Thread: My first buy
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Old 03-26-2009, 06:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
exobrute
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My first buy

Alright now i am soooo frusterated right now. I dont what to get. I am getting a new computer for my 16th birthday for sure but idk which one. My parents are willing to spend about $1200, not much more. At first i was going to get a refurb aluminum unibody macbook pro 2.4ghz for $1600 but i would have to spend $400 of my own money, i was very set on this until my friend said i should build my own custom pc. I really really love the look of the macbook pro which is why i was gonna buy it. I also really love portability. But the macbook pro isnt very powerful and for $1200 i can get a custom built pc from ibuypower.com. This is its specs which i would buy:

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Case- Nzxt Tempest Gaming Tower Case
Case Lighting- Cold Cathode Neon Light Blue
Power Supply- 800 Watt -- Power Supply quad SLI Ready
Processor- Intel Core i7 Processor 920 4x 2.66GHz/8MB L3 Cache
Processor Cooling- iBUYPOWER Napoleon CPU Cooling Fan System Kit

Motherboard- Asus P6T Intel X58 Chipset CrossFire and SLI Supported w/7.1 Sound, Triple-Channel DDR3, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, 3-Way SLI PCI-E MB 3-Way SLI )

Memory- 3 GB [1 GB X3] DDR3-1333 Triple Memory Module Corsair Value
Video Card- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB w/DVI + TV Out Video
Hard Drive- 320 GB HARD DRIVE Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive- LG 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black )
Sound Card- 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Network Card- Onboard LAN Network Gb or 10/100
Flash Media- Reader/Writer 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black
Operating System- Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64bit
Warranty Warranty- Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support
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Now the specs of the macbook pro are like a 2.4ghz core 2 duo, nvidia 9600GT and 2gb ram. Now i know the pc specs blow away the macbook pro. But like i said i love the portability of laptops, now ive had a desktop for ever but occasionally use my dads crap laptop. So i dont know how much id use it portable but im sure i wuld. Also the macbook pro is amazing looking.

So which do you think i should get?
Please leave all your thoughts,

Thanks
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