Computer set up @ home

Posted on November 18th, 2009, by jeff allain

Rhode Island Tech Advice

I am looking to get a new set up at home. Currently we have a Dell PC and looking for a similiar set up. Any suggestions - looking to keep the price under $1K and we are pretty basic users.

thanks - jeff

Comments

jumpfroggy

Submitted on November 24th, 2009 - 2:48am link

You can get a good quad-core desktop for around $400-500. Most recent deal I've seen:

http://h71016.www7.hp.com/html...

HP Refurbs at their outlet... they have Core i7's for as low as $486, like this one:

HP Pavilion Elite e9150t VHP-64 i7 920 2.6GHz 750GB SATA 6GB DDR3 1333 DVDRW(LS) NIC 15-in-1 512MB Rmkt PC

Here's where I see a lot of my deals:

http://www.fatwallet.com/forum...

I wouldn't spend more than $600, and I'd aim probably more around $400. Then spend $200 on a nice 24" LCD, and you're set. I wouldn't recommend Dell, they have some terrible tech. support and reliability issues. Good luck.