Computer Worth

Hi, I bought a computer from a friend for $800.00 and I was wondering if I had gotten ripped off. I am going to list the specs:

He installed Windows XP Professional on it
It is a Pentium 4
1.69 GHz
768 MB of SDRam
40 Gig Hard Drive
3 1/2 Floppy Drive
48x52x42 LITE-ON CD-RW Drive
16x TDK Dvd/CD-RW Combo Drive
256 MB SDRam NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Graphics Card
A MAG Innovision CRT 2048 x 1536 Monitor
ATI TV WONDER Tuner Card and a
C-Media PCI 5.1 Sound Card

So, Did I get ripped off, or is that a good price?

 

here is what you can get from dell.com for 800$ basicaly a 2.8ghz and 15" LCD flat panel display.

Processor & Screen

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology (2.80GHz, 800 FSB)

Operating System

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2

Monitor

FREE UPGRADE! 15 in (15.0 in viewable) E153FP Flat Panel Display

Memory

512MB Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at 400MHz (2x256M)

Hard Drive

FREE UPGRADE! 80GB2 Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

CD or DVD Drive

Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 48x CD-RW Drive

Video Card

Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics 2

Network Card

Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet

Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices

No Floppy Drive Included

Productivity Software

WordPerfect®, Powerful Word Processing

Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options

1Yr Ltd Warranty3, 1Yr At-Home Service4, and 1Yr Technical Support

Internet Access Services

6 Months America Online Internet Access Included

Sound

Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio

 

i spent more than 1000$ upgrading the system in my sig(still not completed yet) .. and ... uh ... it is way better than the one you bought from your friend ... I would say that PC is worth no more than 500$ and I think Im being generous as there doesn't appear to be any name brand parts among the equipment listed and the highlight of that system is XP Pro and the high res monitor(and Mag isn;t a quality brand AFIAK but I couldn't say they plain suck) ... of course it all comes down to whether that is a willemette or a northwood ... if it is a willemette, I'm sorry to say that you got ripped dude! ... if a northwood .. is not too bad the price

oh if you don't know whether it is a willemette or northwood download "CPU-Z" it will tell you(my PC in my sig outperforms a willemette)

 

I would say you got ripped bad. IMO even a northwood core wouldn't help improve the system that much.

Also when you said he installed windows xp did your friend give you the discs for Windows XP? If not it might be possible that he is distributing it on to computer illegally.



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