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Alright, time to buy a new PC! My old outdated Dell 4400 (1.6 Ghz, 1GB RAM, ATI-All-In-Wonder 9600) just isn't cutting it any more. So I've done some reasearch and came up with 2 different comparable options ranked in order of my preference....

Option #1
Customized Dell XPS, Intel Core 2 Q6600 Quad-Core 2.4 Ghz, 4 GB RAM, 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS, 500GB Hard Drive, 22 inch Monitor, Vista Home Premium, after various discounts it comes out around $1475

Option #2
Customized HP Ultimate d4995t, Intel Core 2 Duo processor E6750 2.66Ghz, 4 GB RAM, 512 nVidia Geforce 8500GT, 500 GB Hard Drive, 22 inch monitor, Vista Ultimate, after discounts its alittle more than $1500.

Now, these seem to be the best ones, inside of my price range (and these two are towards the maxium of the price range). Which do you think I should get? I'm leaning toward the first one due to the quad core and slightly better graphics card (plus its cheaper). Any extra advice wouldn't be bad either...



I can't wait because I tired of this peace of crap PC I have right now...

Build it! You wont get some unknown mobo and it will probably be 200-400 dollars cheaper.

Build it! You wont get some unknown mobo and it will probably be 200-400 dollars cheaper.

Sadly I'm not that good with computers, I'm better at the software aspect than then hardware aspect  ;D

Sadly I'm not that good with computers, I'm better at the software aspect than then hardware aspect  ;D

You don't have to be...Members from SimV will "build" it for you...You simply buy the products they suggest...

Have you considered this?:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6883229008

Just need to add a 22" Monitor and you 'll be well within your budget

Regards

Jim

Just thought of this, but do either of the cards in those computers support DX10? If not, which ones do?

Just thought of this, but do either of the cards in those computers support DX10? If not, which ones do?

I think most (if not all) GeForce 8 Series support DX10