Members Chrisjd Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 I am looking for a quality PC desktop that has a huge hardrive. Anyone know of any specials or at least something that looks to be a great value for what you're getting? I don't do music or video editing btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scott Fonseca Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 www.slickdeals.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaRaf Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 Newegg is always a good place to start looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 I'm a big fan of the HP DX series. They are inexpensive business desktops with no bloatware on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChihliDog Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 One you build yourself. The price difference between pre-built and home-built computers is narrowing these days and for non-gaming systems you can definitely save some money by just buying one, but with a home-built system you can pick your own high-quality parts and be ready to upgrade in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MightyThor Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 Buy.com has some nice prices on refurbished desktops like this for $329 http://www.buy.com/prod/hp-pavilion-s3620f-slimline-desktop-intel-pentium-dual-core-e5200-2/q/loc/101/211401834.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inazone Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 Since you live in Minnesota, hit the Micro Center store in St. Louis Park or at least check their website. They have some smokin' deals up there on a regular basis, plus their house brand (PowerSpec) and brand-name refurbs are definitely worth considering. I have a PowerSpec from a couple years back that was less than half the price of a name-brand equivalent, with a faster processer and no unwanted software that I'd have to turn around and uninstall. Incidentally, the best prices from retail outlets tend to be the plain old Pentium (Dual-Core) models. We've had an HP with the E5200 Pentium CPU in the office here to test, and it really runs fast. It used to be that the lower-end PCs had less cache or slower bus, but you can get around that with most of the current hardware. You might get a better deal buying a barebones system, picking up a plain-box hard drive (again, check Micro Center) and going someplace like General Nanosystems to have it installed if you're not inclined to do it yourself. I've done that twice, and it still came out cheaper than buying some bloated POS at Best Buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zac503 Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 I recommend building your own. I know there's always one nerd in a thread that says this, but you can get exactly what you want for the lowest price. Plus it's super fun, and you'll be better suited to support the pc when there are problems. Also it's way ass easier than it ever has been. All you do is choose a motherboard and get parts that have the same interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blargh Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 Building your own is great if you're shooting for performance (or if you've got a lot of parts you can carry over), but for value I would suggest buying one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JKD Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 Build your own...get the exact specs you want...and this coming from a Mac head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members musicdog400 Posted November 4, 2009 Members Share Posted November 4, 2009 i Have built my own for the purpose of using parts that are well supported by Linux. Especially with the sound and video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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