I just bought I gaming computer on ebay. I pay about $500 including shipping. I am not sure am I am paying too much for this computer? Is it good enough to play games? Is it worth. Let me know so I can have the chance to returns it. Thanks. here are the specs:
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 550 3.40GHz 800MHz 1MB Socket 775 CPU
CPU Fan: Foxconn CMI-775-14B Socket 775 Heat Sink and Fan
Motherboard: Asus P5LD2 LGA 775 Motherboard RAID/Sound/Net 945P Dual Core
Memory: G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel (Up to 4GB supported)
Optical Drives: SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD +/- RW DL
Hard Drive: 250GB Maxtor Sata Maxline Plus II 8MB Cache
Floppy Drive/Card Reader: Not Included
Graphics Card (SLI): MSI NX 6600GT 128MB DDR3 TV-OUT (Core Speed 500MHz, Ram Speed 1000MHz)
Sound: Realtek ALC882 8-ch High-Definition Audio CODEC (onboard)
Network: Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E Gb LAN controller 10/100/1000 Mb/s (Ethernet, cable or DSL)
Case: XMan 11-Bay 20+4-Pin ATX Window Case w/480W PSU
2007-10-24 13:42:06 · 5 answers · asked by nga_t_truong 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
You're paying too much - a Pentium 4 for gaming? Today? No. Not even close. And the graphics card is two generations old. Get a decent dual core processor, (Athlon X2 or Core 2 duo) and an Nvidia 7900, 8600, or 8800 for decent gaming.
2007-10-24 13:48:14 · answer #1 · answered by Spartacus! 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Thats a really nice board. I have one in one of my XP rigs. Has Raid chipset, 1gig LAN, will run 3.0 hard drives etc. Really stable too. If you have a revision 2 board you can run core 2 duo cpus with a bios flash too. 2 GBs of DDR2 800 is nice also.
Regardless of what some may say a 3.4 Pentium 4 is no slouch in gaming either and, since most games are single threaded now it will dust a lot of dual cores running current single threaded games cuz the dual cores will be runnig one thread on one core while the other does nothing. I'd ask Santa Claus for a new graphics card thou. If you have XP something like a 1950Pro or X1900XTX or a 640MB 8800GTS if you have Vista. That 480-watt PSU has enough watts but make sure it has enough amps on its +12V rails too before you buy a bigger card. The new cards are coming out next month and the 8800GTS is already coming down in price and you'll be able to get some sweet deals on video cards by thanksgiving. Enjoy your new rig.
2007-10-24 21:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by s j 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Processor and graphics card are quite outdated and not that strong for gaming. Motherboard and RAM are up to date and will work great with Core 2 Duo. Other components are also quite up to date.
For me, the value of that machine is about $400. My upgrade plan would be graphics card first, say an ATI HD2600XT or 8600GTS. Next would be processor, perhaps E2160 or E4400 then overclock it to 2.6Ghz or higher.
2007-10-24 21:06:26 · answer #3 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it was a decent buy
sounds like a good deal
good job
some things i would upgrade if i were you is..
1. graphics card (GeForce 6600GT isnt that good)
2. harddrive 250Gb can be increased (hdds are cheap anyways)
3. Processor (Dual core is the way to go!)
2007-10-24 20:48:23 · answer #4 · answered by mongoosethegod 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are happy with it, then it is best for you.
all the parts can be upgraded as needed later (and if faster is important to you then by Christmas there will be faster stuff available - it never tops) then just enjoy it and learn how to keep it up to date!
2007-10-24 20:46:22 · answer #5 · answered by Barry C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