New to pc gaming is this pc ok to start with?

[speed_ga]

Ok I have been playing consoles for a while now and I want to get into pc gaming. I bought this computer and just wondering what I should upgrade & what it's faults are? And playing it stock as it is now would it stack up ok?
heres the specs:

it's a Velocity Micro DualX T1125
PROCESSOR
• AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 3.8GHZ

MAINBOARD
• Asus A8N SLI-ready
RAM
• 1 GB PC-3200 DDR400 SDRAM installed
• Low-latency

STORAGE CONTROLLER
• Serial ATA-150 - Integrated

STORAGE CONTROLLER (2ND)
• IDE - Integrated

STORAGE
• 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy
• 1 x 250 GB - Standard - Serial ATA-150 - 7200 rpm HDD

OPTICAL STORAGE
• DVD±RW - IDE
OPTICAL STORAGE (2ND)
• DVD-ROM
• 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD)

GRAPHICS CONTROLLER
• nVidia GeForce 7900GT
• PCI Express x16 - Plug-in card
• 256 MB Video Memory
• Digital Visual Interface (DVI)

AUDIO OUTPUT
• Sound card - Integrated
• High Definition Stereo Audio

NETWORKING
• Network adapter - Integrated
• Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
• WfM 2.0, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3ab

EXPANSION / CONNECTIVITY
• 4 x Front accessible - 5.25" x 1/2H, 2 x Front accessible - 3.5" x 1/3H
• 4 x Memory - DIMM 240-pin, 1 x Processor, 1 x PCI Express x16
• 4 x Display / video - DVI-Analog/Digital), 8 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB
Type A ( 2 in front), 1 x Serial - RS-232 - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9)), 1 x Parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25)), 1 x Keyboard - Generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)), 1 x Mouse - Generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)), 1 x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45), 1 x Audio - Line-in - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm), 1 x Audio - Line-out - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm), 1 x Microphone - Input - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm), 1 x Headphones - Output - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm), 1 x Microphone - Input - Mini-phone 3.5 mm), 2 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ( 1 in front)

POWER
• 500 Watt Power Supply

OPERATING SYSTEM / SOFTWARE
• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
• Drivers & Utilities, Nero Digital Creation Suite, Intel Audio Suite

MANUFACTURER WARRANTY
• Service & support type
• 1 year warranty
• Service & Support Details
• Limited warranty

if this is the wrong forum please direct me to the correct forum. I am new here.

 

[Peter.Cort]

STORAGE
• 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy

Whats that?

but yea, that should be fine for gaming, and if you ever get around to it and have the money but don't want to get a new cpu set up and mobo, get another 7900 GT and SLI them.

 

[speed_ga]

haha yeah the good ol floppy drive yeah i have read that when you sli it makes a good bit of difference. thanks for the quick response.

 

[Peter.Cort]

no prob. I am what they call "one with no life"
I'm a forum troll with the goal to help

and welcome to Tech-Forums.net

 

[lancec2c30]

It should be fine.... But I don't think the 3800 plus comes stock at 3.8ghz......