Hi DurgeDriven
thank you for advice, im not 100% sure of what power supply it is as i dont own that system, but have seen one for sale for just under £200, here are the auctul full details of it:
Source of Information : The HP Website
Processor
Processor family
Intel Core 2 Duo
L2 Cache 12 MB
Processor front side bus 1333 MHz
Processor Model Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.00GHz
Chipset Intel® X38 Express
Number of processors installed 1 pcs
Processor Clock Speed 3.00 GHz
Disk drive
Hard disk controller
Integrated 6 channel SATA 3 Gb/s NCQ controller with RAID capability, optional 4 channel SAS controller with RAID capability
Hard disk rotational speed 7200 - 15000 RPM
Video
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500
Audio
Audio System
Integrated High Definition audio with Jack Retasking capability, optional PCI Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Memory
Memory Clock Speed
800 MHz
Memory layout 4x 2048 MB
ECC Y
Maximum internal memory 8 GB
Memory slots 4 DIMM
Memory upgrade 8 GB
Internal memory type DDR2
Internal memory 8GB
Connectivity
I/O ports
Front: headphone, microphone, 2 USB 2.0 and 1 optional IEEE 1394A; Rear: 7 USB 2.0, 1 external SATA, 1 standard serial port, 1 parallel port, 2 PS/2 keyboard and mouse, 1 RJ-45 to integrated Gigabit LAN, audio In, audio Out, microphone; 2 USB 2.0 (internal)
Networking
Networking features
Integrated Broadcom 5755 Netxtreme Gigabit PCIe LAN, optional Broadcom 5751 Netxtreme Gigabit PCIe
Optical Drive
Optical drive type
DVD-ROM
Keyboard
Keyboard type
HP Standard (USB, PS/2)
Connectivity
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
1
Microphone, line-in jack Y
Speaker/ headphone/ line-out jack 1
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity 1
USB 2.0 ports quantity 9
PS/2 ports quantity 2
Serial ports quantity 1
Parallel ports quantity 1
Weight & dimensions
Weight
19000 g
Dimensions W x D x H 16.8 x 45.6 x 45.0 cm mm
Power supply 475 W
or maybe if this system was not that great, would something like this be better:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHZ
ATI HD 5570, 1GB, DVI, VGA and HDMI out
3 GB DDR2 System Ram
500 GB Hard Drive
Dual Layer DVD R/W Drive
On Board Network 10/100/1000
On Board HD surround Sound Card
Multi card reader
6 USB ports (2 Front, 4 Rear)
1 Firewire
1 E-Sata port
550W PSU
Windows Vista Home premium
this pc costs £240.00, what one would you recommend ? (i only have been looking @ these pc's as they seem like a good price, plus i only have £250.00, also are Xeon dual core pc any good for racing sims ?
thanks again.