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QUOTE(brandon10092 @ Oct 9 2006, 11:34 PM) I don't know what it is, but there's always problems with Dells. I know tons of people with Dell computers and they're always lagging on something performance-wise or something is keeping it from booting up. I think the only reason Dell is as big as it is today is because it spends billions of dollars on marketing and commercials. Tak... read more.
It depends on what you are looking for. When asking a such general question, I suggest you list the qualities of hardware you're expecting. As well as state what you are planning to do.
For example, are you looking for a computer that will do just email and internet surfing? If so you can pick one up for $200 US dollars. But do you need a monitor? Do you need a sound card. ETC.
Trap17 asks you to post quality posts and detailed description and information.
Just a note, any computer that uses windows is super expensive - that's why it's cheaper to buy your own - if you have an old copy of windows you can save yourself several hundred dollars.
I know in Australia, you can build very cheap PC boxes if you buy all the components yourself and do not need to pay someone to do it for you. Generic parts are quite common and are much cheaper (albiet less reliable).
I have heard of a lot of budget, relatively-new-to-computer users investing in Dells lately. Their desktop deals are amazingly low, considering they come with warranty, an LCD monitor and Windows XP. Certainly, if you don't know what you're doing I couldn't recommend anything else.
For cheap, you won't get a highend gaming rig, but you will rather have a good internet surfing/word processing box. I got myself a Gateway MX3414 a while back, and it ws relatively cheap; $800. Its a nice laptop that runs games and all my other apps quite nicely But if you only want an internet surfing box Id recommend a cheap Dell or eMachine, although I dislike both brands, they are quite cheap, and good for what you are looking for!
I know most of the new higher-end computers come with 1GB of RAM, but if you're looking for an average computer with about 512MB of RAM you can still find it. When I got my Compaq computer 2 years ago, it had 2 drives: CD/DVD burner, and a CD-ROM drive. It also had a couple of FireWire ports and a picture card reader slot, and it had 512MB of RAM in it. I bought it without a monitor and it was about $700 (reminder: this was 2 years ago) so depending on if you want 1 or 2 disk drives, your computer (without a monitor) should be around mabye $500. And unless you go with Apple or some office computer with a Windows server OS, you'll end up with XP for sure. A decent LCD monitor, mabye around 17or 19" will cost mabye $300-$400.
has anyone bought an alienware pc? i here alot of good reviews but never from someone who bought one... just magazine adds and such. i was basically wondering if its worth buying one or am i more or less just paying an extra $1500 for there cool *arse* case =\
I don't know what it is, but there's always problems with Dells. I know tons of people with Dell computers and they're always lagging on something performance-wise or something is keeping it from booting up. I think the only reason Dell is as big as it is today is because it spends billions of dollars on marketing and commercials. Taking over Alienware was just another step towards them dominating the computer market and turning it into crap.
Dells sell because people like the appeal of customizing their own systems and those computers are rather idiot-proof. You can't touch anything in the BIOS (which is frustrating for more tech-savvy users) and everything comes bundled to work right out of the box.
From what I hear, the reason why they go down a bit more often is because Dell uses cheap component parts. Whether it's a marketing strategy for IT guys to purchase even more replacement parts or whether it's just cheap construction is beyond me, but people will still flock to it because of bulk pricing, Dell's reputability in customer service, and the famous "ease" of Dell computers.
They are good systems for people who are willing to just use the computer for basic computing for a cheap price, but when performance AND budget is a must, it's always best to design and build your own system.
I'm still selling Intel Pentium I Computer with $5 price, and there are still some customers who want it.
If you're considering XP OS than you need at least pentium 4 computer, which means you need about $100 at least to get the new CPU with low class specification.
If you would like to build your own (which is fairly easy but you must be careful) and buy all the parts in newegg for a total of maybe under 300. I recommend buying AMD dual core cpus and motherboard because they are much cheaper than Intel. You can get a good cpu for less than a 100.
I don't know what it is, but there's always problems with Dells. I know tons of people with Dell computers and they're always lagging on something performance-wise or something is keeping it from booting up. I think the only reason Dell is as big as it is today is because it spends billions of dollars on marketing and commercials. Taking over Alienware was just another step towards them dominating the computer market and turning it into crap.
