After trying to build my own and all that shit my computer has died again so I’m just saying fuck it and buying a pre-built now. I was looking at this guy and it seemed like a pretty good deal.
I can’t see any positives.. I recently (yesterday) got a new laptop from HP. Its a beast compared to my old computer, yet I really don’t feel like I’ve made an improvement in performance.
My old computer had Windows XP and Ubuntu Fiesty installed
2.8 Ghz Pentium 4
512 [...]
So I was talking to this guy at a computer company, and he basically said I’d be better off with an awesome Duo core computer than an decent quad core system. Among the reasons he gave, the main one was that most programs don’t make use of the quad core. So basically, it’s a waste [...]
I’m leaning towards the Sager. Better card (9800M GT vs 9700M GT), better looks (elegant Sager vs. boy-racer Asus), DDR3 memory……..but spec’d out the way I want it, it’s $2300.
The Asus is cheaper at around $1700.
My limit’s $2500 and hopefully I’ll have my current laptop sold (someone’s interested — $800) so that should [...]
I have a Raideon(sp?) 9600 128MB card in my computer right now…
I just got a computer from a friend who didn’t want it anymore and he has a Gxforce(sp?) 5500 256MB video card in his….
Would that be a better video card for me to use? Would I be able to just unplug mine and [...]
My desktop pc has been acting shitty for the last few months, so i am building a new pc.
i cannot use my old video card because the mobo i am looking at doesn’t have agp, doesn’t seem like any mobo’s do anymore.
the mobo i am going to be getting is this one:
but i am [...]
I have to have 5.
My work is footing the bill, but try to keep it as cheap as possible. We prefer to deal with Dell.
Any suggestions?Let me guess: you’re a stockbroker and you need to have a zillion windows onscreen to feed your Type-A personality. Close?
I have to have 5.
