Building or Buying Your Next Computer

There has been a lot of fighting over what to do when getting a new computer. I’m here to clean this up. Now there might be a lot of questions going through your mind when making this decision. Which is more economical? Is it really worth the time and effort? How do I know I’m getting ripped off by wal mart or best buy? But really its easy once you know what you need from the computer.

The first thing you need to ask yourself is: What will I be using this computer for? This will solve the problem instantly and let me explain why. What you do on your computer will define what you need in your system. If you plan on surfing the web and email then you don’t need much to satisfy your needs. If you plan on video editing, and or gaming you probably need to go into the higher end systems. And lastly if you are what I like to call a hardcore gamer, you probably should not be reading this and have already started building your computer.

Lower End Systems :

When all you are doing is email and surfing the web go ahead to best buy or circuit city and pick up a nice looking computer off the shelf. Always look for good deals to save some money on. Most electronic stores have fair pricing on their computers. Not to mention all you have to do is plug it in and your up and running.

When shopping in this category feel free to check out any laptops they have on sale. Most of them will fit your needs technologically and they are portable.

Medium-Low End Systems:

This really is a part of the low end system category. But I know that all your music goes onto your computer nowadays, so if you are a music junkie keep your eyes out for 500+GB of hard drive space when shopping for a desktop at your local electronics store.

Medium-High End Systems:

This category is for people with big music and video playlists, and use multiple monitors when on their computers. They might do some video editing and some light gaming on the side. This category is purely choice. But note that when you buy these kinds of systems you will most likely be paying up to or over $100 more than if your were to build the same system. When shopping for these kinds of systems you might find one or two good computers to fit your needs at a best buy but you most likely will have to go online to find what you are looking for.

When shopping for these computers really consider building them. Building is not as hard as it looks. Video tutorials are all over the place and parts of the computer come with step-by-step instructions to get your computer up and running. And you never know, you might become hooked. For me computer building became a hobby and now will build any kind of system know matter the cost or time spent making them.

High End Systems:

These computers are for the extreme gamers that will most likely overclock their systems and squeeze every frame per second out of it. When buying these computers you only have one option… BUILD IT! You can buy it off of alienware or some place like that but just know that you will be paying hundreds or even up $1000 over what you could build it for.

I hope this helps when buying your next computer!

-HunterX333

Feel Free to Comment

If i ever become rich and famous off of computers i will remember the first person to comment on my blog. But seriously i would like to know if im any good at writing and what your opinion is on this stuff.

Price Cuts!!!!!

Ranting: Alright guys sorry for not posting in a while. My mobo (evga 780i) just randomly died….. PISSES ME OFF!…. Anyway has anyone noticed the huge price cuts for the 9800 cards?!?! I mean holy ****! The GX2 is hovering around $280 and the gtx is under $200. Something big must have hit nVidia financially. I mean i bought my 9800 gtx just a week before the 280 came out (mistake on my part) for $300 and now that same card is $220…. Every day these cards are dropping like crazy. By the holidays these cards will be in the $100’s. Especially if ATI keeps their lead on nVidia for price to performance.

Now i would also like to correct myself on a previous post… I said that ATI is kicking nVidia in performance. When i say that i mean single card solutions. But technically (if you have way too much money to spend) the tri sli 280’s destroy to 4870.

Recommendations: As of today if you had to build computer now i say dont. Wait for the 4870X2 and see how the price tags react. I see the 4870’s dropping a couple bucks, not much but enough to maybe get a nicer case or something. But what nVidia does could decide whether to buy from ATI or nVidia. If i were nVidia i would be preparing for a major hit financially. With the upcoming release of the 4870X2 people are sure to drop any old cards and pick it up. They shoiuld lower their prices on the 280 so that if you were to buy two of them it would be just a bit more expensive then one X2. This is because in a benchmark test between two 4870’s and two 280’s the 280’s would have a slight edge over ATI’s gift from heaven. But for nVidia this would mean lowering the price of the 280 to nearly $300. And im not sure if their manufacturers could manage such a large price drop in such a short amount of time.

Anyway i will be posting some vids soon about my computer parts and of the rebuild i have to do when i receive my new 780i. Feel free to comment on the fight between ATI and nVidia. It will be interesting to see where we are by the holidays…

Purpose

This is my first post on this blog… The purpose of this is to compare computer hardware and companies and give my opinions about certain computer components.