Need Recomendations

smitemeplease · 12-25-2008, 09:50 AM

Hey everyone.. I just recieved 1300 dollars for Christmas and I am looking into buying a new desktop computer. I'm leaving towards an HP because I believe that they are a step up from Dell. I did the custom build thing on HPs site and came up with this. It is within my budget but I'm not sure if I need this much and I dont wanna go over the top for something that I'm gonna have to upgrade every other year. I'll probably play games like WoW, CoD, Fable 2 etc. Here's my system that I have so far.

Operating system Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) edit
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q9300 (2.5GHz) edit
Memory FREE UPGRADE! To 4GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (4x1024) from 2GB edit
Graphics card 768MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600GS [DVI, VGA, HDMI] edit
Hard drive 320GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive edit
Networking LAN port on system board (10/100/1000Base-T), no wireless LAN edit
Primary DVD/CD drive LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive edit
Front Productivity Ports 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, audio edit
TV & entertainment experience No TV Tuner w/remote control edit
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio edit
Productivity software Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 edit
Security software Norton Internet Security(TM) 2009 - 15 month edit
Speakers No speakers edit
Keyboard and Mouse HP keyboard and HP optical mouse edit
Your additional options:
Click edit to modify. NOTE: These items are in stock and will ship immediately.
Monitor HP w1707 17-inch widescreen flat panel monitor edit

If this is too much can someone please make me one on the HP site and link it in the thread please? Thank you.

**RockmasteR** · 12-25-2008, 10:16 AM

Hello and Merry christmas,
I always recommand to build a custom PC especially if you want to play the latest games, do not rely on pre-built PCs and if you want to upgrade later on. I think MCNinjaguy will help you to find the best parts for your Custom Built PC, but you can get better than that GPU, I mean the 9600GS maybe the 9800 GT or the new 280 GTX
the CPU if fine and the RAM are good too, and remember to get a very good PSU (700 W and above) and with good Amps under the12 V (30A)
good luck

smitemeplease · 12-25-2008, 10:19 AM

I'm not so good with computers. I feel like if I bought a ton of custom parts I would end up messing it up.

**RockmasteR** · 12-25-2008, 10:30 AM

after buying the custom Parts you can take them to any PC expert and he can assemble your PC

smitemeplease · 12-25-2008, 11:32 AM

Another problem with buying custom parts would be that I would end up buying stuff that wasnt compatible and I would still have a problem lol.

12-25-2008, 09:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
smitemeplease Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 11 OS: Windows Xp	Need Recomendations Hey everyone.. I just recieved 1300 dollars for Christmas and I am looking into buying a new desktop computer. I'm leaving towards an HP because I believe that they are a step up from Dell. I did the custom build thing on HPs site and came up with this. It is within my budget but I'm not sure if I need this much and I dont wanna go over the top for something that I'm gonna have to upgrade every other year. I'll probably play games like WoW, CoD, Fable 2 etc. Here's my system that I have so far. Operating system Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit) edit Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q9300 (2.5GHz) edit Memory FREE UPGRADE! To 4GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (4x1024) from 2GB edit Graphics card 768MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600GS [DVI, VGA, HDMI] edit Hard drive 320GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive edit Networking LAN port on system board (10/100/1000Base-T), no wireless LAN edit Primary DVD/CD drive LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive edit Front Productivity Ports 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, audio edit TV & entertainment experience No TV Tuner w/remote control edit Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio edit Productivity software Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 edit Security software Norton Internet Security(TM) 2009 - 15 month edit Speakers No speakers edit Keyboard and Mouse HP keyboard and HP optical mouse edit Your additional options: Click edit to modify. NOTE: These items are in stock and will ship immediately. Monitor HP w1707 17-inch widescreen flat panel monitor edit If this is too much can someone please make me one on the HP site and link it in the thread please? Thank you.

12-25-2008, 10:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,180 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Need Recomendations Hello and Merry christmas, I always recommand to build a custom PC especially if you want to play the latest games, do not rely on pre-built PCs and if you want to upgrade later on. I think MCNinjaguy will help you to find the best parts for your Custom Built PC, but you can get better than that GPU, I mean the 9600GS maybe the 9800 GT or the new 280 GTX the CPU if fine and the RAM are good too, and remember to get a very good PSU (700 W and above) and with good Amps under the12 V (30A) good luck __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!

12-25-2008, 10:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
smitemeplease Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 11 OS: Windows Xp	Re: Need Recomendations I'm not so good with computers. I feel like if I bought a ton of custom parts I would end up messing it up.

12-25-2008, 10:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,180 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Need Recomendations after buying the custom Parts you can take them to any PC expert and he can assemble your PC __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!

12-25-2008, 11:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
smitemeplease Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 11 OS: Windows Xp	Re: Need Recomendations Another problem with buying custom parts would be that I would end up buying stuff that wasnt compatible and I would still have a problem lol.