Alrighty. I would like to get a new desktop computer. It is more of a leisure computer, not so much for gaming, more for just cruisin the net and a work computer.

What brand? I've always had Dell's and have a Dell Inspirion 6000 laptop which I do like.
Intel Celeron D or Pentium 4 processor?
256mb or 512mb memory??
I would love to get a flat screen monitor, 15 or 17 inch?? (or 19:shifty: )
I'm not clueless with computers, but don't know what would be best for my situation.

 

dont waste your money on 256mgs of ram, i would go for at least a gig and and i dont do any gaming. and of course 19 inch monitor if you can afford it. they're really not that much money if you know where to look though.


my suggestion, go buy a book at a local book store on building computers and build your own. you will save a lot of money and learn a lot in the process.

 

:stupid: :stupid:

cept my next pc is gonna be a laptop...

 

How much are you looking to spend.

 

I would like to stay uner 600

 

You can build a damn nice one for $600 (relatively speaking of course ur not gonna beat a $2000 computer)

Just build your own it's not that hard and if you want I can tell you exactly what parts to order (all on the internet from one or two sites) and you can easily build it I'll walk you through it. I have it down to building a computer in like an hour plus installing software, I build and sell them. Not hard.

EDIT: And you don't need to buy a book, building a computer is alot easier than working on a car. I'd rather build a computer than change spark plugs

 

Feel free to make a list then of what I could use to do it. I've never really wokred on computers but I'm not illiterate I feel either. The only thing I've done is installed an ethernet card for my parent's Dell and then hooked up wireless for them.

 

Tigerdirect.com
or
newegg.com

 

i agree, it's very easy i just suggested a book for someone who has never built a computer before. theres only a couple important rules you need to know like keep yourself grounded etc... other than that its like playing with legos

 

600$ is'nt much now a days. You could probably get a well equipt emachine for that much. They don't have the best parts, but they get the job done.

As for building a computer, 600$ could technically build you a nice computer, but then you have to buy an OS, and all the software you want extra in most cases.

 

Yea, I've looked into it somewhat and adding in a flat screen monitor, keyboard, mouse, and the software the price adds up quick. I'd rather just by an actual computer and have the warantee plus customer service (even tho most service sucks.)

 

Stay away from Tiger, they are sooo expensive compared...

Newegg is where i got my ram from... honestly... the actually ASSEMBLY of teh computer is sooo easy...a monkey can do it... but as far as the loading of the new software that may take alittle bit of reading, the hardest part i guess is makin sure everything is compatable...u gotta pay attention, I stuck with an Athalon processor, mostly because I like them better, and hear better things about them then pentium, also don't let the numbers fool u pentium and athalon rate their systems on a different scale... but yeah my computer cost i think 800-900 total, and at the same was the top of the line, it's still pretty damn good...i was a gamer at the time so i made sure I had a good video card on their too, I like Radeon, but if your not guna be gaming don't waste ur money on a high end video card...

Bottom line DO IT URSELF!

 

i was told that windows cant go faster than 512 megs. i have a HP so mine has 2 256 cards. i was going to add another 512 card but friends say its not worth it.

i got a HP desktop with 17" flat panel and 200 gig harddrive for 700 bucks. the deals are out there.

 

my mom just bought a 2000 dollar gateway....gets here tommorrow, it looks REALLY nice

 

i dont think he was asking what yor mom just bought

 

LmAo...Owned!

 

haha, that's alright...it's not like I'm gonna be using it anyways...


by the way wouldn't technically, your post telling me, that my post was ....offtopic?

 

Well for 569 I can get a Dell B110 with 17 inch flat panel monitor, 512 megs, 160GB hard drive, Celeron D Processor 2.53GHz, and XP Home edition.

 

well there you go...from what I hear the celeron D is top ****...which one is it? 830 or something?

 

Well I'm not gonna lie to you. You're wrong.

 

yeah i second that, i have 4 gigs of ram. sometimes the motherboard cant handle much ram if its old.

 

Here is a list of stuff you need if your going to build your own...

at least 2.5+ GHz AMD Athlon 64 Processor
100GB+ Hard Drive
512-1GB RAM
ATI Radeon Graphics Card

Some other stuff but im not going to list cuz im busy doing other stuff....but what i got in my pc is...

200GB Harddrive
1.0GB RAM
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Graphics Card
1 Lightscribe DVD +- Writer/ CD Writer
1 CD-ROM
7 USB Ports
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3700+

This computer that i got now ruffly cost me 950+ dollar bills