I'm getting a new computer!

[chewy130]

Hi my mom says she gonna get me a new computer christmas. right now i dont know what kind i want or where to get it from. i dont have much experience with computers but i like to play games on them.
i know that custom computers are cheaper and faster but i dont know how to make them or where to get them. i also heard AMD computers are faster and cheaper.

so right now what do you think a computer newb like me should get my computer from? and where should i get it from?

[TheWiseGuy]

dont bother looking for a pc now wait till the day after thanksgiving then go on tigerdirect.com you will find computers for nearly dirt cheap....if not wait till around december and you can get one for cheap as welll

[Tankster]

AMD = slower and cheaper.

Go Dell or if you want the best cost/performance BUILD IT YOURSELF!

cyberpowerpc.com = good prices and good computers.
dell.com

Also, the components you wanna look for are:

CPU/Processor: get a comp with an Intel core 2 cpu... popular ones include the e6600(dual-core), e8400(dual-core), and the q6600 (quad-core)

Graphics card/video card: Nvidia Geforce cards are great. ATI is doing good lately too. NVIDIA: Go for any of the 8800 cards, 9600 GT, any of the 9800 cards, GTX 260... or if you can go crazy with the spending, a GTX 280. ATI: 4870 or 4850... if you got lotsa money grab a 4870X2

RAM/Memory: 2gb MINIMUM. any speed will do but get DDR2 or DDR3 memory.

OS: Windows Vista. Despite what noobs say... it's better than XP. Go for 64-bit version if you can, it's more future-proof.

The manufacturer will give u a decent motherboard, PSU, hardrive for your rig so im not going to go into detail about those.

Hope this helped.

[chewy130]

dont bother looking for a pc now wait till the day after thanksgiving then go on tigerdirect.com you will find computers for nearly dirt cheap....if not wait till around december and you can get one for cheap as welll

is that site legit? my mom usually doesnt like ordering online..
and why after thankgiving? wut happens after that

AMD = slower and cheaper.

Go Dell or if you want the best cost/performance BUILD IT YOURSELF!

cyberpowerpc.com = good prices and good computers.
dell.com

Also, the components you wanna look for are:

CPU/Processor: get a comp with an Intel core 2 cpu... popular ones include the e6600(dual-core), e8400(dual-core), and the q6600 (quad-core)

Graphics card/video card: Nvidia Geforce cards are great. ATI is doing good lately too. NVIDIA: Go for any of the 8800 cards, 9600 GT, any of the 9800 cards, GTX 260... or if you can go crazy with the spending, a GTX 280. ATI: 4870 or 4850... if you got lotsa money grab a 4870X2

RAM/Memory: 2gb MINIMUM. any speed will do but get DDR2 or DDR3 memory.

OS: Windows Vista. Despite what noobs say... it's better than XP. Go for 64-bit version if you can, it's more future-proof.

The manufacturer will give u a decent motherboard, PSU, hardrive for your rig so im not going to go into detail about those.

Hope this helped.

thanks, but like i said im a computer newb lol

[Tankster]

is that site legit? my mom usually doesnt like ordering online..
and why after thankgiving? wut happens after that



thanks, but like i said im a computer newb lol

ya well thats why i just listed things you need to look for...

[chewy130]

ya well thats why i just listed things you need to look for...

oooh i see thnx..i wasnt sure about vista actually cuz i heard it takes hella ram and lot games dont work with it..
and 2gig ram is easy find now days lol

[Tankster]

oooh i see thnx..i wasnt sure about vista actually cuz i heard it takes hella ram and lot games dont work with it..
and 2gig ram is easy find now days lol

yes 2gb is cheap... less than 100 bucks for 2gb, heck you could even get 4gb for under 100 dollars.

[Ronin]

AMD was good in the 90s...


There is a tech section, where this belongs into.

[SnOwBunZz]

...and lot games dont work with it...

back in the beta days it didnt, now it runs everything with some tweaking (run as admin, set compatibility to xp s2 etc)

i highly sugest to disable user account control in vista, although some may disagree