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tooker . Apr 10 2010 16:27. Posts 470 | | |
would this be good value for 600 dollars?
General Spec
Brand iBUYPOWER
Model Gamer Power 531D3
Type Gaming
Processor AMD Athlon II X2 240(2.8GHz)
Processor Main Features 64 bit Dual Core Processor
Cache Per Processor 2MB L2 Cache
Memory 4GB DDR3 1600
Hard Drive 750GB SATA II
Optical Drive 1 24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce G210 512MB
Audio Sound card - Integrated
Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
Power Supply 480W
Keyboard iBUYPOWER USB Deluxe Keyboard
Mouse iBUYPOWER USB Mouse
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Special Features iBUYPOWER A235 Gaming Tower
Motherboard
Chipset AMD 770
CPU
CPU Type Athlon II X2
Installed Qty 1
CPU Speed 240(2.8GHz)
L2 Cache Per CPU 2MB
CPU Socket Type AM3
CPU Main Features 64 bit Dual Core Processor
Graphics
GPU/VPU Type NVIDIA GeForce G210
Graphics Interface PCI Express 2.0 x16
Memory
Memory Capacity 4GB DDR3
Memory Speed DDR3 1600
Form Factor DIMM 240-pin
Memory Spec 2GB x 2
Memory Slot (Total) 4
Memory Slot (Available) 2
Maximum Memory Supported 16GB
Hard Drive
HDD Capacity 750GB
HDD Interface SATA II
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD±RW
Optical Drive Spec 24X DL DVD+/-RW Drive
Audio
Audio Chipset Integrated
Audio Channels 8 channels
Communications
LAN Chipset Integrated
LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
Front Panel Ports
Front USB 2
Front Audio Ports 2
Back Panel Ports
PS/2 1
Rear USB 6
eSATA 1
Rear Audio Ports 6 ports
S/P DIF 1 x Optical
Expansion
External Bays 4 x external 5.25" drive bays
2 x external 3.5" drive bays
Internal Bays 4 x internal 3.5" drive bays
PCI Slots (Available/Total) 1 x PCI-Express x16
2 x PCI-Express x1
3 x PCI
Mouse
Mouse Type USB Mouse
Keyboard
Keyboard Type USB Keyboard
Physical Spec
Dimensions 20.50" x 8.00" x 17.75"
Weight 26.00 lbs.
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts 1 year limited
Labor 1 year limited
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Carthac United States. Apr 10 2010 16:33. Posts 1343 | | |
Pretty decent, but I feel you will get much better value buying single parts  |
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kbis Canada. Apr 10 2010 16:46. Posts 35 | | | |
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PplusAD Germany. Apr 10 2010 16:53. Posts 7180 | | |
totally agree with Carthac
For an office PC the value is okayish ...
U said u want to play SC2 with that pc though?
improvement ideas
CPU
AMD is okayish allthough an AMD Athlon II X3 435, 2,90 GHz is significantly faster (26% in modern games compared tp the IIX2 240) and only 10$ more expensive if u buy single parts.
Next thing is the grafic card.
NVIDIA GeForce G210 is as bad as it can get for gaming. NOT one single game of 2009 and 2010 will run on that shit faster than 12fps (unplayable)
U can try to grab an old Geforce 9600 GT for like only 60$ which is on average 81% faster !!!!
I am sure with exchanging these 2 parts alone u can build a similar computer for 600bucks that is twice as fast easily and also can play some games from time to time-...
BTW u wont be able to play SC2 on a G210 Geforce
It simply is too slow except on lowest details where it may run with 20fps/s  |
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| U see what i did there with A8 ? He 4 bets and there we go insta jam A8 : ---booooom -- . hahahaha ( Krantz) | Last edit: 10/04/2010 17:05 |
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PplusAD Germany. Apr 10 2010 17:14. Posts 7180 | | |
these barbone kits seem excellent in value for money !
very nice.
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| U see what i did there with A8 ? He 4 bets and there we go insta jam A8 : ---booooom -- . hahahaha ( Krantz) | |
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Shenny Canada. Apr 10 2010 19:31. Posts 1514 | | |
You should step up the graphics card and cpu, maybe look into getting an i5, the graphics card mentioned above is sufficient but not great. Almost everything mentioned is now considered lower standards for a new pc, but for 600$ I guess you can't go too wrong with it. |
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