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New PC Ideas.
Green:
Yeah, that's what I mean by all-in-one. I've rather changed my mine though, I wouldn't mind a PC with the tower and everything. If you have any suggestions on any PCs that meet my criteria, minus the all-in-one, I'd appreciate if you could post.
Thanks for everything so far, cheers.
JC:
Hmmm, this is where things get tricky... Most pre-built desktops (eg. HP's, Dell's etc.) aren't really built for decent gaming (which I assume is what you want if you're spending $1500) and the ones that are aimed at gamers are very expensive (eg. Alienware, which have a starting price of 2000 CAD).
This one from HP is fairly decent: HP Pavilion HPE h8-1121
You'll need to get a screen/keyboard etc. with that as well, but at $999 you'll be well within budget.
It's a bit tricky for me as I'm not Canadian (obviously) so I don't know what websites over there are reliable other than the big box retailers (eg. Dell, HP, Newegg) so I can't really hunt out the best deals from boutique retailers as I don't want to direct you to a site that isn't trustworthy or whatever.
Green:
Thanks for the help mate. I'll look into the suggestions you've posted.
James:
Do you want it to be based on gaming or what? Just a normal computer for everyday use or gaming? If so JC don't you think he should just build his own? Or get the parts from new egg and have them built and sent to him?
JC:
--- Quote from: James on January 14, 2012, 01:13:01 pm ---Do you want it to be based on gaming or what? Just a normal computer for everyday use or gaming? If so JC don't you think he should just build his own? Or get the parts from new egg and have them built and sent to him?
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Custom built/self built PC's aren't for everyone :3
While I'm sure anyone is capable of building their own (with a bit of guidance of course) I don't think it's sensible if someone obviously doesn't have a huge amount of PC knowledge (no offence intended, but that's what the requirements would indicate) particularly since if you self build it you have to know how to trouble shoot issues.
From a money point of view, I doubt you'd be able to spec up much better than the one I suggested above for $999, but you would get better quality components :P