I am not good at computers what so ever. I talked this person down to $500 (includes cpu desk). I figure it will need to be upgraded but not sure what, hopefully I can do it myself.
The bottom line is I play WoW and BF2 on top of having about 1000 songs and short movies. So here are the specs..
Acer AL2223W 22 inch WIDESCREEN lcd monitor
Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard
dual-core AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 runs at 3.0 GHz PER core
Maxtor 160GB SATA hard drive, 2 x 512 PC6400 memory (1GB total)running in dual channel
PHILIPS 20X DVD±R DL DVD Burner
Logitech cordless keyboard and cordless optical mouse
2.1 Cyber Accoustic speakers with subwoofer
ATI X300 PCI Express x16 video card w/TV, DVI & VGA
The case is powered by a 450 watt power supply. The case has 2 front USB 2.0 ports, audio in/out ports and a firewire IEEE 1394 port
The seller said he spent over $1250
Thanks in advance for the input!
2007-11-29 06:02:30 · 8 answers · asked by jonathanrovillard 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Thanks for the info so far guys! This will be coming installed with XP.
2007-11-29 06:28:59 · update #1
WOW CDD THX!!
2007-11-29 08:40:37 · update #2
i think its good deal
2007-11-29 06:06:35 · answer #1 · answered by hot7wheels 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is an awesome deal like no other.
Since you are in to gaming, the only thing I would upgrade is the video card. The X300 is a bit on the low end. Here are the specs:
http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx300/specs.html
The X300 only has 4 pixel pipelines, 128-bit, and DDR1.
I would recommend a video card with atleast 12 pixel pipelines, 256-bit, and DDR3 to experience the most out of your games.
I was suprised that you got such a powerful system with such a weak video card but a great deal nonetheless.
If you want to know how your system will perform with these games, the run this on the pc and you will know the results in just a few seconds. I use this prior to buying any video games for my pc.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
Select your game (s) and click "Can I Run It" and you will have all your answers including where your video card performance stands.
Have fun and let me know if I can be of further assistance.
2007-11-29 15:45:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats maybe a year old computer. And to get that at half price isn't bad at all. (The Monitor is probably worth at least 250).
The only thing is the RAM is a little on the low side (two 512?) another stick of ram would be like $30 but there really isn't that big of rush (if you stay on XP)
The graphic card is a little old, and I'm wondering if it is just onboard graphics, but you would only need a better graphic card if you plan on playing games. you would spend another $200 for that at least.
160 GB is fine for a hard drive. Once you star to get close to using up 100gb then maybe buy another 160 or so.
2007-11-29 14:13:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a good system to me. You might need 1 more GB ram and a better video card if you play games a lot. Try Pricewatch.com.
2007-11-29 14:11:14 · answer #4 · answered by Nemo the geek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the first thing I'd do is check on A RAM upgrade...should be capable of up to 4 gig expansion I think, for online gaming I think I'd want at least 2 gig...might want to check the specs. on the graphics card as well.
good luck
2007-11-29 14:09:35 · answer #5 · answered by Delfin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be good to go.
If you have any speed problems, in addition to those suggestions about ram, consider a really good graphics card.
lvl up!
2007-11-29 14:13:12 · answer #6 · answered by Larry W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't get Vista..ur computer will be very slow. More RAM would be nice, and a bigger hard drive.
2007-11-29 14:07:54 · answer #7 · answered by Daniel B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more RAM, bigger hard drive, and buy an Nvidia video card.
2007-11-29 14:11:03 · answer #8 · answered by Maverick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