Quote Originally Posted by lgbpop
A decent computer system is balanced in the sense that calculations are processed and displayed as quickly as possible. A dual-core processor and motherboard combo will process way more calculations than a single-core; having a SATA hard drive helps reduce seek time for data on the hard drive; and fast RAM allows for fast processing turnaround time. What will happen is you have all this nice, new, fast hardware trying to cram all those results thru a slow vidcard to your monitor. Four pixel pipelines (as opposed to 24 or 32 in a later-design card) will seriously slow down the computer's ability to make the results visible via your monitor, especially with gaming or graphics design.

Why pay for the C2D 6420 if you don't plan to get the most you can out of it? With that card, it will perform about as well as a Northwood P4.
Thanks for the reply. Please suggest me a better card than the one I have listed but not as expensive as the one you have recommended. SOmething that's in the middle considering the fact that I don't play resource intensive games.