CastletonSnob
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Better in every way?
OK, here's my old computer: https://www.amazon.com/Dell...
And here's my current computer: https://www.amazon.com/Acer...
How much more powerful is my current one?
There's a lot of talk about PC gaming, but a computer that can surf the web and check emails is good enough for most people.The relative that I helped to buy a computer recently had similar specs, but with 16 gb ram and a Geforce 1660S graphic card at about $900. Was a Lenova brand.
Recently, stock computers you get at places like Best Buy or Office Depot have gotten much better than a few years ago.
They're still not competing with online stores like CyberpowerPC.com. Which a similar build would cost more, but be a much better system... but for 85% of the public, those stock machines are more than adaquete. Best Buy does stock CyberpowerPC, and they're tricked out with LED fan and case lights. You can turn off the lights if you want. They do use large cases, so you'd would probably not want to have the case on the desktop.
I usually only recommend online custom computers for two reasons:
1. The person has a large budget: $1800 or more.
2. The person is using a computer for resource intensive applications like photoshop/desktop publishing, video editing, database stuff, or any application that might need an external RAID.
I do recommend everybody take a look at online stores that do custom pc's. There are several online companies that are just as good as CyberpowerPC. Just google "custom pc builds online". Just to get a reference between stock computers, and computers made with higher quality off the shelf parts.
Higher quality is stuff like more PCIe slots, Thunderbolt expandability. Basically stuff that most consumers don't necessarily need. But people that need those things... REALLY need them.
Stop Trolling and go away.Well, I've had this computer for a little more than 2 weeks, and it's still fine.
It should be OK?
I'm not trolling. I just worry a lot.Stop Trolling and go away.
stop.I'm not trolling. I just worry a lot.
You might be wondering, "If you heard bad things about Acer, why did you buy it?". I saw that it was considered the best budget computer on some sites (Well, the UA91 model was, but I figured that the UA92 model would be even better), and I saw that it had the Amazon's Choice label.
What brand and model number of power supply does it have? Most computers bought online come with generic branded psu's.Should I be worried about the power supply?