hardware?!?!?

[Soukyuu]

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.3GHz
8GB
Hard Drive
1TB
Optical Drive 1
24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Graphics
Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 1GB
Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply
700W
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Memory Speed
DDR3 1333
Memory Spec
4GB x 2
Memory Slot (Total)
2

Depends on the price. Also, I don't like that AMD CPU. I have one myself and I'm regretting not having bought Intel instead. The reason is simple; yes, the CPU is cheaper, but it gets hot easily, getting over it's temp limit with a boxed cooler. So you have to spend more on an aftermarket one - and a big one at that, which possibly won't fit into your case anymore -> new case needed. Another point to think about is power consumption, AMD CPUs are hot AND power hungry, which makes the more expensive in the long run.

The mainboard matters a lot, too. If what you list is a pre-built system, then chances are they are going to save money on the mobo, potentially crippling your system. As an example, my AMD board has a SB750 chipset, once i turn that one on, my windows boot takes me 30 seconds more to complete.

For some reason MSAA needs to be set to none. My laptop has DoF on textures and shadows on high but and the other on standard (8). Basically ambient needs to be off and in some cases MSAA as well.

My MSAA is @ 4x and I've got no performance issues with a 260GTX, which is an older card

[PrettyPrincess]

Depends on the price. Also, I don't like that AMD CPU. I have one myself and I'm regretting not having bought Intel instead. The reason is simple; yes, the CPU is cheaper, but it gets hot easily, getting over it's temp limit with a boxed cooler. So you have to spend more on an aftermarket one - and a big one at that, which possibly won't fit into your case anymore -> new case needed. Another point to think about is power consumption, AMD CPUs are hot AND power hungry, which makes the more expensive in the long run.

The mainboard matters a lot, too. If what you list is a pre-built system, then chances are they are going to save money on the mobo, potentially crippling your system. As an example, my AMD board has a SB750 chipset, once i turn that one on, my windows boot takes me 30 seconds more to complete.

My MSAA is @ 4x and I've got no performance issues with a 260GTX, which is an older card

In that case she would just need to get this then
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103065

It is a wonderful heatsink. I overclocked a phenom II x4 from 3.4 to 3.6 ghz and it runs a wonderful 48c :3