Hey guys....thanks in advance...
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Looking for a prebuilt PC. Pretty basic needs (surfing, photo editing) but I plan on doing some video editing and I use a firewire cable for that. No games at all.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
I would love to get away with $300-$500, but I will spend up to $750 if needed.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from: N/A
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture: None
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are: I have a 19" Samsung LCD that works pretty good, but if it has to be a Dell prebuilt, I wouldn't mind upgrading to a thrown-in monitor. I also have a license of XP Home which I'm comfortable with, but I'm willing to try switching to Vista if it's already installed. Nothing else will really be kept other than a bunch of files/programs to re-install and maybe the firewire PCI card if needed.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads. Yes, but when doing a search for "video" for the editing requirements I get almost every thread returned.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds: NO
8. WHEN do you plan to build it? would like to buy ASAP, I'm running an old Thunderbird AMD 2.2 Ghz with 1 GB of RAM and it's getting noticeably slow when trying to do something as simple as editing photos.
These are the options I came up with...which one should I go with, or do you have any other suggestions for different builds/brands, and can you talk me out of buying the most expensive option given my basic needs!
DELL STUDIO MINI DESKTOP (small business) = $460 after taxes/s&h
PROCESSOR Intel® Pentium® dual-core E5200 (2MB L2, 2.5GHz, 800FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1
MONITOR: NONE
MEMORY 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 2DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache?
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
MONITOR No Monitor
VIDEO CARD Integrated Intel® GMA X4500HD Graphics
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
DELL VOLSTRON 420 TOWER (small business) = $645 after taxes/free s&h
PROCESSOR Intel® Core? 2 Duo E7400 (2.8GHz, 3M, L2Cache, 1066FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM FREE Genuine Windows Vista® Business Bonus w/ XP Professional downgrade Installed
HARD DRIVE 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache?
MONITOR Dell 20 inch Widescreen 2009WFP UltraSharp? Digital Flat Panel Display
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz - 4DIMMs
OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 16X (DVD+/-RW) Burner Drive
VIDEO CARD 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3450 -supports DVI,HDMI,VGA Connections
SOUND Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio edit
DELL STUDIO DESKTOP: $740 after taxes/free s&h and "$320 limited time discount"
PROCESSOR Intel® Core? 2 Quad processor Q8200 (4MB L2, 2.33GHz, 1333FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
MONITOR 20.0" Dell ST2010 HD Widescreen Monitor
MEMORY 6GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 640GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache?
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
VIDEO CARD ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Looking for a prebuilt PC. Pretty basic needs (surfing, photo editing) but I plan on doing some video editing and I use a firewire cable for that. No games at all.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
I would love to get away with $300-$500, but I will spend up to $750 if needed.
3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from: N/A
4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture: None
5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are: I have a 19" Samsung LCD that works pretty good, but if it has to be a Dell prebuilt, I wouldn't mind upgrading to a thrown-in monitor. I also have a license of XP Home which I'm comfortable with, but I'm willing to try switching to Vista if it's already installed. Nothing else will really be kept other than a bunch of files/programs to re-install and maybe the firewire PCI card if needed.
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads. Yes, but when doing a search for "video" for the editing requirements I get almost every thread returned.
7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds: NO
8. WHEN do you plan to build it? would like to buy ASAP, I'm running an old Thunderbird AMD 2.2 Ghz with 1 GB of RAM and it's getting noticeably slow when trying to do something as simple as editing photos.
These are the options I came up with...which one should I go with, or do you have any other suggestions for different builds/brands, and can you talk me out of buying the most expensive option given my basic needs!
DELL STUDIO MINI DESKTOP (small business) = $460 after taxes/s&h
PROCESSOR Intel® Pentium® dual-core E5200 (2MB L2, 2.5GHz, 800FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1
MONITOR: NONE
MEMORY 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 2DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache?
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
MONITOR No Monitor
VIDEO CARD Integrated Intel® GMA X4500HD Graphics
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
DELL VOLSTRON 420 TOWER (small business) = $645 after taxes/free s&h
PROCESSOR Intel® Core? 2 Duo E7400 (2.8GHz, 3M, L2Cache, 1066FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM FREE Genuine Windows Vista® Business Bonus w/ XP Professional downgrade Installed
HARD DRIVE 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache?
MONITOR Dell 20 inch Widescreen 2009WFP UltraSharp? Digital Flat Panel Display
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz - 4DIMMs
OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 16X (DVD+/-RW) Burner Drive
VIDEO CARD 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3450 -supports DVI,HDMI,VGA Connections
SOUND Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio edit
DELL STUDIO DESKTOP: $740 after taxes/free s&h and "$320 limited time discount"
PROCESSOR Intel® Core? 2 Quad processor Q8200 (4MB L2, 2.33GHz, 1333FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
MONITOR 20.0" Dell ST2010 HD Widescreen Monitor
MEMORY 6GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 640GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache?
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
VIDEO CARD ATI Radeon HD 4350 512MB
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio