New Computer

ZeroBeat77 · Apr 22nd, 2003, 10:19 PM

I'm about to get a new computer pc, and I'm goin to get pne in Costco. What brand do you recommend? Hewlett Packard, Sony, or Compaq? I'm was willing (sp?) to spend $1500 (without including tax yet until the checkout line).

Sleazy P Martini · Apr 22nd, 2003, 10:52 PM

Don't buy a brand name. Have one built.

kupoartist · Apr 23rd, 2003, 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by Sleazy P Martini

Don't buy a brand name. Have one built.

Whilst this would possibly get you the best money could buy, at a better price, it would require a fair bit of research. But then its only as much as the ammount of research you should be doing to find a better PC from those which you name: DO NOT go shopping for a PC based on their names. Go with a good idea of what is inside that computer instead...

as for details of what graphics card / processor / motherboard and whatever else... I can't help. Because I've not brought PC parts in a while and i'm essentially clueless.

ZeroBeat77 · Apr 23rd, 2003, 03:57 PM

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Originally posted by the_artist

Whilst this would possibly get you the best money could buy, at a better price, it would require a fair bit of research. But then its only as much as the ammount of research you should be doing to find a better PC from those which you name: DO NOT go shopping for a PC based on their names. Go with a good idea of what is inside that computer instead...

as for details of what graphics card / processor / motherboard and whatever else... I can't help. Because I've not brought PC parts in a while and i'm essentially clueless.

Yeah I know. I want a GeForce 4 Video Card. The comp. I want has to at least have 512 MB DDR Ram, 80 Gb hard drive space, Pentium 4 2.53 GHz processor etc.

ToxicUK · Apr 23rd, 2003, 04:59 PM

Right here is a list of PCs which would cost from highest to lowest

Lowest Price

Intel Celeron 1.8Ghz
128mb Ram
30gb Hard Dtive
Windows XP
GeForce 2

Medium

Intel Pentium 2.3Ghz
256mb Ram
50gb Hard Drive
Windows XP
Geforce 4

Highest Price

AMD Athlon XP 2600+
512MB DDR RAM
120gb Hard Drive
Windows XP
Geforce 4

Personally as i did last christmas i would go for the highest spec one.

Uchiha Sasuke · Apr 23rd, 2003, 08:15 PM

Click here.Thats where I got my computer.Great deals.

ssjtrunks13 · Apr 24th, 2003, 09:56 AM

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Originally posted by ToxicUK

Personally as i did last christmas i would go for the highest spec one.

How much was it? The computer I'm looking towards getting has a base cost of $2,659.00.

Frozen · Apr 24th, 2003, 02:37 PM

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Originally posted by ZeroBeat77

Yeah I know. I want a GeForce 4 Video Card. The comp. I want has to at least have 512 MB DDR Ram, 80 Gb hard drive space, Pentium 4 2.53 GHz processor etc.

I've seen that Sony has their VAIO with pretty much those specs. The PC I used to have at home (till I left) had basically those characteristics, except that the processor wasn't as fast. (oh, and I don't remember exactly which video car it had, but it could run pretty much ABSOLUTELY anything I would install on it)

I'm still in the doubt of building one of my own or just getting another VAIO or maybe a Dell, the problem right now is that I'm broke :B

ToxicUK · Apr 24th, 2003, 02:53 PM

I have a Sony Vaio laptop which is defintley in the highest spec because it kicks azz and it was about the £1800 mark.

Preventer Wind · Apr 24th, 2003, 08:35 PM

The Sony Vaio is the way to go if you are going to spend that much. I looked around at Best Buy today and those are about the same specs. I think it only came with 60 GB of Hard Drive space though. But I think for $200.00 more you could get 2-3x as much. Plus it comes with nice speakers and a cd burner.

Plus the 15 inch flatscreen is the best price out of the name brand ones.

ToxicUK · Apr 25th, 2003, 02:25 PM

The latest specs I have seen form Sony in that price range are:

AMD Athlon XP 2800+
512mb DDR RAM (Upgradable to 1024mb)
120gb HDD
WINDOWS XP
Ge Force 4 (Blood Advacne Pack???)
CD-RW or DVD-RW
52x CD
1.44 mb Floppy

ZeroBeat77 · May 4th, 2003, 10:05 PM

I GOT IT! It was the HP media center one. The black one. I Got it l 2 week's ago Friday. I got it at Circuit City.

