Buying new computer, help needed

[Lostprophets]

I am going to buy a new computer. It is used and the price is $450. I live in Australia if it makes any difference.
Anyway heres what it is.

Amd athlon 64 3500+, nVidia mother board with sata, pci-e, on board sound, ethernet creative audigy xfi sound card 230Gb of combined HDD space 1 Gb of memory nVidia Extreme Nforce 7800Gt 256mb Video Card A stack of software and drivers included on disc as well as video card manuals. Windows Xp upgrade is already installed and the cd as well as windows 98 is being sold with it.

motherboard - nvidia
video card - nvidia
processor - amd athlon
cd/dvd - sony
cd/dvd burner - writemaster


Chip Type: AMD Athlon 64
Processor Speed: 3.5 GHz
Memory (RAM): 1 GB
Hard Drive Capacity: 230 GB
Brand: Custom
Primary Drive: Combo
Features: Firewire, Keyboard, Modem, Network Card, Operating System, Sound Card, USB
Condition: Refurbished

Would you say this is a good deal? Is this a good computer to buy for a typical gamer?

(Sorry if this is in the wrong category)

 

[brinks]

I have to say that it's not a good deal, maybe a so-so deal.

 

[Lostprophets]

I have to say that it's not a good deal, maybe a so-so deal.

What would you recommend for me with 400 dollars as a budget?

 

[brinks]

Maybe something like this, here's a start...maybe some others will help fix up this list for you.

Newegg.com - Intel Pentium E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
Newegg.com - EVGA 256-P2-N751-TR GeForce 8600 GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners

 

[Lostprophets]

I think I need a case too, with fan, battery etc

 

[jonny_uk]

you will save abit by building it yourself yeah.

you will also need a power supply aswell..................

Im from uk so cant help with links to sites.

 

[Lostprophets]

What would you recommend for me to get as a video card? It's not like it needs to play games like Crysis but what is a typical one?

 

[Peter.Cort]

hte 8800gt is the most common choice because it's so cheap right now. also the 9600gt is quality.

 

[Ric0h]

Lol!! how is it cheap!
These card goes for 170 with shipping and tax, but still thats a hella alot of money.

I would say you go for a 256 ddr3 256 bit card, MUCH MUCH cheaper, and still as good. (based on my thinking)

 

[veg1992]

You could go like with an AMD Build and use a 780g board as the Video Card, I use it right now and its pretty powerful

and it overclocks well too