I dont look at my tower. I look at my screen, hense why its the nicest (visually) part of my computer.

well yeah but i dont have any $

[quote:a73aa]well yeah but i dont have any $[/quote:a73aa]

Hence the reason why I said "If you could"

I prolly would but there's no reason.

It's just bling-bling. cool:

ja, i dont care if my comp looks like crap, as long as its fast

[quote="Xorcist [USA]":178de]Build your own. It's a hell of alot cheaper and you don't have to buy everything at once. I got an athlon XP 2600+ for $100 and a Gigabyte K-7 Triton Mobo for $50 off of E-bay. Thats basically a whole new system when you throw in your other other devices. Just keep adding newer components as you come up with the cash.[/quote:178de]

building your own is cheaper but is much harder since you have to do all the work of finding the right parts than assembling the thing yourself. plus if you need tech support, you're the one who built it so you're out of luck

i have a gateway computer that im very happy with spent $1200 a year ago on a 2.53mhz 512mb ram, dvd cdr ram read drive, 128mb g4orce graphics card, nice Boston speakers, 17" monitor, win xp...and this was one of the higher end computers at the time, they had less powerful computers for much cheaper.

have had no problems w/ it, can upgrade easily. i would much rather buy from a company that makes the full package computer than just separate parts

Go to Micro Center. Buy the best Power Spec computer you think you can afford. Upgrade to the best video card you can afford. Add another stick of memory.

Whoa ABSPC, awesome prices happy: If i ever wanted to get a comp it would be from them....swweeeeet

My friend is really happy with the one he got from that site. They also are at http://www.rcybertek.com I will never ever buy a gateway. they suck ass. i know that one from experience. thanks for all the help tho.

thanks for all the help. I have to shutdown now, will be back on tomorrow. If i were going to buy a pre-built custom, are the ones on that site any good? Thanks again. flamethrower:

Any pre-built system is going to be overpriced, but Joe is right, go with Dell. They give the best warranty plans, their hardware is nice and easy to remove if you have to upgrade, and they let you customize. There is a reason so many businesses use Dell servers and workstations, they are reliable.

They do have a gaming series, not as much as the Alienware systems but still overpriced. I just priced out a system for a friend who would have paid about $1000.00 more if I didn't build him one.

heh, i am right in the midst of ordering my parts for my first pc build. here is my list:

Antec Perf. Case Model:PLUS1080AMG $114
AMD 64 3200+ w/ 1mb L2 Cache $419
Asus K8V Deluxe $137
1GB Mushkin DDR PC-3200 Level II Ram $315
Lite-On 8X DVD-RW/+RW Drive $37
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM $75
Asylum gf4ti4600 128mb vid card $0

Total Estimated Cost: $1097


i already purchased and have the case, hd, and cd/rw drive...all i have to do is buy the 3 big hardware components now: cpu, mobo and ram. my budget for hardware was 1000-1200 dollars and i met it nicely.

i am using my old gf4 ti 4600 vid card as a stop gap measure for now, because i feel its still a pretty damn good card, and i cant afford spending another 400 dollars on an unecessary upgrade. (i will simply wait to upgrade the vid card later this yr) i am using my old dell 19" monitor, i will buy some cheap logitech z560 speakers, throw in another 70 bucks for keyboard and mouse and i will have a killer system for a total of around $1200.

a fun thing i like to do is goto alienware and plug in all the hardware i just ordered and see the total price at the end. like $3000 minimum! happy:

If you want a really good DX9 compatible card you can get the 9600 Pro right now for around $150.00 I believe. No need to ever spend that much on a video card.

i am aware of this, however, i have a comparable card in my current system the nvidia ti 4600, which i will just swap out into my new rig, and put my old gf2 mx in this machine. about the 400 dollar comment, i want my new rig to be top o' the line, so 3 or 4 months down the line after its built i will be purchasing a high end ub3r card happy: