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buying a new pc, is this a good one? I want you feedback

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lordofthegeeks	Posted: 21 Sep, 2007, 18:28
Ultimate Member Group: Members Posts: 211 Member No.: 504 Joined: 4 Jun, 2007	here is the one i'm looking at my price range is under $400 usa of canaidian as of today. stupid exchange rate. prospective pc -------------------- Computers Run ON smoke. When the smoke comes out they stop working. Stop Global Whining Too do on Animal crossing TI: finish the house engine and connect that & the fishing minigame together with the main game Live long and prosper Thats From Spock he says HI!

Delnar_Ersike	Posted: 21 Sep, 2007, 19:33
Lazy, procrastinating h4xx0r of doom Group: Members Posts: 587 Member No.: 283 Joined: 27 Dec, 2006	If you want to go Vista but not Vista basic, I recommend at least 2GB of RAM AMD isn't the best choice for high-performance CPU's. Intel Core 2 Duo > AMD Athlon 64. About the pre-installed software aka crapware... "Norton Internet Security 2007 (60 days subscription)" Methinks you should try to get your PC without this if possible, as there are plenty of free alternatives to security, some even better than ones that cost money. If you will use this PC for some gaming and/or lots of movie watching/editing and/or picture/3D Model editing, then I strongly recommend a better graphics card than this (the one that comes with your PC: "Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE". Vista is in a pretty bad shape right now, as MS Vista's current quality is that of an overblown OS Beta, and many people will agree with me (yes, I know some of you say Vista isn't that bad, but consider yourself one of the lucky few). If I were you, I'd either try and get XP pre-loaded or at least uninstall Vista and install XP as soon as you get the PC (later is not really recommended if you aren't computer-savvy because no OS installation is without its complications). Vista will probably only be good once MS releases SP2. Just my 2 cents... -------------------- Current Projects: -Learning 83+ assembly (10%) -Setting up calc84maniac's on-calc assembler (postponed) -Working on a secret project (5%) Working on... -Learning 83+ assembly: On Day 7 in Learn ASM in 28 Days and still trying to get over my lazy streak -Setting up the on-calc assembler: Decided it is better to code assembly on a computer -Secret project: planning how I will make it, waiting for summer

lordofthegeeks	Posted: 21 Sep, 2007, 19:45
Ultimate Member Group: Members Posts: 211 Member No.: 504 Joined: 4 Jun, 2007	i'm getting a low level pc to start i can always upgrade. also I don't want vista. but they don't sell xp one new pcs. edit: also about $100 for a 256 mb pci 16x graphic card -------------------- Computers Run ON smoke. When the smoke comes out they stop working. Stop Global Whining Too do on Animal crossing TI: finish the house engine and connect that & the fishing minigame together with the main game Live long and prosper Thats From Spock he says HI!

Delnar_Ersike

Posted: 21 Sep, 2007, 22:41

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QUOTE (lordofthegeeks @ 21 Sep, 2007, 17:45)

but they don't sell xp on new pcs.

O RLY?
O RLY #2?
O RLY #3? (look at the OS's for the different models)
The reason they are all in the Small & Medium Business category is because you can usually get better value computers in that category compared to the prices and even get sales on cross-category models you wouldn't get in any other category.

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Current Projects:
-Learning 83+ assembly (10%)
-Setting up calc84maniac's on-calc assembler (postponed)
-Working on a secret project (5%)

Working on...
-Learning 83+ assembly: On Day 7 in Learn ASM in 28 Days and still trying to get over my lazy streak
-Setting up the on-calc assembler: Decided it is better to code assembly on a computer
-Secret project: planning how I will make it, waiting for summer

spengo	Posted: 22 Sep, 2007, 0:17
Post whore Group: Members Posts: 927 Member No.: 8 Joined: 10 Apr, 2006	gross vista. gross a pre-built desktop?! what are you smoking dude! I wouldn't worry about graphics.. not for a $400 PC, but I can guarantee you can make something much much better if you build it yourself. --------------------

