[Answered] Is this PC a good buy?

dustin · 10-11-2005

I'm getting it off of IBuyPower.com for $657. I want to know if I'm getting my money's worth, and if it will even be a good PC for gaming? Thanks for any help.

Case (Raidmax 268 ATX Mid-Tower Case w/350W Power Supply Black)

Power Supply (Standard Case Power Supply)

Processor ([939-pin] AMD? Athlon-64 3000+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology)

Processor Cooling (Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink)

Motherboard (MSI K8N Neo4-F nForce4 Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0 PCI-E Motherboard)

Memory (512MB DDR-400 PC3200 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand)

Video Card ([PCI-Express 16x] Nvidia Geforce 6200 with TurboCache Supporting 256MB w/DVI + TV Out Video)

Hard Drive ([Special !!!] 160 GB HARD DRIVES Western Digital 160 GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA-100 2MB Cache Hard Drive)

CD/DVD Drive (56x CD-ROM Drive black)

Sound Card (3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard)

Speaker System (600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System)

Network Card (10/100 Network Onboard)

USB 2.0 Accessories (Build-in USB 2.0 Ports)

Operation System (MS Windows XP Home Edition w/Service Pack-2)

MadGamer · 10-11-2005

Hey Dustin, welcome to PC Help Forum, this looks a good system to by, although as i stated in the PM that i sent you, i would advise putting another 512MB of RAM in there. You will see an improvement on the speed of the system amongst other things!

merlin · 10-11-2005

Yes I would suggest another 512 eventually. 512 megs will play all games now, but soon will not.

Power Supply (Standard Case Power Supply) As long as the power supply is a raidmax should be OK

other than that looks pretty descent for a gaming PC for 657 bucks. You could build it probably for about 100.00 less, but if ya don't know how to build em I'd buy it.

And also notice it does not have a cd-burner or dvd-rom. games are going to be coming out on dvd-rom soon (again) so think ahead with that.

10-11-2005	#1
dustin New Poster Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	[Answered] Is this PC a good buy? I'm getting it off of IBuyPower.com for $657. I want to know if I'm getting my money's worth, and if it will even be a good PC for gaming? Thanks for any help. Case (Raidmax 268 ATX Mid-Tower Case w/350W Power Supply Black) Power Supply (Standard Case Power Supply) Processor ([939-pin] AMD? Athlon-64 3000+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology) Processor Cooling (Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink) Motherboard (MSI K8N Neo4-F nForce4 Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0 PCI-E Motherboard) Memory (512MB DDR-400 PC3200 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand) Video Card ([PCI-Express 16x] Nvidia Geforce 6200 with TurboCache Supporting 256MB w/DVI + TV Out Video) Hard Drive ([Special !!!] 160 GB HARD DRIVES Western Digital 160 GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA-100 2MB Cache Hard Drive) CD/DVD Drive (56x CD-ROM Drive black) Sound Card (3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard) Speaker System (600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System) Network Card (10/100 Network Onboard) USB 2.0 Accessories (Build-in USB 2.0 Ports) Operation System (MS Windows XP Home Edition w/Service Pack-2)

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MadGamer PCHF VIP Join Date: May 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,338 PC Experience: Experienced	Hey Dustin, welcome to PC Help Forum, this looks a good system to by, although as i stated in the PM that i sent you, i would advise putting another 512MB of RAM in there. You will see an improvement on the speed of the system amongst other things! __________________ [center][u]Members Picture Gallery Firefox Tweaks Anti Virus Tools Anti Spyware Tools Pre Work After Work

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merlin Trusted Security Analyst Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 2,891 PC Experience: Comnputers Fear Me..	Yes I would suggest another 512 eventually. 512 megs will play all games now, but soon will not. Power Supply (Standard Case Power Supply) As long as the power supply is a raidmax should be OK other than that looks pretty descent for a gaming PC for 657 bucks. You could build it probably for about 100.00 less, but if ya don't know how to build em I'd buy it. And also notice it does not have a cd-burner or dvd-rom. games are going to be coming out on dvd-rom soon (again) so think ahead with that. __________________ UBCD...SpeedFan...PreWork...AfterWork...NukeDisk...Free Online Virus Scanner...Cpu-Z

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