New Comp! Specs and Questions!

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So here it is 0 my first custom build! Chek it out

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6400
NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 ATX Intel MoBo
SABRENT SBT-FWPHB USB2.0/Firewire 1394 8 Ports PCI Card & Internal Combo Hub
G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
BFG Tech BFGR76256GTOCE Geforce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
XClio 450BL ATX 450W Power Supply
MS WIndows XP Pro
MS Office 2003


Questions:
1- Is there any way to turn this into a media center pc with a remote and so i can watch tv on it?

2- For an $800 Budget PC how do you rate this on sale 1-10

3- What are some great free game demos i can use to test this sucker out!


thanks all!
 
well for the first question...why not get windows media center edition. you'd still need a tv tuner. not sure where you can get the remote and such but they do make them because my HP laptop came with a tv tuner and infrared censor and media center remote. so i know they make em. Its a pretty good build for 800 bucks with an os and ms office (both are relatively expensive) so ya decent build. g.skill rams ok, just make sure your board supports it. some of the high end boards are picky about ram (its prob just my opinion tho but i havent heard a single thing wrong with the corsair xms 800 for these types of builds...and i got to say now that ive got dedicated vid cards and 2 gigs of ram im partial to 2 gigs but you shouldnt notice too much of a difference with one).
and for game demos theres a doom 3 demo, fear demo, fear extraction point demo...craploads of demos...good source for them is download.com or the actual creators sites (never had an issue with malware attached from those sources...third parties can be crappy tho)...so ya good build, good luck, good gaming
 
I'd rate it a 7 or 8, because you bought the S3 instead of the DS3.

As far as free game demos, Age of Empires 3 and Need for Speed Most wanted are good ones.
 
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