Well as some of you have probably realized, I'm not very good at this computer malarkey, (letting my laptop try and boot from an UT2004 disc for weeks) although I thought I was compared to people around me in my everyday life. But as it turns out I'm about as well informed about my system (which I received as a gift from a friend that moved away) as a plank.
With a lot of recent system trouble and trouble getting even the smallest programs to run I've started to question my Laptop, though ti'm sure it's just me.
What I've been concerned with the most is pushing my poor little laptop too far, as I really don't know if this is an issue, I thought I'd get some advice from you brilliant people.
Firstly here's my system's specs, I've tried to look up the individual components online, but it's all just a lot of words I don't really understand.
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 2670QM @ 2.20GHz 61 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0XN71K (CPU) 64 °C
Graphics
- Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)
- 3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Device ID: 10DE-124D
Revision: A2
Subvendor: Dell (1028)
Current Performance Level: Level 2
Current GPU Clock: 202 MHz
Current Memory Clock: 324 MHz
Current Shader Clock: 405 MHz
Voltage: 0.820 V
Bus Interface: PCI Express x16
Temperature: 60 °C
Driver version: 9.18.13.4709
BIOS Version: 70.26.40.00.02
Physical Memory: 3071 MB
Virtual Memory: 3072 MB
Storage
698GB Western Digital WDC WD7500BPKT-75PK4T0 (SATA) 36 °C
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CT40N
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
Is this a decent gaming machine?
I'd like to know if what I have here is worth holding on to or should I maybe buy a more powerful system?
Also are there any known hardware/software issues with these components?
If these aren't very good, what components might be a better, but cost-effective alternative?
Any more information regarding this "set-up" would be hugely appreciated, as from what I can see at the moment, what I have is a laptop...
I'll happily answer any other question about it, if I can.
Thanks.