Can you buy an awesome desktop for 1000 bucks?

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Originally Posted by ninjaKIWI

Go with what DS says, I think. I stayed away from AMD because I'm dumb and don't like AMD, but their stuff is what the **** cheaper.

And it gives me a couple hundred bucks to spend on myself haha.

Originally Posted by darkshark

Hanns·G HZ251HPB Black 25" 2ms X-Celerate OD 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor - $189.99

EVGA 01G-P3-1430-LR GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card $69.99

PC Combo package -
ASUS M4A785-M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon II X3 445 Rana 3.1GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor ADX445WFGMBOX

LG Black Blu-ray Disc Combo SATA Model UH10LS20 LightScribe Support - OEM

AVerMedia AVerTVHD Duet - PCTV Tuner (A188 - White Box) MTVHDDUWB PCI-Express x1 Interface - OEM

hec Black 0.7mm Thickness SECC Steel 7K09BBA30FNRX Micro ATX Media Center 300W Power Supply / HTPC Case

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBNT

Rosewill Windows Vista Certified Media center Infrared Remote Control RRC-126

Rosewill 6 ft. High Speed HDMI Cable Model RC-6-HDM-MM-BK


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Total = $714.98

One thing, DS. I live In Canada and I;m guessing all your prices are american. That monitor is 229.99 on Tiger Direct.

[darkshark]

If you're a noob you can buy W7, or you can be cool like the rest of the internet and just download it.

The PC build I put up would give you pretty much everything you needed for media play. 25" monitor, blu-ray player, full HDMI support, and it's even remote controlled, so you can kick back on your bed or couch and control it from there.

[Zageron]

@ninjaKIWI

Yeah, yeah.

I wasn't aware he was looking at 19" monitors. My definition of an 'Amazing' monitor is something at least 24", which runs $250+.

If you're watching movies, you want a really high quality monitor, and big.

Also, prices have gone down a lot in the last 4 months, holy ****...

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Originally Posted by darkshark

If you're a noob you can buy W7, or you can be cool like the rest of the internet and just download it.

The PC build I put up would give you pretty much everything you needed for media play. 25" monitor, blu-ray player, full HDMI support, and it's even remote controlled, so you can kick back on your bed or couch and control it from there.

Alright, where did you get everything/site?


Btw, Zag, when I'm laying down watching movies or shows on my comp I'm laying like 2 feet away from my computer screen, so having a 20 inch screen is perfect.

[darkshark]

It's 189.99 on Newegg.

Converting to Canadian dollar is still $721.77, soooooooooo...7 extra bucks big woop.

Here's the PC combo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboB...t=Combo.549035

Monitor -

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824254048

GPU -

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130579

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How would this package compare to the one you showed me.

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...8910&CatId=332

[ninjaKIWI]

Originally Posted by Zageron

@ninjaKIWI

Yeah, yeah.

I wasn't aware he was looking at 19" monitors. My definition of an 'Amazing' monitor is something at least 24", which runs $250+.

If you're watching movies, you want a really high quality monitor, and big.

Also, prices have gone down a lot in the last 4 months, holy ****...

I got my 24" monitor for 180, Zag.

[OneHandNow]

Comes with the package I assume.

[darkshark]

That one has a much better motherboard, and utilizes DDR3 memory, which is faster. It doesn't have a blu-ray player though, nor HDMI output so you'd need to buy separately. It's a tradeoff between power and media abilities really. You say you don't really game much, if at all, so I went with something that has a lower power consumption while still being able to be a powerhouse for what it's going to be used for.

If I were to choose, I'd go with your bundle, but I have different uses for computers which require that extra power, so it's really up to you.

[EnR]

I already have an HDMI cable, but then the Blu Ray drive would be 70ish bucks.

So would the extra 1xx bucks be worth it to get my package and add a BR drive?

[darkshark]

You still need a graphics card for that package too.

And just having an HDMI cable doesn't mean anything, you still need the card inside your computer that you plug it into.

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Originally Posted by darkshark

You still need a graphics card for that package too.

And just having an HDMI cable doesn't mean anything, you still need the card inside your computer that you plug it into.

Oh I read it wrong.

Alright, well then I'll go with everything you showe me. I have never bought a computer game in my life and never plan on it. So media is all I really need, crystal clear image and sound.

[darkshark]

I kinda want to get a few of those 25" monitors now haha, those are mad cheap.

Also, the graphics card I put out there is only a suggestion, it's not the most amazing card in the world, so you may or may not want to upgrade on that. It's still fermi based so you shouldn't have any problems unless you go and try and play Crysis or something.

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Originally Posted by darkshark

I kinda want to get a few of those 25" monitors now haha, those are mad cheap.

Also, the graphics card I put out there is only a suggestion, it's not the most amazing card in the world, so you may or may not want to upgrade on that. It's still fermi based so you shouldn't have any problems unless you go and try and play Crysis or something.

Considering everything is going to be around 800-900 with shipping and taxes, I could always upgrade the video card if it's really needed.

[Crashfan3]

If you're Canadian, try http://www.newegg.ca/ , my friend in BC bought his last rig there just three or four months ago.

[ELRayford]

That board in the combo pack has native HDMI support. Just saying. As far as I know the only CPU that doesn't support integrated video is the intel i5 750 quad.

EnR that combo is pretty much the same except it doesn't have the BLURay included.

[ninjaKIWI]

Originally Posted by ELRayford

That board in the combo pack has native HDMI support. Just saying. As far as I know the only CPU that doesn't support integrated video is the intel i5 750 quad.

EnR that combo is pretty much the same except it doesn't have the BLURay included.

All i5 quads and i7s will need a dedicated GPU

[ELRayford]

Originally Posted by ninjaKIWI

All i5 quads and i7s will need a dedicated GPU

All the Arrandale and Clarkdale i5 and i7 have integrated GPUs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core

Its the *Field and *Town series from intel that do not have the integrated GPU.

[ninjaKIWI]

Originally Posted by ELRayford

All the Arrandale and Clarkdale i5 and i7 have integrated GPUs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core

Its the *Field and *Town series from intel that do not have the integrated GPU.

That's exactly what I said... except I was excluding mobile versions, since we're talking about desktops.

[Stewie7Griffin]

Yes, you'll need to buy Windows 7.

Also, my nephew built an extremely good GAMING rig and it only cost him $1300. Most of it was the keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor, and graphics card (which you won't need a beastly one.)