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What do you think of this PC?

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  • #2
    Xenoronin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭Xenoronin


    Well. Put it this way. It has a 2.8ghz processor. No mention of amount of cores so we can assume, at best, a single core Pentium 4 processor.
    That gfx card is old as the hills, using an AGP slot (old slot that graphics cards used to use about 6 years ago at this stage).

    I could keep going, but basically start saving because that thing is about as useful as a toaster if you want to do pretty much anything with it. You can build a cheap PC for probably ~€400 without any intention of gaming. You can get used PC's for cheap but if it is older than 2 or 3 years it is going to first, show it's age in terms of speed, and secondly be a liability as warrenty is gone and some parts will start failing around year 4 if it wasn't treated nicely.


  • #3
    Tosty55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Tosty55


    Xenoronin wrote: »
    Well. Put it this way. It has a 2.8ghz processor. No mention of amount of cores so we can assume, at best, a single core Pentium 4 processor.
    That gfx card is old as the hills, using an AGP slot (old slot that graphics cards used to use about 6 years ago at this stage).

    I could keep going, but basically start saving because that thing is about as useful as a toaster if you want to do pretty much anything with it. You can build a cheap PC for probably ~€400 without any intention of gaming. You can get used PC's for cheap but if it is older than 2 or 3 years it is going to first, show it's age in terms of speed, and secondly be a liability as warrenty is gone and some parts will start failing around year 4 if it wasn't treated nicely.

    Thanks for the informative reply, saving up some dough is the way to go I guess.


  • #4
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    If its only for basic use, if you check adverts.ie, easy to get Dual Core Core 2 machines with 2gb of ram for under 100 euro, and they're still perfect for general browsing/media usage. If it's games, you'd want to be looking at spending at least 300-400 for anything usable.


  • #5
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    I am pretty sure my phone is more powerful then that yoke. Just save up money and build a PC yourself m8.


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