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If a gamer who has little knowledge about computers is browsing on Craigslist or eBay, would he buy this for $250? Listed as a gaming pc of course.

Core 2 Duo E6300
Oem board
Unknown 3 GB Ram
Antec vp 450
GTX 260 or something close
Windows xp
Cool case
160 GB hdd
 
Using brand new parts except the board CPU and some of the ram? And Hdd.
The board, CPU, 1 GB of the ram, and the Hdd cost $70. The other things cost $100.
 
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fully assembled, the age of the parts do not matter much. Take for example a laptop. Core 2, it is gong to max out at $125-$150, even if it is equipped with 4GB of brand new DDR2 and a right out if the box 256GB SSD. Mainly because the CPU and likely GPU are right at the end of life, and usefulness.
 
Make a big fuss about the graphics card and say it's fast and stuff, and make a point about the dual-core, and you might get about 200 possibly.
 
I see what your doing there, but it is not right to lie to the customers. It pretty much kills any idea of return business.

HD4870/GTX260/260c216/270 are long in the tooth now. I only play at 720p and OCd to 800MHz core and 1750MHz memory (iirc on memory), it is not able to max every game that I have. BF3 multiplayer just flat refuses to run on it with 32 man maps. Metro 2033 only does medium and not very well at that.
 
Yeah I wasn't suggesting lie to the customer, just make a big thing about the graphics card and say it's still pretty good for games and relatively fast.

If the CPU is an E4300, ummm... it's pretty low-end, so you can't really brag about that and make that sound good. :(

Really though, I reckon 150 is what you'd get.
 
saying the GPU is fast is lying to the customer. Or a play on words. Either way, its not good to claim a 4 generation old card is fast, no more than you could claim a 9800GX2 is a top end card.
 
INCLUDES A STATE OF THE ART ULTIMATE GAMING VIDEO CARD -- GTX 260

THIS WILL TAKE ANYTHING YOU THROW AT IT!!!! PLAYS ANY GAME!!! SUPER QUIET AND POWER EFFICIENT!!! YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER DEAL!!!!

Your standard ad.
 
Haha the first line was possibly true maybe about 4 years ago. :P

You should say the 260 can also be used as a heater, runs hot enough doesn't it? :D
 
The GTX 260 wolfe, is a reasonably fast card. Can play BF3 even, and Crysis 2 on medium, everything aviable, most on max.

How about this for $370?

Dell OEM Board
Core 2 Quad q9300
4 GB RAM
160 GB HDD
Cool case (Cooler Master HAF 912?)
GTX 260 or similar
Antec 450W
and a monitor with a line across the screen
 
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the c216 is not even going to be enough for max at 1080p on most games. It is only marginally better than a 4870, and mine is OCd to the maximum (150 ish MHz, since it is voltage locked), and it barely handles games at 720p. More than a few have to be turned down in resolution.

You might be able to do medium on BF3, but is it single player or multiplayer? 64 man maps? Resolution?

Don't lie to yourself. It is not reasonable fast. A GTX 460 kicks its ass and it is a slow card these days.
 
It is a reasonable card for the price. It isnt hard at all to find one for 50 bucks.I was playing at 1366x768.At 1080p, it can play most games.There are not very many games that are too taxing.At 1080, it might not play BF3, maybe on low, and it will play crysis 2 on low.Anyways, (i know dont yell at me) is gts 250 sli okay?
 
Its about the same as a 9800GX2, actually a little better. A 250 is a 9800 GTX+ rebranded.

Personally speaking, you would be better off with 1 GTS 450. DX11 is where it is.

And exactly. Your at 720p. Push it to 1080p and you will get 51% of the performance (more or less) no matter the game, unless your hitting a cap at 720p. Double the pixels and you will half the performance at the same settings otherwise. Ultra at 720 takes 1/2 of what ultra at 1080p takes. The 200 series is old, and will not push most newer games at 1080p resolution. The 4000 and 200 are hitting their edge at lower resolutions already.
 
Get one GTS 450 or GTX 460 over two 250s. Assuming you are buying the parts and then selling again?
 
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