Masterfulks
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HP d5000t
Operating system Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) edit
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q9450 2.66GHz) edit
Memory 4GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (4x1024)
That's the bulk of it. It comes with an 8500gt or pay 190 bucks for an 8800gt. I can get the 8800 for that price anywhere, so that will come later. Plus I'd have the 8500gt to sell or keep as a backup.
It will run me 1150.
I haven't bought a new computer in over 5 years so I'm a little out of the loop.
Is there anything coming out fairly soon that will drive the cost of current pc's or vid cards down? I'd probably be looking to buy something in the next 2 or 3 months. I'm not sure how fast these things get updated these days.
I considered going for 6 gigs of ram which would add 100 bucks to the price.
If I went for the 8800gt and the 6gigs I'd be looking at 1450.
I've never built one as I never could figure up one that could really save me all that much.
How much would a similar above PC cost to build?
Also I'm considering the whole dual vid card SLI thing. I was thinking I could just run with one card now, and when the price of the 8800gt falls to say 100 bucks, pick up another one. From what I understand this HP is not a dual vid card ready pc. Will I have to build my own to get this feature?
This computer will be for general use, but also gaming. My current computer has lasted a solid 5 and half years so I'm hoping to get the same out of this one.
Operating system Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) edit
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q9450 2.66GHz) edit
Memory 4GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (4x1024)
That's the bulk of it. It comes with an 8500gt or pay 190 bucks for an 8800gt. I can get the 8800 for that price anywhere, so that will come later. Plus I'd have the 8500gt to sell or keep as a backup.
It will run me 1150.
I haven't bought a new computer in over 5 years so I'm a little out of the loop.
Is there anything coming out fairly soon that will drive the cost of current pc's or vid cards down? I'd probably be looking to buy something in the next 2 or 3 months. I'm not sure how fast these things get updated these days.
I considered going for 6 gigs of ram which would add 100 bucks to the price.
If I went for the 8800gt and the 6gigs I'd be looking at 1450.
I've never built one as I never could figure up one that could really save me all that much.
How much would a similar above PC cost to build?
Also I'm considering the whole dual vid card SLI thing. I was thinking I could just run with one card now, and when the price of the 8800gt falls to say 100 bucks, pick up another one. From what I understand this HP is not a dual vid card ready pc. Will I have to build my own to get this feature?
This computer will be for general use, but also gaming. My current computer has lasted a solid 5 and half years so I'm hoping to get the same out of this one.