What would be your top choices if you were getting a new computer?

[danielson]

yeah....

i found a company that sold components fairly cheaply and told them to stick it together for a small fee, even got em to whack in windows and shit (didnt have 98 and its dirt cheap with a new pc)....

beware though, a cousin of min had all kinds of problems, and when i got mine the first time the RAM kept popping out (poor connectors) so they stuck in a new one and it was all good. oh and they forgot ot stick in my modem but i dd that. well worth it though!

 

[getnbig22]

for sure build your own, the best place to get the individual components is probably Tiger Direct.

WWW.TIGERDIRECT.COM

 

[Burning_Inside]

Well if you want to go with a Dell, and shit overseas wherever you are is that expensive then go for it, but be warned, you cant change bios settings on Dell comps as far as I know, and I'm pretty sure the motherboards have integrated compnents, meaning if one thing goes bad, then you have to change the whole board...Not bad if you have a warranty tho.

 

[ShitBrick]

The best thing to do as the others suggested is to have someone that you know in a comp. field to build one for ya. My friend is going to build me a 900mhz AMD comp with all the extra's for around $600...If you want to go bigger than that you will spend a little more but, you would never spend more than about $1000....

Just Remember that AMD is starting to lead the comp. chip race so if you go big get the AMD because right now they are outperforming the Pentium's..Seriously!

P.S.-->The same computer in the store would have cost me about $1000 plus $200-$300 for the monitor..

 

[MrOlympia2004]

Custom Comp!

 

[r00+]

Ultra10

I'd go with a Sun Ultra10, maybe a 250 if you want to drop a few benjamins.

 

[KAYNE]

IF YOU DONT WANT TO BUILD ONE, GO WITH DELL OR GATEWAY. CUSTOM BUILT IS THE BEST CHOICE THOUGH.


KAYNE

 

[stretch]

Thanks for the info, fellas. I'll make my rounds tomorrow to see what I can find, for the best price. Right now I'm kind of leaning toward the Dell, because I don't really know enough about computers yet to build my own, and I need another one really soon for school.

Thanks again,
stretch

 

[Champ]

Intel said that they were going to drop the p4 price about 400 dollars to regain the marketshare they lost and increase sales in the slowing economy. I would wait about a month for this to happen.

 

[crashnet]

Yeah...go to pricewatch and get the parts and you'll save a bundle.