What's a good cheap computer that will be used for email , facebook games and off line games ,

my computer has a bad moteher board and i want to buy a new one. i play facebook games and my bf wants to play his offline civilization games. i do not want to spend more than $300.00.

A $300 computer will most likely BARELY be able to handle Flash Facebook games, but, should be able to handle an older game like the original Civilization games.
Are you going to need a new monitor, or just a tower? Is the $300 including tax, because if so, even the absolute cheapest computer that Best Buy carries is over that.
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I'm NOT an employee of Best Buy, or Geek Squad, though I did work as an Agent for a year 5 years ago. None of my posts are to be taken as the official stance that Best Buy will take on your situation. My advice is just that, advice.
Unfortunately, that's the bad luck of any electronic, there's going to be bad Apples... wait that's a horrible pun.

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