New Computer

[Hauptmann Kauffman]

Im looking to get myself a new computer for under $1500. Something that has a really nice video card and a ton of memory:P I want to play Halo 2! xD Any suggestions? Links? pics?:D

[dodgeman09]

dell is a good choice u can go to the dell web site a get a comp. bult how you want . but if u want a real good comp. go for a alienwhare it is made by dell

[0=]

Do you want pre-assembled or parts for you to assemble?

[Hauptmann Kauffman]

I'd prefer pre'assembled

[0=]

$1,500 goes a lot farther when you assemble it yourself, though.

[Hauptmann Kauffman]

really? go on....

[0=]

Well, assuming you want a quad core (all prices include shipping and rebates):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133154 Case-$160

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103941 Power Supply-$60

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131219 Motherboard-$237

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115027 Processor-$540

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220267 RAM-$125

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130291 Video Card-$201

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288 Hard Drive-$119

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151154 DVD Drive-$34

Total-$1,476


Specs:

Case-ATX full tower (so you can add plenty of drives and cooling as you see fit)

Power Supply-550 watt ultra efficient power supply with full protection circuitry

Motherboard-Asus with the latest Intel chipset

Processor-2.66GHzx4 cores, 1,066 MHz FSB, and 2x4MB L2 cache at 95 watts

RAM-1GBx4 of 800MHz DDR2

Video Card-Factory overclocked EVGA GeForce 8600GTS at 706MHz with 512MB of GDDR3 RAM

Hard Drive-500GB 7200 RPM Seagate SATA-300 with 32MB of cache

DVD Drive-Samsung's SH-S203N, the fastest in the world

Take the fans, hard drives, and optical drives out of your old rig and put them in the new one, too.


Here's what you get from Dell for $1,500:

XPS 720

Intel® Core™2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)

Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium

250GB - Seagate 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 8MB Cache

2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 DIMMs

Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT


Happy?

[Antares]

Anything Mac/Apple :P lol

[Octo22]

Big question, can he assemble the computer? Does he know how? He may have to pay someone to do that.

[0=]

It's easy enough if you take the time to learn. Probably take a few hours for a noob to do. If he doesn't want to learn there's always Dell.

[Hauptmann Kauffman]

wow, lol, thanks for the help! After a few months of saving up, Ill be able to put this knowledge to good use:D

[0=]

If you wanna dish out a few more bucks the 8800 GT outruns the 8600 GTS

[Patchy]

assembling a computer is quite easy tbh I find the op system and bios installation the hardest.

[0=]

You may also want to consider the AMD Radeon HD 3870.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129100 - $256

[dodgeman09]

try not to get vista

[Patchy]

try not to get vista

or get vista with xp (so u have a op system selection boot at start up) so ur already for when vista starts to take over

thats what I've done.

[0=]

That will cost several hundred extra for an operating system nobody should have to suffer through. Oh, do you have an install disc? If not you'll need $90 extra for an XP disc. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116056

[Patchy]

That will cost several hundred extra for an operating system nobody should have to suffer through. Oh, do you have an install disc? If not you'll need $90 extra for an XP disc. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116056

Edit, theres ways not paying for it

[0=]

Suggest that to him privately. You can't endorse anything illegal in a thread.

[Patchy]

oh yeh sorry for saying that (forgot) I've changed it now.

[Aηdy]

Yes, we keep that talk away from VT.

[jma94]

I personally like apple/mac laptops and computers. But if you get a pc try and stay away from Vista. Or at least till they work out the kinks.

[hievery1]

geek

[hobo]

0= knows what he's talking about. but if you want one for much cheaper that will still handle all your needs:

nvidia 9600 for videocard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127365
seagate barracuda 250 gig harddrive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148262
g.skill 2 gigs ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231044
intel dualcore 2.6 gigahurtz processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115052
rosewill stallion 400w power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182021
MSI motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130130
evercool fan:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835119045

that should do it. buy that and you can run halo 2 on max settings with really good framerate, and play assassins creed on high without and problems :)

[Jesse]

Do any of you read? :p

I want to play Halo 2! xD

He clearly said he wants to play Halo 2. Now, why are you suggesting XP to him? Halo 2 is Vista only. There are cracks and patches to get Halo 2 working on XP, but they ARE illeagal, and the patch is only good for about half the game. PLUS there's no online play!!! Now what fun is that?

@ the OP, if you do get Vista, get either Home Premuim or Ultimate as they are the best. :)

[0=]

Rather old topic, don't you think? He's likely been done for a long time, and all the parts have become cheaper and better now. For $1,500 you can make a truly beastly system now.

[Jesse]

OH SHI- Didn't even notice this was from jan. Hehe, HOBO! Don't bump old ass topics! :p

[Triple7]

Old thread. Closed.