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  1. 12-30-2011, 11:44 PM
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    Hey everyone!
    I'm trying to buy a pre-built Desktop for about $1250.
    What is the best computer I can get for this price?
    (The budget is for mouse, keyboard, and screen as well).

    I've been looking around Bestbuy and Dell.com, but I'm not too sure what to get.
    The Dell XPS desktop seems pretty good 0_0 but not sure haha
    Thanks for the help e veryone!

  2. 12-31-2011, 12:26 AM
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    Why do you need prebuilt? It's so much cheaper to build it, and it would come out so much better. I bought pre-built which was
    stupid because I ended up completely exchanging its external parts with new, better ones. If you want pre-built, get a compaq, they are good. Lasted me an entire
    year and never slowed down.

  3. 12-31-2011, 12:57 AM
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    Why do you need prebuilt? It's so much cheaper to build it, and it would come out so much better. I bought pre-built which was
    stupid because I ended up completely exchanging its external parts with new, better ones. If you want pre-built, get a compaq, they are good. Lasted me an entire
    year and never slowed down.
    It would require more time, and it would require me to find someone who has at least some experience with building computers.
    Also, I would rather have a warranty as my past computers have been prone to freak accidents lol

    I just need something pretty up to date in that price range
    I want it to be able to handle games such as: SCII, L4D2, CoD and such @ Max settings. Most computers in that range can I think.
    Just want the best in the range and I plan to use it for about 7 years lol

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    Custom built is better; you could also search up tutorials on building a PC.
    If you buy the parts from a computer store; you could purchase warranties for it; I'm not sure about stores in your area, but that's the case where I am. (Toronto, Canada)

    Are you looking to buying online or instore?

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  5. 01-24-2012, 10:16 PM
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    I would check for Asus products wherever you purchase from, I favor them. Other than that if you do decide to learn and build a pc Newegg has alot of kits that come with the pieces pre selected, and for that much you can get a solid rig.

  6. 01-25-2012, 12:20 AM
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    Quote Originally Posted by LucaHacks
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    Why do you need prebuilt? It's so much cheaper to build it, and it would come out so much better. I bought pre-built which was
    stupid because I ended up completely exchanging its external parts with new, better ones. If you want pre-built, get a compaq, they are good. Lasted me an entire
    year and never slowed down.
    Building it will cost about $800 and a decent monitor is at least $200. Keyboard and mouse can cost at least $50, depending on what you get. That's almost $1250 without tax included. Lot's of work and trubleshooting if something was to happen.

    Oh and OS will cost at least $100.

  7. 01-26-2012, 02:30 AM
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    Ah sorry, can I get this thread closed? Thank you everyone for the help though!

    My specs of my built PC:
    Mid-Chassis blue Towe (tons of room for upgrading)
    I-7 2600k 3.4ghz Sandy Bridge
    16g Corsair Ram DDR3 Dual-Channel
    560 Nvidia GTX Geforce 2GB (Factory overclocked)
    1.5 TB MOBO Asus
    Asus Montior 23" mini-HDMI
    SSD (relatively cheap one )
    Push/Pull dual fans + liquid cooling/professional wiring

    Total came out to almost 1500$ lol

  8. 01-26-2012, 04:06 AM
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    I would suggest building your own cheaper even if it is only 100-200 dollar savings and it will have better parts.

  9. 02-11-2012, 09:04 PM
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    Check Newegg.com for deals on really nice desktops, fairly reliable and your $1250 will get you something fairly nice compared to your Best Buy/Dell.com. Those stores are only for the people who don't care about specs and are asking for a ripoff.

  10. 02-16-2012, 09:12 PM
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    I think its better to build your own, plus you get to know how you set your ow nthing, so nothing will be beyond your knowledge. BEsides its fun building the pc your self, especially if you're unboxing brand new parts.

    And you could do SO much better with that kind of money.around 800$ and you can build a high end rig that'l last you 7 years...even for ever as long as your parts are warranted.

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