New computer specs...is this good?

[Etats360]

Here's the new computer I am about to order. I currently have a Samsung 20" 204B, and planning on getting a 30" eventually (3007WFP or 305T, which one's better?) for a dual monitor setup. I need this computer to run basic work/school stuff. I also plan on 8-10 tabling on stars, FTP and UB, and using all the accessory programs at the same time(PT holdem, PT omaha, PAHUD, some AHKs)

My Components
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6550 (4MB L2 Cache,2.33GHz,1333 FSB)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium

MONITOR No Monitor

MEMORY 3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs

HARD DRIVE 320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™

OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive

VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT-DDR3
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse

FLOPPY & MEDIA READER Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Reader

MODEM & WIRELESS 56K PCI Data Fax Modem

My Software & Accessories
PRINTER Dell AIO 926 - Includes Media Card Reader

SERVICE & SUPPORT 1Yr Ltd. Warranty, 1 yr HW Warranty Support, 1 yr Advance Exchange

DELL 926 PRINTER Dell All-In-One Printer 926
SPEAKERS Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer edit
ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE No Security Subscription (30-day trial) edit
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OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007


Is this sufficient? How annoying is Vista for poker? Is this graphics card enough for the aforementioned monitors? This costs $1097 with a coupon, I don't want to spend too much more. Also, is the free AVG anti virus software sufficient protection? Thanks a lot, guys.

[splashpot]

3GB RAM - 4 DIMMs? 1gb,1gb,512mb,512mb? Seems kinda weird. I'd get the minimum RAM Dell will allow, and order additional RAM separately. Also, I'm not exactly sure how big of a difference there is between 667MHz RAM and 800MHz RAM, but I'd look into it if I were you.

[funkyworms]

It's dual channel RAM so each DIMM has to have a twin. You're probably not going to notice a difference in RAM speeds unless you're gaming, and maybe not even then.

Pass on McAfee and Office. Use open-source or free software instead.

I think Vista has problems with pahud. Maybe some Vista users can clarify that here.

[Beavis68]

you dont need more than 2GB, get that and add a gig later if you feel you are memory constrained, but I think you will see you have plenty to spare.

[Josem]

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I think Vista has problems with pahud. Maybe some Vista users can clarify that here.

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pahud works fine on my vista machine.

[boggs]

You overpaid bigtime. I spent $800 on the parts, and have a computer 2-3x better than yours. I'm a big gamer too, so I'm well rounded in the graphics/processor/ram aspect of the computer.. which is basically the whole majority of it.