I Just got a new computer and was wondering what you guys think about the specs. Personally i think its amazing considering it only cost $450 and its blazing fast. The only issues is that it didn't come with an internet adapter so i'm using a USB one, and the OS keeps hanging for some reason and i have no idea why. 

For $450, yeah... that's a good deal man. Specs are pretty decent.

specs are decent, that's a tower pc right?

Actually it was everything. It came with a huge monitor that takes half of my desk that looks absolutely beautiful. I can't tell you guys how good it is to run games at around 60FPS on World at War, though for some reason Left 4 Dead 2 drops to 15 FPS in some areas.

though for some reason Left 4 Dead 2 drops to 15 FPS in some areas.

I have issues running L4D2 at times also despite being WAY above the recommended specs!? Strange thing is... all the custom maps I have play perfectly fine.

You could possibly try a different graphics driver. Helps in most of these cases.

i've never seen that graphics card in my life tho, but i can tell you that being the third digit "3" it means youll soon have to upgrade your GPU if you want to play more modenr games

though for some reason Left 4 Dead 2 drops to 15 FPS in some areas.

That would be because the ATI Radeon™ HD 7530 Graphics Card in it is not up to modern gaming spec at all. You'd have to crank L4D2 down to the lowest settings to even get a playable framerate on that card, and even then it wouldn't be consistent.

The rest of the computer was a good deal but I suggest buying a gaming graphics card as soon as possible.

The 7530 isn't even in the benchmarking database which means it wasn't even worth benchmarking. It's basically the equivalent performance of a card you'd pick up for $40 at the local electronics shop, and according to the articles I've found on it it's intended for laptop use, not desktop gaming.

That would be because the ATI Radeon™ HD 7530 Graphics Card in it is not up to modern gaming spec at all. You'd have to crank L4D2 down to the lowest settings to even get a playable framerate on that card, and even then it wouldn't be consistent.

The rest of the computer was a good deal but I suggest buying a gaming graphics card as soon as possible.

The 7530 isn't even in the benchmarking database which means it wasn't even worth benchmarking. It's basically the equivalent performance of a card you'd pick up for $40 at the local electronics shop, and according to the articles I've found on it it's intended for laptop use, not desktop gaming.

Yeah, i wasn't sure about the graphics card to begin with, but i knew that the CPU and ram was pretty good. I saw an GTX 760 at Bestbuy, would that work?


also, would you happen to know why Windows keeps cache all my ram? cuz it think its why my OS keeps stuttering.

Yeah, i wasn't sure about the graphics card to begin with, but i knew that the CPU and ram was pretty good. I saw an GTX 760 at Bestbuy, would that work?

Yeah, the 760 is a good card.

also, would you happen to know why Windows keeps cache all my ram? cuz it think its why my OS keeps stuttering.

No, never had that problem.

Yeah, i wasn't sure about the graphics card to begin with, but i knew that the CPU and ram was pretty good. I saw an GTX 760 at Bestbuy, would that work?


also, would you happen to know why Windows keeps cache all my ram? cuz it think its why my OS keeps stuttering.

You should go into your startup menu through the 'msconfig' and see what is starting up when the OS boots up. There may be a few programs in there that are eating away at your ram.

I would recommend disabling all programs in there anyway.

You should go into your startup menu through the 'msconfig' and see what is starting up when the OS boots up. There may be a few programs in there that are eating away at your ram.

I would recommend disabling all programs in there anyway.

Yeah, that was one of the first things i did.

According to an article that i read, its because of a windows service that caches used programs so they can be instantly used later. I've disabled it but the issue still persists(though not nearly as bad).

My next suggestion would have been to clean up the registry but I am going to assume you got that one done also.

Nothing beats a clean install man.

My next suggestion would have been to clean up the registry but I am going to assume you got that one done also.

Nothing beats a clean install man.

CCleaner for the win.

The person who had it already did a factory reset.

Go to Control Panel - System - Advanced System Settings - Performance Settings in Advanced tab - Advanced tab - Under Virtual Memory, ensure that you're letting the system manage your pagefile's size.

Go to Control Panel - System - Advanced System Settings - Performance Settings in Advanced tab - Advanced tab - Under Virtual Memory, ensure that you're letting the system manage your pagefile's size.

I change that aswell. The pagesize was set like 4 GB under the recommended amount so i changed it.