need some advice please...

i have the opportunity to purchase via the internet a "less than month old pc" ... i really could use some advise as to whether i should persue this or not...any feedback would be tremendously appreciated...

2.8 intel processor, with a fsb of 800... is this celeron or a C or E... celerons dont have 800 fsb do they?

intel chipset with 6 usb ports and agp 8x (trying to find
out what kind it is...)

computer has windows xp pro, norton antivirus, firewall,office xp with word xl powerpoint

burner is brand new form dell but is a samsung 52x... so is the dvd rom

video card is ati radeon 256mb with upgarde possible

hard drive is 40 gb 7200

keyboard glows and the mouse is cordless from logitech

case glows with neon lights

has 3 year warranty from date of purchase

i am trying to find out all that i can by researching but i am kinda pressed for time...
any help or advise on this platform would be greatly appreciated....
i have visited this site many times and have learned a lot by just reading from all of you and thought I could lean on some of you for some advise as I see it is given out willingly...

will be waiting for some help...

thank you for your time and effort...

p.s.
you may ask why i don't ask the seller... that is not possible at this time...

has some games, lord of the rings, nintendo

The things he isn't telling are the things he doesn't want you to know. I would suggest you stay clear. If he mentions 1 meg cache, its a P4e otherwise its the P4c. The "c" is cheeper. He says the board is intel chipset, so it's not a namebrand, probably ecs, and the graphics are probably some SE by powercolor.

can *usually* email the seller, apologise prefusely and say you changed your mind. Now the problem is if you bidded and won, its legally binding, but he may release you from this contract if he's a decent guy. But he doesnt have to, in fact he's entitled to demand you pay up, as long as you were the auction winner.

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It's probably a Celeron. You have to be careful on E-bay, but you can find some good deals. You do need to ask a lot of questions before you bid unless things are very clear. A computer is the sum of it's parts, and you need to know what those parts are or you can't make a good buying decision.

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got an email from him and he told me everything about the computer cept what kind of cpu. Ask me "do you have an anal" for asking about the cpu...boy did i get in a pickle..lol

i will admit it was my own fault... live and learn...if i get out of this mess will definitely do it a differnt way....hear it from the wife too... "i told you so"

can anybody relate to that one?

If you're planning on the using the "Don't have to buy if you don't tell me what kind of CPU it has" strategy...I wouldn't bug him anymore about it..

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Ask him who the warranty is by, and if it is transferable, then check with the warranty people to confirm. No warranty no sale.

I guess it could have been even worse. As others have said, if its a celeron, he lied to you abouth the 800 MHz FSB, refuse the deal. If its a P4E or C, its not all that bad for the money I guess.

The videocard is likely crap, as endyen (i think) said, its most likely a 9200, I see a lot of them on ebay here as well advertised as "Radeon with 256 MB DDR". They are worthless for gaming. On Aquamark, they perform as "good" as a GF4 MX. Its probably the second worse card on the market today, right after the FX5200. The good news is, you can always replace it for a better one if you want to game. With a better videocard, you should have a capable gaming rig for a reasonable price (assuming a decent case and PSU, motherboard, and adequate and not too noisy cooling solution).

How much and what sort of ram did the system come with ?

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