Newegg.com and build that shit.

Just build my comp from new egg - 9800 Pro, 64Bit, Gig of ram, nice case, ect ect for 550. Besides, you know all the components in your computer - dell is shit.

 

unless you're a gamer.. u cannot beat dell's discounted dell thats they sometimes have on..

does ur 550 on newegg include all the softwares and lcds n mouse/keyboard along with it??

i think not



for the average joe..

dells are excellent..


in fact im using a dell 6000 inspiron laptop that i got at a price that blows all the other laptop in terms of performance/price

check www.slickdeals.net for dell deals.. u have to check daily to see if any super hot deal is ever on.. last week the 9100 with 24inch is super excellent..



back to my laptop.
paid 919 after taxes and free shipping

1.6ghz intel mobile 533mhz fsb
256mb ram 400mhz (just self upgraded to 1gb of pc4200 533mhz)
60gb hd
128mb ati x300 vid card
centrino technology
a/b/g intel wireless card
modem/ethernet port
64mb usb mem stick
1yr support/warranty
4hour extended battery
cd burner/dvd player
15.4 inch ultra sharp lcd

keep in mind this is one of the few laptop with a mobo with pci express and ram capable of running at 533mhz

 

man so my comp has been in "boxing" status for 2 days now..how long does it take them to box up a comp.........it says they put your comp int he box with a keyboard and moues then ship it etc but over 2 days to do something simple like that??....so now its the 3rd day coming up tomm and we'll c....

 

tigerdirect.com

 

I usually build my own because I like the computing power and I like to do video editing and ripping and stuff... Here is a pretty cool site that has coupons and stuff, it is updated daily and I bought my wide screen lcd on it:

Deals2buy

 

I will check out www.dealcatcher.com or www.digitaldeals.net

Thank you, kadeshpa.

Also, thanks to 2005S2K and mav, I will check out those sites too.

You guys are great.

 

haha ok so its on its wya to being shipped now whew, i did get free 2nd day shipping....all i did was call the customer service p lace and was like i need this comp by this day for an impt reason and shes like let me talk to my supervisor and i got the $120 fee waived and free air shipping 2 day or less pretty good deal.

I think I'll start with Battlefield Vietnam, it actually looks a pretty cool game its just that BF2 came out and took many of the players. Then ill get BF2 the same time. Those are the only game ill probably use sinceim not much of a gamer, im using my comp as a multiedia platform mainly and for work which is why the 9100 was perfect for me


I just think its a lil crazy that some people are spending hundreds and thousands $$ to play one game "bf2". Its like the hardware manfacturers are in conjunction with EA, upgade youer system to insane levels or you can't play....I mean from what I've read the game is not perfect so if your going to have those insane specs then the game should be the best graphics ever which it doesnt seem like. I'll pay it still since I convenantly got a new comp. Also in the big terms of things it might not be a big deal since us car owners spend $$ on mods but for one game I wouldnt upgrade my comp

 

what kind of graphics did you get with the PC?

if it is the intel graphics or anything less than a geforceFX5700 or ATI radeon9600, forget BF2.

The intel graphics hardly plays anything. For BF Vietnam, the standard Dell ATI X300 that comes with the Dimension 9100 MIGHT play it.

The X300 will probably not play BF2. The only up-option is the Geforce6800 and ATI X850XT which rock.

 

actually I did alot of research on it, 128mb x300 does play and is compatible with BF2. Many people still use a x300 since it comes with dells. Since I have over 1 gig ram and 3.0 + ghz the best I will get is only a medium from the reports of other people using a x300. Or you can mix high, lows and medium and turn off shadowd etc tons of ways to play with a constant 40fps on the card.

Also go over to EA.com or any BF2 forum and they will list that the x300 will play BF2. Its a good overall video card for many apps,multimedia etc maybe not the best for gaming but I'm not going to fork over $$$$ just to play BF2 when medium settings will suit me just fine

 

No, but I dont see why it matters - anyone that already has a computer is going to own all that stuff, or know someone who they can get it from.