Getting New Computer

Alright so it's about time for a new computer.

I'm not a computer gamer. I just need something that runs good while using Photoshop and running other misc apps.

With that being said, I'm thinking about ordering the Dell 5150 that comes with a 19" LCD[=http//www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/dimen_5150?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd]Dell 5150 that comes with a 19" LCD.

I'm using $400 I got from Freepay and some birthday money to justify my purchase (I hate spending out of my own pocket).

For $694 this is what I'm getting ---

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Is this worth it in your opinion? I'm not much of a computer tech person and I might be missing out on some other type of great deal or something just as good for less. Or is this good?

Mac Pro FTW!

I have never once used a Mac in my entire life. I don't hate them, I just never have used one.

Just make sure to add some memory.

That's horrible for that price, in my opinion. You should go with

http//configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DE510SAP&s=dhs

Add speakers (if needed, +$17), and its still cheaper than that setup, but better.

More memory, less hard drive space. IMO 160GB is excessive.

[quote91f7e7f09d="johnjimjones"]More memory, less hard drive space. IMO 160GB is excessive.[/quote91f7e7f09d]

This is 2006, not 1996. )

160GB can fill pretty fast...

[quote2a3399afed="johnjimjones"]More memory, less hard drive space. IMO 160GB is excessive.[/quote2a3399afed]

Hmmm... Alright.

[quote2a3399afed="Killer722"]That's horrible for that price, in my opinion. You should go with

http//configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DE510SAP&s=dhs

Add speakers (if needed, +$17), and its still cheaper than that setup, but better.[/quote2a3399afed]

It doesn't look like too good of a deal to me. And with what you posted, it includes a 17" LCD for $649. Also the processor is worse. ?

[quotec6c14725d8="Tholek"][quotec6c14725d8="johnjimjones"]More memory, less hard drive space. IMO 160GB is excessive.[/quotec6c14725d8]

This is 2006, not 1996. )

160GB can fill pretty fast...[/quotec6c14725d8]

I've had 60GB for over a year and I haven't filled it......

Unless your going to be downloading an incredible about of gay porn....... shock

[quote508931b731="J4320"][quote508931b731="johnjimjones"]More memory, less hard drive space. IMO 160GB is excessive.[/quote508931b731]

Hmmm... Alright.

[quote508931b731="Killer722"]That's horrible for that price, in my opinion. You should go with

http//configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DE510SAP&s=dhs

Add speakers (if needed, +$17), and its still cheaper than that setup, but better.[/quote508931b731]

It doesn't look like too good of a deal to me. And with what you posted, it includes a 17" LCD for $649. Also the processor is worse. ?[/quote508931b731]

Wait I might be wrong. I'm still messing with it.

[quote85a7746678="johnjimjones"]
Unless your going to be downloading an incredible about of gay porn....... shock[/quote85a7746678]

cuz gay p0rn takes up more space than ordinary right?

[quoteb326c7f15f="johnjimjones"]More memory, less hard drive space. [bb326c7f15f]IMO 160GB is excessive.[/bb326c7f15f][/quoteb326c7f15f]

That's funny. lol

Seriously. My D partition is a [bb326c7f15f]640GB[/bb326c7f15f] RAID0 array. At the moment (after archiving a few dozen gig awhile back), I have exactly [bb326c7f15f]32.4GB[/bb326c7f15f] free. Before the archive I was getting low-disk space warnings. ;)

If 160GB was excessive, 500+GB HD's wouldn't be flying off the shelves like they are.

wtf, what do you people put on it? I'll give you music, but after that, I wouldn't know what to do with all of that space.

[quote5a11901d3c="johnjimjones"][quote5a11901d3c="Tholek"][quote5a11901d3c="johnjimjones"]More memory, less hard drive space. IMO 160GB is excessive.[/quote5a11901d3c]

This is 2006, not 1996. )

160GB can fill pretty fast...[/quote5a11901d3c]

I've had 60GB for over a year and I haven't filled it......

Unless your going to be downloading an incredible about of gay porn....... shock[/quote5a11901d3c]

It's interesting to see what [i5a11901d3c]you'd[/i5a11901d3c] do with a 160GB drive.

[quote5a11901d3c="johnjimjones"]wtf, what do you people put on it? I'll give you music, but after that, I wouldn't know what to do with all of that space.[/quote5a11901d3c]

Games and apps fill it well enough, not to mention TV eps etc.

[quote1009842664="johnjimjones"]wtf, what do you people put on it? I'll give you music, but after that, I wouldn't know what to do with all of that space.[/quote1009842664]
Music is actually a fairly small portion of my drive useage, maybe 20GB if that much.

Video capture projects. Some DVD rips. Several thousand photos. Multiple games clocking in at 2-4GB each. Multiple development tools and other apps at a gig or two each. A few work-related projects and databases. Etc and so-forth.

Oh, and I also serve as TSJ's offsite gay pr0n backup as well.

It doesn't look bad. Maybe you can find a good coupon on ebay to make it a better deal.

I think doylnea knows Dell deals pretty well, maybe see what he says.

[quotedab193d25a="Killer722"]That's horrible for that price, in my opinion. You should go with

http//configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DE510SAP&s=dhs

Add speakers (if needed, +$17), and its still cheaper than that setup, but better.[/quotedab193d25a]

You are insane. And J4, you should definitely go with a gig of ram.

[quote138d9a4280="dmorris68"]Oh, and I also serve as TSJ's offsite gay pr0n backup as well.[/quote138d9a4280]

...i was wondering cheer

Yeah, it goes fast these days. I have 752.6GB, and I'm running low already.

