im about to buy a dell optiplex 320 from a guy but before i buy it i want to know if i can play basic games on it like cad4 and crysis......heres what it has: *intel pentium 4@3.4ghz* *2gb ram* *ati radeon xpress 1100*(will probably be upgraded) *80gb sata hdd*(will be upgraded to 500gb)

How much will you be paying for it? -Crysis and CoD4 are more than "basic games." -the P4 was one of the worst processors to roll out of a company as talented as Intel. Definitely not a good Crysis CPU. A dual-core CPU is highly recommended--hyper-threading doesn't count. -the radeon xpress 1100 will need to be upgraded. -if he's asking for more than $150, then spending the money on a cheap Pentium E or Athlon X2 board+CPU package would be a better idea. Super P3-Now with Blu-Ray playback! PIII-S @ 1.66GHz 2GB PC2700 AGP HD3650 LiteOn BD-ROM Homebuilt 1080p projector w/ Pixelworks HDMI controller JBL 5.1 audio

I hope you're not paying much for it. Tally everything up...a used P4 system "from a guy", then add to it a video card, HDD & power supply to make it game-worthy. Is it still an attractive deal? "And that's the fishing line, because Sharkboy said so!"

im trading the guy my xbox 360...what are some recomended video card upgrades, i cant spend over $150 on a video card and not over $200 on a cpu and board....is possible to get decent parts for that price?

decent video card - $150+/- decent power suppy - $100+/- 500GB HDD - $90+/- So you're looking at over $300 to make it game worthy, but that doesn't include upgrading the P4 to a dual core. EDIT: I just reread what you wrote above & see that you also mentioned a board? You'd be upgrading just about everything in the PC...board, CPU, video card, HDD, power supply & most likely RAM as well. Your "friend" is definitely getting the better part of this trade. I think it is an extremely bad deal for you. "And that's the fishing line, because Sharkboy said so!"

ok....i didnt buy that computer i bought another one that i think is game capable except for the video card which is integrated in the motherboard, heres the specs: ****NVIDIA geforce 6100 motherboard**** ****2gb of ddr2 800MHZ ram**** ****AMD Athlon X2 4200+ @2.21GHZ**** ****16x Memorex DVD/DVD-DL RW**** ****ANTEC 350Watt Power supply**** ****320gb Western digital Caviar 7200rpm**** was it worth my $250?