i am about to buy a new PC. Which of these two deals is better? thank you.?

Question

Hi everyone,
the first is HP....price $690 after ($50) rebate.
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0237171
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or this Dell XPS 400 ....price....$780 (can be $24/mo)
Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs
160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ 8MB cache
Single Drive: 16x DVD+/-RW with double layer write capability
No Monitor
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Dell USB mouse and keyboard
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thank you all sooo much....(i had a HORRIBLE experiance buying a $1500 toshiba laptop in the past...i don't want it to happen again)


thank you all again.......

(Dude!! said that there might be mistake with the XPS 400 price, but no no, the price is %100 correct...from their website

leadbelly asked about my main use. I am sorry i did not provide that. Here it is,
1-I do writing...A LOT of writing (about to publish a book! I know, very very exciting!)
2-i do like to do some gaming (some very new games like Prince of Persia)
3-i do some 3D modeling from time to time.
4-chating with friends from overseas.
i think that's about it (it's like i do everything)....thank you all once more..

Answer 1

It all depends on what you want to do, obviously the Dell has a better graphics card than the HP and may be a bit faster than the HP processor wise, but the HP has more features and a larger HD as well.

Bottom line.

Get the XPS if you are planning playing video games because you can swap out the PCI x16 video card where as for the HP, if the video dies, then you'll have to disable the onboard video and get another video card to replace the onboard video. If it's bad enough, you might just have to repalce the mother board on the HP if it's that bad.

Get the HP if you want features and don't plan on doing a lot of gaming. This is an all purpose machine that has an awesome litescribe burner bundled with a multiport card reader, which is nice if you have a camera or something that needs those ports.

Again, it's up to you on what you want to do. I personally game, so I would get the XPS, but then agian, I'd prefer to build my own. Hope this helped.

Answer 2

This sounds like an extremely solid deal, the specs are. Processor variety - AMD QUAD middle Phenom 9550, AM2+, 3.6GHz FSB difficult disk - 4 hundred GB 7200 Rpm difficult force - huge storage photographs Card - Nvidia 2 x 9500GT 2GB SLI photographs Motherboard -SLI Motherboard variety of USB Ports - 6 x USB 2.0 Ports( 2 at front ) Optical force - 20x DVD RW +/- Sound Card - dazzling 7.a million Channel encompass Sound working gadget - N/A (improve basically) Ram reminiscence - 8GB DDR2 Ram. that is loose transport and a three year guarantee, presented that that is all working high quality, i will see no problems in any respect with it, the seller has a solid score additionally, basically one unfavorable remark that grew to become into given slightly upfront because of the fact the subject grew to become into regarded after out, cant remark on the subject concerns with the PSU.

Answer 3

Personally, I would go with the HP. I know someone who had a horrific experience with Dell and ended up returning it only to purchase a HP.

Answer 4

I would say the first one. Personally, I hate Dells and I think you'd have more problems with a Dell. For the money, the first one is a pretty good deal.

Answer 5

First off, both don't provide monitors, so I'd look for one of those separately at http://www.newegg.com/ otherwise I like the HP because it has more video memory, the video memory is shared on the motherboard and Dell's just aren't as good in my humble opinion.

Answer 6

never get a dell they are crap and out of date and the parts to up date them cost more than anything unless you can find a compatible company also like i said if you are going to get a dell it has to be the top of the range other wise you are getting a year old computer

Answer 7

is that HP is using intel dual core also?i suggest take the dell..its for perfection,gaming

Answer 8

I would definitly go with the gateway. there customer support sucked at first but its pretty relible now and they do make a fine product!

Answer 9

I think you are mistaken, there's no such XPS 400 at that price, prices start at 999.00 fot that model.

Answer 10

you didn't say what your main use will be.