Are these gaming PC's specs good?

[BenKenobi88]

Well now...

I'm guessing the first PC is an AMD processor, and that's not bad. Dual Core and Core 2 Duo are the same I think...it's just different naming by different companies.

There's not a ton of RAM in your first computer though...512 MB has become the minimum requirement lately, and actually some of the latest greatest games require a gig I believe, which means you should really have 2 gigs for best performance.

Hard drive space isn't a huge issue usually, around 200 is usually good enough.

I suppose it's nice to have Vista, though the "medium" version would probably be better...

The main problem with your first computer is the graphics card...or lack of it. I'm guessing it's just a standard onboard or cheap video card, nothing special, that's what most store-bought computers get nowadays. Your processor and your graphics card are the biggest things to worry about...

So in that case, at least the second PC sounds like it has a decent graphics card...but the processor doesn't seem too good...you should have at least over 2 GHz, in my opinion.


So I don't know...both computers actually seem to have some faults...if there was a way to combine the two, a good processor like the first one and a good graphics card and more memory like the second one, that'd be the best option.


And of course you should know, building your own computer, or having a friend help you build one, is almost always the cheapest and most valuable method...if you choose to go that route.