Is the Dell Precision 490 tower good for gaming?

[John_489]

I'm looking to buy the desktop as it has a great offer. It has two Dual-Core Intel Xeon 2.0GHz (dont know if it's 5100 or 5300 series) with 8GB RAM and an N VIDIA graphics card (not too sure which one)

I'm not too worried about the graphics card as i have budgeted to upgrade that if necessary but can the processor handle gaming? Seeing as it only has a clock speed of 2.0 GHz. Or am I better of getting something like an AMD Phenom II x4 b97 with similar RAM and an appropriate graphics card?

 

[Ecky]

No, absolutely not. It was designed with Windows XP in mind, it's beyond ancient.

 

[Ecky]

What's your total budget?

 

[John_489]

What's your total budget?

Both mentioned desktops (refurbished) with the mentioned processors are not going for more than 150$ and my budget on a graphics card is $70 dollars. I've heard to convert the currency though.. Not sure what they usually cost in other countries

 

[Ecky]

What's best will depend on your local market, but even a Phenom II from ~2009 will struggle in modern games. You might be better off going with something more recent, such as a Core i3 6100 or AMD A8/A10, and using integrated graphics.

 

[John_489]

What's best will depend on your local market, but even a Phenom II from ~2009 will struggle in modern games. You might be better off going with something more recent, such as a Core i3 6100 or AMD A8/A10, and using integrated graphics.

Unfortunately that's out of my price range for now but eventually can I upgrade the HP Compaq 6005 pro SFF with the Phenom II to the AMD A8/A10 or something similar?

 

[Ecky]

No, the socket was dead and abandoned before those CPUs came out.

 

[Ecky]

I would try to get the newest CPU you can. Maybe a used Dell workstation with a Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge i3, if you can find one?

 

[John_489]

No, the socket was dead and abandoned before those CPUs came out.

I would try to get the newest CPU you can. Maybe a used Dell workstation with a Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge i3, if you can find one?

I'll re-asses my options and try get an i3 at the very least. Thanks for the help.