512 MB DDR RAM
147 GB of Space (could add more to 160)
2.66GHZ Pentium 4
GeForce 4 128 MB Video Card
Sb Audigy Audio 9000 (sound card I think)
Klipsch Lucasfilm THX Speakers with a freaken subwoofer (lolz)
NEC 17' Monitor
50 CD-R cd'z

(the computer was used for 2 days, not the speakers just the hard drive, so the subtracted $300

Total: $2,400

I didn't expect that I would get this computer actually.

Apr 22nd, 2003, 10:19 PM	#1
ZeroBeat77 Midnight Club Joined: Aug 2002 Location: cali Age: 34 Posts: 61	New Computer I'm about to get a new computer pc, and I'm goin to get pne in Costco. What brand do you recommend? Hewlett Packard, Sony, or Compaq? I'm was willing (sp?) to spend $1500 (without including tax yet until the checkout line).

Apr 22nd, 2003, 10:52 PM	#2
Sleazy P Martini Senior Member Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Great White North Posts: 1,582	Don't buy a brand name. Have one built. __________________

Apr 23rd, 2003, 04:59 PM	#5
ToxicUK Pressure=Crumbling Joined: Dec 2002 Location: UK Age: 43 Posts: 326	No, no no Right here is a list of PCs which would cost from highest to lowest Lowest Price Intel Celeron 1.8Ghz 128mb Ram 30gb Hard Dtive Windows XP GeForce 2 Medium Intel Pentium 2.3Ghz 256mb Ram 50gb Hard Drive Windows XP Geforce 4 Highest Price AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 512MB DDR RAM 120gb Hard Drive Windows XP Geforce 4 Personally as i did last christmas i would go for the highest spec one. __________________ Toxic - Force The World To Crumble

Apr 23rd, 2003, 08:15 PM	#6
Uchiha Sasuke Cursed Joined: Jan 2002 Location: AWOL! Age: 39 Posts: 3,841	Click here.Thats where I got my computer.Great deals. __________________ *~I've Lost Myself, Life no longer matters~* *~The Official Ps2Fantasy Ninja~* *~A Life Without Love, Is No Life At All~* Social Networks

Apr 24th, 2003, 02:53 PM	#9
ToxicUK Pressure=Crumbling Joined: Dec 2002 Location: UK Age: 43 Posts: 326	I have a Sony Vaio laptop which is defintley in the highest spec because it kicks azz and it was about the £1800 mark. __________________ Toxic - Force The World To Crumble

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Apr 24th, 2003, 08:35 PM	#10
Preventer Wind Senior Member Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Ohio Age: 36 Posts: 464	The Sony Vaio is the way to go if you are going to spend that much. I looked around at Best Buy today and those are about the same specs. I think it only came with 60 GB of Hard Drive space though. But I think for $200.00 more you could get 2-3x as much. Plus it comes with nice speakers and a cd burner. Plus the 15 inch flatscreen is the best price out of the name brand ones. __________________ "Know thy enemy and know thy self," "Find naught to fear in 100 battles." "Know not thy enemy, but know thy self," "Find victory and defeat in equal measure" "Know thy enemy, but know not thy self," "Find defeat in every battle." Sun Tzu

Apr 25th, 2003, 02:25 PM	#11
ToxicUK Pressure=Crumbling Joined: Dec 2002 Location: UK Age: 43 Posts: 326	The latest specs I have seen form Sony in that price range are: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 512mb DDR RAM (Upgradable to 1024mb) 120gb HDD WINDOWS XP Ge Force 4 (Blood Advacne Pack???) CD-RW or DVD-RW 52x CD 1.44 mb Floppy __________________ Toxic - Force The World To Crumble

May 4th, 2003, 10:05 PM	#12
ZeroBeat77 Midnight Club Joined: Aug 2002 Location: cali Age: 34 Posts: 61	I GOT IT! It was the HP media center one. The black one. I Got it l 2 week's ago Friday. I got it at Circuit City. 512 MB DDR RAM 147 GB of Space (could add more to 160) 2.66GHZ Pentium 4 GeForce 4 128 MB Video Card Sb Audigy Audio 9000 (sound card I think) Klipsch Lucasfilm THX Speakers with a freaken subwoofer (lolz) NEC 17' Monitor 50 CD-R cd'z (the computer was used for 2 days, not the speakers just the hard drive, so the subtracted $300 Total: $2,400 I didn't expect that I would get this computer actually.

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