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[sladewilson]

Originally Posted by 4318MichaelJohnson4318

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Could someone help me out?

Would you guys say this is worth $370 (I got a $50 gift card)? It's for my parents and it's just going to be used for internet, looking at pictures, etc. (no gaming or anything). My price range is around $400 but I'm willing to spend more if this isn't going to be reliable enough. Thanks guys.

http://www.amazon.com/HP-...F8&qid=1323098082&sr=8-4

build your own & save money.

however, i'd pick this gateway>>>> that hp tho.
better cpu/gpu(A6>>Pentium 630)
more HD space( 1TB>750GB)
USB 3.0 support
& its $30 cheaper. Only thing the HP has over it is that it has Wifi & the Gateway doesn't.

@ what slade posted. $260 for some nasty refurbished machine with a  P4

my man slade trying to hook it up with that HS library swag with that set up

at work i saved us 20,000 , all the ALL in one PCs we was buying from DELL = 840 .00 then they have them in the clinics on the desk an crazy people be walking out with them

 

[sladewilson]

Originally Posted by 4318MichaelJohnson4318

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Could someone help me out?

Would you guys say this is worth $370 (I got a $50 gift card)? It's for my parents and it's just going to be used for internet, looking at pictures, etc. (no gaming or anything). My price range is around $400 but I'm willing to spend more if this isn't going to be reliable enough. Thanks guys.

http://www.amazon.com/HP-...F8&qid=1323098082&sr=8-4

build your own & save money.

however, i'd pick this gateway>>>> that hp tho.
better cpu/gpu(A6>>Pentium 630)
more HD space( 1TB>750GB)
USB 3.0 support
& its $30 cheaper. Only thing the HP has over it is that it has Wifi & the Gateway doesn't.

@ what slade posted. $260 for some nasty refurbished machine with a  P4

my man slade trying to hook it up with that HS library swag with that set up

at work i saved us 20,000 , all the ALL in one PCs we was buying from DELL = 840 .00 then they have them in the clinics on the desk an crazy people be walking out with them

 

[sladewilson]

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Could someone help me out?

Would you guys say this is worth $370 (I got a $50 gift card)? It's for my parents and it's just going to be used for internet, looking at pictures, etc. (no gaming or anything). My price range is around $400 but I'm willing to spend more if this isn't going to be reliable enough. Thanks guys.

http://www.amazon.com/HP-...F8&qid=1323098082&sr=8-4

build your own & save money.

however, i'd pick this gateway>>>> that hp tho.
better cpu/gpu(A6>>Pentium 630)
more HD space( 1TB>750GB)
USB 3.0 support
& its $30 cheaper. Only thing the HP has over it is that it has Wifi & the Gateway doesn't.

@ what slade posted. $260 for some nasty refurbished machine with a  P4

About how much do you think it would cost to build a computer with similar specifications to that gateway or hp? 

case = 15.00
power supply = 30.00
mobo CPU combo = 80.00
memory = 30.00
HDD = 100
add that up

 

[sladewilson]

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Could someone help me out?

Would you guys say this is worth $370 (I got a $50 gift card)? It's for my parents and it's just going to be used for internet, looking at pictures, etc. (no gaming or anything). My price range is around $400 but I'm willing to spend more if this isn't going to be reliable enough. Thanks guys.

http://www.amazon.com/HP-...F8&qid=1323098082&sr=8-4

build your own & save money.

however, i'd pick this gateway>>>> that hp tho.
better cpu/gpu(A6>>Pentium 630)
more HD space( 1TB>750GB)
USB 3.0 support
& its $30 cheaper. Only thing the HP has over it is that it has Wifi & the Gateway doesn't.

@ what slade posted. $260 for some nasty refurbished machine with a  P4

About how much do you think it would cost to build a computer with similar specifications to that gateway or hp? 

case = 15.00
power supply = 30.00
mobo CPU combo = 80.00
memory = 30.00
HDD = 100
add that up

 

[scshift]

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

build your own & save money.

however, i'd pick this gateway>>>> that hp tho.
better cpu/gpu(A6>>Pentium 630)
more HD space( 1TB>750GB)
USB 3.0 support
& its $30 cheaper. Only thing the HP has over it is that it has Wifi & the Gateway doesn't.

@ what slade posted. $260 for some nasty refurbished machine with a  P4

About how much do you think it would cost to build a computer with similar specifications to that gateway or hp? 

You could build a better computer than both the Gateway or the HP with $400.

Get yourself an Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo, a Western Digital Caviar HD and some DDR3 RAM for that price.

