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PC Deal (for playing online)?

Started by Ghost Whistler, February 09, 2010, 05:18:35 PM

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Ghost Whistler

February 09, 2010, 05:18:35 PM
Is this a good deal, px experts, for £130?
Hewlet Packard d530 Small form factor desktop (refurbished/2nd hand)

Processor: Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz
Memory: 1gb Installed (4gb max)
Storage: 40gb IDE Hard Drive
Removable storage: CD-Rom Drive
Operating System: Genuine Windows XP Pro

EXTRA GRAPHICS: ATI Radeon 7500 128MB PCI

New & Boxed Keyboard and Mouse

Installed Software:

AVG Antivirus version 9 - Antivirus
Open Office Suite 3.1 – Word / Spreadsheet / PowerPoint
Google Chrome – Web browser
Adobe Acrobat – PDF viewer
All latest updates (Feb 2010)

Thanks.
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kryyst

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February 16, 2010, 04:46:26 PM
If the processor is a P4 Core 2 Duo then in Canada I'd expect to pay around $180 for it.  If it's just a single core about $130.  That software is all free software aside so it brings no value.  The 40gb HDD is small - freakishly so.  The video card is also out dated.

When you say play online games what do you mean, Flash web games or WoW, DDO, Guild Wars 2, etc.... if it's the later it's not well equiped to handle them.  Also take into consideration most of those games have around a 6gb installation.
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rezinzar

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February 17, 2010, 04:50:38 AM
Quote from: kryyst;360914If the processor is a P4 Core 2 Duo
There is no such thing.

And no, it's an awful deal. But I am no expert. Look around, I expect you will find better.

kryyst

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February 17, 2010, 10:12:04 AM
Quote from: rezinzar;361029There is no such thing.

And no, it's an awful deal. But I am no expert. Look around, I expect you will find better.

True.  There is no such thing as a P4 Core 2 Duo chip.  It's technically just a Core 2 Duo (which is a P6).  But I constantly see quotes coming in from resellers that don't know what they are listing and list chips as p4 and p4 core 2 because P4 is a recognizable name.

But I agree with rezinzar converting that price to canadian it's a horrible deal almost double what I'd expect to pay.  But I don't know what pricing is like over there.  If it were $130cdn it's not a bad deal for what your getting.  Just may not be adequate at all for your needs.
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Ghost Whistler

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February 17, 2010, 11:47:22 AM
I didn't think it was that good a deal. I've found an old pc in the house capable of running lotro so that suits me. I'm certainly going to spend money just to play afew games unless it's a really good deal. Unfortuantely those seem hard to come by and ebay is just a nightmare to process.
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