is this good specifcations for a gaming desktops.?

Question

its from hp and here are the specifcations a and is there anything you could recomend.
Processor
Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q6600 (2.40 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz Front Side Bus, Quad-core, Intel® 64-bit), Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology, Intel® Virtualization Technology

Hard drive
640GB 7200RPM Serial ATA hard drive





CD/DVD drive
Drive 1:SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology 16x DVD±R,8x DVD+RW,6x DVD-RW,8x DVD+R DL,8x DVD-R DL,12x DVD-RAM,16x DVD-ROM,40x CDR,32x CDRW,40x CD-ROM. Drive 2:HD DVD Player for HD movies 2.4x HD DVD-ROM, 5x DVD-ROM, 15xCD-ROM.





Memory
3072MB PC2 DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB 2x512MB)





Modem/network card
56k modem, Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps network interface

Graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS graphics card with 256MB dedicated video memory, TV-out, DVI, and HDMI capabilities. Up to 1023MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows Vista

Answer 1

It looks like a powerful workstation but a lousy game machine. The video card is anemic (slow) for many current games. The quadcore would be usefu/fastl in symmetric multiprocessing, but in games, it will be mostly underutilized.

Core 2 Duo E6700 or Extreme X6800 paired w/ 8800GTX or Ultra would easily beat that Hp machine in ANY GAME, ANYTIME.

Answer 2

Thats a pretty crazy setup there. Look into getting an Asus motherboard or a Gigabyte motherboard to put it all into.

Answer 3

HOLY HELL!! yes that is up and beyond some alienward computers. This computer will last you the next 7 years for video games. Amazing computer specs!

Answer 4

try getting a better video. like a nvidia 8800, or an Amd/ATI 2900, other than that. it's fine

Answer 5

overkill if you ask me but i don't think there is a game or application that it won't run.
if you have the cash then go for it but a substantially lesser machine will run most anything you can throw at it. i'm pretty sure that NASA would envy you.