New computer? LOL

Hey, at the moment my comp is fucked nd its pissing me off, so im looking for a new comp. I found one which is farely good, tell me if its worth it.

One

(NEW) HP PAVILION ELITE M9170A MEDIA CENTRE DESKTOP
<LI>INTEL CORE 2 DUO E4500 (2.2GHZ/2MB L2 CACHE/800MHZ FSB)
<LI>2GB DDR2 RAM
<LI>320GB 7200RPM HDD
<LI>DVD+/-RW DUAL LAYER WITH LIGHTSCRIBE DRIVE
<LI>NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400 GS WITH 256MB DEDICATED VIDEO MEMORY
<LI>INTEGRATED 10/100/1000 LAN, INTEGRATED 802.11 B/G WLAN
<LI>PCI PAL TV TUNER
<LI>INTEGRATED HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO (7.1 SURROUND SOUND READY), 15-IN-1 DIGITAL MEDIA READER
<LI>6X USB 2.0 PORTS, 2X FIREWIRE PORT, 1X HDMI PORT
<LI>CORDLESS MULTIMEDIA KEYBOARD, CORDLESS OPTICAL MOUSE, POWER CABLE, REMOTE CONTROL
<LI>WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM PRE-INSTALLED
12 MONTHS MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY (P/N: GX726AA)(SN:AUD80701Q3)(104009 - 62),


For about $870 (will put an extra 2gb ram in)

Second

HP PAVILION A6460A DESKTOP PC, TOWER, BLACK, AMD PHENOM QUAD CORE PROCESSOR 9500+ WITH HYPERTRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY(2.2GHZ), 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM, 500GB 7200RPM SATA-3GB/S HDD, DVD+/-RW/RAM DL LIGHTSCRIBE SATA DRIVE, NVIDIA GEFORCE 8500GT GRAPHICS (512 MB GDDR2 MEMORY, HDMI/DVI/S-VIDEO), HIGH DEFINITION 7.1 CHANNEL AUDIO, INTEGRATED 10/100 BASE-T NETWORKING INTERFACE, 15-IN-ONE CARD READER, 6 USB PORTS (2 FRONT 4 REAR), 2 FIREWIRE PORTS (1 IN FRONT), KEYBOARD, MOUSE, POWER CABLE, WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM PRE-INSTALLED.

^^6 months old, 12 months warranty

For like $800

Those are the 2 ive found atm, nd for the price dif, i dont know which would be beter lol

Quad Core you noob.
First one is Duo second is quad, you take maths? 2x2.22=4.44, 4x2.22=8.88 The bigger the better.

Also, seocnd one is cheaper, and for 800bucks that a major steal. It has one of the best Grafix cards, everyone says the 8500, 8600 GT and GTX are the ebst. Even better than the new 9500 and 9600GT. The other is 8400, not bad either. Gtrafix card wise, its even.

2nd one you get a bigger HDD, 500GB > 390GB...... 2nd one also has your 4GB Ram. Get the 2nd One.

Lol @ KEYBOARD, MOUSE, POWER CABLE, It has to come with power cable. Would be stupid to sell the whole thing and not the power cable.

second one for sure, but ..... but, I heard that because there are not a lot of programs and operating systems fully optimised for quad core process, that say windows becomes slower because it trys to assign tasks to each CPU but freaks out and then uses a shitload of you ram and processing time just to do simple things and because of that it causes the dual cores to run faster. Also if you get the second one make sure that the windows vistat that is installed is a 64bit version and not a 32bit version, otherwise you will most defenitely have the problem i stated before.

Rightio lol

Well i went to the HP site, to see exactly how much if i was to get the same ones built from there, and the first one was $1600, nd i was like WTF? and i did the second one and it was $2250 LOL...

They asked me if i wanted to finish my purchase .. nd i said fuck off LOL

Lol My coustum built one (that i havent finsihed, which is depressing) would come to around 1.2K and it would rip any that you buy from a shop/website to shit thats already built for you.

LOL i found a few more .

