New PC (opinions plz)[views:3217][posts:17]________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 1:14pm - OG Loc ""] [img] It's also got a sideshow display, and comes with adobe elements with includes photoshop, and a bunch of other adobe garbage. opinions/recomendations before i order? |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 1:18pm - Sacreligion ""] I'm the man in the place, gun at my waist |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 2:01pm - Conservationist ""] Looks reasonable. Nehalem chips come out in ~2wks, so prices will drop soon. |
| ________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 3:03pm - OG Loc ""] nehalem chips? do explain |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 3:13pm - the_reverend ""] that's not what they are called. nefilim or something like that. he's just being funny. the power supply is thin if you want to put more hard drives in there, you will kill you ps faster. all that adobe stuff is worthless and you usually get it free with a digital camera purchase. all in all that looks like a decent system. just look for some DELL coupons. Oct/Nov is when they make up all their lost sales numbers so there should be some 25% off coupons. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 3:16pm - the_reverend ""] though I would probably get a 32MB cache drive and up the processor to Intel® Core™2 Q9400 Quad-Core (6MB L2 cache,2.66GHz,1333FSB) |
| ________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 3:19pm - OG Loc ""] the_reverend said:Oct/Nov is when they make up all their lost sales numbers so there should be some 25% off coupons. If you come accross any, let me know. |
| ________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 3:23pm - OG Loc ""] the_reverend said:though I would probably get a 32MB cache drive and up the processor to Intel® Core™2 Q9400 Quad-Core (6MB L2 cache,2.66GHz,1333FSB) I think this processor would serve me fine, but duely noted. and the only 32mb cache HD they offer is the 1TB HD. I can't justify spending an extra 200 bucks on an HD that I will never fill for a 32mb cache |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 3:27pm - the_reverend ""] you can just put in your own cheap that drive is $100-ish. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 3:35pm - the_reverend ""] 1TB $109 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10005936 1.5TB for $149 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10009089 |
| ________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 3:36pm - OG Loc ""] I just looked on there deals page and they have the same configuration, but with the Q6600 quad core, bigger HD, and 22 inch widescreen for only 150 bucks more. My Components Intel® Core™2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB) Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium w/ Digital Cable Support SP1 2Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs 640GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability 22 inch UltraSharp™ 2208WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel ATI Radeon HD 2600 hd 256MB Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system) Dell USB Keyboard Dell Optical USB Mouse No Floppy Drive or Media Reader Included No Modem Requested My Software & Accessories McAfee SecurityCenter 15-months Microsoft Works 9.0 My Service Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year Also Includes Windows Vista™ Premium Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language XPS Specialized Support 375 W Power Supply No Entertainment software pre-installed No ISP requested |
| ________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 3:37pm - OG Loc ""] 950 bucks for that setup is pretty damn good. doubt I could even build it for that. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 3:56pm - the_reverend ""] yeah, looks good |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 4:16pm - Conservationist ""] OG%20Loc said:nehalem chips? do explain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Nehalem |
| ________________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 4:17pm - Conservationist ""] OG%20Loc said:950 bucks for that setup is pretty damn good. doubt I could even build it for that. Yeah, you could. OEM parts. http://www.newegg.com/ http://www.directron.com/ Knock yourself out ;) |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 10:27pm - the_reverend ""] Conservationist said: OG%20Loc said:nehalem chips? do explain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Nehalem I was reading another site and JUST read that was the name. I thought it was nefilim and you were just being cute. |
| ______________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 10:30pm - hunterhunter ""] my cpu is a neuronet processor a learning computer [img] |
| _________________________________________ [Nov 3,2008 11:56pm - Conservationist ""] the_reverend said: Conservationist said: OG%20Loc said:nehalem chips? do explain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Nehalem I was reading another site and JUST read that was the name. I thought it was nefilim and you were just being cute. I'm not witty and creative like that :( But, those chips look bad ass. All four cores working together, instead of two two-packs. Improved self-managing bus, runs memory instead of the chipset, can also handle other internal IO the same way. I didn't get fully into reading about the cache but it sounded bad-ass too. More info here: http://hothardware.com/Articles/Intel-Core...halem-and-X58-Have-Arrived/?page=10 |