium 4 630 processor supporting Hyper-Threading technology (3.0Ghz clock speed, 800Mhz front side bus speed, 2Mb level 2 cache memory). 1Gb DDR2 RAM. 300Gb SATA hard drive. Dual layer DVD re-writer with Lightscribe. 17in flat panel TFT monitor. Nvidia GeForce 6200 SETC graphics with up to 256Mb. 10/100 LAN (broadband ready). Wireless keyboard and mouse. 56K modem. MS Worksuite. Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre Edition 2005 (All the features of a regular Windows-based PC plus you can store or share all of your photos, music, home video and even recorded TV). Media Center remote control. HEWLETT PACKARD

I was wanting to know if this system would support windows vista? and also giving that it is a windows xp media center does this mean that it will have a built in tv tuner?

Please help
 
I had a very similar system from Compaq, but with an Athlon 3700 and 80G HD. Anyway, I could run Vista just fine, but for some reason, the current drivers wouldn't allow me to use my graphics card at 1024x768@32bit. I could, however, run at higher resolutions without a problem...

And if it doesn't say it has a tuner in it, then it doesn't come with one. Media Center edition just has additional crap for pictures, videos, and what not. I actually don't care for it. However, if you want a tuner, they are cheap enough to purchase off newegg or some place like that. HPs(at least the last few I've seen) use WinTV PVRs. The one I use actually came out of a dead HP...
 
The_Other_One said:
I had a very similar system from Compaq, but with an Athlon 3700 and 80G HD. Anyway, I could run Vista just fine, but for some reason, the current drivers wouldn't allow me to use my graphics card at 1024x768@32bit. I could, however, run at higher resolutions without a problem...

And if it doesn't say it has a tuner in it, then it doesn't come with one. Media Center edition just has additional crap for pictures, videos, and what not. I actually don't care for it. However, if you want a tuner, they are cheap enough to purchase off newegg or some place like that. HPs(at least the last few I've seen) use WinTV PVRs. The one I use actually came out of a dead HP...
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Thanks, is it an alright system them or should i be looking at something different?

The specs above are they quite up to date.

I have a packard bell imedia just now intel pentium 4 2.4ghz 256 mb it's four year old now and tbh very slow im wanting a pc which will run much faster.
Sorry when it comes to the actual specs of a comp im not to sure. any help most welcome.

thabks
 
bloody_pc's said:
Thanks, is it an alright system them or should i be looking at something different?

The specs above are they quite up to date.

I have a packard bell imedia just now intel pentium 4 2.4ghz 256 mb it's four year old now and tbh very slow im wanting a pc which will run much faster.
Sorry when it comes to the actual specs of a comp im not to sure. any help most welcome.

thabks
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Those are nice specs and you should be fine with them.
 
monkeysims said:
Those are nice specs and you should be fine with them.
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Thank you, there are that many systems out there i was getting a sore head trying to figure out what one was up to date. I asked a friend would that system be able to take windows vista and he said i would need 2gb to handle vista. The person who answered my first post says no so im a bit confused :)
 
bloody_pc's said:
Thank you, there are that many systems out there i was getting a sore head trying to figure out what one was up to date. I asked a friend would that system be able to take windows vista and he said i would need 2gb to handle vista. The person who answered my first post says no so im a bit confused :)
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512MB of RAM is minimum for Vista. 1GB is recommended and you'll still get good performance out of it. You can always upgrade to 2GB after you get Vista if you feel it's needed.
 
monkeysims said:
512MB of RAM is minimum for Vista. 1GB is recommended and you'll still get good performance out of it. You can always upgrade to 2GB after you get Vista if you feel it's needed.
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Thats great thanking you, would it cost me much to upgrade?

This might be a silly question but should i be able to set up a home network without having to buy anything extra, iv'e got my wireless kit from my isp already just waiting to i get new comp to set it up.
 
bloody_pc's said:
Thats great thanking you, would it cost me much to upgrade?

This might be a silly question but should i be able to set up a home network without having to buy anything extra, iv'e got my wireless kit from my isp already just waiting to i get new comp to set it up.
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Depends what came with it. Post and i'll tell you.
 
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