Computer crew, it's me again - Page 2

Thinking about it, i work full time now so i probably wouldn't have the time to actually sit down and do the whole thing myself. I'm probably gonna go with that comp from newegg. Of course, i need to come up with the money first (that shouldn't be a problem), so i'm open for suggestions.

Also, I think, i'm gonna try my chances with Vista before downgrading

^ Well what will take you the most time is the amount of actual research that goes into building something like that from scratch. But then again, if you never venture to build your own, when will you do it?

Anywho, thats a good system and it should last you a bit. I would try vista also, but expect to have maybe a couple of problems. Oh yea, I would actually call going from vista to xp "upgrading"

u can always build one, its cheaper, but only if u know what you are doing. do you have a Fry's where you live, cuz here in vegas, they got pretty good deals at that store. Newegg.com always has good deals as well. that comp. looks like a good deal, but as for vista? i still think Xp is a better op. system

look at overstock.com. u can buy, a brand new pc, for around 500$. and they're all good pc's. you would buy the monitors seperately

Meh, i'm really not looking to cheap out on this one

If you live near a university, they might have cheap surplus computers for sale. There's also craigslist if someone hadn't already mentioned it.

I will see what I can put together for under $1000 which offers the best performance for the buck, just for fun. I'll post it later. Of course all you would do then is put parts together, if you decided to do that. Reason I say this is, maybe you can enhance other areas like the video card and and memory while spending less on the chip, as you do not really need 4 cores. Another thing, the current intel core 2's are not true quads, they are really just two core 2's stuck together.

The only programs that will take real advantage of the other two (not true) cores are rendering programs and movie editors etc. and certain productivity apps. basically anything cpu intensive. So unless your doing a lot of the aforementioned work you don't really need the 4 cores.

I also hear many a person, say that they want to future-proof and spend more now, and upgrade later. Wrong strategy. Reason being, technology progresses so rapidly that, by the time you are ready to upgrade, it is usually cheaper to purchase a complete system most of the time. The notion of upgrading might have held true before, but with systems as cheap as they are now, sometimes it doesn't make much sense money wise. Always purchase only what you need now (maybe a couple of years) , then make adjustments later.

My system I built back in November of last year is somewhat outdated now, to give you an example.

Thats still a solid system, again this is just for fun, as I like squeezing as much as possible out of components, even if I can afford more.

Edit: Are you also purchasing a monitor? Keyboard? Mouse? Speakers?

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I know i don't need quad core, that was just a computer i saw that had pretty much all i was looking for (big HDD, nice graphics card), and the extra processing power sure doesn't hurt. Again, i won't have the patience to build it at this moment, i just want something i can have fun with and with little limitations. I'll probably sell the thing later on and build my next one myself. It comes with mouse and keyboard, and i already have a samsung lcd monitor. I'll probably get better speakers down the road.


Should i spend an extra hundred bucks and get the 8800gt with this one? what's the difference between the processors?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883229011

Without going all technical, and comparing things, your answer is yes. The extra $100 for the other system is well worth it. The 8600gt is more of an introductory card, while the 8800gt is a full fledged gaming card. I do not like the Athlon X2 too much, but it will serve you better with the 8800 than getting a quad core with a lesser card for gaming.

The difference between the chips is mainly the Amd is a dual core vs quad core for the q6600. Check these benchmarks http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_20...=871&chart=425

Not too much of a difference though. (For gaming that is)


So yes, the more expensive system is a better buy. And to top it off it currently comes with a rebate!!!