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I am thinking about buying a new computer next week and think that this might be the one I get, but I was hoping to get some expert opinions...oh and it will come with a 22" HP LCD monitor
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Last edited by Derree; 16 Feb 2008, 03:45 PM.sigpic
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I got a feeling Chewy will be all over this when he sees it, but I am hoping for you, that this is an error. The math don't add up. I also didn't catch an ID on the optical drive?
Internal hard disk drive
640GB (2 x 320MB)
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every one of their options is onboard video but that's an awfully good price
they took over number 1 from dell
as long as you don't game it should be ok for video work
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throw in a graphics card and you'll be alright i ve been seeing a bunch of HP's with the onboards having driver issues skip buying the HP 22 as they are way over priced and buy an Acer 2223 22' of which i have 2 and which are better rated thru several sites, customer reviews, and IMO a much better deal for the $100+ u save check out newegg
so buy a REAL graphics card if you want to use the 22" 1680x1050 resolution as the on board nVidia GeForce 6150 chipset sucks as of neweggs prices you'll save $110 with the ACER monitor
and get a new 8800GS for $159 adn now your on your way
otherwise its a good computer for the mainstreamLast edited by NightbladeXX; 16 Feb 2008, 09:56 PM.
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AMD FX-62 @3.2GHz
2GB of Corsair XMS 4-4-4-12 @ 860 MHz soon to be 4GB
MSI K9N Diamond nForce 590 SLI
nVidia 8800 GTS 320 MB
650W PSU + 465W (external)
6 WD HD's 2x500, 2x320, 250, and 36GB Raptor + 200 External for Vista HP back ups
LG DVD+RW
Koolance EXOS Coolant System
Buffalo Link Station Live 500GB NAS
Dual Acer 2223's (22") Monitors
Antec 900 Case custom painted interior black w/ 4 120mm blue fans + 200mm top vent
Vista Home Premium 32 bit
Vista Ultimate 64 bit (new)
XP Professional 32 bit
Ubuntu 7.04Comment
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Great thanks for the advice guys! I am getting at Best Buy for $999 (plus an extra $50 for the 22"...best part is I get it with an interest free loan through my work...its nice to work for a bank lol....I dont really do much gaming on the pc, Thats why I have a PS3...was the graphics card the only downside here?sigpic
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well it's probably got a lame motherboard with support for slow ram, that's what kills me, that cpu could scream with the right motherboard and ram but people don't know enough, all they see is 3 gigs of ram and the cpu number and say wow.was the graphics card the only downside here
take the computer home and then complain about it being slower than their xp oneComment
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since I am spending your money stooie, might as well have something with a decent video card and will make dvd rebuilder flyComment
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I will admit to guilt there chewy...so what would you do with this pc to make it better....sigpic
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the heart of any computer is the motherboard and the power supply, soup and blu don't build their own but know enough to go to someone that they trust and get a good custom performance unit built. This costs more but gives you the option to keep using windows xp, imagine if you hate vista then have to wipe it and buy xp to load and then find that HP doesn't have the drivers for XP.
I would rather spend 60$ on a premium power supply, get a good asus motherboard for 130-150$, a couple of gigs of ballistix ram, drop in a mid level dual core amd, load xp and leave that HP choking in my dustLast edited by Chewy; 17 Feb 2008, 01:01 AM.Comment
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That sounds great chooie but here in Regina finding someone like yourself to build that computer is not as easy as you would think...sigpic
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that's OK there's one guy who's definitely smart enough even in Regina
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One piece of advice, I think I can give safely is try not to back yourself into a corner, where in order to upgrade you basically have to go out & buy a whole new computer.
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At Buy.com they have a recertified HP Pavilion Elite m9040n for 699.00 which is normally priced at 1299.00. You might want to check out this computer, I do not know how you feel about recertified computers but I have bought a few in the past, and found the ones I purchased to be as good and reliable as any brand new one I ever purchased.
It is basically the same one you are looking at with an Intel Q6600 quad processor and a few other upgrades. You would have to purchase a monitor though.
I have a HP Elite m9152p w/ 8gb of memory that is probably the same computer as the one I mentioned, I am just not sure about the motherboard, but mine is the ASUS IPIBL-LB motherboard running on the Intel G33 express chispset.Last edited by copyless; 17 Feb 2008, 03:05 AM.Comment
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Hi copyless,
Have you ever bought anything from "Buy.com" ... any good experiences from the products that you have bought from them?
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