Is this a good deal?

Irishwhistle · 04-06-2008, 08:25 PM

Someone has offered to sell me a self-built desktop for $45 dollars with these specs:

AMD Athlon 1GhZ
512MB RAM
Radeon 9250 Chipset RX9250-T128
8GB HD (I'll have to upgrade that)

Is it a good deal?

imsati · 04-06-2008, 08:37 PM

For under $50, if you could put it to use, I'd say go for it.

Irishwhistle · 04-06-2008, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by imsati

For under $50, if you could put it to use, I'd say go for it.

I sure could put it to use!

My current rig is junk (Intel Celeron, 246MB RAM 512 Max and a junky graphics card.) How good is the graphics card in that rig anyway... I get the idea that it's pretty sweet.

Irishwhistle · 04-06-2008, 09:06 PM

Oh, yeah, and how good is the processor? I've never used an athlon.

cohen · 04-06-2008, 10:20 PM

For that i would get it before this current PC i have now i had a CPU of 766MHZ, 512MB (originally 256MB and go more), Windows XP Home, it use to run really well!

Then my friend's computer died so i said have this one and have that him and he uses that for MSN and it flies along

But that is a really good for the $$$$.

deankenny · 04-06-2008, 11:42 PM

graphics card wont play any of the current games from about 2004-05 onwards, but yeh for $45 get it

Irishwhistle · 04-07-2008, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deankenny

graphics card wont play any of the current games from about 2004-05 onwards, but yeh for $45 get it

I'm not a gamer, so that's OK.

If only it had SSE2...

ramodkk · 04-07-2008, 02:32 AM

That's a perfect deal, go for it. The processor by itself would cost you around $25-35

Irishwhistle · 04-07-2008, 03:45 AM

I've found out that the CPU is Socket A... is there a good socket A CPU I can get if I want to upgrade?

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cohen Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 14 Posts: 8,166	For that i would get it before this current PC i have now i had a CPU of 766MHZ, 512MB (originally 256MB and go more), Windows XP Home, it use to run really well! Then my friend's computer died so i said have this one and have that him and he uses that for MSN and it flies along But that is a really good for the $$$$. __________________ My Website Forum Site JOIN NOW! Desktop / Laptop Motherboard: Asus M2N X SE / Unknown CPU: AMD 4000+ 2.1GHZ x 2 / Intel Pentium M 1.60GHZ Ram: 2GB Transcend / 512MB Hard Drive: 320GB / 60GB Video Card: Both Intergrated Monitor: 19" Benq / 15.4" OS: Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 / Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3

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