is it really ok to buy such a thing??

Saif Uv · Nov 17, 2014

i went to market last week . a shopkeeper told me about a rig : CPU:AMD athlon x2 5600+. RAM: DDR2 2gig. GPU: Nvidia geforce gtx 980 or 9800 4gig (IDK exactly) for worth 150$. i mean is that possible ?? NVIDIA geforce
4gig . and the whole pc worth 150$??
he said that it would run most of new games !!!!???? should i fall for it?? please help im a noob . thanx in advance .

smalls103179 · Nov 17, 2014

Sounds sketchy since a gtx 980 is about 4x that price by itself. I wouldnt buy it.

snowctrl · Nov 17, 2014

Saif Uv :

The price sounds too good to be true - but more to the point, the rest of the spec would hold that GPU back.

I think the spec may be wrong - I suspect it's actually a much older GPU and the shopkeeper has mis-read or mis-quoted...?

rgd1101 · Nov 17, 2014

gtx 9800 came out 2008

voyboyfan · Nov 17, 2014

Probably 9800 GT?

quandao93 · Nov 17, 2014

its a 9800 LOL not 980. And that rig is very old! I ran AMD athlon 5000+ when I was like 13 years old. You can Build a full on gaming system for 600. Save up.

Saif Uv · Nov 17, 2014

thanx guys ...............is there anything i do to check??? lots of things are smuggled in my country. u never know!

rgd1101 · Nov 17, 2014

you don't have to check, no one is going to sell your something that worth $550+ for $150

Wolfshadw · Nov 17, 2014

Assuming the shop keeper means a 9800GT graphics card, that system would be a decent pick up for $150, but not if you're looking to use it for current games. Older games would likely work fine, but newer ones may have problems.

-Wolf sends

Saif Uv · Nov 17, 2014

this community is awesome . i came here today . thanx a lot

boosted1g · Nov 17, 2014

If the card is a 9800 then $150 would be about right. When buying any used computer, look for a license key sticker, if it does not have a sticker on it then the Windows install is likely pirated.

Now this is a pretty old computer, it wont play any modern game and would only be ok for internet/Microsoft office. The cheapest new intel Pentium desktop for $300 would be much faster then this.

quandao93 · Nov 17, 2014

Saif Uv :

Anytime buddy.

Saif Uv · Nov 17, 2014

so would it be fine to buy a core 2 quad 2.8 ghz ddr2 2gig with integrated grafix and then putting a nice GPU later ????????????????????

quandao93 · Nov 17, 2014

No, core 2 quad is outdated, if you put latest gpu in it, it will bottleneck. I suggest you saving up and build a brand new rig.

Pinhedd · Nov 17, 2014

As others have said, $150 for that rig (with a GeForce 9800 series GPU) isn't terrible at all. It would make a decent hobby rig if you want one to muck around with other operating systems or something.

quandao93 · Nov 17, 2014

Pinhedd :

But I have reason to believe he will not be satisfy with this rig. I am 21 and I owned a similar rig when I was 12-13. I always believe the less you spend on a computer, the more you will spend later.

boosted1g · Nov 17, 2014

Anything ddr2 is going to be very old and would be too costly to upgrade as most parts would have to be changed out to not bottleneck it.

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