HP PAVILION M8190A MEDIA PC, ORP $3699, BLACK, MINITOWER, INTEL CORE 2 QUAD PROCESSOR Q6600 (2.40GHZ/4MB/1066MHZ FSB), 2048 MB DDR2 SDRAM, 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3G HDD, SUPER-MULTI SATA DVD+/-RW DUAL LAYER LIGHTSCRIBE DRIVE, HD DVD-ROM DRIVE, NVIDIA GEFORCE 8600GT 3D PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD (512MB DDR2 DEDICATED GRAPHICS MEMORY, UP TO 1280MB TOTAL AVAILABLE GRAPHICS MEMORY AS ALLOCATED BY WINDOWS VISTA), SINGLE PAL TV TUNER WITH HP REMOTE CONTROL, INTEGRATED INTEL HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO - 7.1 SURROUND SOUND READY, INTEGRATED 10/100/1000 GIGABIT ETHERNET, WIRELESS 802.11 B/G LAN, 15-IN-1 MEMORY CARD READER, 6 USB 2.0 PORTS (2 FRONT, 4 REAR), 2X IEEE 1394 PORTS (1 IN FRONT), CORDLESS KEYBOARD AND MOUSE, POWER CABLE, WINDOWS VISTA ULTIMATE PRE-INSTALLED. (REFURBISHED - 12 MONTHS MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY) (P/N: GF949AAR)(SN:AUD7250FXF)(107754 - 9)

For $900

HP PAVILION A6160A PC, MICRO TOWER, ORP $2399, BLACK, INTEL CORE 2 QUAD PROCESSOR Q6600 (2.40GHZ/4MB L2/1066MHZ FSB ), 1024 MB DDR2 SDRAM, 320GB 7200RPM SATA 3GB/S HDD, DVD+/-RW DL LIGHTSCRIBE DRIVE, NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400GS 3D PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD (DVI/HDMI/S-VIDEO), 256MB DEDICATED GRAPHICS MEMORY. UP TO 512MB TOTAL AVAILABLE GRAPHICS MEMORY AS ALLOCATED BY WINDOWS VISTA, INTEGRATED ETHERNET, INTEGRATED HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO - 7.1 SURROUND SOUND READY, 15-IN-1 MEMORY CARD READER, 6 USB 2.0 PORTS (2 FRONT, 4 REAR), 2 FIREWIRE PORTS, KEYBOARD, MOUSE, POWER CABLE, WINDOWS VISTA ULTIMATE PRE-INSTALLED. (REFURBISHED - 12 MONTHS MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY) (P/N: GC679AAR)(SN:AUD73108BD)(107354 - 36)

For $800

HP PAVILION A6360A PC, TOWER, BLACK/SILVER, AMD PHENOM (QUAD CORE) PROCESSOR 9500 WITH HYPERTRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY (2.20GHZ, 2 MB L2 CACHE + 2 MB SHARED L3 CACHE, UP TO 3000 MHZ SYSTEM BUS HT3), 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3G HARD DRIVE, LIGHTSCRIBE SUPERMULTI DVD+/-RW DUAL LAYER DRIVE, NVIDIA GEFORCE 8500GT 3D PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD (512MB DDR2 DEDICATED GRAPHICS MEMORY WITH HDMI, DVI AND TV-OUT CAPABILITY. UP TO 1279MB TOTAL AVAILABLE GRAPHICS MEMORY AS ALLOCATED BY WINDOWS VISTA), INTEGRATED 10/100 BASE T NETWORK (BROADBAND READY), INTEGRATED HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO-7.1 SURROUND SOUND READY, 15 IN 1 MEMORY CARD READER, HP POCKET MEDIA DRIVE BAY, 6 USB 2.0 PORTS (2 FRONT, 4 REAR), 2 IEEE 1394 PORT (1 IN FRONT), HP MULTIMEDIA KEYBOARD, OPTICAL MOUSE, POWER CABLE, WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM PRE-INSTALLED.(REFURBISHED-12 MONTHS MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY) (P/N: GX725AAR)(SN:AUD806091D)(107353 - 1)

For $800 aswell. ^^ the dif between them to is the first one is 2.4Ghz and this is 2.2Ghz, but the second one has 180GB more HD, 1GB more ram, and the gfx card is 8500 512mb instead of the 8400 256mb in the first one.

And a cheapy Dual core

HP PAVILION A6440A HOME PC, MINI TOWER, BLACK, INTEL CORE 2 DUO E4700 PROCESSOR (2.60GHZ/2MB L2/800MHZ FSB), 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 500 GB SATA 3G (3.0 GB/SEC) HARD DRIVE, LIGHTSCRIBE DVD+/-RW DUAL LAYER DRIVE, NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400 VIDEO (HDMI/DUAL LINK DVD-I), INTEGRATED 10/100 BASE-T NETWORKING INTERFACE, HIGH DEFINITION 5.1 AUDIO, FRONT ACCESS 15-IN-1 MEDIA CARD READER, HP POCKET MEDIA DRIVE BAY, HP MULTIMEDIA KEYBOARD AND OPTICAL MOUSE, 6 USB PORT, WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM PRE-INSTALLED. (REFURBISHED - 12 MONTHS MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY) (P/N: KJ325AAR)(SN:AUD81000X9)(107353 - 6)

For $500

EEP

I would go for the 900 dollar one.

