Rate this desktop please, Compare it to my old one.

[NL__Fool]

Can someone tell me how good of a system this is? I called my local computer store and this is the specs they gave me and the price they gave me. I am a computer newb and I have no idea if this is a good, bad or so-so system.

I told them I wanted a decent gaming machine. I realize I could spend $3-4K and get a TOP of the line system but there really isn't any point in spending that kind of cash to get a 10% performance boost. IS there?

Anyways here is the system

A Dual Core E21-60 with a 945 chipset
2 -1 gig sticks of 667 DDR ram
250 gig 7,200 RPM sata seagate hard drive
Light Scribe DVD writer
Nvida 8600 GTS video card.

I forgot to ask what the soundcard was.

The price quoted was $619 + tax.

This seemed kind of cheap to me and made me wonder if the system was any good?

My old system is a P4 3.00GHz with hyper threading technology, with 2 gigs ram and a Nvidea 6800 GTS video card


I haven't looked at or bought a new computer in about 3 years and every computer I have ever bought cost me about $2,500

Have prices dropped or is this a bottom of the barrell system?