Computer help (choosing a computer)

Spartan · August 03, 2011, 12:50:23 AM

I was looking for a computer online for my wife, and I came across one that looked good for her.

http://www.buy.com/prod/dell-optiplex-gx620-desktop-2-8ghz-2g-ram-400gb-hdd-dvd-rw-xp-pro/q/loc/101/220736283.html

Someone take a look, and tell me

Can it run small games (like minecraft) well?
How fast would it be

Or, if you want, you can post a link to another one around the 160-200 range thats good for that kind of stuff.

Nick3306 · August 03, 2011, 01:05:20 AM

Well speaking in terms of minecraft this wont be able to run it without any fog, u actually might have to have quite a bit of fog.

It is going to be really hard to find a computer to run MC well in the price range since you are most likely only going to be getting single core CPU's and we all know that MC is a cpu hog.

marshytheman · August 03, 2011, 02:31:03 AM

Do you have a price range? at all? It would help us to look for some computers.

Spartan · August 03, 2011, 02:44:34 AM

Marshy, how bout u read my whole post? look at the bottom line.

$160 - $200

Nick3306 · August 03, 2011, 02:54:28 AM

As i said before, thats an extremely difficult price range.

marshytheman · August 03, 2011, 02:57:47 AM

Heh, if you realized I thought you might have been talking about something else without the $ Sign on the post because 160-200 is EXTREMELY low.

davioo · August 03, 2011, 03:10:16 AM

I found those offers on ebay :

http://cgi.ebay.ca/New-Intel-Pentium-Dual-Core-2-6G-PC-Desktop-Computer-/220601309843?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item335cdcda93

http://cgi.ebay.ca/DELL-GX620-DUAL-CORE-3GHZ-PC-COMPUTER-2GB-RAM-NEW-DVDRW-/140579271535?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item20bb2d736f

First one doesnt have an OS included so be carefull.

Nick3306 · August 03, 2011, 03:19:40 AM

Quote from: davioo on August 03, 2011, 03:10:16 AM
I found those offers on ebay :

http://cgi.ebay.ca/New-Intel-Pentium-Dual-Core-2-6G-PC-Desktop-Computer-/220601309843?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item335cdcda93

http://cgi.ebay.ca/DELL-GX620-DUAL-CORE-3GHZ-PC-COMPUTER-2GB-RAM-NEW-DVDRW-/140579271535?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item20bb2d736f

First one doesnt have an OS included so be carefull.

The first one would be fine (except the no OS thing) But the second one will also struggle to run minecraft.

Spartan · August 03, 2011, 03:40:41 AM

K im gonna up my price range to

170 - 300

Nick3306 · August 03, 2011, 04:26:50 AM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883108456

This one seems pretty good for the price.