Not always. If you ask for a good build, or good prebuild, dont complain about whats given to you. Thats a decent build afaik, just wondering why the PC2 5300, and I personally reccomend: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku...acture=Gigabyte ^That motherboard. But regardless, I may be putting you outside the pricing limit. EDIT: I see I am... I'll put summin together second period. Expect it up around 11:00 EST
waranties on DIY PCs are typically better. OEM PCs typically have a 1-3 year warranty, most DIY parts have 3-5 year warranties, though you have to check. I also like how you only need to send in one part vs. the whole PC when you need to do repairs, and how your harddrive isn't reformatted when you send something in, like it is with OEMs. also,. take devestations build, then go witth he cheaper RMA(to be honest it should be sufficient) and I'll look around for a more reasonably priced power supply. then the next major expense is the graphics card, if you're able to wait for the 8600ultra to come out that's a good option.
lookin for gaming/media center Merged Post: http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetai...ogon=&langid=EN are the specs on that pc good for the price?
the first HP you linked to doesn't have a graphics card. the second one has a very ----ty card and a ----y CPU.
for that you need a Good Video card mate a 7500 on the latter just isn't impressive enough imo http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/config...OC=E521A2P_F_1E AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core 4200+ Free Upgrade to Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium from Vista Home Basic - $30 Value 19 inch E197FP Analog Flat Panel 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 2DIMMs 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ 16x DVD+/-RW Drive NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Integrated Graphics GPU Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio Total for Dell: $889 and then buy a Vid card seperatly such as: http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetai...10081500&catid= Total for Vid Card: $349.99 Grand Total:1248,99 Canadians
The crappy Dell power supply can't handle a 1950. You also can't tell if that Dell even has a PCI-Express slot. The motherboard has no overclocking abilities. The RAM has the ----tiest ICs. The Processor isn't nearly as good as an E'6300. I'd suggest basicly what Dev said, with a little differences. Core 2 Duo E'6300 Biostar TForce P965T Patriot LLK 2x 1GB DDR2-800 eVGA 7600GT Enhance ENP 500W Same hard drive Any $30-$45 CD/DVD R+RW drive. Choose a case. That is an estimated $1120 price tag. Somewhere around there.
Custom, hands down. Do you live in Toronto? Because if you do, go downtown Spadina, or even better will be pacific mall in Scarborough/Markham and custom order it
