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do any of you guys/girls know some really good computer companys excluding alienware because those are wayyy out of my price range
and mind giving me tips to build a good computer? budget is about $600 to $730 please help me im really bad with computers

make your budget atleast 1G

grimdoomer wrote:make your budget atleast 1G

well this isnt very ideal for me at the moment then, but any suggestions for parts? because im limited to that budget because my dad...

super_man916 wrote:

grimdoomer wrote:make your budget atleast 1G

well this isnt very ideal for me at the moment then, but any suggestions for parts? because im limited to that budget because my dad...

Your computer won't last you more than five years with a budget under 1G...

What are you going to be using the computer for? Gaming? Multimedia (i.e. watching DVDs/HD DVDs/Blu ray and having a big hard drive for storing music/videos/pictures on)? School (writing papers and having an ultraportable laptop to take around)? And are you looking at a notebook or desktop?

well im willing to take the risk because im desperate for a computer and im asian and stereo types meet this situation "asians are cheap" true right now so yeah...

Edit: 0m3g4Muff1n987 i suppose ill be using it for a little bit of gaming but i dont expect an extremely good graphics card, just one that will be able to play crysis or crisis w/e with reasonable graphics maybe a Nvidia Gforce 7500 card

Lol yeah, especially not on a Geforce 7500. If you want to play Crysis even with everything on low, I'd recommend something with at least a 8600GT, which means probably at least $1,000.

GametagAeonFlux wrote:Spoilers: You're not going to be able to run Crysis on a $730 computer, even with everything on Low.

actualy my cousin just bought a computer to his stats and his was like 690 and he had great graphics but most his parts were retailed and i also made an HP computer yeah yeah HP's are kinda bad but its got all the parts and it comes out with some good parts $664ish
well can you guys list a few parts i can use to get better results? maybe ill get CoD 4

super_man916 wrote:

GametagAeonFlux wrote:Spoilers: You're not going to be able to run Crysis on a $730 computer, even with everything on Low.

actualy my cousin just bought a computer to his stats and his was like 690 and he had great graphics but most his parts were retailed and i also made an HP computer yeah yeah HP's are kinda bad but its got all the parts and it comes out with some good parts $664ish
well can you guys list a few parts i can use to get better results? maybe ill get CoD 4

Can he run crysis and make it looks pretty though?

and im not really looking for the very best look for crysis just good enough for gameplay

cryticfarm wrote:

super_man916 wrote:

GametagAeonFlux wrote:Spoilers: You're not going to be able to run Crysis on a $730 computer, even with everything on Low.

actualy my cousin just bought a computer to his stats and his was like 690 and he had great graphics but most his parts were retailed and i also made an HP computer yeah yeah HP's are kinda bad but its got all the parts and it comes out with some good parts $664ish
well can you guys list a few parts i can use to get better results? maybe ill get CoD 4

Can he run crysis and make it looks pretty though?

Crysis is pretty even on the lowest settings. No problem there. But I forgot you're looking at a desktop, which lowers the price a LOT. Heck, I was just on ibuypower today and found a sub-$700 with pretty good parts, and I think an 8800GT.

Crysis is pretty even on the lowest settings. No problem there. But I forgot you're looking at a desktop, which lowers the price a LOT. Heck, I was just on ibuypower today and found a sub-$700 with pretty good parts, and I think an 8800GT.

did you think i was looking for a laptop? cause i dont like 2 pound objects resting on my lap then they get hot and start crushing my nut sack

EDIT: Stats
Operating system Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic (32-bit)
Processor AMD Athlon(TM) 64 4000+ (2.6GHz / 512KB L2 cache)
Memory 2GB DDR2-667MHz dual channel SDRAM (2x1024)
Graphics Card 64MB NVIDIA GeForce 7500LE, DVI-I, TV-out, VGA adapter
Hard Drive 400GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
Primary CD/DVD Drive 48x max. CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive (48x32x16x48x)
Sound Card Integrated 5.1 Capable Sound w/ front audio ports
Note: these are only the stats that you guys would need tell me if there are other stats

The RAM is gonna destroy you. You got the smae slots I got and they're roughly 40 bucks a Gig. Your HD Can stay, but for sure the card has to go. Theres a great site for a lot of the parts you need,

www.techbargains.com


It can find every deal by online vendors and also stores like BestBuy, CompUSA, etc.

Cuda wrote:The RAM is gonna destroy you. You got the smae slots I got and they're roughly 40 bucks a Gig. Your HD Can stay, but for sure the card has to go. Theres a great site for a lot of the parts you need,

www.techbargains.com


It can find every deal by online vendors and also stores like BestBuy, CompUSA, etc.

ok thanks thought the ram was a bit low
well unfortunately thats the max of RAM that HP has...
do you have a recommend amount? oh and im not exactly sure what to do o get it up

If you are looking to get a computer for under $700 go to www.IbuyPower.com It's probably one of the best places to get a decent gaming computer of your choices. I got mine from there 4 years ago, and it's still running strong. It cost me about $600. I only updated it to play the latest games. Other than that it could run everything, I ran Crysis on medium with it.

alright thank you bu my dad is a dick and he wont buy from websites i find on the internet because he dosnt trust it so he will only have me order from dell or HP sony sucks so not that and yeah thats about it

Get dell then. Better then hp . Yeah, lower the hard drive, and get a nvidia 7600+

cryticfarm wrote:Get dell then. Better then hp . Yeah, lower the hard drive, and get a nvidia 7600+

dads so picky about stuff ill just tell him to shut up and buy it
man i hate how the XPS computers are lik $899 which is more than my budget so i have to settle for an inspiron

No offense to anybody here:

Visit Crysis-Online forums. They got my cost reduced from 2500 to 1400. No site or program can do that.

These are the stats for my computer (just the ones you should see)
Sony NEC Optiarc 20X DVD