However, would not get Vista on any of them unless u have to HDD. Get one wiht Vista for all your Documents and school work etc

use Windows XP for gaming, vista has blocked some things for example you cant use cd cracks and keygens on vista. Theyve become bitches and by doing that they hope to make more money by making the new games only on vista the cheap sacks.

try get one of those (preferribly the 900dollar one) wihtout Vista. Just my opinion tho

Haha right o let me help out.

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2x2.22=4.44, 4x2.22=8.88 The bigger the better.

Well thats not true, it doesn't work out like that. Quad Core is'nt better than Dual Core at the moment, nearly all Dual Core or Duo Core will kick a Quad Cores ass! Only if you overclock it the right way and get the right one

If i was you i would go the Dual core and overclock the shit out of it!

Graphics card, well the 8400 is an old seris of the 8000 series. Any 9000 Series will kick its ass, especially the new 9800GTX something something, that thing rapes!!!!

But not as hard core as mine.

The 8400 will play your games with ease, but if you want to play more hardcore games that require more graphcis power your gona need to upgrade.

With the first ocmputer you say there, thats not a bad PC there, fair price for a fair PC. But the Dual core in it is one of the older ones....

You would get more out of the Quad Core later on than the dual core... That dual core is, alright, but that quad core is better...

WIth those 4 Pc's there all pretty fair priced fair powered up PC's.

Whats your budget?

And Ive got Vista and i use CD Cracks and Keygens, i download Movies and games... but my Vista is a fake... :S LOL!

Ikky tell me your budget and ill make a PC, using parts from www.pricepoint.com.au and ill meet your budget.... then you get all the parts sent to you and get your local PC man to install them for $60... or send them to me and ill get them installed for you... then send the box back up to you....

Up to you...

IF i was to choose one of thsoe Computers it would have to be theeeee....

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HP PAVILION A6360A PC, TOWER, BLACK/SILVER, AMD PHENOM (QUAD CORE) PROCESSOR 9500 WITH HYPERTRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY (2.20GHZ, 2 MB L2 CACHE + 2 MB SHARED L3 CACHE, UP TO 3000 MHZ SYSTEM BUS HT3), 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3G HARD DRIVE, LIGHTSCRIBE SUPERMULTI DVD+/-RW DUAL LAYER DRIVE, NVIDIA GEFORCE 8500GT 3D PCI-EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD (512MB DDR2 DEDICATED GRAPHICS MEMORY WITH HDMI, DVI AND TV-OUT CAPABILITY. UP TO 1279MB TOTAL AVAILABLE GRAPHICS MEMORY AS ALLOCATED BY WINDOWS VISTA), INTEGRATED 10/100 BASE T NETWORK (BROADBAND READY), INTEGRATED HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO-7.1 SURROUND SOUND READY, 15 IN 1 MEMORY CARD READER, HP POCKET MEDIA DRIVE BAY, 6 USB 2.0 PORTS (2 FRONT, 4 REAR), 2 IEEE 1394 PORT (1 IN FRONT), HP MULTIMEDIA KEYBOARD, OPTICAL MOUSE, POWER CABLE, WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM PRE-INSTALLED.(REFURBISHED-12 MONTHS MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY) (P/N: GX725AAR)(SN:AUD806091D)(107353 - 1)

Lol i've custom built mine, spent just over $2500 on it... Top of the range everything... it kinda kikcs ass But in about 2 years i will sell it and make a whole new one with like Epicness built in it

lol Bai

No no no...Dont go believing that bullshit that a 2.5GHz quad core means 10GHZ(sorry nah) Its the clock that matters not the amount of cores.

IE..My cpu at 3.6GHz will beat hans quad at 3GHz.


Anyway, How much are you looking to spend?

Well what u say goes agsint pretty muhc what all of my mates (computer freaks and one of their brothers that works for Xtra) have said.

I asked them when i was thinking of building my computer what i should get (gave them some options) and they told me to go for the Duo (cheaper than quad) and the one that would end up with more ghz.