This thread brings back old memories... when I build my computer it was an AMD 5000+ and 4GB DDR2, I thought I was doing it for that price

 

[scshift]

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

build your own & save money.

however, i'd pick this gateway>>>> that hp tho.
better cpu/gpu(A6>>Pentium 630)
more HD space( 1TB>750GB)
USB 3.0 support
& its $30 cheaper. Only thing the HP has over it is that it has Wifi & the Gateway doesn't.

@ what slade posted. $260 for some nasty refurbished machine with a  P4

About how much do you think it would cost to build a computer with similar specifications to that gateway or hp? 

You could build a better computer than both the Gateway or the HP with $400.

Get yourself an Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo, a Western Digital Caviar HD and some DDR3 RAM for that price.

This thread brings back old memories... when I build my computer it was an AMD 5000+ and 4GB DDR2, I thought I was doing it for that price

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Could someone help me out?

Would you guys say this is worth $370 (I got a $50 gift card)? It's for my parents and it's just going to be used for internet, looking at pictures, etc. (no gaming or anything). My price range is around $400 but I'm willing to spend more if this isn't going to be reliable enough. Thanks guys.

http://www.amazon.com/HP-...F8&qid=1323098082&sr=8-4

build your own & save money.

however, i'd pick this gateway>>>> that hp tho.
better cpu/gpu(A6>>Pentium 630)
more HD space( 1TB>750GB)
USB 3.0 support
& its $30 cheaper. Only thing the HP has over it is that it has Wifi & the Gateway doesn't.

@ what slade posted. $260 for some nasty refurbished machine with a  P4

About how much do you think it would cost to build a computer with similar specifications to that gateway or hp? 

actually nevermind, i'd stick with the gateway. I forgot how damn expensive hard drives are these days

80GB for $80

Originally Posted by scshift

You could build a better computer than both the Gateway or the HP with $400.

Get yourself an Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo, a Western Digital Caviar HD and some DDR3 RAM for that price.

This thread brings back old memories... when I build my computer it was an AMD 5000+ and 4GB DDR2, I thought I was doing it for that price

what is up with you guys and these old cpu? A6>>>>>>That Core 2 Duo.
& a reasonable WD drive @ newegg is like $95 (320GB).  Unless you have a frys or microcenter near you I honestly wouldn't really bother with hard drives being so expensive now. 

things were so good just a couple of months ago.

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Could someone help me out?

Would you guys say this is worth $370 (I got a $50 gift card)? It's for my parents and it's just going to be used for internet, looking at pictures, etc. (no gaming or anything). My price range is around $400 but I'm willing to spend more if this isn't going to be reliable enough. Thanks guys.

http://www.amazon.com/HP-...F8&qid=1323098082&sr=8-4

build your own & save money.

however, i'd pick this gateway>>>> that hp tho.
better cpu/gpu(A6>>Pentium 630)
more HD space( 1TB>750GB)
USB 3.0 support
& its $30 cheaper. Only thing the HP has over it is that it has Wifi & the Gateway doesn't.

@ what slade posted. $260 for some nasty refurbished machine with a  P4

About how much do you think it would cost to build a computer with similar specifications to that gateway or hp? 

actually nevermind, i'd stick with the gateway. I forgot how damn expensive hard drives are these days

80GB for $80

Originally Posted by scshift

You could build a better computer than both the Gateway or the HP with $400.

Get yourself an Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo, a Western Digital Caviar HD and some DDR3 RAM for that price.

This thread brings back old memories... when I build my computer it was an AMD 5000+ and 4GB DDR2, I thought I was doing it for that price

what is up with you guys and these old cpu? A6>>>>>>That Core 2 Duo.
& a reasonable WD drive @ newegg is like $95 (320GB).  Unless you have a frys or microcenter near you I honestly wouldn't really bother with hard drives being so expensive now. 

things were so good just a couple of months ago.

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Originally Posted by bbllplaya23

Could someone help me out?

Would you guys say this is worth $370 (I got a $50 gift card)? It's for my parents and it's just going to be used for internet, looking at pictures, etc. (no gaming or anything). My price range is around $400 but I'm willing to spend more if this isn't going to be reliable enough. Thanks guys.

http://www.amazon.com/HP-...F8&qid=1323098082&sr=8-4

build your own & save money.

however, i'd pick this gateway>>>> that hp tho.
better cpu/gpu(A6>>Pentium 630)
more HD space( 1TB>750GB)
USB 3.0 support
& its $30 cheaper. Only thing the HP has over it is that it has Wifi & the Gateway doesn't.

