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Buying New PC. Suggestions?

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mouser:
a lot of people are asking you what you intend to use it for, but as Deozaan alluded to, another major issue is how comfortable you are with tinkering vs. how much you want to buy a complete system with a good warranty policy.  one of the real advantages to buying a complete system from a company like dell or gateway is that when something breaks you know who to call and where to send it.

another thing to consider of course is a laptop - the prices of laptops have come down so much lately that you really could get a reasonable laptop for not much more than $500.

mitzevo:
yeah, theres a brand new (or so they so) PCG-K33 Sony Vaio laptop on ebay that Deozaan found after tryna find out the details of model :o  :mad: for about $30... WTF.

Mine happens to be the same model and I was tryng to sell it (not really trying just seeing if any one was interested) and Deozaan finds this $30 one... what the hell..

it's probably stolen, i mean who would sell it at that price? it would make a better gift.. jesus.

* mitzevo angry

MilesOhToole:
Thanks for the replies, fellas.

So, let's say I do want to be able to play games.  Maybe not in ultra-high resolution mode, but a moderately solid system.

Mouser, you're post got me to thinking.  I was considering building one myself, but if something goes wrong, I'm not sure I'll know what component is faulty.  Of course, I do have this 500MHz Dell I'm typing on right now, as backup to get online and possibly figure out any technical problems.

Deozaan, that barebones system looks quite promising.  Other than RAM and the OS, what else would I need to complete it?

pfflyer:
I am hoping to buy a new pc within the next year (I hope!)

I have been looking at the manufacturers below:

http://www.abs.com
http://www.asus.com

You might be able to find something in your price range from them.  Their systems are often listed on newegg.com which was mentioned above.

tinyvillager:
I've been buying these powerspec Pc's for about ten years now,and love them.

http://www.powerspec.com/

I buy them from
http://www.microcenter.com/

There pretty tricked out for around the $500 (US) mark,without monitor btw.

I've had my latest PowerSpec® 8734 for a couple of years now,it came with this for about $400-something

PowerSpec® 8734
Processor   
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology at 2.80GHz

OS   
genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition

System Board   
Biostar P4TSV

System Memory   
512MB composed of 2- 256MB DDR400 SDRAM 184-pin DIMMs

Diskette Drive   
3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive

Hard Drive   
80GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA/100

CD-RW Drive   
52x32x52x CD-RW Drive

Video   
Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2 Chipset

Sound   
Integrated 6 Channel AC'97 Audio CODEC

Modem   
56K PCI Modem MDP 7800

LAN   
Realtek RTL8139C(L) Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Adapter

Keyboard   
Standard PS/2 Keyboard

Mouse   
2-Button PS/2 Scroll Mouse

Speakers   
Stereo Speakers

Warranty   
On-Site Limited Warranty

__________________________________

Later i up the ram to 2gig,it can handle 4
Slapped in a second hard drive 300 gig
Changed video card to 9600 radeon
I've switched out cd-rom/dvd-roms drives a couple of times-i burn alot so you'll have that-got a dvd-burner
and a cd-rom/dvd-reader.  

All in all i'm very happy with Powerspec,i don't know where you live but if it's in the US check out
http://www.microcenter.com/ they've always treated me with respect.

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