DJ Omnimaga	Posted: 22 Sep, 2007, 0:21
Ragol666 Group: Founder Posts: 11283 Member No.: 1 Joined: 9 Apr, 2006	spengo no need to threat members as stupid and crazy people or bash them for such reasons. But yes I agree that building it yourself would be a better idea, if you don't live in Canada and if you have a second PC with IRC open while building it and getting new parts (so you can get help building it) -------------------- Join us on IRC on #omnimaga at irc://unitedti.org!

spengo	Posted: 22 Sep, 2007, 0:32
Post whore Group: Members Posts: 927 Member No.: 8 Joined: 10 Apr, 2006	case and PSU:cooler master centurion and 400W PSU $75 cpu+mobo+gpuathlon x2 4200+ and Foxconn 6150BK8MC-KRSHN2 939 combo deal $120 ramG.skill value ram 2x1GB $90 hard driveWD 320GB 7200RPM $75 dvd burnerLG 16x DVD burner $27 TOTAL: $387USD Something like this anyways. It ownz the specs in the one you posted. =) You can pick and choose whatever works best for you though. This just is an example. --------------------

DJ Omnimaga	Posted: 22 Sep, 2007, 1:07
Ragol666 Group: Founder Posts: 11283 Member No.: 1 Joined: 9 Apr, 2006	nice -------------------- Join us on IRC on #omnimaga at irc://unitedti.org!

spengo	Posted: 22 Sep, 2007, 3:00
Post whore Group: Members Posts: 927 Member No.: 8 Joined: 10 Apr, 2006	Heh, I could do even better if I spent more than 5 minutes of click click on the first deals I see from newegg. But anyways, the point is you can do better building it yourself. --------------------

nitacku	Posted: 22 Sep, 2007, 10:27
Ultimate Member Group: Coders Of Tomorrow Posts: 139 Member No.: 132 Joined: 15 Aug, 2006	I think I'm going to build my next computer. Newegg has some great deals when it comes to hardware. But the operating system is going to cost alot if you buy it new. That's what Linux is for right This post has been edited by nitacku on 22 Sep, 2007, 10:28 -------------------- (n) nitacku. Download Bowling Comments/Suggestions

spengo	Posted: 22 Sep, 2007, 12:48
Post whore Group: Members Posts: 927 Member No.: 8 Joined: 10 Apr, 2006	Yes... that's what linux is for. And _________________ for the other partition. EDIT (Kevin) no illegal links --------------------

Delnar_Ersike

Posted: 22 Sep, 2007, 13:01

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QUOTE (spengo @ 22 Sep, 2007, 10:48)

Yes... that's what linux is for. And _______________ for the other partition.

I thought Omnimaga doesn't support illegal activity. Of course, _______________ is legal according to the Swedish copyright laws...

You need a BitTorrent client to use ________________, so I guess that is what BitTorrent clients for Linux are for...

EDIT Kevin: no linking to warez site please. Thanks

This post has been edited by Delnar_Ersike on 22 Sep, 2007, 16:56

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Liazon	Posted: 22 Sep, 2007, 14:44
Staff Group: Coders Of Tomorrow Posts: 1491 Member No.: 24 Joined: 11 Apr, 2006	what can i get w/ $1000? ^^ ya, i want to try some linux distro in the future. can you add linux easily to a comp that already has a lot of stuff on it? -------------------- Projects: In need of sprites...

Delnar_Ersike

Posted: 22 Sep, 2007, 16:55

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QUOTE (Liazon @ 22 Sep, 2007, 12:44)

what can i get w/ $1000? ^^

One pretty awesome laptop.

@Kevin: technically, I wasn't linking, as there were no [url] tags. But if we were to say giving the website's URL is considered linking, you forgot to remove one of the "links", which was in my quote box. Did the work for you, anyways.

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DJ Omnimaga	Posted: 22 Sep, 2007, 17:25
Ragol666 Group: Founder Posts: 11283 Member No.: 1 Joined: 9 Apr, 2006	I've deleted all of them, and I deleted the other link because even if you don't link by using URL tag it is still illegal to post such links on the board, and if Invisionfree found out that we allowed warez here i could get in trouble EDIT: I didnt noticed there was another URL in the quote box . anyway no providing of warez links and stuff allowed is all that matter -------------------- Join us on IRC on #omnimaga at irc://unitedti.org!