Newb help - Need an opinion please

[bennyguitarboy]

Hi there,

I am unashamedly a newb in the world of hardware so go gentle please. I've done plenty of research before posting here (believe me, PLENTY) but I would value some experienced and educated opinions on the system that I'm think of buying:

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 5200
ASUS M2N4-SLI MOBO
4GB Ram - still trying to get an answer on the specs on this
8800GTX 768MB nVidia GeForce Video
250GB SATAII
SONY 18X DUAL LAYER Multiformat DVD Writer
6 USB ports
Thermaltake soprano with 650W PSU

For the UK people out there this if for under 1000 pounds. It's an ebay purchase - boooooooo - but it's the only way I can afford a system like this. I wasn't sure if posting an ebay link would be against forum rules??

Anyhow, I really would greatly appreciate some hardware nerds (no offence intended, I'm a software nerd) opinions.

Thanks
Ben

Oooh. Forgot to add what I'll doing with the beast. VMWare testing a developement using desktop and server platforms (hence the over killl on RAM), photoshop and games such as BF2 and Fear.

[spot516]

i would bid stright away . under a g for that , well worth it

[MadKad]

I mist this thread sorry, but yes under a grand for a pc like that is good, posting links to ebay auctions is ok here.

we also have an ebay section now for help aswell

[mau_mostudio]

For best opinion

[rollings]

I would have get it right away..
couldnt let it go !!

[GIR]

sounds like a sweet rig, but make sure you're dealing with sellers with good feedback.

[Sherry33]

the computer seems good.but be carefull at ram because there a a few tips of rams DR,SDR

[ac3_spad3s]

I have been juked before a while ago when I bought a computer on ebay because they didnt install the correct CPU and motherboard and completely lied to me. They were new to Ebay so I should have known, but I have gotten other computers from ebay from other trusted sellers, and the computers work great., Just thought I would share my experience.

[amanda223]

Hey be careful while dealing ...Dont trust that much to a dealer ...