Need a new computer for the family

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macgyver22

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We are ordering a new computer to use in the family area. Will not be doing any gaming. Mostly for editing some home videos, surfing the internet, and watching some online videos. Trying to keep the costs down. This is the system I'm thinking about ordering. Any suggestions are welcome especially recommendations about the chosen CPU ( is it worth the money to upgrade it a bit, and if so which option would you upgrade to?)and whether the viedo card is necessary for our purposes. Thanks

Here's the system: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DDCWDA1&s=dhs
 
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Quite honestly the computer you selected will not be very good for what you want it to do. It will surf the internet just fine for the most part but some online videos will not play well on it. This system is signifigantly under powered for video editing as well and won't run some current video editors. The system isn't very future proof as it is already significatly behind current technology curve and is already outdated that's why it's only $300. If you want a computer that will be usefull to you and your family and going to run modern day sofware then your going to have to spend at a minium $500 on a Dell.
 
I went through that computer to put a intel dual core it goes well over 600 + don't build a dell customly make one.

You can get a nice.... custom made one..

Alienware case
AMD Athlon x2 Dual Core 4200+
320GB HD
2-3.25 GB of ram
all for like $425 customly built.

Those are lower end parts like my computer, you could well upgrade the cpu and graphics card.. but its cheaper to build custom.
 
lawson_jl said:
Quite honestly the computer you selected will not be very good for what you want it to do. It will surf the internet just fine for the most part but some online videos will not play well on it. This system is signifigantly under powered for video editing as well and won't run some current video editors. The system isn't very future proof as it is already significatly behind current technology curve and is already outdated that's why it's only $300. If you want a computer that will be usefull to you and your family and going to run modern day sofware then your going to have to spend at a minium $500 on a Dell.
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I think he put what he wanted in the bubbles, but it doesn't save what he put...

Well if you don't want to build, i suggest you go with CyberpowerPC, i have purcahsed a computer through them, and it works great, haven't had any major problems with it,(the minor part was my fault:D)

Heres a good system for you.

Sigma Gaming Windstorm Mid-Tower 420W Case

STANDARD CASE POWER SUPPLY (420)The standard will be fine for this build.

AMD Athlon™ X2 7750 Black Edition Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology

AMD ATHLON64 CERTIFIED CPU FAN & HEATSINK

Asus M3A78-EMH/HDMI AMD 780G Chipset DDR2/800 SATA PCI-Express MBoard w/GbLAN,USB2.0,&7.1Audio

2GB (1GBx2) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory-Fine for this build

NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT 512MB 16X PCI Express

320GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD

(Special Price) LG 20X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER

Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 64BIT

Total COST:567$ not bad, of course you could probably build the same system for around 480-500, but not a bad price for a pre-biult system, i would also go with them over Dell, not only because they are cheaper, but because they use QUALITY parts, not just there own company made parts(besides the 420watt psu, its crap:D)...
 
Thanks for the suggestions. I went with Dell because I've used them before, and aside from the crappy tech support which I never use anyway, the systems I've gotten have usually done the job. I also like that its easy to order and customize online and I usually get the computer pretty quickly.

I'm not against trying something new though so I'll take a look at some of the options you recommended like the cyberpowerPC site with the options you suggested. As far as starting from scratch, I have no interest in building this PC. I have other hobbies and really don't want to spend hours/days ordering parts, assembling them, installing an operating system, and all the drivers.

The Dell PC I put in the link obviously had the cheapest CPU which I was not planning to actually purchase. Aside from that what other features make this a poor computer for the tasks I mentioned and if you were going to go the Dell route ( crappy parts and all) what system would you build if you needed to keep the costs below $600 or so.

Thanks
 
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