The Official PC building thread!

That is probably the best deal I have found on a factory built system with those stats. I won't argue you could probably build the same system for maybe a few hundred less with a few extras maybe, depends where you shop and what kind of deals they are throwing. You are right about the Motherboard, they didn't state what kind it was or anything like that, it does support the AMD 64 however which is good. I am guessing it is probably buttom of the barrel (mobo), but still probably a decent enough Mobo. That HP system could have came with a little better video card though, the video card I believe is the Nvidia 5500 which for just hanging out in Nvidia vs Ati post isn't a very good card. Either way $1400 bucks is still alot of money, and I would expect you getting a pretty good PC for that amount. What I have been doing in the Computer game is, buying a budget system that is up to date with todays technology's on a low scale of course, put a few simple upgrades in it (Memory) maybe even a modest video card and I'm good for a couple of years. I do pretty basic stuff on the internet, Email, Chat, Look up information, Maybe play a game or two from now and again, and that is about it. But for People who do things on a higher level then that, will probably need a Computer with alot more balls and have to continue to upgrade more often. You take some guys they probably consider there Computer Dinosaurs and ready to upgrade , and other guys might think there system is the bomb and way better then what they currently use. It's all what you use your computer for and how hardcore you really are in the Computer game, If you have the money makes a difference also. I plan on selling my Computer to a buddy of mine when I do get a new one, right now he currently has two computers and both are junk, I can even get away with saying that one. He has an Old Compaq (1999) model, this is back when Compaq was Compaq no HP in the picture at this time, he has a 500Mhz Celeron Processor, 10 Gig HD, system came with 64mb Sdram memory which he did upgrade to 384mb, which isn't much. And his HP system is from around the same time, it may be a year newer(2000) with bassically the same stats, I think it may have a 20 gig HD, oh boy....LOL...I could probably sell him my current computer for $200 easy and he would have a big woody buying it from me. I told him what my stats are on my machine and he was like WOW...LOL...

 

I wish I had the money I think I'd kinda like to have. I would probably get the best home built Computer possible with all the top hardware to go with it, or pick up a Dell XPS, those are sweet as hell for factory built. I checked em out, pretty expensive, but damn what an impressive case it has, lol. The only complaint I have with the XPS is, it uses a Pentium 4, don't see an XPS that has the AMD 64 in it, which totally sucks. It seems the market and the People consider the highest Pentium 4 chip (excluding Xeon) up with the AMD 64 Chip. I see Computer systems like the XPS DEll with a damn Pentium chip in it, you would think they would just go all the way with it and throw in an AMD 64, hell they went all the way with everything else, why not get the best current processor? Anyone know when Pentium is going to put out a 64 bit processor? or are they just researching really well and putting together a chip to blow away the AMD 64? that is what I am thinking..You know the newest Pentium 64 will be slapping AMD in the face, just a matter of time. But I don't think the AMD 64 can be compared to the Pentium 4, the AMD is bitch slapping it right now. Right now is what matters.

 

I know Praetor off the subject some....But I did mention Processors, which you need in order to build a Computer And also, did mention If I had tons of money to spend, I would be getting the best home built you can buy. I was thinking on these lines also, which might make sense now, What if you changed out the Pentium 4 in the XPS and put in new AMD 64 Chip, you would have to change the MOBO too right? already spending that kind of money, not really worth doing all that, you might as well build your own. But the thing of it is, I don't understand why the XPS has a Pentium chip in it to start with, being a big bad machine it is overall.

 

Intel has decided to make a new naming scheme. go to http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17069 to figure out the number of the intel and what speed and all it is...i personaly think the naming is stupid..but i run AMd...so im not really affected by it lol.

 

The AMD64 bit seems like a better bet to buy to me than any current Pentium 4. I'm not saying I'm buying a AMD 64 anytime soon it's to costly right now for my poor ass and so is a Pentium EE. I went to a few web-sites and compared bench marks, I don't know jack about benchmarks, but the AMD 64FX seemed to take the lead in in every benchmark comparing to the P4EE, there were a few wimpier AMD 64 Chips the P4EE took the lead in a few spots, but overall the weaker of the AMD 64 chips was still a little higher than the P4EE, it was really close on all of them, in some catogorys, but overall all of the AMD 64 chips were ahead, and even more so with the FX....

 

The bottom line is the AMD 64 is the best chip out.

 

how brave...please enlighten us as to how you figured this out???

 

It's sad many People are still convinced the current Pentium chip is the more advanced Processor over the AMD64. Yeah it's not rocket science to know which one is the better of the two.

 

and yet we still have hundreds of thousands of debates all across the world/internet arguing which is "better"...it sure sounds like rocket sience ot me if there isnt one definite answer that thousands of people cant see. but who knows...maybe you've figured it out all on your own?

 

32-bit technology goes back 10 years ago or more. The new technology is 64-bit....Now go figure it out? In the Computer world new = better, if you haven't noticed it keeps getting better.