new desktop

Jay · Content Crew Oct 26, 2009 - Nov 22, 2012

For Christmas, I am getting fundings for a new computer considering my old HP decided to quit on me. I'm on a tight budget around 700-800 USD. I want to primarily use it for PC gaming, so graphic cards and RAM are primarily what I'm looking for. I don't really feel like building one, so no suggesting that please. What is the best deal that I can get on that kind of money

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Adbot · **Posted:** September 27th, 2008, 7:46 pm

crwire · **Posted:** September 27th, 2008, 10:32 pm

It's worth building one since you can get a better deal and you can upgrade yourself or if something is wrong you can fix it yourself :mrgreen:

Like you can get a really good PC here for the equivalent of $430 US, or you can spend $500+ to buy one readily made. Don't even consider a laptop they're way more expensive :lol:

To answer your question, there is no way to get a better deal on a pre-made one since they won't be made specifically to what you want. You'd have to request specific specifications which requires you to dish out more cash for that

Shane · **Posted:** September 27th, 2008, 10:39 pm

crwire wrote:

It's worth building one since you can get a better deal and you can upgrade yourself or if something is wrong you can fix it yourself :mrgreen:

Not anymore. In the past few years it's evened out for the cost benefit of buying vs. building.

Since you say Christmas time I'd recommend waiting until then and checking out what deals Dell has. Right now if you were buying I'd recommend the Dell XPS 420. Ideally you'd want a 9xxx Nvidia video card and 3GB RAM if you're sticking with a 32bit version of Vista, if you're going for 64bit go for 4GB.

Dell's are fairly customizable in the part selection. The only reason you should build your own is if you want control over the brands of the parts that go into it.