Is this computer any good?

Question

http://www.theshoppingchannel.com/endeca/search.do?keyword=601490&Search.x=36&Search.y=18

It was $1900 one day when I last saw it on the shopping channel (TV) but that was the day's show stopper. Day's later, I thought of buying it, but they raised the price. I called up dell, and they gave the same price (i think, not sure if they included the tax or not) I want it for myself since I want to be a gamer, and I download a LOT of music DAILY.

thanks responding.

Processor and Chipset - Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6550 (2.33GHz, 1333 FSB)
Operating System - Windows Vista Home Premium
Monitor -Dell 20" SP2008WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel Display
Memory - 3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive - 500GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM
Optical Drive - Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD +/-RW + BD-ROM)
Graphics Card - 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT Integrated Graphics GPU
TV Tuner - Integrated TV Tuner with Remote
19 in 1 Media card reader
Sound Card - Integrated 7.1 HD audio

Answer 1

I'm a Dell fan but here are my recommendations.

Go to the dell site and take a look at the XPS series of desktops. I think you'll find that you can "customize" one of the XPS desktops for less money and get the same tech capabilities. Check it out. I have an XPS 410 and it's really a good PC.

In any case I certainly wouldn't opt for the 20" monitor. There are 22" widescreen monitors with great tech specs out on the web for under $200. I think you'll save that much or more for opting out of the monitor and buying one on the web. Dell is a bit expensive on the "preipheral" components.

I just purchased a great 24" widescreen for $359 with all the latest tech specs. It was worth the money to me, but you may find that a 22" totally suits your needs. Try looking on http://www.pricewatch.com and http://www.pricegrabber.com These two sites will list the items by cheapest price to highest price and you can click on the item and review all the tech specs, plus both sites have vendor ratings as well.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

just from looking at the price no way.... $1900 for a computer i can build probably a beast machine

example: SLI 8800 GTX water cooled??
4 of of ramm DDr2??
dual core cpu?

i dont think the shopping channel has that stuff lol

try ordering from dell if u dont know how to build a computer ur self.... they wont rip u off that baddly...

get this system http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_720?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19 only around $1400 with no monitor included yet.

Answer 3

You can get way more bang for your buck than that. Build your own, with a little homework. It's quite easy. Shop around. I think dell monitors tend to be way pricey, that may be jacking it up some.
You can build a monstrous computer for $2000 these days.

Answer 4

well,...that's Computer is more than perfect,,,,,,,it's the bestest ever,,,,trust me you won't regret it,,,go for it buy it....it's gonna work fast ans well,,,as hell,,,,there wouldn't be better,,,,and about the Games thing,,,it will be quite enough tho .....but let me tell you that price is really damn HIGHT try to look for a cheaper once as long as all what you want to do is"Games'and downloads"you don't really that HIGHT CLASS PC,,,,just try to get proccer 2.0 ,,,ram"memory" 1 GB ..Vga"256 mb....Hard disk
160 Gb.....that wud be like Half the price 1900$,,,,,,all the best

Answer 5

I don't see a video card listed. You will need a good video card to play the newest games.

It seems pretty pricey to me. Try building your own PC at Dell.com

edit: Sorry, I see the video card now. Still seems expensive though.