RedCavz

to those that know computers fairly well, my friend sent me to this and said i wouldnt be able to build one much better for THAT much less. i dont use it for much. music 24/7 (*nice soundcard or hd audio, whatever they have nowadays), games here and there, internet obviously, fat hd, needs to be able to burn dvds/music and such, but i guess that ---- is pretty standard nowadays. what do you guys think about this? last i heard hp wasn't very good but hes guess it has good specs. would I be better off building something? price of that is right around my budget. thanks

http://www.ecost.com/Detail/Desktops.../40348052.aspx

sushi

What kind of games? You may want to change the video card if you're playing something any more graphics intensive than HL2.

fork

build it from newegg.com

RotaryGeek

i was looking in to building my own computer just for the experience, not really to save money, but everything i saw was already bundled together so cheap at the px on base that it wasnt worth the trouble, so i just bought a laptop instead.

AgentMurdoc

when i build computers I usually spend more than what the over the counter computer I was looking at costs.

nowadays in my opinion it's hard to justify building a computer. Fry's has deals of a complete computer combo with an LCD monitor for like 450-600 from time to time. Not to mention they sometimes have cheap desktops for like 200 bucks. Computers are just cheap nowadays.

J-SMITH69

you can do it cheaper than that if you reuse some of the stuff you already have, like the case for one.

BigD

The only thing with buying a pre-built system is it might be as cheap as building your own, but they will use the cheapest parts available. I would much rather spend just as much or maybe even a little more knowing I get exactly what I want and the brands I want.

Ravage70

buying is the same price
plus you have a waranty with the store

RedCavz

thats what im finding nowadays. never used to be like that. was always build build build

BigD

Better check the insides, some of the store bought ones can't upgrade some parts. My aunts has one slot for memory and a cheap *** power supply.