gettin a new desktop

[hallwagner]

ya so i need a new desktop comp for less than or close to 1000 $. preferably with 500 gb + hard drive, more than 4 gb ram. possibly an I7 processor, and a top of the line graphics card. any ideas?

[Perry]

dell all the way if you dont wanna build your own rig

[hallwagner]

dell all the way if you dont wanna build your own rig

specifics please. and ive owned a dell b4, was much happier with my last computer, an hp. i know the major brands, i'd like to know if anybody has any odd or alternative brands/options. providing links would help alot 2 :P

[Perry]

my previous laptop was an HP. and it literally caught on fire.

I have a dell inspiron 545 with a 500gb hd, 4gigs ram, ATI Radeon 3200 graphics card, windows 7 64 bit ultimate, office...

and a AMD Athlon tri-core processor running stock 2.7GHZ/per core...i have mine overclocked to 3.2/per core.

23 inch high def moniter, NO WIRELESS, and upgraded sound card. 800 bucks from dell.com

My Laptop is an Inspiron 15 with a 2.5 Ghz Duo Core. nothin really dancy but it cost me and extra 300 bucks to add to my desktop. I love em both.

[StarsMine]

Hp sucks with bloatware and cheep itoms (and fucking bios locked mobos!) dell is the same just w/o the bloatware

build it yourself, and for the love of god skip on the i7, the i7 will make it impossible for you to get a good gpu at 1000$ as an i7 computer itself costs 900 :/

what about other things? blu-ray? sli capable (like buying a second 460 down the line, 460 sli is AMAZING! almost as powerfull as the 5970)

Edit:
there we go, an i5 w/blu-ray 6 gigs of ram, 1 tb HDD, a 460 and fuck I forgot a psu.... Il fix the build later, I need to get to work this morning D:

[hallwagner]

Hp sucks with bloatware and cheep itoms (and fucking bios locked mobos!) dell is the same just w/o the bloatware

build it yourself, and for the love of god skip on the i7, the i7 will make it impossible for you to get a good gpu at 1000$ as an i7 computer itself costs 900 :/

what about other things? blu-ray? sli capable (like buying a second 460 down the line, 460 sli is AMAZING! almost as powerfull as the 5970)

Edit:
there we go, an i5 w/blu-ray 6 gigs of ram, 1 tb HDD, a 460 and fuck I forgot a psu.... Il fix the build later, I need to get to work this morning D:

yea i have no idea how to build a computer :P

[anex]

Dell is a piece of shit company. What ever you can build yourself is something that is 10x better than what Dell could ever give you.

This build comes with Mafia 2.

[Fluffy Frufflebottoms]

If you aren't up for building it yourself, and just want something that works out of the box, one decent option is this. Select "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card" as the video card, and "600 Watts - XtremeGear Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready" as the power supply. Should end up at $1,016. Free shipping to boot. That's a very decent price for a very decent pre-built system. i7-950, 1 TiB hard drive, 6 GiB of RAM, and a very good video card. That should cover the listed requirements.

[Tickle Me Emo]

well hes an irl friend so i doubt he'd do that :P

The point is, he wouldn't know he was doing it, because people that think they know what they're doing... think they know what they're doing. Maybe he does, or maybe he doesn't, it's better to double check :P

If you aren't up for building it yourself, and just want something that works out of the box, one decent option is this. Select "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card" as the video card, and "600 Watts - XtremeGear Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready" as the power supply. Should end up at $1,016. Free shipping to boot. That's a very decent price for a very decent pre-built system. i7-950, 1 TiB hard drive, 6 GiB of RAM, and a very good video card. That should cover the listed requirements.

I've heard good things about CyberPower for pre-built machines. They're certainly a better deal than most. I agree with StarsMine that you should never, ever skimp on the power supply. I'd go with the Corsair 750TX - those PSUs are rated higher than any I've seen in a long time (and the 750W is only $10 more than the 650W). Pushes over budget a bit, but in the long run it could save you a lot of money if your cheap PSU burns out and takes some components with it. Also, you need to add Windows 7 to that price if you don't have a copy already. Finally, notice it comes with water-cooling by default... you might want that, or you might not, just take notice. I don't like the idea of intentionally running water through $1000+ of water-sensitive electronics.

If you build the machine yourself, you'll always get the best deal, even better than CyberPower. Usually I figure I can save about $100 give or take over their prices, and I have more control over component brands (particularly memory and video card). It really isn't that difficult to do. Of course, you only get individual component warranties, vs. CyberPower's standard 3-year limited on the whole machine. I'm not sure what their support is like, haven't really heard much about it.

[Trazen4]

ya so i need a new desktop comp for less than or close to 1000 $. preferably with 500 gb + hard drive, more than 4 gb ram. possibly an I7 processor, and a top of the line graphics card. any ideas?

Get a 9400 GT with 2 GB RAM for a Graphics Card,it's only $50-70 and it can handle pretty much anything,even ARMA II.(Which is FAR more demanding than Crysis is,that card can also handle Crysis as well.)

It's the Graphics Card I've been using ever since I got this new computer of mine near the end of 2009,and for such a cheap price,it's served me more than well enough.I have yet to find a game for Windows XP that it can't handle.

Also,while 4 GB of regular RAM is better,2 GB is really enough for gaming.