Is this worth it

Wrath · Post by **Wrath** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:38 pm

AMD 2800+ (2Ghz)
512Megs of Ram
20 Gig Harddrive(had a larger one but im gonna take that with me for an external drive for laptop)
8X DVD Burner
54X CD Burner
Firewire card(for video editing or anyhtign firewire)
a 32mb video card (heres the catch, its a tv tuner/capture device. so you cna turn ur pc into a Digital VCR, or use it to capture Analog video (ie Tapes from a VCR and make them digital!)
pc is about a little over a year old.
17?or a 19" KDS Monditor
sellign the whole shabang for 600$OBO

Its got an AMD Athlon XP 2600 processer if you are wondering

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:40 pm

Orly paipal.

Wrath · Post by **Wrath** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:42 pm

sam wrote:Orly paipal.

this isnt particularly helpful

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:01 pm

I really don't think so I got a better desktop than that for 400$...

Wrath · Post by **Wrath** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:05 pm

just a note I'm putting a 40 gig harddrive in it aswell as a AMD Radeon 9200 (i already own both so no cost for me Its not the computer itself but the whole digital video stuff as well, but if it honestly isn't worth it I'll see if the guy will sell me the digital video stuff seperatly

sam · Post by **sam** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:18 pm

Get into the correct forum.

Wrath · Post by **Wrath** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:19 pm

and which fourm would that be?

theDentist · Post by **theDentist** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:39 pm

I also don't think it is worth it. You can get a better computer for cheaper and add a TV card after if you really want it.

Wrath · Post by **Wrath** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:40 pm

sorry for a double post but I was talking to the guy and he's willing to sell me just the pc without the monitor or mouse or anything for $500.

Post by **Black Six** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:51 am

Moving to the Trading Post...

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:58 am

Get a cheap emachines. My compy has better specs than most of your comps, and mine cost $360. Especially since he isnt including the monitor. And you can get a firewire card and a tv tuner for pretty cheap if you try.

sam · Post by **sam** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:42 am

So it is a amd 2800+ but a 2600 "processer" Guy is prolly rippingyou off. Dont buy. End of story.

Nonsense Man · Post by **Nonsense Man** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:12 pm

get an emachine and put in the radeon 9200 and add some ram to it and there you probally would have abetter computer than that cheaper but correct me if i'm wrong.

Reaperman@home · Post by **Reaperman@home** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:04 am

you can beat that at any electronics store in the country. the X2 3800+ seems to be their current deal. I just got one for $550 with a gig of ram and 100 of storage. The fact is with the X2 systems so cheap, there's no reason at all to even look at a single core system.

and black friday's rapidly approaching, I imagine $399 will be the new price for the X2 systems--as long as you're first in line. (After numerous rebates, of course)

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:23 am

This is just from experience, but emachines aren't worth it. The PSU always breaks down, and they come to fix it, but it breaks down again. And again. And again. Thus, Emachines are worth less then you pay for them. At least they replace the power supply, I'd put in my own if they didn't.