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What's the best computer package to buy with $700?

Just looking for a nice monitor and tower. My current pc is outdated with only 1.6ghz and 250mb ram. Please help...

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  1. Go to www.newegg.com and buy the computer that matches $700. They give you the most bang for the buck, so do it now. I added a pc and a monitor for your reference. I know, I know... you're welcome.
  2. If you can reuse your hard drive and optical drives and your OS and your case and your power supply. i will say the following. 200 for the 22" LCD monitor ( on sale ) 500 for the desktop following 2GB of DDR2-800 ( $40 ) middle of the road PCIe-video card ( $120 ) Core2Quad Q6600 ( $240 ) Cheap to middle G31 or G33 base motherboard ( ~100 ) If you can not re-use the OS, and drives then everything go down a big notch.
  3. The monitor (at least the flat ones anyway) will eat up the majority of that budget. You may be better off simply buying some ram sticks and a new chip (if the socket type hasn't been discontinued). I hear that HP and Acer are making a couple cheaper budget computers with integrated video hardware but when it comes to a tower integrated it usually a nono although the x3100 is a phenomenal performer for a integrated chipset. If you absolutely need a new machine, building your own will give you the very biggest bang for your buck, perhaps talk to your local computer shop (not best buy, but a REAL computer shop) often small shops can offer a very agressively priced machine as long as you don't mind a very plane looking tower case.
  4. The current PC sounds fine to me, unless you are gaming. IF gaming select one with a decent video card otherwise a 2.0MHZ with 500mb and a 120GB HD should be fine, for a long time. Compare the packages and select from there, you can always upgrade as well, a 700 dollar upgrade would work as well depending on the CPU and memory chipset!
  5. i would go with hp
  6. Dude, if your going to buy a computer, you cant skimp out. You need to suck it up and save up to $900 to get a decent pc if you want a new monitor. If you keep your current monitor, you can get a decent pc for $650+. Dell's inspiron series. ( www.dell.com ) Build one under desktops for home/home office. Upgrade components untill the price is just OVER $1000. Search for $350 off coupon code in google for dell pcs. Enter coupon code at checkout. for a desktop, decent means: 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo proccessor or greater or in the case of AMD, an AMD x2 5000+ or greater 2 GB of DDR2 RAM 128MB video card for non gaming pc 256MB video card for gaming pc -------- Note: Above is -DECENT- for pc. Not crap, not good, and certainly not excellent. It would be considered time to buy a new one in a few (3)years from now.
  7. Well, this is the best deal I have seen in a long time! Its got 2 gigs DDR2-RAM, 320 gig HD, and a DVD-RW Drive, and a Dual Core Intel processor! I put a 19 inch LCD monitor below it, in case you want one of those too. Computer: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3424801&Sku=T70-2109 LCD monitor: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3120552&CatId=12
  8. Monitor suggestion: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2974576&CatId=170 Tower: 1.Mobo/cpu combo:http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3433136&CatId=1599 2.Ram: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2206874, ( 2GB's of Dual Channel DDR2 800MHz) or http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3089875&sku=C13-6076 (2GB's of Dual Channel DDR2 800MHz) 3.Case/PSU: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1289171&sku=A406-1028 (Comes with 450 watt psu, but i wouldn't trust it!) 4.PSU: (Thermaltake 430 watt) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1389575&sku=T925-2060 5.Vid card: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3244224&CatId=1558 With your harddrive, and the installed OS,(course WE are talkin' Windows, right?), plus your cd/dvd-rom drive/s, it comes to $673 with the Corsair XMS2 DHX Dual Channel ram,(2GB's), or $683 with the Corsair TwinX Dual Channel ram,(2GB's) All performance ram, all overclockable. You'll have a E4500, 2.2GHz ,Core2 Duo cpu, DDR2 ram at 800MHz Dual Channel, Thermaltake 430 watt PSU, EVGA Geforce 8600GTS ,(512MB GDDR3 ram), Dual DVI, HDTV vid card, and a XFS SLI mobo, with two SLI capable PCI-Express x16 slots, plus the 1333MHz FSB this board has.
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