<span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS">put your cursor on anything in <acronym title='like this lol'>Italic</acronym> HP Pavilion d4995t series <acronym title='i "recieved" Vista Ultimate a few months back'>Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)</acronym> <acronym title='Quad Core......nuff said'>Intel® Core 2 Quad processor Q6700 (2.66GHz)</acronym> 4GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (4x1024) 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT, TV-out, DVI-I, HDMI 802.11 b/g USB Wireless LAN card & USB external modem <acronym title='1 TB = 1,024 GB...............that's A LOT of room for porn'>1TB RAID 0 (2 x 500GB SATA HDDs)</acronym> Blu-ray writer / HD DVD player & Lightscribe SuperMulti DVD burner 16x max. DVD-ROM 15-in-1 memory card reader, 3 USB, 1394, audio Integrated 7.1 channel sound w/front audio ports Logitech X-230 2.1 Speakers HP wireless keyboard and HP wireless optical mouse <acronym title='yes.......a floppy drive'>3.5 in. 1.44MB Floppy Drive</acronym> <acronym title='cuz i'm tired of using my 40GB iPod Photo as an external HDD'>500 GB 7200 rpm HP Personal Media Drive with bay</acronym> HP w1907 19-inch Widescreen Flat-Panel Monitor <acronym title='lets the pc run for about 16 minutes AFTER the power goes out'>HP 400VA UPS and Surge Protection</acronym> all this for a grand total of <acronym title='that's including tax'>$3,441.91</acronym></span>
for 3k you should be able to get a computer with a decent graphics card... * Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) $130 * Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Q6700 (2.66GHz) $500 * 4GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (4x1024) $130 * 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT, TV-out, DVI-I, HDMI $50 * 802.11 b/g USB Wireless LAN card & USB external modem ??? 15-100 not sure * 1TB RAID 0 (2 x 500GB SATA HDDs) $220 * LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive $35 * 16x max. DVD-ROM $30 * 15-in-1 memory card reader, 3 USB, 1394, audio $20 * Integrated 7.1 channel sound w/front audio ports included with board * Logitech X-230 2.1 Speakers $20-50 * HP wireless keyboard and HP wireless optical mouse $30 * 3.5 in. 1.44MB Floppy Drive $10 * 500 GB 7200 rpm HP Personal Media Drive with bay $120 * HP w1907 19-inch Widescreen Flat-Panel Monitor $170 * HP 400VA UPS and Surge Protection $100 no listed motherboard ~$50-80 power supply ~$40-50 heatsink ~$20 Case $30-70 that's about what it costs for HP to build that assuming they bought the parts in the retail channel. They get it below whole sale though... ehh. OEMS... so it's roughly 'worth' $1800-2000, then you deduct for the lesser warranty and it's more like 1500-1700ish. If it makes you happy get it. If you're a cheap son of a bitch/want better for less you already know what I'd say by now... at the end of the day whatever works best for you.
<span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS">i'm too lazy to build my own though but i WILL upgrade it as better parts come out in the next few years</span>
<span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS">i just upgraded to a Blu-Ray/HD DVD burner..........updated the price also</span>
Most parts have a warranty that either comes with it or for a little extra, you can buy it. Some even have a better warranty than pre-built systems. Edit: http://www.newegg.com/ has been a bookmark of mine for a long time. My friend and I have spent a lot of our money and time there.
you do realize that you tend to get a BETTER warranty when you buy the parts retail insteed of from an OEM right? pretty much everything in my PC has a 3yr-lifetime warranty. RAM - lifetime on both kits CPU 3yr motherboard 3yr gfx card lifetime power supply lifetime Harddrive 5 yrs. and everything else I don't know about or don't care about or it doesn't really fail unless it's damaged in shipping and if it is you just get a replacement cross shipped to you. can I ask you what you intend to do with your system? if you're doing general use drop your card lower and chances are 2 GB RAM is enough. If you're doing 3d rendering then get a quadro or fireGL. If you're intending to use it as a HTPC, get a radeon 2000 series card as those do video processing a bit better and a really cheap one would do. etc. Basically knwo what you want and go off of that. Don't get stuff based off of impulse or the conept of future proofing. I tried to get a future proof system around 1.5 years ago. It was kickass and AMD opteron system a GeForce 7800GT good RAm and all this stuff. System is now worth around 40% of what it used to be
<span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS">i'm mainly getting it to do 3D rendering which is why i picked such a high-end processor and ram</span>
Imo you shoulda waited for the Q9000 Series which come out in January which are faster for a lot of things espeically for video editing and also cost the same price as the Q6700.
