My new computer

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cuzzaUK

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Hi guys, the reason i am making this post is becasue i need a lil help. I mostly play games like wow, hon, counterstrike, and cod and my computer now but its not good enuf becasue i constantly get fps lag, also i make movies and videos with sony vegas and my com aint good enuf for that program either.

Below i have specs of a computer i have made online for 813 pounds, please telln me if its worth getting, is there anything i shud change, upgrade ? Someone told me to get a quad core 2.8 over a dual cord 3ghz ?

CPU: 02003 - Intel® Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3ghz ea
CPU Cooler: 03006 - Coolermaster Hyper TX2
Motherboard: 04030 - Asus P5QL (Intel P43 chipset, 4x DDR2, PCI-E 2.0)
Memory: 05003 - 4.0GB Corsair DDR2 800mhz XMS2 (2x 2GB)
Hard Drives: 06004 - 500GB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 07002 - 20x DVD±RW DL
Graphics card: 08033 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB
Sound card: 10001 - Onboard 7.1 Audio
Operating System: 11002 - Microsoft® Windows XP Home SP3
Monitors: 15001 - 19'' Widescreen LCD
PSU: 18010 - 700W EZCool Tornado
Case: 17015 - Antec Three Hundred
Warranty: 1000 - 3 Year Bronze Warranty

Thanks
 
The E8400's have a pretty good stock cooler. I would ditch the aftermarket cpu cooler and go with Windows Vista and a 22" or larger LCD. With the E8400 and DDR2 800 it is very easy to get the cpu overclocked from 3.0 to 3.6 on the stock cooler with no extra heat created by overclocking the fsb from 1333 to 1600. My motherboard has a jumper to change the fsb between 800, 1333 and 1600 and it was very easy to do.

The quad core that is only 200 mhz less is probably the better choice, not in all situations but on average.
 
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That looks like a cheesy Power Supply and I would guess that it's not up to par with the GTX 285.

What video driver version are you using?
 
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