New PC

NewApproach

I need a new PC at home, the one I'm running now is well past it.

I was just looking through the Dell site, and came up with this spec. Is it adequate? The computer is used regularly in the house, for internet and games mostly.

Another thought I had is that on the current computer, it connects to the broadband automatically when I turn on the computer. However, the Eircom man set this up. Would it be easy to set up again?

The Spec:
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E4300 Processor (1.8GHz,800MHz,2MB cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic - English edit
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support edit
MONITOR Dell™ 19" Value Wide Flat Panel (E198WFP) - UK/Irish edit
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] edit
HARD DRIVE 320GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA/100 Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cache edit
GRAPHICS CARD 256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro PCI Express graphics card edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives edit
KEYBOARD Dell™ Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY) edit
MOUSE Dell™ 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black edit
Services & Software
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support edit
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee® Security Centre™ 8.0 - 24 Month Protection - English edit
Accessories
SOUND SOFTWARE Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio edit
SPEAKERS No Speakers edit
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES 13-in-1 Media Card Reader edit
MODEMS No Modem edit
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English edit
Also included with your system
Dell System Media Kit Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
Shipping Documents English Documentation with UK/Irish Power Cord
Gedis Bundle Reference List D07V02 Vostro 200
Order Information Vostro Desktop Order - Ireland
Standard Warranty Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support
Online Promotion Option for GEDIS Configs Dell Internet Order.

This comes in at €489 ex VAT. Is this good?

Thanks for your thoughts in advance, I am a relative novice with computers and as you can see this is my first post!

Thanks

mach1982

If your are only going to use it for games and surfing the net then it looks fime, and connecting up the broadband, it is just matter of connecting the the modem to the computer.

Ruu_Old

That will be plenty for what you use it for.

NewApproach

Thanks guys, I think I'll go with this so.

However if it is not too much more to get the same spec on a laptop, that may be an idea.
The mobility would be handy