New TV or a new computer?

[Gallente]

I was planning on buying a new computer, however the thought crossed my mind to buy an HDTV and the 3 home consoles instead.

The cost of the TV and 3 consoles would end up being a bit more, however I wouldn't have to upgrade so I figure it'll come out about even.

Here's the computer I would purchase If I decided to go with it.

Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS

Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, TUV, CB, FCC CLASS B, CUL

Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive

ViewSonic VX922 Black/Silver 19" 2ms gray-to-gray (avg.); 2ms white-black-white (typ) LCD Monitor 270 cd/m2 650:1 0.294mm Pixel Pitch

NEC Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE 16X DVD±R DVD Burner

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz HT 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor

eVGA 256-P2-N563-AX Geforce 7900GT CO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory

Logitech X-530 70 Watts 5.1 Speaker



The TV I was looking at.

Panasonic TH-42PHD8UK Black 42" 16:9 Professional Series HD Plasma Display

And the 3 consoles, of course.



Now, a couple questions:

Are Plasma TVs good for gaming?

Does anyone have any experience with that specific television?

What would you, personally, do?

 

[Wolfy]

Pffft. Who needs tv when you have a pc.

Consoles are shyte anyway.

 

[Gallente]

My main concern is the fact I'll have to upgrade the PC.

Games seem to be advancing fast, and with DX10 cards coming out, as well as the PhysX processor I'm worried I'll be spending too much on a computer. 🙁

 

[Reyclaw]

My main concern is the fact I'll have to upgrade the PC.

Games seem to be advancing fast, and with DX10 cards coming out, as well as the PhysX processor I'm worried I'll be spending too much on a computer. Sad

Good point. Unless their is a game out currently you just have to play I would wait awhile before buyin the new comp.

 

[tenaciousleydead]

you should be worried about the consoles not the comp, the consoles are easily 5? years old, if you were to get a console id go for a ps3 or nintendo revolution. you really dont need a hdtv for a console that runs what 400somthing by 547? resolution on a 1024x768 tv. Good Luck.

 

[sandmannight]

I would go computer and watch T.V on it