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Old 08-21-2006, 10:00 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Yes, You get better satisfaction if you don't get a manufactured PC. If you can, just build a PC yourself. It's cheaper and and it's made by someone you trust....yourself!

And like others said, people here are are just as smart as, maybe even smarter than professionals at Best Buy, CompUSA, etc.
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Old 08-21-2006, 10:04 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Yea considering i went to best buy and asked for a ps/2 converter to usb and they took me to the playstation's and i tried to explain what i wanted was for a computer and 10 minutes later i just said screw it and went and found it myself sheesh they are stupid as hell! Oh yea and make things worse that was the geek squad!!
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Old 08-21-2006, 10:18 PM   #13 (permalink)
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the X600 will out play the 7300LE so choice 1 is superior. And it would be worth the extra $200 for the 7900GS anyway.
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Old 08-21-2006, 10:29 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Ok well I went with the XPS 400. Here is what it's got.

-Pentium® D Processor / Intel VIIV 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB)
-1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs
-250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ 8MB cache
-16x DVD+/-RW with double layer write capability
-19 inch E196FP Analog Flat Panel
-256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS
-Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
-Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition with re-installation CD

So how does it look? Do you think it will perform good with games? I went with the $200 video card.

I have a question though. What is this Intel VIIV stuff? So is it a Pentium D or a Intel VIIV processor? And is the Pentium D better then the Pentium 4 HT for gaming? Also what exactly is the advantage of having a dual core processor?
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Old 08-21-2006, 10:46 PM   #15 (permalink)
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how much did you pay for the system?

You went with a 200 dollar card??WOW as i said you got ripped off.

you could of gotten for $139 the 7600 KO 580 mhz and 1500 mhz

But its your money that went to garbage.
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i thought you were going to buy it on newegg but adding that on to the $40 card is a serious rip off. For future reference cyberpowerpc.com.
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Old 08-21-2006, 10:59 PM   #17 (permalink)
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DO NOT GET A DELL

DELL JUST SUK I HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW THEY GIVE YOU THE CHEAPEST PARTS EVERY AND CHARGE TWICE WHAT IT COSTS.
i cant be bothered to explain how stupid that comment is, i just hope most people ignore it
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its not stupid its the truth.

At least from my experience with dells they suk for me and that is my Opinion.
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Hmm i have had 4 dells through the years and i have a laptop now from dell and i cant say i could ever complain about any of them. There must be some reason they are the number one manufacturer of pc's in the us right now and possibly the world i'm not sre on that one!
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its not stupid its the truth.

At least from my experience with dells they suk for me and that is my Opinion.
Well if its your opinion, then please make sure that you make it !clear! that it is only your humble opinion, so that our more impressionable members know to give it the correct weight. Making huge sweeping comments like that is likely to get you branded a fanboy (or an anti-fanboy in this case)
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