Cousin is selling his pc for 500$ is it worth it?

The rig is this:

Processor: Intel Core2 duo 6400 at 2.13 Ghz (oldest thing on his rig along with his Mobo which is ASUS, manufactured sometime in late 2006)

Power Supply: 750 watt (dont know the brand but he says its the newest thing on his rig and that its pretty good. He just replaced his old one a few months ago)

Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce gts 250 1gb

HDD: 7200 rpm 750gb internal

sound card: Audigy sound blaster 5.1 capable

RAM: 6 GB DDR2 Kingston (cant believe i forgot this)

He is also throwing in a decent mouse and keyboard, no monitor is included in the price.

Tell me if you think this rig is worth it or if you need more information. I plan to wipe his OS which is currently XP and install windows 7. Which drivers am i likely to have trouble with in the process? Thanks in advance.

6GB DDR2 Kingston (i added it to the original post)

Not a good price.

I say good deal.

is okay actually

That proc is tooo old to sell the build for $500; talk him down to $400 - 425

I will try to talk him down. Honestly the convienience of dropping 400$ for an already built computer that i know can run the games i play is a factor as well. I was looking into building one but im not sure i could do much better for the price.

I will try to talk him down. Honestly the convienience of dropping 400$ for an already built computer that i know can run the games i play is a factor as well. I was looking into building one but im not sure i could do much better for the price.

Ghostradomas

for 450-500.. no you cant really about the only thing better would be the cpu and even then you would lose the ram.. and probably any fixings it comes with (mouse, keyboard, monitor, speakers (if any of these apply)

to put it into perspective...imprezawrx500

to put it into perspective Athlon 2 x2 3.2ghz $76 Radeon 5770 $180 4gb ram $120 motherboard from $65 powersupply $70 1.5tb hdd $90 So $100 more for a much better system, you could trim $100 off by putting in a slower gpu that is much closer to the one he has. imprezawrx500

so your calling the 775 socket dead eh.. well i call the am2/am2+ socket dead now what.. hmmm?

cheapest athalon II x2 isnt 80 bucks fool :P

well i call the am2/am2+ socket dead now what.. hmmm?aura_enchanted

[QUOTE="imprezawrx500"]to put it into perspective Athlon 2 x2 3.2ghz $76 Radeon 5770 $180 4gb ram $120 motherboard from $65 powersupply $70 1.5tb hdd $90 So $100 more for a much better system, you could trim $100 off by putting in a slower gpu that is much closer to the one he has. aura_enchanted

so your calling the 775 socket dead eh.. well i call the am2/am2+ socket dead now what.. hmmm?

cheapest athalon II x2 isnt 80 bucks fool :P

am3 supports 6 core cpus 775 don't. imprezawrx500

Was really hoping for an intel processor bulid. Yeah yeah im a fanboy so what.

Was really hoping for an intel processor bulid. Yeah yeah im a fanboy so what.

Ghostradomas

offer him $350 maybe $400 not worth $500 when you consider it has a slow cpu and outdated socket. imprezawrx500

this, and you may have to spend more on upgrading the cpu, which if it is a 775 socket then you should still be able to get a powerful cpu to put into it without having to even change the mobo. (core 2 quads are still a great processor)

[QUOTE="imprezawrx500"]to put it into perspective...smc91352

Im thinking I would be ok with AMD chip and card but I want a mobo thats going to last me for a while without requiring and upgrade for processor and card upgrades. Will this one work for that?

Better deal at $400.Xeros606

Fair price. That'll play most modern games on high settings. Upgrade the CPU and you'll have a stellar rig, even for a 775 socket.

Thats a pretty bad deal. I built my own rig for 100 bucks less and it has ddr 3 and has an actual upgrade path.

Anyone build me something better for the same price (dont mind if it includes AMD parts, also it can be slightly more expensive, like 550$). I want a rig that is upgradeable and lacking the glass cieling that the one he is offering certainly has. I can get windows 7 64 bit for dirt cheap with my student email. This would be much appreciated. And also everyone here has already been a big help :)

Was really hoping for an intel processor bulid. Yeah yeah im a fanboy so what.

Ghostradomas

@ ~$550, I'd get this:[spoiler] . [/spoiler] smc91352

I did some peeking and I found a case I think id rather have: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021 (id have to splurge a bit but a case is something id be willing to do that with because im a sucker for aesthetics and parenthesis.)