My friend is selling me this rig for $150... Good deal?

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#1 o_hai_david
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Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200

Video card: XFX 8600gt 512 MB

RAM: 2 GB RAM

HD: 320GB

PSU: 430W


I've been on a break from gaming and thought this might be a good start. How would it run recent games?

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#2 RayvinAzn
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Hell of a good start. The graphics card could use a kick in the pants, but you've definitely got a good start.
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#3 GazaAli
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great deal. you can overclock your GPU and it can get you to places.
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#4 -GeordiLaForge-
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That's a great deal. Congrats :)
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#5 o_hai_david
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Hmmm sounds hopeful. What are the prospects of running Dragon Age: Origins?

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#6 X360PS3AMD05
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That's fine, you just need a new card and maybe OC your CPU.
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#7 vegita92
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good deal. you can run modern warfare 1 & 2 on that
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#8 Slig0
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Superb deal.

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#9 Duckman5
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Great deal. OC the CPU and drop in a new GPU and you'd be good to go.
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#10 -GeordiLaForge-
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Will you have any money to spend on upgrades? If not, just overclock everything and you'll be fine. Congrats on the great deal again btw :)
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#11 AzNs3nSaT1On
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You can judge a lot about a friend from the deals they sell you. Your friend for example sounds like a swell guy. I remember a guy who I thought to be a friend tried to rip me off from a used graphic card he tried to sell me. I cut off all contacts with him soon afterward.
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#13 Zillaschool
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Its a good deal,later u can upgrade your GPU(4770/5770) and play almost every game at max.
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#14 NSR34GTR
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greta deal. get a new gpu and yuor set
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#15 NamelessPlayer
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For US$150, that's an astoundingly good system, though I'd still like to know what motherboard is being used. Overclock the CPU, get a better graphics card (8600 GT may suffice, but you'd want at least an 8800 GT for good gaming performance; such a card probably won't choke your PSU, either, unlike the really high-end ones), possibly double the RAM, and you should be set for a few years.
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#16 HaLoMaStErJT
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thats a good deal just add more ram and upgrade the GPU and you're set

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#17 gamer082009
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Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200

Video card: XFX 8600gt 512 MB

RAM: 2 GB RAM

HD: 320GB

PSU: 430W


I've been on a break from gaming and thought this might be a good start. How would it run recent games?

o_hai_david

Pretty good, for $150. Can't really get any better for that price when you're getting all those parts to start you off with. I say Get another power supply, change out the motherboard (taking a guess that it's not so great) and definitely up the graphics card and you maybe have a really good PC gaming machine there. But you gotta crawl before you walk!

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