Ok i wanna get a new comp... what should i buy?

[mellow mood]

I'm looking for a good comp but i dont have much money lol... i plan on putting maybe 700$ max

i was wondering if the mgz are really important? i mean is a 500mhz comp is really shit? i guess memory is really important but what about mhz? i dont know much about comps...

any advice appreciated thx

[Ms420]

I have a Dell inspiron 6000. Ive had it for about 3 - 4 months. Its had only 1 thing wrong with it and that got fixed pretty quick. I like it so far. Thats my recomendation.

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

~Well my mate did something when he was last here to see what specs my new computer has, and I just managed to find out what he did (Go to Run.. then type "dxdiag" and it shows you the specs of your computer, wow) and here are mine.. I haven't had any problems with it, the whole thing cost £761 and it's a Dell.

After seeing the post my "Ms420" I'll say mine's a Dell Dimension 5100.

[radioned]

with that sort of money you should get a good system with at least 3.0ghz processor 1012 ram and 200gig hard drive

[mellow mood]

coz for the moment i have a fuckin shitty 440mhz intel pentium III with 256 ram

[radioned]

at least you got something

[Ms420]

This is my system stuff - I paid $905 for mine.




System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 12/21/2005, 12:11:26
Machine name: TRINA
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 6000
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A08
Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.40GHz
Memory: 504MB RAM
Page File: 453MB used, 774MB available

[mellow mood]

yea... and what u told me would cost 1100$ at least

[Ms420]

yea... and what u told me would cost 1100$ at least
who?

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

This is my system stuff - I paid $905 for mine.




System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 12/21/2005, 12:11:26
Machine name: TRINA
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 6000
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A08
Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.40GHz
Memory: 504MB RAM
Page File: 453MB used, 774MB available

I couldn't copy and/or paste my data, how shitty lol.

Mellow, my old comp was 511Mhz and had 64Mb RAM, it was so shitty towards the end of its life, froze an average of 3 times a night, everything screwed up, sometimes it would only type vowels, and not even the corresponding key, my suggestion, get a new computer soon, like I did :)

[mellow mood]

yea but what is the function of ram, mhz and hard drive?

i really know absolutly nothing about cpus

[Ms420]

I couldn't copy and/or paste my data, how shitty lol.

Mellow, my old comp was 511Mhz and had 64Mb RAM, it was so shitty towards the end of its life, froze an average of 3 times a night, everything screwed up, sometimes it would only type vowels, and not even the corresponding key, my suggestion, get a new computer soon, like I did :)

That sounds exactly like my old comp. The bastard wouldnt even shut down. I had to manually turn it off. It was a major piece of shit.

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

yea but what is the function of ram, mhz and hard drive?

i really know absolutly nothing about cpus

So the geeks are useful now, eh? The nerds ;)

lol.

Anyway, I'm no wizard but I think, Mhz is the speed the cpu (central processing unti) processes information, not sur exactly what the others are, and as I don't want to give false information, someone else will fill you in :p lol

[JetFoi34]

cpu - faster the better... 500mhz is slow... i run at 1.9ghz and its plenty fast for now... starting to get into gaming so i might upgrade soon
ram - if your gonna run winxp make sure its at least 512mb
hard drive - depends how much your gonna have on your computer... for most people a 40gb is well enough
thats pretty much the basics

theres video and sound cards too... but idk if i would worry too much about them if you dont know that much about computers
unless your a gamer or really love music - even so youll probably have to make an upgrade later anyway since most preassembled pcs come with cards to make your computer run good but not really performance or anything

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

That sounds exactly like my old comp. The bastard wouldnt even shut down. I had to manually turn it off. It was a major piece of shit.

Yeah, I had to hold the button in, plus it pushed in about 1/2 an inch, as something must have broken. I couldn't even go on the internet on it, pages took at least a minute to load up, it was ridiculous!

[robert42]

prefferably one with a Monitor and a mouse

[mellow mood]

whats a sound card? coz yea i really love music

[mellow mood]

prefferably one with a Monitor and a mouse

dude can you ever say something intelligent? you and tokosan are almost the same.. at first its funny but its gettin gay at long

plz just grow up

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

whats a sound card? coz yea i really love music

Changes the quality of the sound, how clear it is to hear and stuff.
I think ,lol.

