So I go to CompUSA....

[Tma20SC]

And I find out there's a 60-80% off sale. So i pick me up an:

Acer Aspire Desktop PC (Vista Home Premium 32bit)
Intel Core 2 Quad @ 2.40Ghz Q6600
HDD = 500Gb
Memory = 3gb
Graphics Card = ATI Radeon HD 2400 256mb
Mouse & Keyboard

All for only $420. Do you guys think it was a good buy or not. This is my first multi-core system so i dont know its potential as of yet.

 

[jimkonow]

amazing deal!!
usually a Q6600 goes for 270 itself!

 

[MBGraphics]

WOW, INCREDIBLE deal, if you dont want it yourself to use, you can just sell that sucker for maybe around 600 once that sale ends.

 

[dougland]

solid deal man. though i think we all dislike prebuilt computers, in this case its a good deal.

 

[Tma20SC]

ok thing is can i play Crysis, UT3 and Cod4 with that graphics card.

 

[fortyways]

solid deal man. though i think we all dislike prebuilt computers, in this case its a good deal.

I had an Acer, it didn't use any proprietary crap. He should be able to switch out the PSU and add a couple fans and be golden.

 

[ThatGuy16]

$420 would only buy the cpu, video card, and hard drive new, on say... newegg

Great deal

 

[reddevil6]

dam good deal.
are you going to buy a better vid card?

 

[Tma20SC]

dam good deal.
are you going to buy a better vid card?

If you ask me then i guess i need a better one. I was thinking about the
ATI Radeon HD 3000 series.

I'm going to install Crysis & COD4 (demos) today to see how it performs.

 

[tlarkin]

Run everest home edition on it and find out exactly what hardware parts are in there. It should ID the manufacturer and chipsets of your motherboard, video card, so on and so forth.

Good deal though IMO, and that processor is worth half of what that cost and there is no such thing as a generic intel processor.

 

[diduknowthat]

I would see the graphics card, pick up a new PSU and a nice 8800GTS 512mb.

 

[Geoff]

How much did everything run you individually?

 

[Ramodkk]

ok thing is can i play Crysis, UT3 and Cod4 with that graphics card.

I don't think you coud play them near smooth. Best thing to do if you have a budget is get a HD3850/HD3870, but if you don't necesarily have a budget, get yourself a good 8800GT/GTS (512MB) or even the HD3870X2!

 

[INTELCRAZY]

If you want a good card but don't want to break up your wallet, go with a 3870 or 9600GT...

That's a killer deal, too bad we don't have a MicroCenter, CompUSA, etc. around here... That sounds like something I would buy...

 

[oscaryu1]

Absolutely amazing deal

I thought CompUSA shut down already...

 

[Tma20SC]

How much did everything run you individually?

It was a prebuilt computer that caught my eye under a shelf at compusa. And saw the Intel quad logo on it.

The desktop, mouse & keyboard is what i got only.

 

[Tma20SC]

Absolutely amazing deal

I thought CompUSA shut down already...

They had just moved in to a new store here and a week later they were having a liquidation sale to move to another location here.

 

[oscaryu1]

See what else they got! Liquidation sales can have amazing prices! Look out for X38, 780i, and such motherboards.

 

[voyagerfan99]

I think the CompUSA near me is already closed. They had their "Going out of business" sale a while ago.

 

[camel lips]

I think the CompUSA near me is already closed. They had their "Going out of business" sale a while ago.

I was told the company was going out of bussiness and only a handful of private owned stores would remain.