Wouldnt overclock, can screw up. Friend overclocked grafix card i think and it buggerd,.

Are you sure he didn't mean the dual was running at say 2.6 yet the quad was only running at 2.4 or something like that?

Fuck knows. But doesnt quad mean FOUR of 2.5 or whatever?

No it means you have multiple smaller cores that add to 2.5 Ghz. But a 2.5 Ghz Quad will be better than a 2.5 dual etc. The more cores means it can handle a few more calculations at a time.

Correteness! Lol

BUT not all Quad Cores are better... well most of them are pretty shit unless you get like the top of the range...

Theres a Dual core, Intel Dual-Core E9850 3.2Ghz something something, and you can overclock it to 4.2Ghz and thats better than any Quad Core out there... and its cheaper... might get a bit hot, but meh, water cooling for teh win

heck who needs quad core when you can get Decacore (10CPUS! )

Nah AMD AThlon 64 3900 Ftw.

oh yeah i got the latest 162312y3tg1d76938f17h37f16hj3fqyt31uf23gtq6u23tq6235gf635qd5h3q23d5hq723u5dq62uqg23qg6725g3

As if fellas, my Windows 93 Pentiem 1 with built in 112Mb Ram and L33t Wizard Colour Graphcis card and 15" screen rocks out on Pinball

wow thats way too perfectionised

nah1121 wrote:

Fuck knows. But doesnt quad mean FOUR of 2.5 or whatever?

Yea but the performance isnt 2.5 x 4. Thats what trademe sellers seem to think.

Tank - Browny wrote:

Correteness! Lol

BUT not all Quad Cores are better... well most of them are pretty shit unless you get like the top of the range...

Theres a Dual core, Intel Dual-Core E9850 3.2Ghz something something, and you can overclock it to 4.2Ghz and thats better than any Quad Core out there... and its cheaper... might get a bit hot, but meh, water cooling for teh win

heck who needs quad core when you can get Decacore (10CPUS! )

E8600? runs stock at 3.33GHz. Ive got my E8400 @ 3.6

Meh who knows i just got for the most ghz lol =P well i would if i had thwe moeny to buy anything =[

u will wen u work at DS

IF i can get off my ass and be bothered to go hand in a CV. Cant be F'd making a CV.

LOL )

I told browny teh price range im looking around (around like $1100) and he came up with one for me lol .

The Acer Predator << http://www.acer.com/predator/

NOT lol
thats a farely slick comp if you ask meh lol

This is what he told me to get.

Sir brownys comp
CPU Core 2 Duo/Quad (LGA775) - Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 CPU, 3.16 GHz, FSB 1333MHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 45nm, Socket LGA775 (E8500) $313.50
POWER SUPPLY Desktop - 650W Antec TruePower Trio ATX Power Supply, 120mm fan, Dual PCI-E Graphics Card Connector, 4 SATA Connectors, Antec Quality Five Year warranty (TP3-650) $146.30
FAN 80mm - Antec TriCool 80mm Trilight LED Case Fan with 3-Speed Switch, 80x80x25.4mm, 3/4-pin connectors, Speed: 1500~2600RPM, Noise 18dBA~30dBA (TRICOOL80T) $18.50
HARD DRIVE 5400 RPM SATA - Samsung 400GB HM400LI 2.5 SATA HDD - 5400rpm, 8MB Cache, 9.5mm, 12ms seek time, Height -9.5mm (HM400LI) $166.10
RAM PC-4200-9136 (533-1142 MHz) - Corsair VS4GBKIT667D2 4GB (2x 2GB Kit) Value Select PC-5300 (667MHz), 240-pin DDR2, non-ECC, Unbuffered, CL5 (5-5-5-15) (VS4GBKIT667D2) $87.80
GRAPHCIS CARD nVidia - Galaxy GF 9800GTX+ PCI-E 2.0 512MB DDR3 256-bit, 738/2200MHz, Dual Dual-Link DVI, HDTV, HDCP, SLI Ready, HDMI Ready, Fan $258.50
CPU FAN Multi Socket - SilverStone NT01-Evolution Support Intel Socket LGA775, AMD Socket 754, 939, 940, AM2. (NT01-E) $57.81
SOUND CARD InnoAX CMI-5.1, 5.1 Channel Sound Card, 16-bit DAC supports AC3-5.1 audio encoding, DirectSound 3D, A3D and EAX audio compatible (IV-CMI-5.1) $18.50

BTW ima be going down to this massive shop in lidcombe on Sundai