Which Computer Brand

[Panag]

Re: Which Computer Brand

Originally posted by Tis I
In about a month, I'll be buying a new computer for college or rather my parents will be buying one for me.

I'm looking for something around:

2.2 mhz P4
512 Ram (DDR or RD)
80gig or better hardrive
64 meg video card or better.

I need some advice on which computer companies are most reliable and cheaper. Currently i'm looking at Gateway and Dell.

Also should i shoot for DDR or RD ram?

hi ,

go Apple , alias Mac , .....

have a nice day

[Ethelred]

Buy ban Hangyvenzenyl Armouries

or build your own and blame on me anyway. Thats what I do.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Anunikoba
Yeah. For a while, their support seemed to go to sh|t. But I have been hearing good things about them again.

But all the same, I will always build my own, and they will most likely have DDR.

My 2 year old Dell P991 monitor was acting up a bit over a month ago. Weird lines across the screen. I called Dell up, told them about it, they said they'd ship out a new monitor to me "by next week" and I could return my old monitor to them in that box, and they included a packing slip so I wouldn't need to pay to ship the monitor.

Anyway, the monitor literally came the next morning (all the way from Ontario), and this one works perfectly.

I've had nothing but great experiences when I've dealt with Dell. I've got some great horror stories to share with you about Gateway (back when it was Gateway 2000 though), HP, IBM, and especially Creative Labs.

There are always exceptions to the rule, and some people are taking some stories of the odd customer being upset by Dell's support and blowing it into a big "the sky is falling!" type situation.

[- Groucho -]

Get a Mac, you know you want to.

[Caesar the Great]

how much cheaper is it to put together yourself? and what components would you need to buy?

lets see.... motherboard, sound card, video card, HD, floppy drive, cd-rom, RAM, processor...

[orange]

go with Dell, dirt cheap...but you'll pay through the nose for support

[Asher]

It's actually sometimes cheaper to get high end Intel systems through an OEM like Dell.

Dell gets insane prices on high end Pentium 4s, far less than you'd pay if you bought the component yourself.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Caesar the Great
lets see.... motherboard, sound card, video card, HD, floppy drive, cd-rom, RAM, processor...

That's all you need, except maybe for a modem/ethernet card.

Oh, and you'd need a case aswell... obviously.

[Caesar the Great]

perhaps a monitor hahaha

[Asher]

Originally posted by Osweld
That's all you need, except maybe for a modem/ethernet card.

Yeah, it's not like you need a useless power supply or case or monitor anyway.

[Caesar the Great]

power source... good call... and where could i buy a case?

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Asher

Yeah, it's not like you need a useless power supply or case anyway.

Already edited.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Osweld
Already edited.

Your edit was slick but I was too fast for it.

Suck on it, Ossy.

[Caesar the Great]

i've screwed around with computers long enough to know where most of the stuff goes.... where could i buy all that stuff? it would be an interesting summer project putting together a computer

[Asher]

Look around for local computer flyers...

In my city www.firestorm.ab.ca and www.memoryexpress.com sell great components for cheap, and even build it for you for like $50.