Good Computer to Get Me Ready?

Hey everyone, I am looking to buy a new computer and just need to know if the HP Pavilion m8407 is a good computer to start with. I will be upgrading it withing the future, probably starting with a better PSU and a graphics card. But here are some specs.

Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad processor Q6600, 2.4 GHz

Up to 1066 MHz front-side bus

8 MB L2 cache

4 GB (shared) DDR2 SDRAM PC2-6400 (4 x 1024 MB), upgradeable to 8 GB (4 x 2048 MB) (Should I add two more gigs?)

HP w2207h 22-in. flat panel TFT active-matrix display with BrightViewTM technology

Up to 1791 MB (shared) PCI ExpressTM x16 NVIDIA® GeForceTM 8500 GT (512 MB on board)

It comes with the HP w2207h 22-in. flat panel TFT active-matrix display monitor. It costs $1000. Could I do better? Or should I make one on my own from scratch?

Or there is this one for $700

HP Pavilion AMD Phenom 9500 Quad Core 2.2GHz

3 GB (shared) DDR2 SDRAM PC2-6400 (4 x 1024 MB), upgradeable to 8 GB (4 x 2048 MB) (Should I replace it and just go to 6)

720 GB 7200 rpm

Nvidia 8500 GT

At 1k i think even Dell offer an 8800GT, search around for a better deal.yoyo462001

That does include a 22" monitor.

it's made by HP so no, if you have to get one prebuilt go for a small company like cyberpower that dosn't make it's own partsmarkop2003

[QUOTE="markop2003"]it's made by HP so no, if you have to get one prebuilt go for a small company like cyberpower that dosn't make it's own partsyoyo462001

all i've heard from them are delivory issuees, that was just an example anyway, i don't know any other american companies which would do it for him at a resnoble price

all i've heard from them are delivory issuees, that was just an example anyway, i don't know any other american companies which would do it for him at a resnoble price

markop2003