@ what slade posted. $260 for some nasty refurbished machine with a  P4

About how much do you think it would cost to build a computer with similar specifications to that gateway or hp? 

actually nevermind, i'd stick with the gateway. I forgot how damn expensive hard drives are these days

80GB for $80

Originally Posted by scshift

You could build a better computer than both the Gateway or the HP with $400.

Get yourself an Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo, a Western Digital Caviar HD and some DDR3 RAM for that price.

This thread brings back old memories... when I build my computer it was an AMD 5000+ and 4GB DDR2, I thought I was doing it for that price

what is up with you guys and these old cpu? A6>>>>>>That Core 2 Duo.
& a reasonable WD drive @ newegg is like $95 (320GB).  Unless you have a frys or microcenter near you I honestly wouldn't really bother with hard drives being so expensive now. 

things were so good just a couple of months ago.

 

[scshift]

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

what is up with you guys and these old cpu? A6>>>>>>That Core 2 Duo.
& a reasonable WD drive @ newegg is like $95 (320GB).  Unless you have a frys or microcenter near you I honestly wouldn't really bother with hard drives being so expensive now. 

things were so good just a couple of months ago.

I think there was a flood at the WD plant in Thailand so the prices shot up expectantly.

When I got mine WD Caviar Black 500GB a few years ago it was like $65

And yeah I haven't been staying up to date with PC parts, the E8400 was the top of the line CPU back when I was interested. Now, I'm looking into Core i5.

 

[scshift]

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

what is up with you guys and these old cpu? A6>>>>>>That Core 2 Duo.
& a reasonable WD drive @ newegg is like $95 (320GB).  Unless you have a frys or microcenter near you I honestly wouldn't really bother with hard drives being so expensive now. 

things were so good just a couple of months ago.

I think there was a flood at the WD plant in Thailand so the prices shot up expectantly.

When I got mine WD Caviar Black 500GB a few years ago it was like $65

And yeah I haven't been staying up to date with PC parts, the E8400 was the top of the line CPU back when I was interested. Now, I'm looking into Core i5.

 

[GreenNGold89]

Thanks for the help guys. Ending up copping the Gateway (I almost got it on black friday at bestbuy.com also but was hesitant because I don't really trust Gateways but it got decent ratings so I'll take my shot.)

 

[GreenNGold89]

Thanks for the help guys. Ending up copping the Gateway (I almost got it on black friday at bestbuy.com also but was hesitant because I don't really trust Gateways but it got decent ratings so I'll take my shot.)

 

[periwinkle]

Originally Posted by scshift

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

what is up with you guys and these old cpu? A6>>>>>>That Core 2 Duo.
& a reasonable WD drive @ newegg is like $95 (320GB).  Unless you have a frys or microcenter near you I honestly wouldn't really bother with hard drives being so expensive now. 

things were so good just a couple of months ago.

I think there was a flood at the WD plant in Thailand so the prices shot up expectantly.

When I got mine WD Caviar Black 500GB a few years ago it was like $65

And yeah I haven't been staying up to date with PC parts, the E8400 was the top of the line CPU back when I was interested. Now, I'm looking into Core i5.

I had the E8400 at 3.6ghz, then got a i5 2500k, really noticeable when gaming from having a quad core. Also with the same video card my fps jumped by 20+, I would get 20fps with the E8400, then with the 2500k I'd get 40+ with more settings turned up.

 

[periwinkle]

Originally Posted by scshift

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

what is up with you guys and these old cpu? A6>>>>>>That Core 2 Duo.
& a reasonable WD drive @ newegg is like $95 (320GB).  Unless you have a frys or microcenter near you I honestly wouldn't really bother with hard drives being so expensive now. 

things were so good just a couple of months ago.

I think there was a flood at the WD plant in Thailand so the prices shot up expectantly.

When I got mine WD Caviar Black 500GB a few years ago it was like $65

And yeah I haven't been staying up to date with PC parts, the E8400 was the top of the line CPU back when I was interested. Now, I'm looking into Core i5.

I had the E8400 at 3.6ghz, then got a i5 2500k, really noticeable when gaming from having a quad core. Also with the same video card my fps jumped by 20+, I would get 20fps with the E8400, then with the 2500k I'd get 40+ with more settings turned up.

 

[zk1mpls]

Man, haven't been in this thread for a while.

