windows vista pc for only 300 pounds on ebay, a few questions

[shweeny666]

firstly, why is it so cheap

and is it any good ??

and is it better than most pc's out there, i thought it would be considering its vista

my computer which is very average cost a lot more than that, and is nowhere near as good

so , is that a good deal ? or is there a catch ?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ATHLON-DUAL-C...goryZ179QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[taylormsj]

Yeah its a pretty good build for the price - could be bough from ebuyer and build yourself for even cheaper. Only catch is there is no graphics or sound card and its only SATA not sata 2.
That like my system except its AM2 and DDR2 and more HDD space an dmy computer runs great with a 7600 card and over clocked CPU. Although a new PSU would be needed if you wanted to add in a graphics card as im sure they are supplied with generic sh*t ones

 

[shweeny666]

is it better than most computers??

and it has no sound on it ??

not that good

 

[taylormsj]

Its not better than most computers at all. It does have on board sound - but some people prefere to have a sound card - you wouldnt need one. Although you woulndt be able to play any games on it without a new graphics card - which would mean new PSU

 

[shweeny666]

k thanks i wont buy it

 

[taylormsj]

you could build much better things for the same price with a C2D and 7 or 8 series NVIDIA card

 

[shweeny666]

its too complicated to build one isnt it?

unless i pay someone to do it

 

[shweeny666]

any pictures anywehre of a home built computer?

 

[taylormsj]

Pictures of mine in this thread
http://www.computerforum.com/85261-airflow-my-case.html

Its quite simple as long as you do a lot of research and are very careful when you work with the components, and of course make sure they are compatible.

 

[diduknowthat]

its too complicated to build one isnt it?

unless i pay someone to do it

No it's not that complicated, it takes most people a few hours to fully build one (not including installing software).

As for that computer, it's actually not that cheap. If google is right, 300pounds would be about 600 USD? If so, then it really isn't that good of a deal, considering it only has integrated graphics.

 

[daisymtc]

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/125244/rb/27940398040

Have a look at that. Although this is not a good PC, better than the one in ebay. And I personally will not buy in ebay if there are alternative at a similar price.

 

[Itanda]

Guys the Ebay Site is retard Or at least the person who posted that sale It says " Chip Type: AMD Athlon 64 Processor Speed: 3,800 MHz" See ANything wrong there???? The seller is lieing to YOU!!! -.- It's actually only 2200mhz Witch is still fast enough SOrry just had to point out that fraud in their sale

 

[taylormsj]

Its not even that. its 2000 MHz

 

[shweeny666]

ok thanks, im glad i asked

 

[Itanda]

No problem and oh yeah the 3800+ X2 is 2.0ghz