Should I buy this PC?

[huapua]

So I was looking at a computer and thinking to make the buy. What say you DF community?

Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
GIGABYTE GA-M61PME-S2P Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
22X Lite-On DVD-R/W DVD/CD Burner
Rosewill Black Steel case w/ 585W Power Supply
500GB Western Digital "Black Edition" SATA II Hard Drive w/ 32mb cache
4GB PC8500 OCZ Platinum 1066mhz RAM w/ heatspreaders
AMD Athlon X2 7850 "Black Edition" Dual-Core CPU, 2.8ghz each core, 3.6ghz Hyper-Transport

Total price= $420

I am probably going to put in a radeon 4890 which will bump up the total price to about $600. The computer was originally $550 with a radeon 4870 but I asked him if he would sell it to me at a reduced price and take it out so that is why it is $420. Since it used to have a 4870, I shouldn't have a problem putting in a 4890 right?

According to the seller, the CPU is "easily overclockable" and I figure quad core is pointless since pretty much every game i've played only takes advantage of 2 cores.

Should I put in a 4890 or is it pointless because I will be limited by the other specs?
Is this a good price?
Do you have any good ideas?

[kingpin]

get a quad core instead, it's not like they have a problem with games and will also take advantage of future games that will utilise all the cores. it's not like it's needed, dual core is good enough now, but it's good to be closer to the future needs.

and that's why i'd take a 4870x2 or gtx 295, they're better and will last longer especially if you're running games in high resolutions >=1920x1080, but if you want a notch down level card 4890 is the best choice.

that's my opinion only and what i would do if i had to buy my PC again 9 months later.

[huapua]

get a quad core instead, it's not like they have a problem with games and will also take advantage of future games that will utilise all the cores. it's not like it's needed, dual core is good enough now, but it's good to be closer to the future needs.

and that's why i'd take a 4870x2 or gtx 295, they're better and will last longer especially if you're running games in high resolutions >=1920x1080, but if you want a notch down level card 4890 is the best choice.

that's my opinion only and what i would do if i had to buy my PC again 9 months later.

I was hoping to spend ~$600 dollars on a PC or less. Maybe even 700 if its a pretty good bang for my buck.

Consider that I am buying this PC from a private party and it is already built.

He wants $420 for his PC w/ the 4870 removed. I could probably get it for ~$500 with the 4870 intact.

I would then have to buy a monitor, computer desk, and keyboard. This will run me about $200-300 more in the end.

[Mudgutts]

not sure that I recall correctly, but if the mobo has either SB750 or SB710 southbridges, or SB750 and BIOS support you can unlock all four cores. I'm pretty sure it's a quad with 2 cores disabled. you'll have to do some research on it.

as far as the gfx card the ati 5800 series (dx11) cards are due to launch, if they already didn't.

you'll have to get an amd buff to confirm.

[Viluin]

That CPU doesn't overclock that well, it uses the old Phenom arcitecture.