New PC

[Coffee Crisp]

The GPU is better in the HP you linked, but it doesn't have a Blu-Ray player.

 

I'd however recommend a CyberPower or iBuyPower over an HP any day though.

 

DVD is vastly cheaper and is much more valuable than Blu-Ray. Nobody is going to shell out 20 bucks more for Blu-Ray movies let alone download 4 gig size movies from a pirate site.

 

Never I mean NEVER go with CyberPower or iBuyPower. They roll generally the same way and have been known to ship their stuff broken. Lots of people have gotten HDDs rattled around, operating systems corrupt, wiring messed up, tons of shenanigans these sketchy bastards get to work for them who probably only have a grade 10 education.

 

The worse thing about them though is that their items have been known to ship 4 fold longer than the expected date. Whereas they say 1 week they ship it at 4, with all the idiocy I just mentioned earlier.

 

Plus they overprice their shit. They're like Alienware PCs with 110% more crap and price.

[b0red]

Its not hard to build a PC, just buy all the pieces or have someone make you a build and order it. Get on vent and we can walk your through it.

[An_Orange]

I tried doing that once and it didn't work out too well...

[SgtJoo]

Its not hard to build a PC, just buy all the pieces or have someone make you a build and order it. Get on vent and we can walk your through it.

 

Not my money, can't build it myself.

[Ganzta]

My friend bought this couple months ago

pretty packed for the price

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668627.php

[trakaill]

My friend bought this couple months ago

pretty packed for the price

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668627.php

 

dont buy gateway please!

[Ganzta]

dont buy gateway please!

 

why not?

[trakaill]

why not?

 

just not the best prebuilder out there, Ive had bad experiences but not as bad as emachine or compact I guess...

 

Id stick to dell, hp, sony but thats me.. im no expert someone might have better insight

[SgtJoo]

I was thinking of finding something with an i5-750 and a half decent gpu, but I don't know any great pre-built sites. I guess I'll read up on hp...

[Coffee Crisp]

I was thinking of finding something with an i5-750 and a half decent gpu, but I don't know any great pre-built sites. I guess I'll read up on hp...

 

I believe one of HPs Pavilion Elites go for 1.1k with a core i5. 750s are generally good budget CPUS but to be honest by "half decent" you don't really want your i5 bottlenecked by a shitty OEM on board GPU. I have to be even more honest when it comes to big name brands like HP. Though they offer you crap ton of cool things like Blu-Ray drives there's a huge catch: their cases, motherboards, and PSUs won't be as 'future proof' as a custom built would be. Overclocking is nearly an absolute no and gaming will be half as decent.

 

Really though, if you can't find the time to learn how to build a PC let alone learn the basics around it you can just try going to a local Tigerdirect if you have one. Their prices are not as great as Newegg but what the good trade off is though is that you can pick out some parts and get the tech guys to build it for you in less than 3 days. They know their stuff generally...well at least the dudes I've worked with there at my Tigerdirect.