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Is this a good PC?

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flipkc

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# AMD 64 3000+ Venice Core skt 939
# MSI K8N Neo4-F skt 939
# Kingston HyperX 1GB (2x512mb) PC2700 DDR333 (free)
# MSI nVidia GeForce 6600GT 128mb 128-bit PCI-E
# Thermaltake 420w PSU
# Cooler Master Centurion 5
# 1x 80mm Intake Case Fan
# 1x 120mm Exhaust Case Fan
# Logitech SOCOM USB Headset (free)
# Logitech MX518 1600DPI Optical Gaming Mouse
# Samsung 40GB 7200RPM 2MB Cache Hard Drive IDE Slave (free)
# Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM 8mb Cache Hard Drive IDE Master
# NEC 15" AccuSync 50 Montior (Max Res 1280x1024) (free)
# Realtek AC97 Integrated Sound
# Generic Floppy drive(free)
# Lite-On 12x10x32 CD Writer (free)
# Samsung TS-H552U 16x +/- DVDRW Black

How does this PC look for upgradibility and performance? I'm getting this all for $910 CDN so probably about $750 USD? It's my budget PC for now till I can get my AMD X2 4200+, 2x1GB PC3500 DDR400 RAM, X-Fi Soundblaster, Zalman CPNS7700-Cu or XP-120 HSF and possibly a GTX or ATI's new GPU. But overall, how does this look?
 
Not looking too bad, I mean the DDR333 isn't that great, but not going to hurt you horribly for a budget machine. I think it would be vrey upgradeable.
 
I dont like the RAM and the audio...but other than that its a solid rig...when you can afford it switch to DDR400 and get sound card to replace the onboard audio
 
4/10.. Seriously screwed PSU.. You want something with 24A @ 12V from a quality manufacturer... (That alone costs you -4)

Everything else is pretty okay.. DDR333 is still okay.. Of course you can always overclock it.
 
I would've gotten a different PSU. A Fortron 350w with with better 12v capacity and ATX2.0 compliance can be bought for $35. Sirtec/Thermaltake PSU's are "average." They are not so bad that they will fry your components or anything, but there are much better options available. There are actually a few Thermaltakes being made by HEC though. Compared to the Sirtec stuff they are a lot better, but still not up there with Fortron or other big ones.
 
that psu will work fine with the system, i've used round 4 in budget builds and never had an issue with one (going on alittle over a year now)
 
Originally posted by: Kensai
4/10.. Seriously screwed PSU.. You want something with 24A @ 12V from a quality manufacturer... (That alone costs you -4)

Everything else is pretty okay.. DDR333 is still okay.. Of course you can always overclock it.
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Well could you recommend something that I should get instead of being so brutal? You're a diamond member, I expected a more helpful post.
 
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