Is this laptop worth 440?

[The Deaf Boy]

Gateway P-7811FX

Brand/Model Gateway GTW P-7811FX
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo P8400
CPU Speed 2.26 GHz
Harddisk 500 GB Fujitsu (2x 250GB 5400 RPM, 2x FKL-MHY2250BH)
Memory 8GB (PC3-8500, DDR3 1066)
Screen Size 17 in.
Video Adapter Nvidia GeForce 9800GTS (resolution 1920x1200)
Optical Drive LG Electronics HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50F
Ethernet Marvell Yukon 88E8071 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Wireless Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Webcam 1.3 Megapixel
Battery Included; holds charge
AC Adapter Included
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Condition Used; Excellent cosmetic condition. No damage. No dead pixels. Fully Working. Will be shipped in original box.
Other 3x USB 2.0; 1x Esata/USB Combo;1x Firewire; 1x 54 mm Expresscard; 1x HDMI; 1x VGA; 1x SDHC; 1x Memorystick

 

[ssjwizard]

Everything but the brand and screen res match my wifes asus G52 which I paid about that much refurbished for. I would say its probably worth that much. To get more power than that in a lappy your looking at 700+

 

[The Deaf Boy]

Everything but the brand and screen res match my wifes asus G52 which I paid about that much refurbished for. I would say its probably worth that much. To get more power than that in a lappy your looking at 700+

Thanks, I wanted something that had 17 in with a very high resolution as I am going to college for computer science this summer.
I wanted something that can play my favortie games no problem (css, dota2, skyrim) but also something that will run CS5 collection programs fluently.

 

[Pinky]

Even though this is getting 'old' I'd say it's beefy for its age and would still run 99% of what's out there (including newer games at lower resolutions). If battery life isn't an issue consider getting a 7200rpm drive, will boost performance big time. SSD would smoke.

 

[ssjwizard]

That machine has dual HDDs so I would definitely recommend putting a SSD in. My laptop is faster than alot of quad core desktops since I added the SSD and its a T7600 C2D with DDR2 ram.

 

[The Deaf Boy]

So, I take it that it is a good deal, but I should try to find a SSD which will boast it?
Will SSD improve performance in dreamweaver ect?

 

[min2209]

SSD's are mostly for improving random access read / write speeds, so program execution will be sped up significantly. If your typical Dreamweaver work is bottlenecked by hard drive seek times, you'll see a large improvement. Also, if you are dealing with large files, the increased sequential read / write speeds will improve. Personally, I think that an SSD is the most noticeable upgrade to most usage scenarios today.

 

[ssjwizard]

No reason to waste money on a SATA 3 SSD since the laptop im sure doesnt have it. Find a nice big sata2 drive for cheap. I have an Adata in mine, an OCZ in my wifes rig, and a corsair in my main system. Outside of disk benchmarks I cant discern between the 3 drives when it comes to startup, or program launches. I can say that with an SSD in my laptop I can open any part of CS5 in under 10 seconds. Firefox opens instantly, 22 seconds from a cold boot. That was my first SSD and I havent looked back once.