low budget gaming pc

[cora]

Hi,i'm looking for advice. I have an 8 and a 5 yrs old children and a really low budget with which to buy a gaming pc. To top this I am in Argentina where parts are more expensive and there is less choice.

Here is what they are offering me for abouT450 USdollars.

All machines have 512 Ram, 80G sata cd recorder

Celerom 2.6 withFX 5200 128 mb

Sempron 2800 with card that is FX but 256 mb

Athlon 3000 socket 754 with FX 5200 128 mb

I have no idea what to do. My children will play mostly educational games but my son wants a flight simulator, though it does not need to be a new one. I was planning on getting one that is a couple of years old.

Can anyone help?

Celeron or Sempron ? more money on the processor or the viedeo Card

desperate mom says help.

[mystvearn]

Well, if I were you, I invest more on the graphic card and lover the Celeron speed. It really does not matter that much.

Sempron 2800 with card that is FX but 256 mb would be the best choice. Though I think that 6200 or a GeForce 6 series entry level is way better and is about the same price too. I am not so sure with what the market is in Argentina.

For this spec, you can get great and lots of flight simulators which have been released up to a few years back. Example F22 Raptor 3, F22 lIghting, Or flight sim 2000 or around that. Newest game will run, but then it will punish the system.