Well we all know that you cant be serious about asking if it runs or not. Core 2 duo is the way to go. But graphic cards is the most important in games. And of what ive heard the favourite CPU for gamers is E6600. Slightly more expensive but its practicly the same CPU as E6800 Extreme which cost alot more. Its about 100 dollar more if i remember correctly and well worth the 100 extra (compared to your), oh and the HD is not that fast... A 10 000 RPM Raptor disc is the way to go...
My system is not top of the line and i bought my AMD when core 2 duo didnt exist.
K8N- SLI platinum
X2 4200+ OC running 2,4 GHZ
1 GB ram
1x Raptor 74 GB (OS disc)
7900 GT (470 MHZ can easily be overklocked running stable to over 700 MHZ, has a friend who done it for months. When i have a need i will do it.. Easy volt mod, that can be removed= no solder and probably beats your card when running at 700 MHZ ...) (Edit
http://www.pureoverclock.com/review.php?id=635&page=6 mine at 660 MHZ is slightly slower, but add another 40-50 MHZ and its almost equally as fast card. Which is absolutely something that will run stable, a friend has done it on two different card with good results both times. I paid 299 dollars for 4 months ago for the card..)
2x200 GB Maxtor + 1x 250 GB maxtor (storage)
Everything works fine, upgrading to core 2 duo would cost about 500 dollar to be worth it, and i dont have the need yet. Yeah im in the sandbox. I sort of think you deserve it and you might be able to learn something. The HD is a weak point if you want a system running fast. Slow disks are good for storage but as OS and game install disc you should have a fast disc. For the moment that means raptor discs.
