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Devo1

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I am looking at gaming computers but my step brother says that this is a great computer but that the graphics card(a NVIDIA GeForce GT230 ) is a bit shit and i should not buy it. So, is this good for the price? i have an employees discount so it will cost about 1250 after all the Canadian tax and is the card good enough? i am simply looking for something that will let me play WoW(the benchmark should be a nonlaggy Dalaran, if anyone here plays and knows what that place can be like) and all of the expansions at a good fram rate and new strat games and MMO's at atleast above average(i don't need max though!) settings.

Heres the specs:

HP Pavilion Elite HPE-150f Desktop

2.80GHz Intel® Core™ i7-860 Processor; 1MB L2 Cache + 8MB Shared L3 Cache
Intel® H57 PCH Chipset
8GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM memory; Expandable up to 16GB
1 Terabyte SATA Hard Drive
SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
NVIDIA GeForce GT230 graphics card with 1.5GB DDR2 dedicated graphics memory, DVI, HDMI and VGA capabilities and support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Connectivity: 10/100/1000Base-T network interface, Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n
High Definition Audio with up to 7.1 surround sound capabilities
Ports: Front panel 15-in-1 memory card reader, 6 x USB 2.0 ports (Back), 3 x USB 2.0 ports (Front), 1 x FireWire® (IEEE 1394) port (Back), Headphone & Microphone (Front), Optical Audio Out, LAN, Microphone/Line-in/Line-out, Rear speaker-out, Side speaker out, Center (subwoofer), DVI, HDMI and VGA available on the graphics card
Software included: HP MediaSmart Software Suite, Cyberlink DVD Suite Deluxe, Microsoft® Works 9, HP Total Care Advisor, Norton Internet Security 2010 (60 days of complimentary live updates)
Includes HP USB keyboard and optical mouse
Dimension: 15.79"(H) x 7.05"(W) x 16.30"(D)
Weight: 11.90 lbs
1-year limited warranty.


If anyone else has other suggestions on prebuilt computers let me know, but mind that i am in Canada so i dont want shipping to cost me an arm and a leg.
 
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ya like your brother said its a good system just switch the video card. The ram amount may be a bit excessive since you won't be using 2/3 of it most of the time and rarely ever use more then half of it. On my desktop with a handful of Firefox pages open I am running at 1.5gb ram used and when I played Crysis I don't think I got beyond 2.5gb.
 
What power supply?
What brand ram?
what type HDD? try for WD, Samsung, or LG SATA
Yeah I think that graphics card should be good enough.
For comparability, check ibuypower.com, i just bought a i7-930 desktop with a 5850 graphics card for $1545 plus shipping, so i think you could get something near if not better than what you posted
 
I dont know the brands, sorry, thats just copy and pasted of the website. Also, i have problems with getting it shipped from ibuypower and the likes because as i said i live in Canada and that could be a bit sketchy with across the border warranty and i hear that ibuypower is a bit scetchy even if your living in the US. Also, do you think i should wait out the 1 year warranty and then add a new graphics card in? will this card last me for a year worth of games? my monitor is only a standard def monitor aswell. Maybe in a year i could upgrade the card and buy a new monitor?
 
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