2010-09-16, 01:40 PM
TKWizard Wrote:For a Gaming computer, all of those that you suggested are rubbish.
Also, every part in your e-machines is obsolete too, except the hard drive which you can salvage and grab the data off of, and use it as a backup small storage drive.
If you have someone in the area that can build a computer for you, buy the parts of Newegg and go from there.
Also, are you in Canada or the US, or anywhere else in the world? If you're in Canada, I totally suggest NCIX for your computer needs.
You need at least the following
500W PSU (I suggest ones from Corsair)
A decent case with good air circulation (Coolermaster HAF 922/932 would be adequate)
Go i5/i7 if going intel, get at least a Phenom Quad/six core if going AMD
At least 4GB of RAM. If you plan to run a lot of programs at once, go 6 or 8GB
Go with a decent brand motherboard and look for features that you want! (ASUS and Gigabyte are good candidates for good motherboards), don't forget to check the CPU requirement!
Get a 500GB Hard drive if you're not planning to download a lot, get a 1TB if you are.
Get a Video card with DX11 support (ATI 5770/5850/5870, NVidia GTX 460 would suffice here)
Windows 7 64 bit with XP dual boot if you're doing any type of MapleStory bossing.
DVD Burner for basic DVD/CD burning. If you want to play Blu-ray, get a blu-ray drive.
Did I miss anything?
If you CANNOT however, you will have to do with whatever you have..
-edit- I went to the DELL US site and did a quick configuration for something that you might want (Studio XPS 7100). It came out to a subtotal of $829.99
1. I'm in the US.
2. I wish I had friends that KNEW what they were doing when it comes to computer building.
3. That one is most definitely out of my price range, but if I absolutely must buy a new computer, I want to compare it to Asus seeing as it's the one I'm getting if I cannot make one or get more feedback.
EDIT: I just found out that just the tower itself is $499.99, same as Asus. I don't really think a new monitor would make a difference, so I'm not getting one.
Going off the questions from website:
A system ready for the next generation of applications and games: 3 or 4GB 2 Dual Channel DDR2/DDR3 SDRAM1
Asus
4 GB / 16 GB (max)
DDR3 SDRAM
DIMM 240-pin
Dual channel memory architecture
Dell
3GB2 Dual Channel
DDR3 SDRAM3 at 1333MHz
2 DIMMs
Both of them check out perfectly I think.
Processors
Dell:
AMD Athlon™ II X4 630 2.8 GHz
Asus:
Intel Pentium E5500 / 2.8 GHz
I don't see a real difference here either. Then again, I'm no computer expert.
Sound card
Dell:
SoundTHX® TruStudio PC™
Integrated 7.1 with THX® TruStudio up to Creative PCI Express
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
Asus:
Integrated Sound card
Integrated Audio
Sound output mode - 7.1 channel surround
Audio output compliant standards - High Definition Audio
It may sound complicated, but Asus could be worse than Dell. No clue here.
Graphics card
Dell:
Integrated ATI Radeon HD4200 Graphics
ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB2
ATI RadeonTM HD 5770 1GB2 DDR5 or ATI RadeonTM HD 5870 1GB2 DDR5
Asus:
Integrated Graphics Processor/Vendor Intel GMA X4500
Video Memory 1759 MB (max)
Digital Video Standard High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) , Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
Going off of Intel being a bad choice for a graphics processor, Dell would win this one.
Optical Drive
Dell:
16x DVD+/-RW, Blu-ray DiscTM Combo Drive, Blu-ray DiscTM Burner
Dual Configurations: Blu-ray DiscTM burner + 16x DVD+/-RW, Blu-ray DiscTM Combo Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW
Asus:
Type - DVD R?W (?R DL) / DVD-RAM
CD / DVD read speed 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD)
CD / DVD write speed 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD) / 5x (DVD-RAM) / 8x (DVD Double layer)
Holy hell! Blu-ray for Dell? I think this is point #2 for Dell.
Okay, looking at the comparison, wouldn't Dell definitely be the better computer? I mean, that doesn't say much about how new/obsolete the stuff is but comparing them both makes it a bit easier.