Upgrading a Computer
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Upgrading a Computer
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My dad gets a discount, and I can get a computer, but only from Dell... I wish I could get that custom computer.. But I can't or maybe I can...
Build My Gaming Computer The stuff that pwn listed, and the 4600+ he recommended later..
If there is any Dell Computer equivalent to that for about 1500$ or less, please tell me..
My dad gets a discount, and I can get a computer, but only from Dell... I wish I could get that custom computer.. But I can't or maybe I can...
Build My Gaming Computer The stuff that pwn listed, and the 4600+ he recommended later..
If there is any Dell Computer equivalent to that for about 1500$ or less, please tell me..
Last edited by Snipawolf on 04 Nov 2006, 04:08, edited 1 time in total.
- Lindir The Green
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- SwiftSpear
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I would strongly recommend not buying a dell...they cut SO many corners it causes much pain for the user, especially when it comes to upgradability. When I bought mine, I was stupid enough to not buy a graphics card with it, figuring I'd upgrade later. GUESS WHAT? They didn't solder an agp port in >_<
- LathanStanley
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dell = shit
get on tom's hardware, build a custom machine....
I built mine for under 1,500$ and it can push 4.4 GHz, has 2 gigs of OCZ 800MHz DDRII ram, 3 Harddrives, 2 CD-ROM drives, top of the line PSU 500watt, watercooling, and a 512MB videocard.
the monitor, was a seperate purchase, so yeah, I left it out, and the prepherial stuff, keyboard, mouse, case, and floppy drive... but if you have a computer allready, it shouldn't be too hard to use those parts again..
get on tom's hardware, build a custom machine....
I built mine for under 1,500$ and it can push 4.4 GHz, has 2 gigs of OCZ 800MHz DDRII ram, 3 Harddrives, 2 CD-ROM drives, top of the line PSU 500watt, watercooling, and a 512MB videocard.
the monitor, was a seperate purchase, so yeah, I left it out, and the prepherial stuff, keyboard, mouse, case, and floppy drive... but if you have a computer allready, it shouldn't be too hard to use those parts again..

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Go buy the parts where they are the cheapest and assemble it yourself. Why? Well Dell does have some good offers but there's always their pesky software and guarantee which comes with it, at least last time I checked and that's a good 2 years ago. Anyway, you'll probably get cheaper off doing it the hard way and you'll learn a good deal too (maybe get some help from a friend who knows how to).
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