Which Computer Should I Get?!?!?
<div class="IPBDescription">Please help me!</div> Tell me which of these I should get, I'm asking because one is significantly cheaper then the other and am wondering which is more worth it.
Dell Dimension 8300 - The Cheaper One
Intel® 875P Chipset
350 Watt Power Supply
Basic Cooling System
Pentium4 Processor with HT Technology 3.06GHz 533 FSB
200 GB Hard Drive
3.5" Floppy Drive
16x Max DVD-Rom Drive
New 4x DVD+RW/+R Drive w/CD-RW
128MB DDR ATI RADEON™ 9800 Pro Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI
Sound Blaster Audigy™2 sound card with DVD Audio
New Dell Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Ethernet
4 year warranty
Windows XP Pro
Cost = Around $2100 after tax, shipping rebates, everything
Intel® 875P Chipset
Dell Dimension XPS - The More Expensive One
460 Watt Powersupply
Advanced Cooling System
Pentium4 Processor with HT Technology 3.0GHz 800 FSB
200 GB Hard Drive
3.5" Floppy Drive
16x Max DVD-Rom Drive
New 4x DVD+RW/+R Drive w/CD-RW
128MB DDR ATI RADEON™ 9800 Pro Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI
Sound Blaster Audigy™2 sound card with DVD Audio
New Dell Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Ethernet
4 Year Warranty
Windows XP Pro
Price = Around $3000 After tax, shipping, rebates, everything.
And as you guys can tell that did not include RAM, they both come with 512 I believe, but i want 2 gigs of Ram, and its much cheaper to get it from someone other then dell, so what do you guys think, is the more advanced system worth it?
Dell Dimension 8300 - The Cheaper One
Intel® 875P Chipset
350 Watt Power Supply
Basic Cooling System
Pentium4 Processor with HT Technology 3.06GHz 533 FSB
200 GB Hard Drive
3.5" Floppy Drive
16x Max DVD-Rom Drive
New 4x DVD+RW/+R Drive w/CD-RW
128MB DDR ATI RADEON™ 9800 Pro Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI
Sound Blaster Audigy™2 sound card with DVD Audio
New Dell Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Ethernet
4 year warranty
Windows XP Pro
Cost = Around $2100 after tax, shipping rebates, everything
Intel® 875P Chipset
Dell Dimension XPS - The More Expensive One
460 Watt Powersupply
Advanced Cooling System
Pentium4 Processor with HT Technology 3.0GHz 800 FSB
200 GB Hard Drive
3.5" Floppy Drive
16x Max DVD-Rom Drive
New 4x DVD+RW/+R Drive w/CD-RW
128MB DDR ATI RADEON™ 9800 Pro Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI
Sound Blaster Audigy™2 sound card with DVD Audio
New Dell Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Ethernet
4 Year Warranty
Windows XP Pro
Price = Around $3000 After tax, shipping, rebates, everything.
And as you guys can tell that did not include RAM, they both come with 512 I believe, but i want 2 gigs of Ram, and its much cheaper to get it from someone other then dell, so what do you guys think, is the more advanced system worth it?
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If you don't wanna do work, then don't get a computer. It's very simple, really.
both of those look sweet, but to save costs build your own.....
Not hard, stick everything in where it fits ;-)
My $300 computer I built:
40 GB Haedrive
64 mb radeon 7500
128 stick and a 256 stick pc133 ram
48x/12x/48x cd burner
Given a monitor
1.1ghz t-bird
motherboard that can support a lot higer
get this::
NO SOUND CARD LMAO mother board sound
What's so bad about that?
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That makes no sense.
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Of course it makes sense. You don't want to do work, computers are made to make work easier, and even if they are used for play, they need to be worked on regularly for maintenence purposes, so therefore to truly do no work you must not get a computer.
The first two because their warranty support is HORRIBLE (have a friend with a Compaq, which they insist the two-year warranty expired on.. two days BEFORE he bought it.. another with a Dell laptop which the screen died on, and they refused to fix), last because they're an overpriced name.
You may spend more time, but you waste less money, and have a far more intimate knowledge of how the system works, than just buying a beige box off the shelf. Plus, you can customize it for your own uses, instead of going with a profiled POS.
So, for $2000... you can either drop it and get a mid-range system that doesn't work that well, or drop that much cash, get a top-of-the-line machine with all the options. You just have to plug strip A into slot B. Honestly no harder than flat-pack furniture, though you need to be significantly more careful with it. Heck, all the parts normally come with bright, graphical installation instructions anyway.
And, might I add, I would kill for either of those systems.
I still haven't decided so more input would be appreciated, and also here are links to pages that contain more info about the respective systems.
8300
<a href='http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/products/model_dimen_dimen_8300.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/products/mod..._dimen_8300.htm</a>
XPS
<a href='http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/products/model_dimen_dimen_XPS.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/products/mod...n_dimen_XPS.htm</a>
forget both of them
get a dual-capable lower Ghz Xeon... they have HT and don't cost and ARM AND A LEG... it will come with a crap video card, but you can upgrade that
my wife picked out <a href='http://www.dell.com/us/en/bsd/offers/specials_3x_precn_ws650_mcrec.htm' target='_blank'>this dell workstation</a> and we put in a Radeon 9500 and a DVD burner
not bad for HALF of what you're going to pay
think twice before buying the latest and greatest... you're paying too much
Technically, my motherboard is classified as a "workstation" board for businesses. The chipset performs just as good as its "consumer" board counterpart, but I got some stuff like not as good onboard sound (big deal, I use my Live anyway) but a gigabit ethernet instead of 10/100 built in. Also its cheaper since you're not paying money for crappy software bundles you don't need.
460 Watt Powersupply
Advanced Cooling System
Pentium4 Processor with HT Technology 3.0GHz 800 FSB
200 GB Hard Drive
3.5" Floppy Drive
16x Max DVD-Rom Drive
New 4x DVD+RW/+R Drive w/CD-RW
128MB DDR ATI RADEON™ 9800 Pro Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI
Sound Blaster
or you could go with the dual-capable workstation and upgrade to a dual proc P4/Xeon when you can afford to
we're going to be doind that instead of buying a new machine next year
Add a little time if you're going for a custom cooler setup/thermal transfer compound, but even with that the entire process should take you less than an hour. Half an hour, if you keep your parts and tools organized. Heck, most mobos don't even require you to set jumpers any more... everything through software, a good chunk self-configging.
Slap on XP Pro, let it boot and find everything, and the machine is good to go, usually in less time than it takes to configure an off-the-shelf beige. If you want a more customized rig, it takes more time... but the knowledge of the machine comes in even more handy at that point.
Heh.. and if you build it right the first time, there's no need for a warranty.
(Pats the P-90 in a Tempest-rated case, which has run just fine for well over eight years now)
I filled up a 60 gig in about a month.