[robert42]

dude can you ever say something intelligent? you and tokosan are almost the same.. at first its funny but its gettin gay at long

plz just grow up

lmao omg if you want to know a good comp why not get a dell? you cant get them in the shops so try online.



btw i say many things dont be so negative JESUS LOL :thumbsup:

tokosan and me lmao all the same yea good one son


also theres MILLIONS of comps

give us INFO if u want HELP

Like how fast u want it?
how much u wanna spend?
what specs?
printer?
scanner?
LAN
WAN
Internel modem
external

BE SPECIFIC

[mellow mood]

yea whatever...

[robert42]

Creative Labs make good soundcards,

you looking to watch TV on the PC?

im a pc engineer i find u a good pc

[robert42]

yea whatever...

come on man only tryin to help u now

[JetFoi34]

a sound card you would most likely buy after
it improves the quality of sound
i had an onboard sound card for like a year and a half (onboard=built into the motherboard)
then i got a 200$ sound card and wow what a difference
not saying your gonna spend that much
but there are some pretty decent sound cards for like 50$-100$
its kinda like buying an amp for your car
i need to get some new speakers actually and thats another way to upgrade sound

[mellow mood]

is dell good? i found that on their site

Dimension E510
Award Winning PC
Balanced Performance
Bullet Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology (3.0GHz,800FSB)
Bullet Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition
Bullet 256MB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz (1x256M)


its like 699$ does it sounds ok?

[robert42]

is dell good? i found that on their site

Dimension E510
Award Winning PC
Balanced Performance
Bullet Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology (3.0GHz,800FSB)
Bullet Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition
Bullet 256MB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz (1x256M)


its like 699$ does it sounds ok?

3ghz, pent 4, 256 SDRAM sounds pretty good for $699 thats quality.

keep looking around tho,

dell are by far the best IMO

is it for business or pleasure?

[robert42]

a sound card you would most likely buy after
it improves the quality of sound
i had an onboard sound card for like a year and a half (onboard=built into the motherboard)
then i got a 200$ sound card and wow what a difference
not saying your gonna spend that much
but there are some pretty decent sound cards for like 50$-100$
its kinda like buying an amp for your car
i need to get some new speakers actually and thats another way to upgrade sound

yea a good soundcard can make all the differance have you seen the PC Media Sets? the 8 speaker sets, there amazing the quality of sound is impecable

[bonsaiguy]

I usually build mine from scratch but you should be able to find a 1 or 2 or even 3Ghz processor within your price range. 500Mhz is like 4-6 year old technology so if you're looking at one of those it's an older machine that someone is trying to unload. Personally I have a preference for AMD Athlon processors but that's just me. However they do tend to be a little cheaper than Intel based machines. Also if you are looking for intel, stick with Pentium (pricier I know) as opposed to Celeron based machines. And buy as much memory as you can afford. Don't settle for less than 512Mg. And I agree that Dell makes great machines and has great service.

[robert42]

i mean is a 500mhz comp is really shit? i guess memory is really important but what about mhz? i dont know much about comps...



500 mhz where in the year 2005 mhz dnt exsist no more lol its all bout gigahertz man ;) but then again what do i know im as bad as tokosan lol :pimp: :stoned:

[JetFoi34]

I usually build mine from scratch but you should be able to find a 1 or 2 or even 3Ghz processor within you price range. 500Mhz is like 4 year old technology so if you're looking at one of those it's an older machine that someone is trying to unload. Personally I have a preference for AMD Athlon processors but that's just me. However they do tend to be a little cheaper than Intel based machines. Also if you are looking for intel, stick with Pentium (pricier I know) as opposed to Celeron based machines. And buy as much memory as you can afford. Don't settle for less than 512Mg.

im an amd kid as well and build mine from scratch

intel says its a 3.0ghz but i think it runs slower than that - i dont think intel rates thier chips excatly

and ill agree dont get less than 512mb ram

ill see if i can find a decent system online or something

[robert42]

intel says its a 3.0ghz but i think it runs slower than that - i dont think intel rates thier chips excatly

i beleive so too

im a pc eng and ive noticed Intels run slower then they claim i think they sit around in the big office and say this 2ghz is now 3 cos we said so

[mellow mood]

well thx guys!

[JetFoi34]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16883102654

heres a pretty decent system

[BaseRSX]

You should really try to build it yourself. I have built my own computers for 10 years. Also itâ??s because its part of what I do for a living. Itâ??s really not very hard to do at all. You can order everything you need from www.newegg.com. You will end up with a lot more power for less money. Plus it will be a lot easier to upgrade specific parts down the road.

If you are interested I'm sure I could get you started. Plus there are other message boards where people will help you to.

