best possible desktop for appx. 500-800 dollars max?

Question

what could i get for 5-800 dollars max as the best possible performance desktop
preferably intel processor and microsoft windows

i need a very versitile performance computer, with the power for gaming (decent at least), music, and just homework email etc.

Answer 1

Don't listen to the Dell haters. Anyway for gaming, you really need to spend more money, but I will give you the best I can do. For that price range, go with the Dell E521. It has AMD, but for this price range AMD is better, and this is coming from someone who is an Intel fan.

Answer 2

depends on the gaming, for higher end gaming you will need a better processor, but you can get a decent dimension e520, with a dual core processor for just under 800$ with dell.
for only a couple of hundred more you could get an XPS 410, with the core 2 processor, and 1g mem, 250g hd, nice features, but starts at a thousand. spend the little more, so you have less to upgrade later. hell finance it and pay it off in a year without finance charges!
email me and i will give you more information.

Answer 3

dont buy dell they will go on fire
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if you buy from hp-computers
you can order right now & make sure you ask for the windows xp cd & the motherboard , cd .with your order then get the order number from them so you can keep a track of status on your order from there website
if you buy hp-computer this is how you set up the system recovery , cds , & do not remove the recovery back up file from the hard drive

to set up your recovery ,cds

HP computers no1 they have the verry best recover system of all

click on start /all programs
in the list go to pc help & tool
then click on
hp-pc- recovery tools-cd
noW click on
creat the recovery tools cd
use a cd(r) disk ...to creater the pc tools cd
then click next
and wait for it to creat a
system tool recovery cd
do not stop it at all
when the system tools
cd is created your have
a system recovery tools
cd- this cd will reinstall
all the software that came with the pc and
now coz we have reset the software it will
restall the software that is on the pc and
reinstall windows xp home and set it back up
windows xp will be reinstalled and set back up

the
hp-pc-tools cd
this just reinstall's the software that was on the
the hard drive at the time you buy the pc it will also
install windows xp. os .with out asking for the windows xp cd
creat multiple partitioins




hp-pc-dvd revovery creater cd
click on start /all programs
in the list go to pc help & tool
then click on
hp-pc- recovery creater cd
use a dvd (r)disk .do not stop this till the .hp-recovery .creater cd's have been made.then your have your .hp-recover creater cd's



what.hp-creater cd's do
hp-pc-dvd revovery creater cd
use a dvd(r) disk
to create the revovery creater cd
you will have 2 options
options 1: to just install the windows xp & the software that was on
the hard drive from day 1 without for mating the hard drive
options2: will format the hard drive
and reinstall windows xp with out asking for the windows xp cd
& install the software that was on the pc from day1




hp-cd's & windows & product key cd
your windows product key
can be fond on the side of the pc or on the top
or at the back of the pc
now its best to write that windows product key
and keep it in a safe place

and put that windows product key in to a notepad
and copy the notepad
to a back up cd put the
product key cd. in a safe place with windows xp & the hp-pc-recovery cds
all in a safe place

now you can make back up copy's of the recovery cd's you have made
with the hp.cd creater cd's you use sonci my dvd to make copy's of them cd's
with hp-pc-recovery cd you can use windows burner or sonic my dvd
to make a back up copy of that cd
then make them as the cds for what they are but make as back copy cd's
then your not get any of them mixed up then put them all in a safe place/with
windows xp cd so no one can damage them

Answer 4

mac cube. and yes, it'll run windows.