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Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4337067)

It is not regarding to the brand but to the price what quality a system is. If you buy a really cheap system you simply can't get the same quality as when spending more money.

I don't know about Dell, but I have no problems with my HP laptop. It is even a HP Compaq, that is somewhat like the cheap brand of HP.

I have a choice of getting a HP going for $400 or $500 4 RAM ,i5 or AMD triple core than other $900 8 GB RAM ,i7 or AMD 6 core CPU.

none of this tell me of quality of the 2 HP computers at Bet Buy.Other than the other one has more power.

It would be better, if you would not care about brand and price, but about what you want to do with the system. That should be the first thing to think about. Nothing against six-core and 8GB RAM (my workstation has these specs), but it would simply be total overkill for just surfing the net or watching a video. For programming (if you are not one of the people from projects with long compile time, like a kernel developer) with an AMD triple core or an i5 and 4GB of RAM you should be fine. I bought my machine for testing virtual networks, and it works fine for this purpose, but it makes no sense to spend $900 for a machine that will idle the most of the time. Buy your machine according to your needs.

@ TobiSGD- the OP put what uses the computer will be put to in post #1

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Originally Posted by nec207 (Post 4334943)

I will be doing video editing ,Multimedia my main thing Multimedia .

Multimedia, that can mean so many things its not funny. Video editing, you'll want as much power as you can afford.

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Originally Posted by Latios (Post 4338173)

It is often cheaper to buy the "basic" one and upgrade it yourself than to buy the higher spec one

AND you get to keep the parts you swapped out (or sell them)

Upgrading a PSU isnt that hard, upgrading a motherboard can be a lot harder. If its even possible with a corporate system, like you said above some of them use non standard/proprietary mainboard mounting holes, front panel pinouts, etc..

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Originally Posted by nec207 (Post 4338316)

It would probably help us if you actually linked to the systems you are considering. Without actually seeing the model, all we can do is guess what quality the systems are.

If you live in the US, I'd seriously consider getting a custom built system. Even if you arent happy building it yourself, there are places that will build for you.

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Originally Posted by TobiSGD (Post 4338730)

If you read this you see the price.

Note 700 is max I will pay for computer .I will like some thing 400 to 600 rage.

So even $700 computer is killing me with money.

For $600 you should get a decent machine for what you want to achieve. I would go for:

- AMD six-core CPU, for example Phenom II X6 1075T = $150

- mid-range mainboard, for example GIGABYTE GA-870A-USB3 = $85

- RAM 8GB, for Example 2x Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB = $100

- Low cost video card, for example GIGABYTE GV-N430OC-1GL GeForce GT 430 = $70

- a good case, for example Antec Three Hundred Black Steel = $60

- a good PSU, for example Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W = $70 (more power than needed, so that you can add components without buying a new PSU)

- a harddisk, for example Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB = $45

- a DVD-burner, for example SAMSUNG SH-222AB for $21

Sums up to $601, and you will have a system that is perfect for your needs.
Of course you have to assemble the parts yourself, but that isn't that hard.

Thats the sort of system you should be looking at IMO. I'd get a few different parts to TobiSGD, but they would only be minor changes.

I think a multiple card reader-writer may be very useful.