GarmonXD
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I'm going to be getting a job sometime soon (I'm 17) and i'll be saving up my money for quite a while to buy a new rig. Right now i'm using a stock Acer Aspire 3100 (trust me, don't look at the specs, you might vomit)
I've been wanting a new PC for a while, and as much as i love a laptop, they seem to be much more expensive to upgrade and to find a good one for gaming, SO, having said that, I'm looking to buy a desktop, and a good one for once.
Right now I'm looking at this website and this basic rig, i'll post the specs and then the link.
Case: Nzxt Guardian 921 Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E8400 (2x 3.0Ghz/6mb L2 Cache/1333FSB)
Power Supply: Standard
Processor cooling: Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink
Motherboard: Asus P5KPL-CM Intel G31 Chipset w/ 6 Channels,
Gb LAN,
S-ATA 3Gb/s,
USB 2.0,
Single PCI-EMB
Memory: 2GB (2x 1gb) DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module
Corsair-Value or Major Brand
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 3450 256mb PCI-Express x16 (UPGRADING LATER)
Video Card Brand: Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA
Hard Drive: 320 GB Hard Drive [Serial- ATA-II, 3gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache]
CD/DVD Drive: LG 20x Dual Format/Double Layer DVD-R/RW + CDR/RW DRIVE Black
Sound Card: 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Speaker System: 600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer speaker system
Network Card: Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Flash Media Reader/Writer: 12 in 1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black
Operating System: None, Pre-formatted Hard Drive only
All of that for $510-$530
Link: http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/configurator.aspx?mid=119
I know about things like.. RAM, Processor speed, Video Card speed/capacity and clearly, HDD space. Those are just the stock specs up there, and like i said, its only $510-$530 so i'd have money left over to upgrade and buy things i need. Is there any things on here you would upgrade? And what other stuff do i need to buy/should i buy.
Yeah, i dont know much about motherboards, power supplies etc so that is why i came here, to be educated and get help! Thanks guys
tl;dr, Need new computer. Found good specs. What do i upgrade
I forgot to mention, My computer has about.. 48gb or something free (in the beginning) and i still have PLENTY left. If i bought something like.. 500gb, it'd last me a long time. But i'd probably buy dual 500gb's so i'll never have to change or upgrade them again, and maybe, i'd be able to just pop out the D-Drive or have a portable hard drive as D:\
ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION
What would be cheaper, buying a computer thats already put together and working, with an OS, good graphics card etc, or building my own? (aka, all the specs above, and upgrading a bunch of it)? I'm looking at Alienware's at the moment. What are your experiences with them?
Edit: They seem a bit overpriced...?
I've been wanting a new PC for a while, and as much as i love a laptop, they seem to be much more expensive to upgrade and to find a good one for gaming, SO, having said that, I'm looking to buy a desktop, and a good one for once.
Right now I'm looking at this website and this basic rig, i'll post the specs and then the link.
Case: Nzxt Guardian 921 Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E8400 (2x 3.0Ghz/6mb L2 Cache/1333FSB)
Power Supply: Standard
Processor cooling: Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink
Motherboard: Asus P5KPL-CM Intel G31 Chipset w/ 6 Channels,
Gb LAN,
S-ATA 3Gb/s,
USB 2.0,
Single PCI-EMB
Memory: 2GB (2x 1gb) DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module
Corsair-Value or Major Brand
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 3450 256mb PCI-Express x16 (UPGRADING LATER)
Video Card Brand: Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA
Hard Drive: 320 GB Hard Drive [Serial- ATA-II, 3gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache]
CD/DVD Drive: LG 20x Dual Format/Double Layer DVD-R/RW + CDR/RW DRIVE Black
Sound Card: 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Speaker System: 600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer speaker system
Network Card: Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Flash Media Reader/Writer: 12 in 1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black
Operating System: None, Pre-formatted Hard Drive only
All of that for $510-$530
Link: http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/configurator.aspx?mid=119
I know about things like.. RAM, Processor speed, Video Card speed/capacity and clearly, HDD space. Those are just the stock specs up there, and like i said, its only $510-$530 so i'd have money left over to upgrade and buy things i need. Is there any things on here you would upgrade? And what other stuff do i need to buy/should i buy.
Yeah, i dont know much about motherboards, power supplies etc so that is why i came here, to be educated and get help! Thanks guys
tl;dr, Need new computer. Found good specs. What do i upgrade
I forgot to mention, My computer has about.. 48gb or something free (in the beginning) and i still have PLENTY left. If i bought something like.. 500gb, it'd last me a long time. But i'd probably buy dual 500gb's so i'll never have to change or upgrade them again, and maybe, i'd be able to just pop out the D-Drive or have a portable hard drive as D:\
ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION
What would be cheaper, buying a computer thats already put together and working, with an OS, good graphics card etc, or building my own? (aka, all the specs above, and upgrading a bunch of it)? I'm looking at Alienware's at the moment. What are your experiences with them?
Edit: They seem a bit overpriced...?
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