Well, I'm kinda a beginner in building computers & I dunno how completly built one incase I screw up. Therefore I'm trying to buy a computer with decent performance. I'm looking at under $2500-$3000 & financing if possible. I looked at some computers in dell & there is this dell dimension 9200 with the following specifications.
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor E6700
Intel E965 Mobo
Windows Vista(TM) Home Premium
3Yrs Standard Desktop Support Plan Warranty
3GB (2X1GB/2x512MB) NECC Dual Channel DDR2 667MHz SDRAM Memory
256MB PCIe(TM) x16 NVIDIA GeForce(TM) 8600 GTS w/TV-Out and Dual DVI
24" UltraSharp(TM) Wide Screen Flat Panel LCD Monitor
500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive with Native Command Queuing
16X DVD+/-RW with Dual Layer Write Capabilities
Integrated 7.1 Audio
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Dell PCIe Hybrid PAL/SECAM/DVB-T TV Tuner w/ Remote
All this for $3000.
Now there is this other pc which is Dell XPS 720, this one costs alot more but the only diff is that it has an nForce SLi Mobo. Now I don't really play that much games so I would'nt need two graphics cards, I mostly multithread, movie or HDTV converting & stuff. I looked at HP & compaq computers but they were really crap.
So what is your opinion, is this a good computer for the price, or IF not where can get a similar computer with similar specifications (really need good processor, Ram-2gb would be ok, O-k graphics), can i get good computers from TI , marvel, excel computers etc. Some tips would be helpfull, THOUGH i would prefer a computer with like 3yrs warranty incase it screws up, so then Ican get it fixed easily.
I don't think i'll need a quad core computer, cause the computer i use currently really stinks with 512MB ram, intel pentium 4 2.66ghz, 5600FX graphics. So this is gonna be a big upgrade.
opinion would be greatly appreciated.
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