adrenaline

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I dont know whats good and whats not. Im looking to spend no more than $3000..

I want it primarily for Gaming, but need it to do multimedia, use photoshop and then the basics.

Any Suggestions? FYI.. i suck at building a PC so unless its WAY cheaper to do so I would just want to buy it already built.

Thanks

tuathal

Use a Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P myself
Pentium 4, XP sp 2, 512ram, 2GB virtual memory, NVIDIA geforce fx5500, dvd burner, 17" lcd screen etc.
Got it all for about €1500, convert that to U.S. dollars is about the same.
No complaints, good enough make.

adrenaline

Right now im leaning towards this.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellst...XPS600SAP&s=dhs


Upgrading that to

Pentium® D Processor 830 with Dual Core Technology (3.0GHz, 800FSB)
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Dual 256MB Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX with SLI Technology

tuathal

Sounds all good, go for it

Lucky Bob

Damn man... that's PLENTY for ANYTHING you'd want to do!

Care to buy me one, while you're at it? :happycow:

adrenaline

Ok Went ahead and bought me a new system! =)

Dell XPS 600

Pentium® D Processor 830 with Dual Core Technology (3.0GHz, 800FSB), Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition

Dell XPS 600 Pentium® D Processor 830 with Dual Core Technology (3.0GHz, 800FSB)

Memory 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 4 DIMMs

Monitors FREE UPGRADE! 19 inch E193FP Analog Flat Panel

Video Cards 256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) nVidia GeForce 6800
NV6800
[320-4375]
Hard Drive 500GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 250GB SATA HDDs)

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition


CD or DVD Drive Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 48x CD-RW Drive
DVDCDR

Sound Cards Sound Blaster Audigy™ 2 ZS (D) Card w/Dolby 5.1, IEEE 1394 capability

Speakers Dell 5650 5.1 100 Watt Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer

Media Center Enhancements Remote Control

Lazer

For $3000 you could have gotten an Alienware system, Built for gaming!

adrenaline

I didnt spend 3000.. just over 2g's(inc tax and shipping) to be exact. I think i did myself good.. Never a problem with the dell i have had for the past 7 years.

twilly32643

For $3,000.00 you could put a downpayment on a Harley and piss on the computer.

shadow8

You could get anything you desire... and then some!

graphx1

Dude Can,t go wrong with dell.
The only problem with dell is that it won,t be upgradable in the future,
but with what you got you won,t have to worry about that for a looooong time.
Nice job. I hope to get a dual core soon.
What kind of benchmarks are you getting.
I usually use the free downloads from futurmark.com

adrenaline

what is a benchmark?

SnapJaw

No shops in your area custom build pc's for customers? That way you could have gotten a real good deal on the hardware I think, maybe with 7800GTX, AMD-FX57, 2G RAM, etc. The guides section at anandtech.com would have had something for you, for high-end gaming.