Buying Gaming PC

[Duhcake]

Well, I have been looking for gaming pc for fair price that would run Newgen games like Gta IV Etc. I visited various stores around Finland, And my Budget would be 800 € Max. But this is what they offered me;

Processor: INTEL CORE 2 E8400 3.0GHZ
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q
Hard Disk: 500GB SATA 7200RPM
Memory: 4GB KINGSTON 800MHZ DDR2
Video Card: GF 9800GT PCIE 1GB DDR3 2XDVI/HDTV
Optical Station: DVDRW 22X
Sound Card: 8CHANNEL AUDIO SYSTEM
Hardware Card: 10/100/1000 ETHERNET LAN
Shell: ANTEC MIDITOWER ATX SONATA III 500W
Warranty: 2 Years

Price: 695 € ( Note: This was originally in Finnish so i had no idea what some of those thingys were in english, But i tried my best to translate them. ) So is this computer going to run Newgen games Like GTA IV & Crysis Etc. On atleast Medium settings?

 

[Gilles]

Does that come with an operating system?
I'd say it's worth it. That's about what I'm paying for mine.

Will you need that sound card though?

 

[Duhcake]

Yap, Windows visa home premium 32/64 Bit With installation and Update,
F-Secure Internet Security 2009 With installation and update, Burn-Hardware, Adobe Acrobat reader + Installation, Internet connection + ASDL-Modems installation, They Add 139 € To the price.

 

[Gilles]

That's included in the 695 €?

Again, do you need 8 Channel Audio?

 

[Duhcake]

I don't even know what it is... This is an package CPU that was included in an poster of Hardware-store...

 

[Gilles]

8 channel audio is for 7.1 surround sound. Unless you have a nice sound system, you don't need it.

 

[Duhcake]

But it isn't a bad thing if i have it? Because it seems that i can't make them change any of it's parts because they just sell Computers as an complete models ordered from some other store or so whatever, But i assume that it doesn't disable my sound system / Make it worse?

 

[Gilles]

It makes your sound better, but it's a waste if you don't have a 7.1 sound system. Most mobo have at least 5.1 anyways.

If you can't lower the price by removing it, then don't worry about it. That's a good deal I'd say.

 

[Samuraid]

8 channel audio is integrated into most computer motherboards these days. Unless the hardware listing explicitly says you will be getting a discrete sound card (like a Soundblaster X-Fi or Asus Xonar), then you are most likely getting the integrated audio.

 

[Gilles]

Huh, I thought most mobo only had 5.1. Shows you how much I know.

 

[Duhcake]

Right. Thanks for your help ;]