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Double up the ram and get a good vid card and you should be set
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Yeah, it's a good deal. But if you're gonna upgrade the video, you'll want to make sure it's got a PCI-Express slot on the motherboard, which you'd have to call about.
It seems like it's a low end motherboard, though- which is why these are cheap. No dual channel ram, and probably a cruddy chipset.
You'd be surprised how HUGE a difference a good motherboard can make.
But still, it's a great deal if you're not playing games or doing graphics editing.....
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You can do much better for a little more or pay less for the same performance. The AMD systems are far better for games and generaly far more bang for the buck. The real kicker is no room for upgrades. I would pass it is already out of date. It isnt very hard to put together a PC and then you can upgrade when the time comes you want at the Very minumum a AGP card and preferred a PCI-express slot. A budget AMD 4 would spank that system left right and center even with a bottom of the barrel video card.
I made a system much faster than that for 150 using ebay parts but it was not for gaming just an extra computer for backup so you would need to add 75 for windows if you did not have it already.That system is going to be cripled without fast memrory I doubt it is dual channel and intels need it.
Even on old AMD nforce 2 board will be faster and would be far cheaper in the long run.
Here is a guide note that it includes a flat pannel monitor and good speakers so take off 250. This computer could easaly have double the performance in games or even more. http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/...le.php/3569696 I would get a diffrent case and PSU though.
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