Computer I built for work...Opinions?

[jamezzz122]

Well I just ordered all of it off of Newegg for my brother's cell phone business he recently opened and I will work there also. I wanted to make the computer to not only handle all of the needed things such as faxing, ringtones, emailing, but to also let me play games. I wanted something that would look decent also. Anyways, here are the parts...

-intel Pentium 4 2.8C Northwood 800MHz FSB Socket 478 Processor Model BX80532PG2800D - Retail
-CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT400 - Retail
-SAPPHIRE ATLANTIS RADEON 9600XT100575L-BK Radeon 9600XT 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card - Retail
-COOLER MASTER Wave Master TAC-T01-EK Black All Aluminum Alloy ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
-ABIT IS7-V2 Socket 478 Intel 848P ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
-Western Digital Caviar SE WD1200JB 120GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - OEM
-LITE-ON Black IDE DVD Burner Model SOHW-1673S BK - Retail
-LITE-ON Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-16P9SBLK - Retail
-SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP - OEM
-AOpen FM56-SVV 56Kbps Modem - Retail
-Thermaltake BLACK ROUND 24" IDE(ATA66/100/133) cable Model A2054 - Retail (x2)
-Thermaltake BLACK ROUND 18" Floppy drive cable Model A2059 - Retail
-MASSCOOL BLD-08025S1M 80mm Sleeve Blue LED Light Cooling Fan - Retail (x3)

Total: $788.44

Opinions and comments are welcome as always

 

[TheCreator]

What's to say really... it's already ordered it's a decent machine and will do what you want it to do just fine...

 

[Othersider]

-LITE-ON Black IDE DVD Burner Model SOHW-1673S BK - Retail
-LITE-ON Black IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SOHD-16P9SBLK - Retail

I am slightly curious why a cell phone company needs 2 DVD drives.

 

[Russ]

one burns the dvd in the other drive. remember there is an ulterior motive for this machine, games.

It should do fine on most older games, but don't venture too far into the present, I doubt its ability to play the three biggest (Half Life 2, Doom 3, and Far Cry) and Splinter Cell: CT. I suppose you could get by on 800x600. Although I myself don't play those types of games often, CS 1.6 (and other HL1 mods) and RTS (like Age of Empires 2 and Warcraft 3) are the games that you should expect to be playing enjoyably.