Yup, WD's plant in Thailand got flooded, which also affected a lot of other industries (e.g., automotive plants - a ton of cars and car parts come from Japan and Thailand; definitely feeling the effect over here

). I heard Seagate's plant didn't take a hit, but it benefiting from the increase in price. It's ridiculous how much the prices spiked.

Good thing I copped my WD 1TB Black Caviar HDD a month before. Cost me less than $100 back then.
Now I see it going for $240 on Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Pro...spx?Item=N82E16822136533


This might be a stupid question, but is there any way to transfer my OS and other programs that I already have installed on my rig to another hard drive (planning to cop an SSD in the near future), other than reinstalling everything again (which is a pain in the #$@ to do)?

 

[zk1mpls]

Man, haven't been in this thread for a while.

Yup, WD's plant in Thailand got flooded, which also affected a lot of other industries (e.g., automotive plants - a ton of cars and car parts come from Japan and Thailand; definitely feeling the effect over here

). I heard Seagate's plant didn't take a hit, but it benefiting from the increase in price. It's ridiculous how much the prices spiked.

Good thing I copped my WD 1TB Black Caviar HDD a month before. Cost me less than $100 back then.
Now I see it going for $240 on Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Pro...spx?Item=N82E16822136533


This might be a stupid question, but is there any way to transfer my OS and other programs that I already have installed on my rig to another hard drive (planning to cop an SSD in the near future), other than reinstalling everything again (which is a pain in the #$@ to do)?

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by zk1MPLS

Man, haven't been in this thread for a while.

Yup, WD's plant in Thailand got flooded, which also affected a lot of other industries (e.g., automotive plants - a ton of cars and car parts come from Japan and Thailand; definitely feeling the effect over here

). I heard Seagate's plant didn't take a hit, but it benefiting from the increase in price. It's ridiculous how much the prices spiked.

Good thing I copped my WD 1TB Black Caviar HDD a month before. Cost me less than $100 back then.
Now I see it going for $240 on Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Pro...spx?Item=N82E16822136533


This might be a stupid question, but is there any way to transfer my OS and other programs that I already have installed on my rig to another hard drive (planning to cop an SSD in the near future), other than reinstalling everything again (which is a pain in the #$@ to do)?

Norton Ghost or  EaseUS Todo Backup should work. Your SSD will probably come with software.

sidenote:

@ how slow regular hard drives are compared to SSD's, hopefully they send me a new 830 soon

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by zk1MPLS

Man, haven't been in this thread for a while.

Yup, WD's plant in Thailand got flooded, which also affected a lot of other industries (e.g., automotive plants - a ton of cars and car parts come from Japan and Thailand; definitely feeling the effect over here

). I heard Seagate's plant didn't take a hit, but it benefiting from the increase in price. It's ridiculous how much the prices spiked.

Good thing I copped my WD 1TB Black Caviar HDD a month before. Cost me less than $100 back then.
Now I see it going for $240 on Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Pro...spx?Item=N82E16822136533


This might be a stupid question, but is there any way to transfer my OS and other programs that I already have installed on my rig to another hard drive (planning to cop an SSD in the near future), other than reinstalling everything again (which is a pain in the #$@ to do)?

Norton Ghost or  EaseUS Todo Backup should work. Your SSD will probably come with software.

sidenote:

@ how slow regular hard drives are compared to SSD's, hopefully they send me a new 830 soon

 

[zk1mpls]

^ Good looks, sir. Will look into that.

 

[zk1mpls]

^ Good looks, sir. Will look into that.

 

[toowise]

Just built one... what do you guys think?
Case --- Fractal Design R3 

CPU ---- Intel i3 2120 

Motherboard -- ASUS P8Z68-V LX 

RAM --- 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHZ 9-9-9-24

Power Supply --- Cooler Master Silent Pro M700

Hard Drive --- Seagate 1.5TB 5900 RPM & Corsair Force 3 SSD 120GB 

Everything came out to a little under $600 after the various taxes, fees & rebates.

 

[toowise]

Just built one... what do you guys think?
Case --- Fractal Design R3 

CPU ---- Intel i3 2120 

Motherboard -- ASUS P8Z68-V LX 

RAM --- 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHZ 9-9-9-24

Power Supply --- Cooler Master Silent Pro M700

Hard Drive --- Seagate 1.5TB 5900 RPM & Corsair Force 3 SSD 120GB 

Everything came out to a little under $600 after the various taxes, fees & rebates.

 

[mangudai954]

I think imma have to settle for a $500-600 build. Was shooting for a $1200 one but something always happens

 

[mangudai954]

I think imma have to settle for a $500-600 build. Was shooting for a $1200 one but something always happens