Is this a good computer?

[d12eam]

NZXT Trinity ATX Mid-Tower Case w/400W Power Supply
939-pin] AMD® Athlon-64 3200+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology
eVGA nForce-4 SLI Chipset Dual DDR w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Dual PCI-E MB
Nvidia Geforce 6600 256 mb with dvi and TV output
512MB DDR-400 PC3200 Memory Module
200 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 8M Cache]
16x DVD-ROM + 52x32x52 CD-RW Combo Drive
3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System
Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Mitsumi 1.44 MB Internal Floppy Drive
Logitech Multi-Media Keyboard
Logitech Optical Internet Mouse

For $573.00.

Is that a good deal?
(thinking of buying it for my nephew who wants to play mainly BF2 so can it play it?)

Thanks. Got the deal from ibuypower.

 

[Spike]

It's not bad, I'll give it that.

 

[d12eam]

will it play BF2?

 

[mossimoboy]

Yes it will, on pretty basic settings however. Your nephew will be able to play it on low or medium settings pretty smoothly.

The only thing I may recommend is another 512MB stick of ram.

 

[CrossFire851]

Possibly a 6800, but I would definitely get 1 more stick of 512. BF2 will run more smoothly.

 

[jBoy!]

i say it's definitely a good buy, but i also agree that you should double the ram. a 6600 may be sufficient for your nephew's gaming needs, but if not go for a 6800 or even an 7800 if you're willing to fork out some dough.

 

[detrunks]

have similar pc

I'm not sure if you want to save some money too but there's no need for the SATA 2 (I don't think it'll improve performance over SATA 1). I have pretty much the same PC and you WILL need at least 1GB RAM. You don't need the floppy drive. I'd change you combo drive for at least a DVD-R (prefer DVD-RW). You might want a better mouse for gaming. I'd OC the 6600 using coolbits too (or get the 6800).

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

Typical advertising.. 7.1 sound was already mentioned in the mainboard specs.

600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System

Translation: ~50W RMS active speakers. Are there even seven of them (plus subwoofer) ?

 

[d12eam]

Upgraded the ram and the video card. $650. Might buy it from what ive heard.