Dell Dimension 5150

[musicmaster5000]

Hey is this any good as a gaming machine as i have found a few on ebay for under £350, with a pentium d cpu 2.8 dual core 64bit, and windows MCE

 

[harry18]

weeellll, my bros got the same one, 1gb ddr2, i think, upgraded the graphics card form the x300 to the x600, and it still sucks to be honest, it scored 10000 in 3d mark, 01 one i think?

but i spose for 350 its not bad, does that come with the monitor and stuff too?

 

[musicmaster5000]

no just the base unit, keyboard mouse and no monitor

 

[musicmaster5000]

http://tomshardware.co.uk/cpu/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=203&chart=75&model2=256 and here the Pentium D 820 is near the top

 

[harry18]

hmm, well put it this way, you could build a better one for the same price

 

[musicmaster5000]

really, any ideas on any hardware?

 

[harry18]

ok, well a amd or am2 even 3000, but the am2 mobos are pricey, so amd mobo, msi rd480 (i think its called), a nvidea 6600 256mb.

are that may be a bit over the budget, but it would be at least twice as good as the dell

 

[musicmaster5000]

what cpu?

 

[harry18]

get the amd 3000venice

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=88105

 

[musicmaster5000]

thats crap for gaming