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Im thinking of selling my Dell Demension 2350 and getting something that will play games better. Any suggestions or any good deals? Im not a big computer guy, so I dont really know any of the technical stuff. I was thinking of getting something at Bestbuy on Black Friday, because I have a shitload of best buy bucks.

But anyone have any advice?

Id like something that would play Halflife 2, thats just about it :lol:
 
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Odds are any PC on a black friday deal wont be HL2 worthy (or if it is very low settings) Get together $1000 bucks and buy a serious PC or else just buy an xbox and HL2 for it when it comes out.
 
Keep on watch during BF for an E-machines that has a PCI-E (PCI-Express x16) slot, with a good ram and processor, then just buy a good vid card for 200-300 and youd be good to go
 
Build your own. If you don't know how. Find a gamer geek and pay them to do it.
I build machines for people at work. If find most people are just nervous about markup, so I just do a flat rate. I tell them what to buy, usually giving them a list of newegg part numbers, and then I just charge them a flat rate of $50 to $100 to build the machine for them. (depends on how complicated it is)

If you want something that will run games ok, not a monster machine, but upgradeable...
Look into an entry level Athlon 64 cpu on a decent motherboard, 512 to 1gb of ram, and a SATA hard drive. Then pick a good video card. Geforce 6600GT's are relatively cheap right now and are good bang for your buck. You can reuse your optical drive from your old machine.
 
[quote name='arbiter']Build your own. If you don't know how. Find a gamer geek and pay them to do it.
I build machines for people at work. If find most people are just nervous about markup, so I just do a flat rate. I tell them what to buy, usually giving them a list of newegg part numbers, and then I just charge them a flat rate of $50 to $100 to build the machine for them. (depends on how complicated it is)

If you want something that will run games ok, not a monster machine, but upgradeable...
Look into an entry level Athlon 64 cpu on a decent motherboard, 512 to 1gb of ram, and a SATA hard drive. Then pick a good video card. Geforce 6600GT's are relatively cheap right now and are good bang for your buck. You can reuse your optical drive from your old machine.[/QUOTE]

this guy's got it right... i prefer pricewatch (prices are always better new egg is ridiculous)... also the holiday 2005 edition of maximum pc teaches you how to put it together yourself and save 100 bux
 
[quote name='sphil']i cant believe you used the word good in referance to an e-machine...[/QUOTE]
I can't believe you give advice regarding something you know absolutely nothing about.
 
[quote name='supadupacheap']Odds are any PC on a black friday deal wont be HL2 worthy (or if it is very low settings) Get together $1000 bucks and buy a serious PC or else just buy an xbox and HL2 for it when it comes out.[/QUOTE]


If he keeps his monitor etc .. He doesnt need $1000 to play new games. He could build or buy one quite a bit cheaper.
 
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