I have like 1-2 movies at most, only a few gigabites in music (I need more) and a few games, but I just delete the games I don't play anymore. shrug I have like 12GB free too.

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Okay those are the new specs for $804.

I don't know about this. I'm going to be running Photoshop and Firefox basically. I don't think I need all of that.

So can anyone show me the best setup possible for $500-$600 or maybe even less?

I think I may actually just go with this ---

[url==http//www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/dimen_e521?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04]E521[=http//www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/dimen_e521?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04]E521[/url]

I can appreciate everyone wanting to build a gaming rig, but he's said a couple of times, he just wants a new PC.

check out delloutlet, if you're set on dell.

Here are a couple of nicely set up computers for less than $600
http//outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventoryDetails?systemId=E6WFV811&~lt=popup&c=us&l=en&s=dfh&cs=22
http//outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventoryDetails?systemId=FCVK2MW6&~lt=popup&c=us&l=en&s=dfh&cs=22

Here's another that will suit your needs as well ($429)
http//outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventoryDetails?systemId=EEEGCAHV&~lt=popup&c=us&l=en&s=dfh&cs=22

Finally, here's one that is a great place to start, with lots of room for upgrading if need-be.
http//outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventoryDetails?systemId=FLX2JJ11&~lt=popup&c=us&l=en&s=dfh&cs=22

How much will an extra gig or ram? I like lleaving my comp on and it seems to help a lot. But if you don't leave it on muh or do a bunch of hardcore apps for extended periods, then you are good.

btw, hard drives definitely go by quikly, so 250gb is minimum. I have about 1.3TB right now with plans for more soon.

I would think that it would be cheaper just to buy the extra space not through Dell. It's cheaper for more space if you just go through newegg or whatever.

[quoteb204269e54="dmorris68"]Oh, and I also serve as TSJ's offsite gay pr0n backup as well.[/quoteb204269e54]

Dooooooood. Why you been down for the last 3 days, yo?

I aint paying you money for notin'.

Oh wait, your kinda servers go down a lot, right? wink

[quotedc8a1f0895="theysayjump"][quotedc8a1f0895="dmorris68"]Oh, and I also serve as TSJ's offsite gay pr0n backup as well.[/quotedc8a1f0895]

Dooooooood. Why you been down for the last 3 days, yo?

I aint paying you money for notin'.

Oh wait, your kinda servers go down a lot, right? wink[/quotedc8a1f0895]
Ooohhh, badump bump!

"I don't care who ya are, that's funny right thar!"

(I was going to say /rimshot, but in the context of your joke I didn't think that would be a good idea).

P

[quote79e9d3fe1b="doylnea"]I can appreciate everyone wanting to build a gaming rig, but he's said a couple of times, he just wants a new PC.

check out delloutlet, if you're set on dell.

Here are a couple of nicely set up computers for less than $600
http//outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventoryDetails?systemId=E6WFV811&~lt=popup&c=us&l=en&s=dfh&cs=22
http//outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventoryDetails?systemId=FCVK2MW6&~lt=popup&c=us&l=en&s=dfh&cs=22

Here's another that will suit your needs as well ($429)
http//outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventoryDetails?systemId=EEEGCAHV&~lt=popup&c=us&l=en&s=dfh&cs=22

Finally, here's one that is a great place to start, with lots of room for upgrading if need-be.
http//outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventoryDetails?systemId=FLX2JJ11&~lt=popup&c=us&l=en&s=dfh&cs=22[/quote79e9d3fe1b]

Thanks doylnea. I may go with one of those. I was looking for a 19" LCD to go along with the deal though. I'll keep researching.

WTF...

I ordered the computer on Sunday night and it is now Tuesday and it says I have no orders in my account...

When I completed the checkout on Sunday night it said that a confirmation email was sent, but I never got one. And to make matters worse, I didn't copy my order number that was on the screen or anything. My card didn't get charged either.

This $250 off deal ends tomorrow. What should I do? Order again? I guess I'll have to call them first and see what's

Call them. If you have an order in the system they can pull it up by address. If not, they can place the order over the phone while the promotion is still in effect.

Yeah I called last night and I put in my phone number but it said I had no order. It said that it can take up to 24 hours for an order to show up but it's been it's been a lot longer than that. So I guess I'll call and reorder.

New computer received! It's so fast with 2 gigs of memory. D

I love it compared to my old Celeron.

Now I have to install a TON of stuff on this computer. What would be the easiest way of transferring all of my music from my old computer to my new one? That's pretty much all I need to transfer over.

Windows file transfer wizard and a crossover cable.

And I hope you got the coupon for free Vista upgrade...

[quotea9252562a7="doylnea"]Windows file transfer wizard and a crossover cable.

And I hope you got the coupon for free Vista upgrade...[/quotea9252562a7]

shock

I've never even heard of that.

mine gets filled up w/ tv eps and dvd iso's and biz. It fills up quick, and im packin 320 gb homie.

I only ordered an 80GB because I know I'm going to upgrade soon.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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[quote59803ea536="dmorris68"][quote59803ea536="johnjimjones"]More memory, less hard drive space. [b59803ea536]IMO 160GB is excessive.[/b59803ea536][/quote59803ea536]

That's funny. lol

Seriously. My D partition is a [b59803ea536]640GB[/b59803ea536] RAID0 array. At the moment (after archiving a few dozen gig awhile back), I have exactly [b59803ea536]32.4GB[/b59803ea536] free. Before the archive I was getting low-disk space warnings. ;)

If 160GB was excessive, 500+GB HD's wouldn't be flying off the shelves like they are.[/quote59803ea536]

I know a guy with almost 3 TB of stuff shock