Need some opinions on buying this computer.

[capman21]

Fellows I am in need of a new pc. I am low on funds and found this one. Acer Aspire X1300-U1801A : 2.4GHz Athlon X2 3GB RAM 320GB hard drive. Here are the specs, and I am willing to take the risk on it being a refurb. Also, I do not do any gaming.

Audio
Audio Output Type Sound card
General
Chassis Form Factor Desktop
Refurbished Type Refurb.
Memory
Cache Memory (installed) 1 MB
RAM (installed) 3 GB
RAM (max) 4 GB
RAM Technology DDR2 SDRAM
Modem
Modem Type Modem
Modem Type Fax
Modem Protocol V.92
Operating System
OS Provided Windows Vista Home Premium
Optical Drive Information
CD/DVD Type DVD Super Multi
CD/DVD Type Labelflash
Processor
Chipset Type NVIDIA GeForce 8200
# Processors Installed 1
# Processors Supported 1
Processor Model Number 7450
Processor Speed 2.4 GHz
Processor Manufacturer AMD
Processor Type Athlon X2
Protocols
Networking Protocol Gigabit Ethernet
Networking Protocol Ethernet
Networking Protocol Fast Ethernet
Standards
Compliant Standards PC 2001
Storage
Hard Drive Capacity 320 GB
Hard Drive Interface SATA 3.0 Gbps
Video
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce 8200
Video Slot Type PCI Express 2.0 x16
Contents System unit, USB keyboard, USB mouse, speakers, software, documentation
General Information Features:
5.1 channel surround sound, high definition audio support
Memory Notes 3GB DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 4GB. There are two memory slots, both are occupied

[lowellriggsiam]

Now that you've eliminated gaming, what would be your primary purpose?

[capman21]

Basically surfing, small video clip editing with virtualdub, and watching vids and music.

[SallyDog]

How much $$$$ ?

[capman21]

$229.00 free shipping, no tax

[jagabo]

Can you upgrade the graphics to Nvidia 8600+ or ATI 2400+ ? That will give you the option of graphics hardware video decompression.

[MJA]

http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/197099

try to stay away from slim cases. they are not easy to upgrade/add on

plus Acer is known for not including any software/backup with their pc's/laptop.my brother in law's laptop didn't come with a single cd

what do u think about the Dell Zino HD Media Center Desktop w/ Radeon HD3200 Graphics

The only thing I don't like is the single core CPU. enough power for net

http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/197085

[lowellriggsiam]

It's not bad for the price, in the end you get what you pay for.

[RabidDog]

Buy it.. two cores .. Not an ATom gfx slot if you ever feel like upgrading the gfx. Acer are Ok.

[usually_quiet]

I looked up the detailed specs in another website. It doesn't seem like a bad choice for what you want to do with it, but I noticed one thing that is a little worrisome. The PSU is only 220W. It's an SSF case, which means if you need to replace or upgrade the PSU, it is likely a standard PSU won't fit and your choices will be limited.

[lacywest]

I was looking at these a few months ago on Ebay ... I have been buying one certain ACER model and I like it ... I've gotten a few that didn't work correctly. But it was a matter of changing the mother board to fix it.

So I started looking around for more models by Acer and found this ... that your interested in. I even bidded on some of them. I then started to look around for them on the Internet ... I am glad I didn't win them. They are proprietary to the max. If I wanted to modify it ... I would be screwed.

If you get it and the mother board starts to fail ... well you can gut it ... and use the parts else where. Good luck with the Power Supply in it ... it is not a standard Power Supply like you find in other normal common PC towers.