Buying a used gaming computer

[Areola]

hey guys i m getting a demo computer from a gaming pc store and i wanna know if i m getting a good deal.

it looks pretty good its gets 120fps on halflife2 and has a pretty high 3d mark score

amd 64 3200+ 1mb cache (scket 754 2000mhx fsb (extreme edition chip)
zalman 600gram pure coper 5000 rpm cpu fan
1 gb ocz pc3200 400mhz ram
ati x800 xt platinum video card with thermaltake giant 3 1.1kg aluminum/copper heat sink and 100000 rpm blower

480w power suplly
4 speed front fan controlor
front audio connections
metel case with window
8usb 2.0 ports -2 front 6 back
front and back fire wire ports
multio collor neon light
7.1 channal sourond sound
dvd burner
9 in one card reader
anolog and digital temperature displays
80 gb sata hard drive



its just the computer itself with no accessories and it going to cost me 1400 canadian... or about 950 american

[Emperor Dimitricus]

id say youre getting a good deal. thats about £500-600 in sterling isnt it?

[MareNostrum]

moved the the TWC PC Walhalla

The basement

[Custor]

Full guaruntee?
What software you getting with it?
How LOUD is it? Fans are a waste of time unless you;re into overclocking in a big way and don't mind trading your hearing for a few Mhz.

Beware being wowed by looks and concentrate on the core components - CPU, Graphics card, RAM. HD are now very cheap per GB and Mobos come with all the bells and wistles on that hardly anyone actually uses.

[Areola]

its quite unless you overclock the crap of it (which is what your suppose to do with this computer, it's built for it)

[squeaky]

for that price, it's good stuff
though I warn you, the little fan on the thermaltake Giant is loud and screechy as hell, if it's attatched, i recommend you remove it, it won't effect your temperatures very much.
Otherwise, you could just buy the system for components and switch out some undesireable parts, and still be spending a very decent amount of money.

[Admiral Nelson]

That video card alone is worth $700 Canadian at least, ask your friend why he wants to get rid of it.

[Areola]

ahhh hes freakin rich and he owns a gaming pc store... hes getting a new computer with a ati crossfire (two of the best ati chips rigged together) and hes getting ride of this one.

the only draw back i m seeing with this is that the newer video cards from now on is going use a different format, so it mean i can't buy better video cards

[squeaky]

the x850XTPE will last you a while