Is this worth $150?

[Kilnu]

I have been wanting to build my own pc for almost 2 years, but things just keep coming up. I was in a position to start my build about a month when I was injured and have been off work since and no longer have the money to build. This pc is available to me, brand new, and I was wondering if it'd be worth it just to buy it and use it til I'm in a position to build later on. I will be used primarily for playing eq2 and Rift.



CASE: Logisys CS308BK ATX Computer Case WITH 600 WATT POWER SUPPLY

Motherboard: ACER 780I / MSI P7N DIAMOND NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Motherboard

CPU: INTEL Pentium E2220 Allendale 3.0GHZ 1000 MHz fsb Socket 775 1MB Dual-Core Processor

Memory: gsKILL Series DDR2-800 2GB (1 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 Kit Dual Channel Memory WITH CUSTOM COOLER!!!!!

GRAPHICS: TWO NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX 512MB DDR3 PCI-Xpress Video CardS

STORAGE: HITACHI DESKSTAR 320GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB BUFFER Hard Drive

REMOVABLE MEDIA: LG Electronics GH22NS40 22X ide Super Multi DVD+/-RW Internal Drive

NETWORK: LAN 300Mbps, 40/64/128-bit

OS: WINDOWS xp professional 64-BIT INSTALLED

INSTALLED SOFTWARE: ANTI-VIRUS, ZIP TOOL, CD/DVD BURNING SOFTWARE

[David M]

It's three generations old and maybe worth $150 at best if it works 100%. It has a junk chipset, junk PSU since it came with the case, unreliable Gskill RAM and a Hitachi "Death Star" but if it works it works. If anything is not working I would not touch it.

Try to find out the brand of the graphics cards. If they are a junk brand like MSI then that would be too many strikes against it. Were it all components from high quality brands then it would definitely be worth the money, but it's not even close to it.

Were it me I would take a pass on it and see if you can find a used computer with high quality components even if it costs a little more money. I would hate to see you waste $150.

Khalil's & Kram's guides to the good, the bad and the ugly....
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[glc]

I don't give that Logisys power supply much hope in staying alive very long trying to run 2 of those video cards. I also think you are going to have issues with 64 bit XP.

[Kilnu]

Thx alot for the replies, I passed on it and another guy bought it for 225, poor guy.

[glc]

Look around for something like a used Dell XPS or Alienware Area 51. Those were excellent gamers in their day.