I had gotten my latest issue of playstation magazine and happen to stumble across an interesting
article about the worlds fastest computer and I have ot say that computer is fast. This computer
can do a petaflop or to break it down in simpler terms it can do over a quadrillion calculations per
second. Here is the kicker, hardware from the Playstation 3 system made this possible; includes
6,949 dual core AMD Opteron chips and 12,960 cell engines (heart of the PS3). As for cost I would
say including $400 for a PS3 that this computer cost at least or over $10 m....
Hey everyone! I'm going to be buying a new laptop in a few months, and I am very confused
about one thing: AMD manufactures a LOT of 64 bit processors, while Intel almost never does.
I'm clueless when it comes to processors, and I'm concerned because I haven't really
been paying attention to processor specs as much as HD and RAM, even though those are the cheapest
and easiest to switch. Does anyone have any good tips about processors? I'm mainly wondering
what the difference between 64 bit and 32 bit is, but other than that I also want to know i....
There is a contest right now for this computer, and I have to say that this beats the $20,000+
Mac Pro computer by a whole lot in terms of hardware, software, and other stuff /laugh.gif"
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all the stuff just in case someone wants to buy the parts seperately and junk QUOTE •
GIGABYTE 3D Mercury GZ-FW1CA-AJS Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case – $399
• Custom Case Painting by Gary Berg - $1500 • OCZ ProXStream 100 watt....
I have looked at the new microsoft computer called microsoft surface, it looks amazing but slightly
too expensive for me at the moment at £17000 onwards. Also I have heard from my mate that there is
a new apple computer which is coming out shortly. It has 2*quad core x2.4Ghz processors and 40 gb
of ram. I think thats crazy but £17000 may be worth it.....
I have on the look for old computers for the foundation as we are going to help a school shortly.
http://www.computerkindness.org I have been looking for best places for buying cheap and good
computers in Bangalore, India. Some of them have quoted for good prices but i doubt if that will
workout. Configuration IBM Make Processor: P3 800Mhz RAM: 128MB HDD: 20GB New keyboard and
optical mouse 15 inch Monitor the above configuration was quoted or Rs 5250. I am not very sure if
that is the price. So suggestion and help welcome. Also it would be great if you can help ....
Well hello guys, I am back for as long as i can remember this place /tongue.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> I just wanted to let you
know that I am building my own computer, custom computer, and wanted to know your comments, and
opinions. I started with a Dell Dimension 8100 pent 4... 1.5GHz and 256MB of ram. I was sick of it.
I bought a new computer. Dell Inspiron 530s (Core 2 Duo processor, 2 gigs, vista, and all that good
stuff). I was still hungry for more power, so now i am starting my custom computer building. It s....
Friends recently i had my computer thrilled with failure to start. I contacted the system dealer ,
he said that the RAM had the problem and replaces it , my old RAM is a 1 GB RAM. I saw the RAM in
that we have the copper teeths like structure in the bottom which fits in the motherboard there one
copper stripp has come out . Is there any solution or must i throw the RAM ? Title modified ....
Hi every body! I installed a liteon cd-dvd writer, and since then everytime i try to start my
pc i have to try at least 3 times (stays on asrock) When it finally boots bios screan appears and
states: System failed to boot several times before you must enter setup to reconfigure system. I
have no idea what to do so i exit system screen. Can somebody please help. thank in advance. i
contacted my friend and he said *no a real quote i just summed it up* Either the hard drive is
faulty or the BIOS is not setup to detect it. If you haven't changed any BIOS settin....
Hello Trap17 Friends, I am posting this because I need help to get a computer screw unscrewed, the
problem is that I sort of forced it a while back and it is sort of deformed. I am able to get all
the other screws out except this particular screw. I need to get it out so that I can check the
thermal paste on my processor and to clean the heatsink. I might even swap out the processor soon,
so before I buy a new processor for it, I need to be able to get that screw unscrewed. Does anyone
here have any tricks or ideas? Thanks.. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle"....
Okay, this is the second time building a computer on my own. The motherboard had a 24-pin socket but
I didn't notice that the power supply had a 20-pin connector with an extra 4-pin to go with the
20-pin one. So what I did without knowing the proper connection, I connected the 20-pin to the
240pin socket on the motherboard and the extra 4-pin to the 4-pin socket across from the
motherboard. The correct 4-pin was left hanging and wasn't used. So after all these things were
done and I connected the power cable to the PSU and switched it on, I heard some popping so....
