New computer

[MisturJayZee]

My brother is looking at getting a new computer and thinkging about

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9081325&type=product&id=1218017465909

any suggestions? were not hardcore gamers, but do play. not planning on doing anything major either.

[godshiPPy]

looks pretty nice to me...i dunno what's good anymore, but it's not bad at all

[Tenny]

No offense, but I think that's a bit much for not serous gaming... The i7 is fucking an amazing cpu... although if you watch slickdeals you'll see better ones from time to time.

If you want me to just keep a look for you, let me know and i'll let you know hwen a good basic gaming machine is on sale I will.

[Ricky Retardo]

thats a pretty badass computer! i would swap out the videocard with the 4870x2!

[MisturJayZee]

well like i said we dont do serious gaming, i think the most gaming that would get done is WoW/ but he might do an occasional shooter here or there

[Tenny]

The thing is gaming is more dependent upon the graphics card than anything else. Like if you picked up any basic Core 2 Duo (67xx, 84xx) or Quad Core, and put in a high end graphics card it'd probably do better in gaming than that would, but in basic computer functions it'd be slower.

[Tenny]

Like if you got something like this:
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?cs=04&kc=6vaff&oc=brcwann&x=15&y=9&m_2=WE7400&m_5=S2209W&m_16=16DVDRO&m_8=250G72K&dgc=BF&cid=7421&lid=197378&acd=10466193-1225267-u54006t0f0fp18029c0s558

and upgraded it to a better processor, and put in a good graphics card you could easily have a pretty damn decent gaming machine for under $650 with a 21" monitor...

[seanism]

Ya on slickdeals they have i7 XPS machines from Dell for $999

[Tenny]

Ya on slickdeals they have i7 XPS machines from Dell for $999
Yeah I saw that one the other day... I was drooling.


Wow it's still available. Joe, I'd jump all over htis one if I were you:

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/17865/Dell-Studio-XPS-Desktop-Core-i7-2-66-GHz--6GB-DDR3--500GB-HDD--DVDRW-DVD-ROM--ATI-HD3450--23-1080p-LCD--Vista-Premium-x64-949-or-921

The graphics card is worse, but it's a better deal by far!

[MisturJayZee]

ATI RADEON HD 4850 graphics
With 512MB discrete video memory for lush images with stunning detail.

its actually 1gb not 512 as specs read

[Tenny]

4850 has both 1gb & 512mb configurations if that's what you are saying. Either way, the grpahics card is like $200 at most, so it's not a huge reason to keep that comp over it.

[seanism]

ya you can get the 4850 for $120-$200 depending on config.

[you OLD biscut head]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9180423&st=xps&lp=3&type=product&cp=1&id=1218046802234

That one is a little cheaper, still giving you the i7, good video card and DDR3. But the one that tenny showed a few post up is great if still available.

[MisturJayZee]

i meant the specs show it as a 512 card, same as the box, but the actual card in the coimputer is a 1gb

[Tenny]

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[Tenny]

ohh YAH that was EASY hALAHAAh shower BANG BING
i see what someone did last night :inquisiti

[godshiPPy]

drew, you're an alcoholic

[Ricky Retardo]

man drew talks about the funniest things when he is wasted. he is like the weird al of the circle