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Well the day i became mod at GR, a few days back, my computer was being pretty crappy. I figured it was just overheating, since it only had one internal fan left.

I fought it with a few days, and finally gave up and took it to the Geek Squad, and they basically told me it'd cost more to fix it then it was worth atm, so i just had them remove all the files to a disk for me, and they helped me choose out a new computer.

eMachines 3400+ AMD Athlon 64 Processor, 200 GB Hard Drive, DVD+/-RW 16x Double layer drive CD-ROM 48x Max Read, 1024 MB DDR SDRAM....2.40 GHz, 512 KB L2 Cache, and 1600 MHz FSB

Comes w/ a ATI Radeon Xpress 200 graphic card, which isn't the best..but it serves for what i need.

I paid around 2,100 dollars and that included a 17" Flat Screen monitor, good speakers, a $75 dollar Razor Diamondback mouse and a printer/scanner/fax machine all in one, with around $350 dollars in mail-in rebates

Did i get screwed? I was going to build my computer ,but i wasn't expectating my computer to crap on me overnight, and needed something fast. Also, i dunno bout you guys, but the Geek Squad really knew their crap around here- i give them A+ for answering all my questions, etc

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The Geek Squad near me are all dum asses. I think you would of saved some money building your own though. $2,100 does sound like an awful lot to me but I'm pretty new at building computer so I don't know just sounds like a lot to me.

 

nooooooooooooooo u diddnt get screwed that was pretty good deal but i heard emachine computers suck...but the specs are really good ive never had a emachine but ive heard from alot of people they arent very good but they could be full of shiz


nice computer

 

Should have built your own. I dont trust emachines very much, they seem a bit on the low end side. For $2100 you could have built one in a day and had alot faster machine.

Not bad for what your purpose is, 7.5/10

 

I'm not into the gaming aspect, so the specs are darn good for me. I don't even download music, so 200 gigs will last me a long time, unless i pick up any new habits

I'm diff going to build another one, most likely in a few months for another project I'm going to try. As for the eMachines part, i have to admit, i wasn't sure i wanted to go with that. I told them about my past experiences, and they said eMachines has just earned a bad rep when they use to sell crappy computers for a few hundred dollars; but now after being bought by Gateway or something like that, their computers are pretty good. I was told most companies buy the parts of computers more often or not from the same places; Radeon for gfx cards, etc...so most computers are the same, you just get what you paid for. Oh for the price btw, that included a new NETGEAR router and wireless adapter, which was like 150 altogether, damn california prices <_<

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if it was made by gateway then it might be wayyyy better...those geek squad people are alright he installed my memory chip for me and even knocked down the price

he was so cool i love best buy

and bftp i think i know whats gonna take up alot of space on your computer..hmm alot of photos :lol:

 

Thats not true. My dad biult me a computer this summer for about $1,200 and I have a AMD Atholon 64 Bit 3200+ proccesser with a BTX Geforce GT 6600 SLI.

 

Sounds good to me, I wanted to build my own computer but I have no clue where to start ^_^ Ima n00b

 

Edit: just found this^^^^^^^^ would have to say use a asus mother board and a 3400+ AMD Athlon 64 Processor but he only paid 825.00

sounds nice but i dont know if you can trust a
eMachine in the long run ? Should have built your own its so easy
alot of people dont think it is but once you do it you would be surprised on how easy it is........i did it for the fist time and had no problems theres alwas a number to call if you need help....

if i was you i would take it back you alwas have 30 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

i dunno it seems a bit much for tha kind of comp, plus if u dont really game u prolly could have gotten a Pentium processor and saved a lot

 

I agree with the bit much comments, buildin your own is always better in my opinion and it takes little time to build one

 

Like i said guys, if i would have had the time to build my own, i would have! I didn't expect my computer to crap out on me, so i took the best thing i could find for me, at Best Buy.

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The Geek Squad sucks major. Just don't listen to them.

 

the main geek squad guy thats in my area looks like officer doofy from scary movie <_< . I live by alot of rednecks

 

lol this I g2 see.