When Buying A New Computer

[Saruman]

I am thinking about purchasing a new computer, but this time getting one with everything, litterally.

A desktop with the i7 processor, 16gb or ram, 2tb hard drive, microsost office 2010 proffesional, 20''+ screen size...just about everything.

Now...when buying a new computer, do you usually get one decked out, or do you buy a mid-range computer?

What do you think I should do?

Where is the best place online or offline to purchase a computer fully decked out, or one that is midrange, etc...?

I am thinking if I do get the one that is decked out with everything, is getting a warranty too with it, so taking that into consideration with the company I go with.

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From Dell.com; Dell Price $4,292.83

Software & Services
PROCESSORS 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3770 processor (up to 3.90 GHz) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Windows® 7 Ultimate, 64Bit, English edit
MONITORS Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24"W Monitor, 24.0 Inch VIS, Widescreen edit
LIMITED WARRANTY 3Yr PREMIUM PANEL Ltd. Warranty, 3 yr Advanced Exchange edit
MEMORY 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz - 4 DIMMs edit
MICROSOFT OFFICE Microsoft® Office Professional 2010 edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8x Blu-ray Disc (BD) Burner (Writes to DVD/CD/BD) edit
HARD DRIVE 2TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 6.0 Gb/s edit
VIDEO CARD AMD Radeon™ HD 7770 2GB GDDR5 edit
PROTECTION 4 Year Premium Protection Package edit
MCAFEE SECURITYCENTER McAfee SecurityCenter, 36-Months edit
My Accessories
KEYBOARD Dell KB213 Wired Multimedia Keyboard edit
MOUSE Dell Laser Mouse edit
SPEAKERS Logitech 2.1 Speaker System Z313 edit
DESKTOP ESSENTIALS Netgear Wireless Router Dual Band Gigabit 4 Port (WNDR3700) edit
DESKTOP ESSENTIALS Belkin 12-Outlet Surge Protector edit
DESKTOP ESSENTIALS Western Digital 2 TB My Book Live Personal Cloud External Drive edit
PRINTERS Dell V725w Wireless All In One Inkjet edit
ADDITIONAL INK CARTRIDGES Series 34 Black Extra-High Capacity Single Use Ink Cartridge (V725w only) edit
SERVICE & SUPPORT 3 Year Limited Warranty and 3 Year Advanced Exchange Service edit
CREATIVE SOFTWARE Corel Paint It! Photo Painting edit
CREATIVE SOFTWARE Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 edit
CREATIVE SOFTWARE Roxio Creator 2012 edit
CREATIVE SOFTWARE Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 & Premiere Elements 10 Bundle edit
Dell V725w Wireless All In One Inkjet Printer Dell V725w Wireless AIO Inkjet Printer edit
HOME ENTERTAINMENT Bose AE2 Audio Headphones edit
HOME ENTERTAINMENT Logitech C615 HD Webcam edit
HOME ENTERTAINMENT Corel PaintShop Pro X4 edit
HOME ENTERTAINMENT Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 edit
HOME ENTERTAINMENT Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 edit
IN-HOME INSTALLATION In-Home installation of three service options edit
TECHFORWARD TechForward Guaranteed Buyback? Plan for your new PC edit
IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION Trusted ID, ID Monitor, 3 Year Subscription, Digitally Delivered edit
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ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
XPS 8500 XPS 8500
Chassis XPS 8500, Black Chassis w/19:1 media card reader
SPEAKERS No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
WIRELESS Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0+LE
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 with WAVE MAXXAudio 4
USB 3.0 Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet
MONITOR No Monitor
Dell Datasafe DataSafe 2.0 Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
Adobe Reader Adobe® Acrobat® X Reader Multi-Language
Ship Material Shipping Material, Direct
Wireless Driver Dell SRV Software 1703
Documentation English/French Documentation
Additional Software Additional Software
Optical SW Win7 Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate - BD-Combo
Power Cord US Power Cord

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Is that build/price just not practical?

I check marked everything there just for comparison purposes.

 

[TechWiz18]

You are wanting a lot of stuff combined in, the computer itself probably doesn't cost that much but all those extra's probably don't help the cause.

Also, might I a make a suggestion of getting a smaller (maybe solid state) hard drive for your operating system and then a bigger one for your extra data.

I say this because if you go and buy that 2TB hard drive the platters inside those things are almost paper thin. Oh and not to mention how fragmented it will probably get if you don't fragment it every week.

Putting the O.S. on a Solid State drive will allow your O.S. to not only boot faster but your Operating system is less likely to crash and burn and then you have to go through the process of loading the entire thing back onto the drive.

Now even if you use a 2TB hard drive as a data drive, I would suggest looking up how to split it up into multiple virtual drives as this will help prevent so much Fragmentation within the hard disk and if you have it split up the data that's on the drive will be found much quicker than if the computer had to search the entirety of the 2TB hard drive.

This is just my knowledge and it could be wrong but I hope, if anything, I helped you.

 

[Pvt_Tracy]

I would go with one of the following sites myself

http://www.ibuypower.com

http://www.digitalstormonline.com

http://www.cyberpowrepc.com

I believe in true quality and have yet to find quality in anything that Dell makes

 

[Saruman]

But do any of those sites offer warranty's of any kind.

I'm still not sure if I should go all out on a desktop or just get like a midgrade one with 6-12gb ram and 1tb hd, etc...?

 

[Surfinwind]

The first one you are looking at may be a bit extreme, especially in prices.
A good computer down from that would be:
Intel i7 2600K Quad Core.
8GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM
nVidia 450. Great mid range graphics card.
Generic Case.
And whatever peripherals you need after that.

 

[Saruman]

What about this one, would you get it?

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.as ... &N=4047237

Processor & Memory:

3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3770 quad-core processor 3.4GHz
8MB Cache
16GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM (4 DIMMs)
Drives:

1TB (7200 RPM) SATA Hard Drive
SuperMulti DVD Burner
Operating System:

Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Graphics & Video:

HP W2371d 23" LED backlit ultra-slim LCD monitor, no speakers
2GB DDR3 AMD Radeon HD 7570 [DVI, HDMI, DP & VGA via adapter]
Communications:

Wireless-N LAN Card (1x1)
10/100/1000Mbps (Ethernet)
Audio:

Integrated Beats™ Audio -- integrated studio quality sound
Keyboard & Mouse:

Premium HP Keyboard
HP Optical Mouse
Expandability (Total Slots):

Total Memory Slots: 4 DIMM
1x PCIe (x16 graphics)
3x PCIe (x1)
1x MiniCard
Ports:

2x USB Ports 3.0 (Top)
2x USB Ports 2.0 (Front)
1x Headphone, mic (7.1 speaker capable)
1x 15-in-1 Media Card Reader
Productivity Software: Microsoft Office Home & Student Full Version

Microsoft® Word
Microsoft® Excel
Microsoft® PowerPoint
Microsoft® OneNote
Additional Information:

300W Power Supply
Dimensions: 16.22” W x 6.89" D x 16.34" H
2-year Limited Warranty

Online price $1,274.99
Less -$275.00
YOUR COST $999.99

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Is that good? your opinions on this one?