am going to be buying a new pc and i am not to upto date with whats new and hot on the market, so i would like someone to give me an ideal pc, i like to play games, listen to music, chat, read, watch movies, hooked up to the TV, fast, lots of memory,
i dont need a monitor, this one is good,
any ideas, sites are not good as i have no idea what im looking at, i have about $1200.00CD to spend, i could perhaps spend a bit more, but thats what my base price is, thanks, if you just want the 2 points a simple nope would be nice,
2006-09-12 00:56:57 · 6 answers · asked by Dawn C 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
1200 would build an amazing computer - by mystandards.
All you need to do is go to the computer store and buy a middle of the road motherboard with built in network interfaces and sound capabilities - music. I would say built in video as well but the new Vista operating system has new dmands so be sure to build to them if you plan on going that way.
Now all you need is a case, power supply, better than average video card, memory, hard drive, optical drive, floppy, cpu - get one with a reasonable amount of L2 cache, and an operating system.
Many stores sell bundles of the basics you can ad onto.
Building your own is a great way to go. The quality is higher, and it is more reliable, or it can be - both.
Good Luck!
2006-09-12 01:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by hlsj_99 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big questions abound... Will you intend to try to run the "extremely bloated and full of spyware" Vista?
If so, hold off until it is on the shelves in stores! It has a large amount of DRM that makes it very hard to integrate it with any custom built hardware.
I go Linux, for the free games, programs, and true freedom of choice for all users. http://pclinuxos.com
But, I get used computers, refurbished systems, that have all been proven in real testing in the real world. I usually am about 2 to 4 generations behind the bleeding edge in hardware. It's less expensive...
2006-09-12 08:03:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a tower with a 500 watt power supply. 2.4 cpu or better, 1 gb ram, 80 gb HD or bigger, a 52X cd player, a DVD burner.
2006-09-12 08:01:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check up the web site below, Guess it will help you in building your own PC. It does help on my new PC. :)
http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/
Cheers and enjoy your new PC
2006-09-12 08:07:28 · answer #4 · answered by lucaslcc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3600 mhz
1024 mb ram
256 mb video card
300 gb hdd
2006-09-12 07:59:23 · answer #5 · answered by vlad_popescu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy one from Dell cheaper than $1,200.00 that will more than meet your needs.
2006-09-12 09:13:25 · answer #6 · answered by Zelda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