[mellow mood]

do i absolutly need a credit card to buy over the internet?

and i dont know how to build up a comp man. im a total newb in comps. so i dont wanna buy a lot of things then have to pay someone to build it or whatever

[robert42]

You should really try to build it yourself. I have built my own computers for 10 years. Also itâ??s because its part of what I do for a living. Itâ??s really not very hard to do at all. You can order everything you need from www.newegg.com. You will end up with a lot more power for less money. Plus it will be a lot easier to upgrade specific parts down the road.

If you are interested I'm sure I could get you started. Plus there are other message boards where people will help you to.

yup its very true

its not only cheaper and more effiencent but its quiete fun and its a good achievment.

[robert42]

do i absolutly need a credit card to buy over the internet?

How else can you pay?

if your not old enuff to have a credit card borrow your mums or buy a comp from a local shop, i doubt youll find a place that you can pay cash on delivery but you might

[JetFoi34]

money order?

[robert42]

hrmm i dunno about a $700 money order sounds sketchy

this site needs a comp tech support forum

[mellow mood]

well i guess ill buy mine in a shop then

sucks lol

[robert42]

is there any way u could borrow a credit card? cos the internet is allot cheaper, unless uve already got the cash in that case its easier i guess

[JetFoi34]

haha my friend bought his computer from newegg with a money order
was a little under 900$

im just saying newegg has some good deals and they are really good with shipping - i usually get my products like a day before its suppossed to get here

if your gonna buy one in a store dont let people suck you in to buying a computer if your not sure - let them know what you want and dont go to like target or something haha

[mellow mood]

haha my friend bought his computer from newegg with a money order
was a little under 900$

im just saying newegg has some good deals and they are really good with shipping - i usually get my products like a day before its suppossed to get here

if your gonna buy one in a store dont let people suck you in to buying a computer if your not sure - let them know what you want and dont go to like target or something haha

so where do i go to pay with money order?

[BaseRSX]

so where do i go to pay with money order?

I will build you a computer and only charge you $100 over the total cost of parts and shipping. Seriously if you are interested. And I could build one to fit what ever amount you want to spend. I could send you pics of other computers I have built if you are interested. You would still get a lot more for your money than buying a pre-built.

[robert42]

so where do i go to pay with money order?

u post them it

u can get a money order from post office, bank .. etc whereever money is handled

[JetFoi34]

well its up to you but you go to a store that sells money orders (usually small little stores - just ask someone they will know)
and buy the exact amount you need (you can purchase up to 500$ so if its like 650$ -you would need a 500$ one and a 150$ one)
they charge you per money order but its usually under a dollar
then you mail the money order to the company or whereever - its pretty much like a check
when they get it they ship it

[FactionGroove]

ok. i just bought a computer about a month ago. but recently i've found an even better deal. i like hp/compaq and just bought my grandfather this for 400 with tax

presario amd athalon 3200+ (it clocks at 1.8 ghz, plenty fast)
256 ram (upgradeable to 4 gigs)
ati raedeon video card
and all the rest of the usual bells and whistles (cd burner, software etc)
PLUS! it came with a monitor!

then for 79 bucks we went to fry's and picked up a 1 gig stick memory, 50 bucks dvdwriter, and for 100 a bad ass soundcard.

now he has a pretty bad ass computer with over 1.2 gig memory! it's fucking awesome!

i bought the computer at walmart.

[JetFoi34]

yeah if your gonna buy a computer make sure it comes with monitor keyboard mouse and speakers if you want
if not youll have to buy that seperate which will build up - so just dont buy something and then go dam it didnt come with a monitor and keyboard/mouse and not have money to get that stuff

[mellow mood]

ok. i just bought a computer about a month ago. but recently i've found an even better deal. i like hp/compaq and just bought my grandfather this for 400 with tax

presario amd athalon 3200+ (it clocks at 1.8 ghz, plenty fast)
256 ram (upgradeable to 4 gigs)
ati raedeon video card
and all the rest of the usual bells and whistles (cd burner, software etc)
PLUS! it came with a monitor!

then for 79 bucks we went to fry's and picked up a 1 gig stick memory, 50 bucks dvdwriter, and for 100 a bad ass soundcard.

now he has a pretty bad ass computer with over 1.2 gig memory! it's fucking awesome!

i bought the computer at walmart.

for 400$ taxes included?? wow

u have the monitor and all included?

[F L E S H]

Bullet 256MB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz (1x256M)

The rest is ok, but you're gonna have to make this AT LEAST 512 mb, ideally around 1024 mb.