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Demz
04-15-2009, 02:58 AM
Is this a good gaming pc for the price? Btw - I'm not a hardcore gamer.

http://www.gamingpcbuild.com/PRODUCTS_1.html

Here's the specs from the website.
CASE:
Foxconn SGCC ATX Mid Tower
MOTHERBOARD:
ZOTAC AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA Micro ATX AMD
PROCESSOR:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3.0GHz Dual-Core
MEMORY:
G.SKILL 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 800 Dual Channel
VIDEO CARD:
GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3
HARD DRIVE:
Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
CD/DVD DRIVE:
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA
POWER SUPPLY:
Rosewill Stallion Series 400W

Demz
04-15-2009, 04:59 AM
My mistake its a Rosewill Stallion Series 450W power supply, the company also offers a 1 year parts/labor warranty, I think im going to go ahead and buy it.

johnny_quest
04-15-2009, 11:36 PM
goto newegg.com, punch in all the parts and add up the total if you really want to know.

they're putting pcs together for next to nothing anymore, I mean you're talking an hours worth of work here.

saphalline
04-18-2009, 12:46 PM
That's not a bad price for a pre-built, actually. And the hardware is in-line with the price, considering both the age of the hardware and the fact that this is a pre-built. It won't win any performance awards, and it is easily beaten in a price/performance comparison by a custom-built rig with parts from Newegg, but if they ship it straight to you ready to go? Yeah, I'd say it's worth that.

Except... there is no mention of an OS. Does that not include an OS?

jlreich
04-18-2009, 02:12 PM
Not too bad at all for the price. My only beef with it would be the PSU. 450W is low. If it were a higher quality brand like Corsair or similar and not a mediocre Rosewill I would feel better about it.

saphalline
04-18-2009, 03:41 PM
Meh. You get what you pay for. (Although the link says 550W. I wonder if they keep changing it...)