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Ultrashroomz said:
Not the best rig for gaming, but $99 isn't bad at all.


The monitor is actually very nice.  It only has connections for VGA cables so I can't use it for anything else. I tested it with a laptop, though.

 

I actually searched for a cheap used PC (yes, cheaper than $100) but nobody was open yesterday.  Guess it's better than nothing.  I'm still excited.



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You are going to have to see if you can put more RAM into it. Shouldn't be too much of an issue. Also there is no mention of a GPU that I noticed, but since it looks to be fairly small form factor you might not be able to put one in, plus I doubt the PSU can support a whole lot.
The CPU is actually a pretty decent CPU even to today's standards. The new chips have a lot more features, but these older ones actually still perform quite well.
As far as gaming goes, you likely aren't going to be able to do a whole lot since it's likely just using intel graphics.
Good buy as far a price though.



Gotta figure out how to set these up lol.

80GB of storage capacity ... that's impressive.  



Dusk said:
You are going to have to see if you can put more RAM into it. Shouldn't be too much of an issue. Also there is no mention of a GPU that I noticed, but since it looks to be fairly small form factor you might not be able to put one in, plus I doubt the PSU can support a whole lot.
The CPU is actually a pretty decent CPU even to today's standards. The new chips have a lot more features, but these older ones actually still perform quite well.
As far as gaming goes, you likely aren't going to be able to do a whole lot since it's likely just using intel graphics.
Good buy as far a price though.


Its a C2D, without hyperthreading.

Its a dual core, like the Pentium g3258.

But the "instructions pr clock" performance of a C2D is like half of what a haswell is... or something crazy like that.

Basically a C2D @3ghz is like a haswell at 1.5ghz.

 

A G3258 that you overclocked to 4.5ghz will make a 3ghz C2D look really dated.

Thats 69$ alone for the cpu though.



That won't run any modern game.



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I'm sure you can at least play Minecraft on it, for what it's worth.



LOL terrible. Sorry but this may even struggle with high res Youtube videos. Unless I am missing something this will use "Old Integrated" graphics that are all but useless. 2GB of ram, barely any storage...Yeah...



Prediction for console Lifetime sales:

Wii:100-120 million, PS3:80-110 million, 360:70-100 million

[Prediction Made 11/5/2009]

3DS: 65m, PSV: 22m, Wii U: 18-22m, PS4: 80-120m, X1: 35-55m

I gauruntee the PS5 comes out after only 5-6 years after the launch of the PS4.

[Prediction Made 6/18/2014]

d21lewis said:
Ultrashroomz said:
Not the best rig for gaming, but $99 isn't bad at all.


The monitor is actually very nice.  It only has connections for VGA cables so I can't use it for anything else. I tested it with a laptop, though.

 

I actually searched for a cheap used PC (yes, cheaper than $100) but nobody was open yesterday.  Guess it's better than nothing.  I'm still excited.

I hate to be this guy but even for $100 this thing is garbage.  You can get an $80 windows tablet right now with better specs that can do SO MUCH more than this.



Prediction for console Lifetime sales:

Wii:100-120 million, PS3:80-110 million, 360:70-100 million

[Prediction Made 11/5/2009]

3DS: 65m, PSV: 22m, Wii U: 18-22m, PS4: 80-120m, X1: 35-55m

I gauruntee the PS5 comes out after only 5-6 years after the launch of the PS4.

[Prediction Made 6/18/2014]

there's a reason that this is $99.
Okay for browsing the internet but that's it.



:(

So I can't play Crysis on high settings?