I am saving up for a new computer. My birthday was August 25th, and my rents gave me $400
towards a new computer. So a couple more bucks and I'll have enough for the one I'm looking
at. AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6GHz (Dual-Core) 2GB DDR2 (Upgradable to 4gb w/ 4 slots) 320GB Sata II
harddrive (3 more sata slots available) DVD±RW Dual-Layer Nvidia GeForce 6150 SE 7.1 Sound I got a
250GB Sata sitting in my desk unused, after I install that It'll bring the Harddrive space up to
570GB. 6USB ports/2Firewall $499 CAD - Its a refurbished gateway from ti....
I am getting a new monitor and I plan to use it for gaming, WoW, BF2 etc. And I was just wondering,
for being on a budget if the monitor is fine, I've read about ghosting and dead pixels and such
and was just kind of worried about getting the wrong one.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...318#detailspecs That's the link to it... But
it's Hanns·G HW-191D 19-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor. Response Time: 5 ms Pixel Pitch: 0.294
x 0.294 mm Display Colors: 16.2 million That's what I think is important, and I think that
would be fine, just doubl....
ahhhhh! /ohmy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" /> ok,
Last night i was on my computer. just like always i went to shut it off. so i went down to shutdown
just like always. it shutoff fine. i booted it up again this morning and now everythings gone. it is
just as if i had reinstalled windowsxp. some of my files that i have saved to mydocuments are gone.
but everything else is gone. i thought...... hmmm no problem i will just do a system restom to get
my computer back to how it was. uhh no cant do that. a parantly the system t....
QUOTE AMD Athlon XP 1800+ 1gb PC2100 DDR DFI AD73 Pro ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128mb too lazy to list
all my storage devices Ye Olde Sound Blaster PCI a TDK DVD +\- DVD and CD burner including PSU
fans, 9 80mm case fans a USB 2.0 PCI hub card some old 10\100 lan card 430w Antech Truepower
PSU Windows XP Professional w\out service packs, Mandrake Linux 10.0 (dual boot baby!
/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> ) some
awesome looking Raidmax case thats it for me. what are you guys runnin'? /smile....
Well I got two weeks left in the semester and on August 18th I will have built my first computer
from scratch, now hopefully during the rest of the year I will have build up a series of topics on
computer hardware and tutorials on building a computer from scratch that most of you will never have
to buy a pre built system again /biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0"
alt="biggrin.gif" />. With that being said this is the final specs of the computer I will be
building, after I had a fluke with my floppy drive (had the wrong one). Keyboard &....
Well my hardware is class is almost over and after reading are weekly chapter the first discussion I
wanted to bring to the class was data backup technologies, the website I am using for as a reference
is this one . To talk about about what people think of old and new technologies used for backing
up your computer's data. So the first website I came across is the pro's and con's of
method of backing up dating through current or latest technologies. The first one the article talks
about is ancient technology of the floppy drive as for the history lesson I ....
As I began my hardware class in school I knew I was going to be learning some new stuff about a
computer that I never really thought about besides the fact I use one. Hopefully what I talk about
in this topic will help people get a better understanding of computer hardware, especially when
might want to build one by scratch. The form factor is used to determine what power supply,
computer cases and motherboards you can use when building a fully customized computer instead of
getting one pre-built; such as Dell, Apple, Sony, and Alienware. There are 6 form factors (in....
What site is the best to assemble a custom computer? I have been thinking about buying my own
computer but I'm not sure which site I should use. Topic title modified. ....
Allright im looking at upgrading because my computer starting to become stupid... (games are lagging
when they shouldnt be... heres what i have now so you can base this for what to sujest to me (i
want better lol) CPU: intel 2.8 ghz RAM: 1gig motherboard: intel pos motherboard... (it works for
what i have now...) Cdrom: DVD R/W 16x i belive 3x 40 gig hard drives (im going to get at least a
120 gig) GPX: Nvidia Geforece 4ti 4600 (im looking at the ATI 1950x crossfire but thats a little out
of my budget... but its an awsome card...) Monitor: 21" (i think its huge...) s....
