Opinions on this retail PC bundle

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darconi said:

Bundle Cost: $870

Includes: Desktop, 22 inch widescreen LCD, 3 in 1 printer.

 

Stats on desktop:

• Processor AMD Athlon(TM) 64 X2
• Processor Speed 3.0GHz
• System Bus 2000MHz
• System Memory (RAM) 3GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM
• Hard Drive Size 640GB (320GB x 2)
• Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE, 128 MB
• Also comes with a TV tuner card, and a double layer DVD/CD burner

Monitor:

• 5 ms response time
• 700:1 contrast ratio; 280 cd/m² brightness
• 1680 x 1050 maximum resolution; 170° horizontal and 160° vertical viewing angles

I don't really care for the printer at all.

 

Opinions?

 I'm not in love with this PC bundle but its far far from the worst pre-built I've seen. 

It looks like you save about $100-$150 by building your own.  Honestly if you want a decent GPU that $100-$150 can get you something respectable that can play games fairly well.  Basically you would pay about the same amount and give up 2 hours one day to give your PC some gaming potential.

If I'm being honest, if you build your own I would dump one of the 320 drives since you likely won't need it and either pocket the cash or throw it towards your GPU.  If you throw it towards your GPU you can get an 8800GT 512MB or 9600GT 512MB which would make for a very nice system.