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Looking to buy a computer what do you think about this one?

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  1. crazyguypete

    crazyguypete Member

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    Its been a while since I've bought a computer but I've been shopping for one for a bit now and was considering this one what do you guys think?



    PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Q9650 (12MB L2, 3.00GHz, 1333FSB) edit
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit edit
    OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 edit
    WARRANTY & SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis edit
    MONITOR Dell S2409W 24" Full HD Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor edit
    MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4DIMMs edit
    HARD DRIVE 750GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ edit
    OPTICAL DRIVE Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD) edit
    VIDEO CARD nVidia GeForce 9800GT edit
    SOUND CARD Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer edit
    KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell Consumer Multimedia Keyboard and Laser Mouse edit
     
    #1 crazyguypete, Jun 3, 2009
  2. jmejia

    jmejia Contributing Member

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    How much?
     
    #2 jmejia, Jun 3, 2009
  3. dmc89

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    You might want to revise your shopping cart (if purchasing online customized) with the nvidia graphics card, they might try to rip you off
     
    #3 dmc89, Jun 3, 2009
  4. blathersby

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    Not worth the money.
     
    #4 blathersby, Jun 3, 2009
  5. Microfridge

    Microfridge Contributing Member

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    It probably comes standard.

    To Op, if you can afford to wait 4-5 months, you can get Windows 7 with it. Otherwise, the computer looks pretty solid. Without knowing the price though, we don't know if it's a good deal or not.
     
    #5 Microfridge, Jun 4, 2009
  6. Royals Ego

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    are you gaming with the computer? seems like it... who's the distributor? price?
     
    #6 Royals Ego, Jun 4, 2009
  7. peleincubus

    peleincubus Member

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    no reason to get a blu ray drive unless of course your actually going to get some use out of it.
     
    #7 peleincubus, Jun 4, 2009
  8. crazyguypete

    crazyguypete Member

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    It'll cost around 2000, and its from Dell. I've had my old computer for around 10 yrs and just figure its about time to upgrade. I plan on keeping the old one for internet usuage and this one will be used primarily for work related activities as well as the occassional game and movie. I figure I get a blue ray player since thats where movies will probably go. I try to keep my computer for as long as possible so i usually try to go a lil more out there in terms of the processor and RAM.
     
    #8 crazyguypete, Jun 4, 2009
  9. LFE171

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    If you got that in mind, don't get vista. Microfridge posted above saying 7 is coming soon.

    And 64 bit? Why?
     
    #9 LFE171, Jun 4, 2009
  10. BigSherv

    BigSherv Contributing Member

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    2000! :confused:

    gtfo


     
    #10 BigSherv, Jun 4, 2009
  11. kikimama

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    Uh, my computer cost me 850 including a 22" LG widescreen monitor about a year ago.
    2.4 core 2 Quad core intel
    4GB DDR2 RAM
    Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit
    8800 GT video card
    500GB HD 7200rpm

    yours should come out to less than $1000. don't buy unless you can get it under that.
     
    #11 kikimama, Jun 4, 2009
  12. yaoluv

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    If he wants to use 8 GB of memory isnt 64 bit the only option?
     
    #12 yaoluv, Jun 4, 2009
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    Ya no computer these days is worth 2000! :p
     
    #13 pirc1, Jun 4, 2009
  14. Supermac34

    Supermac34 President, Von Wafer Fan Club

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    The monitor, MS Office, and the warranty are adding quite a bit. I'm actually going to say, with it spec'd out to the nines like that one is, plus a 24" monitor, $2000 is about what its going to cost and its actually not too bad of a price.

    You could probably downgrade quite a bit and still be able to successfully play any games coming out anytime soon if you are worried about performance that much.

    Also, I'm pretty sure he couldn't get a system with that new of a processor and all the specs he has for under $1000.
     
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  15. Cowboy_Bebop

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    Where's the motherboard??
     
    #15 Cowboy_Bebop, Jun 4, 2009
  16. Cowboy_Bebop

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    And exactly what will you usually or majorly be using your computer for?
     
    #16 Cowboy_Bebop, Jun 4, 2009
  17. Sajan

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    are u just being shady or why dont u tell us the whole deal.

    it's like we are hunting for clues.

    so far we know it's a dell.

    what model? home section? business?
     
    #17 Sajan, Jun 4, 2009
  18. Supermac34

    Supermac34 President, Von Wafer Fan Club

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    Unless you are actually going to use this PC as your media center, I'd lose the Bluray, that's adding 200-300, right there.

    You could go downgrade a chipset or two and save another $200 easy.
     
    #18 Supermac34, Jun 4, 2009
  19. crazyguypete

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    Its for home use and a Studio Q9650. Its a bit of an upgrade over what cnet recommends on their website a Dell Studio Desktop Computer (Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200, 750GB HDD, 6GB)

    I dont mind paying extra for better but if i'm simply paying to say I have a more powerful computer than the next guy then yea I dont want to be stupid.

    By the way thanks so far on the advice its helping my decision greatly.
     
    #19 crazyguypete, Jun 4, 2009
  20. blathersby

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    Still not worth the money.

    Try something like this:
    http://store.apple.com/us

    @crazyguypete, email me through the board. I've got some information for you.
     
    #20 blathersby, Jun 4, 2009
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