Cheap But Good Computers?

[Beer $lut]

Do you know of any? im looking in the price range of around 400-600 dollars, if i can stay that low.

 

[-Sh1Ft-]

www.pricewatch.com its the best way to get a cheap computer, building one. buy the parts you specificly need for what you need to do, whats this computer for? My friend made a nice gaming machine with an ATI radion 9800 pro amd althon 1900+ 1gb ram ect for 700 usd.

 

[Beer $lut]

Id rather just buy it all together, knowing me id forget something or **** it up.

 

[-Sh1Ft-]

i searched around a bit and found this site, http://www.ibuypower.com/ They have some nice deals in your price range too, check it out. Also, you can Reconfigure it for a higher/lower price to add some of your needs.

 

[Sly]

yes, ibuypower or cyberpowerinc are your best choices for good computers

 

[-Sh1Ft-]

Well i have to go to hockey right now, when i get back ill try and find some more computers in your range, but for now check ibuypower or cyberpowernic because as SlyFie said, their the best.

P.S welcome back SlyFie

 

[RuneyPoo]

Best thign to do is to go around your town and look for a place that sales hardware. PIck out what parts you want for your computer, would cost around 600-800.00usd... And these computers that you home build can be better then the ones you buy for 1.6k from Gateway or Dell... So, there...

 

[jd-inflames]

I think the point is is that he doesn't want to build it because he's scared he will screw something up...

Go to http://www.tigerdirect.com and look into their tiger machines. They sound rather decent and they have warantees...I've never had anyone ask me to help them with one, so I can't vouche for their reliability, but thats just another option.

 

[Speaker]

www.samsclub.com (go to personal needs)

 

[Davorak]

I dont think Tigerdirect would be the best option. Their prices on full machines aren't great (not terrible by any means...) I would check out newegg.com they have absolutely wonderful tech support, fast and (usually depending on the item) free shipping. And if you aren't into heavy gaming and dont need a great computer, I would just go Dell.

 

[Beer $lut]

Originally posted by Davorak
I dont think Tigerdirect would be the best option. Their prices on full machines aren't great (not terrible by any means...) I would check out newegg.com they have absolutely wonderful tech support, fast and (usually depending on the item) free shipping. And if you aren't into heavy gaming and dont need a great computer, I would just go Dell.

New dells have spyware.

 

[[x]Steben[x]]

No kidding? How did you find that out.

 

[Arkillo]

It's a dell, what do you expect?

 

[ShaftedTwice]

Newegg, if not, build one. Building one uses a HELL of a lot less money for a better computer. Ive got all my parts picked out for about $600, so just talk to me if you want one, ive been looking around for parts for ages. I know you might not want to build it, but if you do, talk to me.

 

[ProdigiousLucidOsprey]

Directpc.ca has pretty competetive prices.

 

[Beer $lut]

How do these specs sound?

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

Application Software: Microsoft® Works 7.0

AntiVirus Software: Norton AntiVirus 90 day introductory offer

Processor: Intel® Celeron® Processor 2.8GHz with 128K cache

Memory: 256MB DDR SDRAM

Hard Drive: 80GB Ultra ATA100 7200rpm hard drive

Floppy Drive: No internal floppy drive

Optical Drive: 48x/24x/48x CD-RW/DVD combo drive

Extended Service Plan Including Limited Warranty: Desktop Value Service Plan -- 1 year parts/labor/no on-site/1 year technical support

Case: Gateway Micro-Tower Case

Expansion Slots: 3 PCI Expansion Slots

External Ports: (6) USB (2 in front and 4 in back are version 2.0) Parallel, Serial and (2) PS/2

Certification: Energy Star Compliant

Monitors: 17" color monitor (15.9" viewable area)

Video: Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics with up to 64MB dynamic video memory

Keyboard: 104+ Keyboard

Mouse: Logitech PS/2 Wheel Mouse (no mouse pad included)

Music Sampler: Napster 2.0 and 150 Song Sampler (pre-loaded on hard disk)

Sound System: Integrated stereo audio

Modem: 56K PCI data/fax modem

Network Adapter: Integrated Intel® 10/100 Ethernet Adapter

Internet Service Provider: Six months America Online® Internet access

Part Number: 1007819/2900490

Standard Speakers: 2-piece speaker solution






ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Processor:
Intel® Celeron™ 2.6GHZ
128k level 2 cache
400MHz front side bus

Chipset:
Intel® 845GV System Chipset
Intel® 82845GV Graphics and Memory Controller Hub GMCH
Intel® 82801DB I/O Controller Hub (ICH4)
3 Mbit Firmware Hub (FWH)
Intel/ AMI BIOS (resident in the 3 Mbit FWH)
Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), Plug and Play, and SMBIOS

Memory Slots:
Two 184-pin DDR SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets on Motherboard
Support for single-sided or double-sided DIMMS (DDR 333/ 266/ 200)

Disk Controller:
Two IDE interfaces supporting 4 IDE devices
UDMA 33, ATA 66/100 support

Audio:
Integrated-ICH AC97 v2.1
RealTek ALC202A codec Audio Chipset
18-bit Full Duplex
Greater than 90dB SNR

Case:
Gateway® Micro-tower Case
14.44" H x 7"W x 15.38"D

Power Supply:
200 Watts 110/220 Switchable

Expansion Bays:
External
Two 5.25" bays
Two 3.5" bays
Internal
One 3.5" bay

Expansion Slots:
3 PCI Slots

USB ports:
Total of 6 version 2.0 USB ports
2 in the front
4 in the back

Other ports:
2 PS/2
1 parallel
1 VGA
1 serial
Line in
line out
mic in

And do you think thats good enough to play warcraft 3, and have things like adobe photoshop.

 

[[x]Steben[x]]

Yes, but what's the price?

 

[Beer $lut]

Originally posted by ihaveproblems
Yes, but what's the price?

Price: $659.98

I kind of wanted 512 mb of ram though. The thing won't let me customize that.

 

[Above_70Percent]

Celeron Processor :/ if you dont mind spending 700-800 for a kickass alien-ware look-alike computer then go here, www.cyberpower.com you can custom-mod it but the already built one iis good. I prefer here because its cheaper then www.alienware.com

 

[ShaftedTwice]

mm, yeah, a Celeron might not do the trick, especially since a Celeron is running at 2.6GHz. Youll want that 512mb later, believe me. Ill look around.

Alienware is way overpriced..