Should I buy this system for $300? Help me out

Intel Pentium D E2220 2.4 GHz (never overclocked),
2 gb G.Skill DDR2-800 Ram,
MSI factory modified motherboard - P6N-SLI Platinum (sli capability is disabled on this board, board BIOS is made by Fujitsu-Siemens and does not have overclocking capabilities).
Nvidia XFX 8800GT,
OCZ StealthXtream 600W Power supply,
Western Digital 250GB Hard Drive,
Antec 900 case (has some scratching on side panel),
Asus DVD-ROM (not dvd-rw),

I currently have a P4 3.0 GHz with HT (DELL) and my friend says that a pentium D will be basically be the same as a P4, is this correct?

I want to know if I should buy this for $300 since I'm on a tight budget anyways or wait like another 2 years for Core 2 Quads / i7s to be cheaper

I can always swap out that CPU also since i think it's a LGA775

hell anything is better than my current rig with AGP, yes AGP graphics (radeon 9250, YEAH)

Let me know, thanks

So I'm assuming that Pentium D is actually a bit better than P4 and that my friend is wrong?

So I'm assuming that Pentium D is actually a bit better than P4 and that my friend is wrong?

StaRzeG

yes indeed.Pentium D is faster than P4 but is moorrree HOT than P4.At idle,P4 at around 30'C, P4-D idling at 50'C.Also,Pentium D have a greater TDP than P4.Some synthetic benchmark show Pentium D 2,66Ghz overpass Pentium 4 3 Ghz easily.

So I'm assuming that Pentium D is actually a bit better than P4 and that my friend is wrong?

StaRzeG

Its not actually a Pentium D in that rig, its a Pentium Dual Core. Not much difference in name but the performance is much better.