Get the one I have. A Sony Vaio PCV-RX490TV.
It came out last year so the price probably dropped around your price range.
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Get the one I have. A Sony Vaio PCV-RX490TV.
It came out last year so the price probably dropped around your price range.
www.ibuypower.com
Courtesy of Cloud for bringing this site to my attention. VERY Cheap.
Just a shot in the dark here:Quote:
Originally posted by Dragonmaster Dyne
why must people always get such big hdd's?
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I'm just guessing, of course.
Well, Unless you have a Burner, and you tend to collect, movies, trailers, music and other space consuming things, you will eventually run out of space, and bigger hard drive comes in handy :)
Yeah...I have a 120Gig HD...and will never fill it up.
If you're willing to build your own, try mini-pc's. Here's a how-to:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/20020815/index.html
The Vaios are so sexy. That's what lured me in four years ago. However, they also come with stuff I will never use. Decision, decisions.Quote:
Originally posted by Klonoa
Get the one I have. A Sony Vaio PCV-RX490TV.
It came out last year so the price probably dropped around your price range.
I don't know about other people, but I use my PC for 3D work and occasionally I have just 10-20 GB in rendered frames alone for a single project. I have 2 x 80 GB drives... I keep all my games and mp3s etc on one drive and all my work stuff on my primary drive... precautionary I guess.Quote:
Originally posted by Dragonmaster Dyne
why must people always get such big hdd's? i got by with a 4gig for years and finally caved in and got a 40gig with my new rigg. the only reason i got it was the price. and you know what? im never going to use any of it. do you guys just keep loads of games and shit on your hdd's?
I agree that you really can get cheaper from buying parts and assembling it yourself... but your price is decieving... say you get a new video card with that and you jack it up another 200-300 dollars. A new HD, another 100... A burner is another 50-100... Some more RAM, another 50-100... Basically, with your config, you could buy a PC from scratch for $800-1000 it seems... and there's still wiggle room at the CPU level.Quote:
all this cost me $450 from newegg and i put it all together myself. the only reason you would need to spend 1200-1500 is if you dont know what you're doing, you buy a pre made system (which are normally not good for future upgrading) or you get one of those ungodly sharkyextreme "extreme" gaming riggs.
So bascially, is $1200 really that much to pay ? In some cases, that 1200-1500 might even include a decent monitor and speakers. Personally, I'm not a fan ofmass market PC builders like Dell and Gateway (your reasons -- proprietary cases are a pain in the ass) but really, there are some good builders out there who will make you a great machine for $1200.
In my case, I paid over $2000 for my new workstation and I think I got a really decent deal.Surely you don't need to pay $3000 for a custom power gaming rig, but it's surely not such a bad deal to be spending 1200-1500 as long as you do your research ahead of time.
those are some sweet deals...even though the page design is horrific...Quote:
Originally posted by Rich
www.ibuypower.com
Courtesy of Cloud for bringing this site to my attention. VERY Cheap.
Edit : Dammit. Wrong Button.