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Im looking at buying some used gaming computers and im not all to familiar with the internals, all of the following are in my price range, but i need your help deciding the best, ilm looking to render out lots of 3d images and animations, and play games with high quality graphics, which of these would you think is the best? :smile.gif:

Option #1
This sale will include the tower, screen, and a gaming keyboard,
Keyboard: black MERC-Stealth has numberpad on right and a gaming left hand position (movement). Key pad will light up red, blue, and purple. Has 2 USB sockets, headphone and mic input, music controls and volume, and plus all the normal key board letters and buttons.

Computer Screen: HP w2338h, 23" screen with excellent clarity LCD (minor scratches)

CPU (tower)- HP Pavilion Elite HPE / Designed for powerful performance and elegance / AMD Phenom II X4 925 Qual-core Processor / 8GB DDR3 system memory / 1 Terabyte hard Drive! / ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics card with 512MB dedicated graphics memory / Built in wireless LAN, blu-ray player, SuperMulti DVD burner with Lightscribe Technology / 15 in 1 card reader for camera memory cards.

Computer is in really great shape!! Computer has been reset to factory settings.


Option #2
- Cooler Master HAF 922 Mid Tower Computer Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197
- Intel D915PBL motherboard
- Intel P4 3.40 GHz w/ Hyper Thread
- 1.5GB SpecTek PC4200 RAM (I have another 512MB stick but I took it out b/c I think it was causing system instability)
- BenQ 8/4/12//24/10/40 CD+-RW/DVD+RW
- Win 7 Ultimate SP1 installed (I don't have the CD..)
- Alienware Keyboard & Mouse
- Palit NE/9600T+0152 GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
- Westinghouse LCM-22w2 LCD display - TFT - 22" - widescreen - 1680 x 1050 - 280 cd/m2 - 700:1 - 5 ms - DVI-D, VGA - speakers - black
- Hard Drives:
-- Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB (6Y080P0)
-- Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
-- Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s
- Cambridge Soundworks FPS2000 Digital Speakers
-- Satellite power output: 7 watts RMS at 10% THD per channel
-- Satellite dimensions: 3.5" x 3.5" x 3.5" with 2.5" long throw driver
-- Subwoofer power output: 25 watts RMS at 10% THD
-- Subwoofer dimensions: 14.1" x 8.0" x 6.5" with 5.25" woofer
-- Frequency range: 50Hz - 20kHz
-- Safety and EMI compliance: UL, cUL, CE and others


Option #3
Here is the specs:
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit -- This is a custom built PC, I got Windows 7 Pro for free as a student, so I do not have the "RESTORE DISCS" please do not ask.
Processor: Intel(R) core(TM) 2 CPU
Memory: 4094 Mb or 4GB
Graphic Card: NVIDIA GEFORCE 9800 GT


Info below:
1 x GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard
1 x Rosewill RP550-2 550W ATX12V v2.01 Power Supply
1 x Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor BX80557E6300
1 x G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
1 x XFX PVT98GYDLH GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
1x Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
1x 250GB Harddrive
1x CD/DVD Burner Optical Drive
The computer has 5 fans including big one on top

definitely do not get option 2. it sounds fast with a 3.4 ghz P4 but its not. my 1.6 ghz amd turion runs faster than my 3.0 ghz P4 by a huge amount.

The first one probably has the best CPU but it's got integrated graphics. None of these are gonna let you play modern games on much but low settings and laggy at that. I think you would do better to just list a budget and let others give you better options.

None particularly stand out, but I would go for the third because the 9800 is the best card out of your 3. Personally, I would still choose something better elsewhere.