Well, my Dad and i bought it off a New Zealand internet auction site (trademe). Luckily the seller
lived in the same town we do. Anyway im not going to say how much it was, just that it was between
200-400 US Dollars. The main specs are 2.0GHz 768mg RAM (Upgrading in future) 40gb Harddrive
(Upgrading asap) CD Writer and DVD reader 64mb video card (upgrading in future) It has 7 different
media bays for video cameras etc. LAN card, Internal modem card, Audio card, 2 USB ports at front
and 4 (i think) at back. Both run at 2.0x speed. Comes already with XP Pro and Office ....
Ive nearly got enoughmoney to buy myself a computer, its going to be used for gaming and web design
stuff. Will these specs do, yes/no/ what would you change? Also please dont go say 500gb harddrive,
watercooling, dual 2gb rams etc... Dual 2.6GHz Processor 768mb RAM 80Gb Harddrive A decent graphics
card (havent looked into) (hopefully) inbuilt 56k modem. CD RW, DVD Reader. Can i egt away with
512ram??....
Ok i have recieved as a present my uncles dell latitude x1 laptop. Its Operating system ahs been re
installed and it worked for the first few hours i had it but then it started randomly locking up and
making a weird sysren noise, and now when i try and boot it up it says that no hard drive or
bootable devices can be found. What can i do, is there anything that i can do insted of calling dell
out on monday (still have next day support) and has any one else had this problem. Thanks....
Got a question, Again. I want to be able to have to monitors, Two keyboards, And two mouses. So
that they can be all hooked up to one computer but I can have several users doing different things.
But so that I can connect to the internet on the computer and all the users be able to share it at
the same time. I have Dial-up. So the question is, If I get another monitor card so I can hook up
two monitors will that work? Then there is this thing that you plug it into your computer, and it
comes with software and it has several monitor, keyboard, and mouse ports on this ....
Hey all. The outlets in my room are not grounded, and I want to eventually get a computer up and
running in there. Do you think that it is dangerous to do so, and if so, how dangerous is it? Are
we talking computer-dying dangerous, electrocuting myself dangerous, or some other kind of
dangerous? Thanks, folks.....
I'm thinking about building a new computer to integrate into my car. I would use it for audio,
games, etc... Has anybody ever done this? I know that percautions have to be made for vibrations,
and you would have to use a very small lcd screen. Does anybody know how to do this?....
Hi, A friend of me call me telling me that his computer is *BLEEP*ed up. His computer turns off
before anything comes into the screens. Three beeps sound before it turns off. He asked me for
advice but i did not know what to tell him. I guess could be the Bios but i do not have a big
background experience with this computer problems. He told me he was cracking a program or something
like that. So, maybe a virus *BLEEP*ed him. If anyone know what is the problem and what it is the
solution would be really nice. thanks in advanced!....
I have a problem with my computer. How come it's restarting on its own? When the electricity
fluctuates, the computer restarts. I cannot control that though and that is tolerable given the
quality of electric lines here in my country. But sometimes there are no electric fluctations and
it is just restarting on its own. Is this spyware, trojan or virus? I scan my system regularly
using Adaware and AntiVir. I am not that good in troubleshooting computers, so can anyone help me?
Formatting my hard disk is my last resort because I am open to other options. Wha....
Well if this topic does not belong here, please feel free to delete/move it. Here's how the
story went: My friend's computer crashed on him and he asked me to come over and have a look.
So I did and here are some errors that appear: Boot cd-rom Boot cd-rom Cannot load press
ctrl+alt+delete to restart After I restart it the same thing happens all over again. (Note: the
message is very similiar to that above but I didn't write the exact message down). I tried the
restore disk and then that too did not work even after I log into windows, the computer fr....
Ok if any of you here are like me, you like to build computers. I have built several computers for
people and loved doing every single one i built, i was looking for a new case to build my next
personal computer in and i ran accross this monster from thermaltake. The Armor VA8000 Series, which
can be found here http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/armor...s/va8000bws.htm When I first saw
this thing i was like wow but when i read what some of the features were i was like *beep* *beep*
/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /> the swee....
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But if you only want an internet surfing box Id recommend a cheap Dell or eMachine, although I dislike both brands, they are quite cheap, and good for what you are looking for!
