This PC good?

still cant read the processor. I'm not sure about this one, but in general pre-built comps are always overpriced. Just buy the parts and build/ask somene/pay someone to build it.

Oh sry
Processor clock speed: 3200 MHz
Processor family: Intel Pentium Dual-Core
Processor model: E5800
Number of processors installed: 1
Processor front side bus: 800 MHz

Either a 4GB or a 4TB hard drive in a quantity (4096) that's not acquirable from any hard drive manufacturer with any combination of available sizes?

This is a really good chance for you to do what GoTuNk said and put it together yourself,
becoming less technitarded than you were previously and saving money.
I have a tough time keeping up with benchmarks and prices in the Icelandic market already
but the veterans seem to shop on www.newegg.com a lot.

(Stealing the Windows 7 saves you like 20% of your budget by the way)

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/...Prototype_of_4TB_Hard_Disk_Drive.html

And she actually prefers a pre-built stuff she doesn't trust me

is this a fuckin laptop or what? Says it has a 6cell Lion batt? 13" screen?

On September 06 2011 18:37 LemOn[5thF] wrote: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/...Prototype_of_4TB_Hard_Disk_Drive.html And she actually prefers a pre-built stuff she doesn't trust me

My points are 2 though:
Manufacturers (in this case Samsung) say 4TB meaning 4.000.000.000.000 bytes, decimal (x10^y).
All other products, applications and operating systems assume 1024 kilobytes in a megabyte (and so on)
someone in that computers case, decided not only to do the standard consumer misleading of the
profession but to kick it up a notch and imply that a 3724 GB disk is not only a 4000 GB one but a 4096 GB one.

EDIT: Forgot point 2: 4 1TB platter hard drives = not that great for a desktop computer, vibrating as heoyuulll
and riskier than necessary for personal data.

On September 06 2011 18:48 NewbSaibot wrote: is this a fuckin laptop or what? Says it has a 6cell Lion batt? 13" screen?

I don't get that one either oO I just assume no screen

its kinda overpriced man, u can get more ideas at TL comp resource thread.

Any prebuilt PC you buy makes you leave tons of value on the table for the sake of convenience. You should buy parts and build your own - good relevant learning experience and again, much better value.

I bought a pretty strong PC for ~what you're paying for - specs are here:
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?id=240732

You would get a i5 for the girlfriend, not an i7.

Teamliquid tech support forum has tons of information on the topic, although you probably would need to do some digging:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/index.php?show_part=46

That said, you're paying probably ~160$ more for the fact that it's prebuilt so it's just cost-benefit analysis.

If you don't have a techy friend that can help you out with the process though I would just buy a prebuilt. By the way you posted the OP and specs it seems you don't know much about PCs. It would therefore be pretty difficult to complete a project like this from start to finish on your own.

ibuypower is a site i've always heard is good for places that have really nice built custom computers but then again there are some horror stories i guess from ppl on other forums http://www.resellerratings.com/store/iBUYPOWER

Case 1 x Azza Triton Gaming Case-Black
Case Lighting None
iBUYPOWER Labs - Noise Reduction None
iBUYPOWER Labs - Internal Expansion None
Processor 1 x Intel® Core™ i5-2300 Processor (4x 2.80GHz/6MB L3 Cache)
Processor Cooling 1 x Liquid CPU Cooling System [SOCKET-1155]-[Free Upgrade] Standard 120mm Fan
Memory 1 x 8 GB [2 GB X4] DDR3-1333 Memory Module-Corsair or Major Brand ** FREE Upgrade to Corsair XMS3 Dominator **
Video Card 1 x AMD Radeon HD 6870 - 1GB-Single Card
Video Card Brand 1 x Major Brand Powered by AMD or NVIDIA
Motherboard 1 x Gigabyte GA-H67MA-USB3-B3
Power Supply 1 x 750 Watt -- Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2
Primary Hard Drive 1 x 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s-Single Drive
Data Hard Drive None
Optical Drive 1 x 24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive-Labor Day Sale! - FREE Upgrade to LG BLU-RAY Reader Combo Drive Black
2nd Optical Drive None
Flash Media Reader / Writer None
Meter Display None
USB Expansion None
Sound Card 1 x 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Network Card 1 x Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Operating System 1 x None- Pre-formatted Hard Drive Only
Keyboard 1 x iBUYPOWER USB Keyboard
Monitor None
2nd Monitor None
Speaker System None
Headset None
Video Camera None
Case Engraving Service None
Warranty 1 x Standard Warranty Service-Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support
Rush Service 1 x Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee)-No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days
Subtotal $871.00


custom buildling is still cheaper (which i'll prob be doing for my next pc), but if that's not an option then them or abs or avadirect are the three sites i've read good things about

above system is about 805.92 before shipping on newegg...so not to much of a markup (going straight newegg w/o looking up sales at other sites) in pricing for the custom build from them

Tell your girl to trust her man, come on!

I'm not the best when it comes to computers, but even I could put a non pre-built comp together. It isn't hard at all!

www.buildyourown.org.uk solid resource here, use forum to get feedback on ur proposed build and make it urself

Build it yourself man, you get to work with your hands a bit and prove your gf wrong. Also if you are really hardcore, tell her its prebuilt, pocket the money

On September 07 2011 09:34 EvilSky wrote: Build it yourself man, you get to work with your hands a bit and prove your gf wrong. Also if you are really hardcore, tell her its prebuilt, pocket the money

+1 :D

Your gf should buy this

oh if you wanna play poker on it, 4 tables is max (without overlap)
i have it and it's awesome for every day use.

lot of that stuff of the specs simply doesnt make sense.

Moblile 2,5 GHZ processor , 13,1 " Display , ithium-ion; 6 cell

half of the specs is for a laptop T_T

4TB HD ?
WTF ?