Advice on a used computer

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elitejp

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Im looking at buying a used computer that is around a year old.
these are the specs:

Processor: Intel Core Quad Extreme QX6700 (2.66GHz)
Motherboard: Intel D975XBX2KR Bad Axe 2
Memory: 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800MHz
Video card: EVGA NVIDIA 256MB 8600GT (PCI Express)
Wireless: Dynex 802.11 b/g PCI Card
CD-ROM Drive 1: Lite On 16x DVD Burner w/Lightscribe
CD-ROM Drive 2: Lite On 16x DVD Burner w/Lightscribe
Media Card Reader: 8 in 1 Media Card Reader
Hard Drive 1: 160GB 7200RPM Western Digital
Hard Drive 2: 320GB 7200RPM Western Digital Hard Drive
Power Supply: 500 Watt Velocity Micro PSU

It also comes with vista which I already have on my other computer. So thats not really a selling point to me. However the cpu looks like an awesome cpu! But Im not too sure about the mobo and the video card. Both seem to be a little outdated. And seeing this is a used computer and some of the parts dont seem to be newer tech I dont want to be in the position of needing or wanting to change parts out and then finding out that i couldve saved money or been better off just buiding it myself.

What do you think a setup like this is worth? The guy wants $500. Do you think this is worthwhile or would I be better off building my own?
 
I think $500 is a fair deal.
Although the motherboard and video card is a bit out of date, you could not build a $500 machine to meet the performance.
However, I do suggest you spend $120 for a GTS 250 or 4850.
 
thanks. Thats a bit of what i was thinking.
So it does seem that both the video card and the mobo need to be upgraded.
Maybe if he goes lower in price it would be a good deal, otherwise the price of adding a new video card and mobo might not make this too worthwhile.
 
You won't be able to build this system for $500.00 when the Extreme
series CPU's are all around $1000.00

Granted, it's an older model, and not as fast as the newer ones, but
for that price, you could spend another couple hundred bucks for a
more modern board and RAM.

The 8600 is definitely no benchmarker, but you could play most games
with it. Heck, you could drop another buck twenty for a GTS250 and
still be ahead of what a new build would cost.

To me, it's a good deal.
 
so you think that this setup is still a good bang for the buck. I didnt want to spend an extra 200-300 dollars doing upgrades and then finding out I could have done better by building a system for $800. I hope that made sense.
 
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