PC under ~ $400

[Chrith]

long story short. power company fracked up my power now i need a new pc. pretty much anything i get now will be better than the 5 yr old dual core 2 gig ram machine i'm running now. To save money im willing to piece together whatever sales i can get, but would just rather get a barebones kit. being out of the loop shopping for computers i could use some help. suggestions?

[Logan]

newegg
zipzoomfly
tigerdirect
woot

[Chrith]

i have 3/4 of those open already.

is it better to go with more cores or higher clock speed. say a 6 core 2.8 ghz amd vs 3.2ghz dual

[Sandskimmernewbie]

Just watch woot, they've had some really good deals recently if you're patient.

[Logan]

well it sounds like youre almost there

[YellowSnow]

if you want to be a tool I heard beats is selling pc laptops for pretty cheap. nearly 100% sure it'll be overpriced though

[WSMassiv]

[shin-n]

[Logan]

Great post +1

[Chrith]

very helpful thank you.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...11862&CatId=31

sounds pretty good, the ssd sounds really nice, can just pick up a cheap HDD for storage and boot from the ssd.

[hobo]

i have 3/4 of those open already.

is it better to go with more cores or higher clock speed. say a 6 core 2.8 ghz amd vs 3.2ghz dual

Less cores. There are very few programs out there that utilize more than two cores, and i am willing to bet less than half of the programs out there even utilize two cores. focus should be on RAM(4gigs is good) and CPU, and a cheap graphics card. HDD speed shouldnt be below 7200 RPMs.

[shin-n]

Less cores. There are very few programs out there that utilize more than two cores, and i am willing to bet less than half of the programs out there even utilize two cores. focus should be on RAM(4gigs is good) and CPU, and a cheap graphics card. HDD speed shouldnt be below 7200 RPMs.

video conversion does. I would personally go with more cores

[BART]

The answer is: depends on what you are using the comp for. For most uses, gaming or very general use higher clock speed is a better way to spend your money. If you are doing a lot of video or work with software that utilizes the cores, then get more cores. Most software does not benefit from the extra cores.

[hobo]

lets be real, who does video conversion on a 400$ computer? every serious video editor i know gets a macbbook pro at minimum, if not a 2000+ rig.

[skimmybits]

every serious video editor i know gets a macbbook pro at minimum

inb4 mac vs. pc shitstorm

[carbonisyourfriend]

Could someone enlighten me the total cost of buying a used Macbook from 2009 for like 250 dollars or something then upgrading it to current STANDARDS? How much extra would that be bros?

[hobo]

inb4 mac vs. pc shitstorm

everyone knows that as soon as you buya macbook pro youre automatically a dj/videoguru/photoshopmaster/artistic person

[shin-n]

Could someone enlighten me the total cost of buying a used Macbook from 2009 for like 250 dollars or something then upgrading it to current STANDARDS? How much extra would that be bros?

upgrading a labtop

wut

[GnipGnop]

It would be fracking expensive.

[Chrith]

well, Progress energy called back. turns out all they will cover is the cost of a new fan.... seriously they didnt put the neutral cable back in place on my house and it could have literally caught fire at any time.

[BART]

Could someone enlighten me the total cost of buying a used Macbook from 2009 for like 250 dollars or something then upgrading it to current STANDARDS? How much extra would that be bros?

You might be able to add more RAM and a hard drive, cost maybe $300. A computer from 2009 probably has a large enough HD and enough RAM already though. The main thing you cannot upgrade is the processor, which is where the performance difference is.

[zeus]

download more ram

[skimmybits]

increase your hdd's transfer rate by running magnets over it

[BART]

try this bro

[waddsworth]

well, Progress energy called back. turns out all they will cover is the cost of a new fan.... seriously they didnt put the neutral cable back in place on my house and it could have literally caught fire at any time.

I'm sorry, but I'm intrigued. WTF did the power company do?

[KrisStone]

http://pcpartpicker.com/

[carbonisyourfriend]

waddata ma tacka, krisstone

[Chrith]

Wadds, to my understanding they did some work 2 months ago and failed to reconnect the neutral line. For the next month we had power surges (turn the microwave on cable box shuts off) during that time the fan to my power supply went. Started smelling burning electronic smell right after a power surge traced it back to computer was reading temps around 250 275. Since then my computer has been really slow. Clock speeds about half of whT they should be. When my mom called for the claim all she said was that my fan went. That's all I knew at the time didn't realize the full extent of damage. And now all they will cover is the cost of a fan

[BART]

What processor did you have?

[Chrith]

core 2 duo e6400 2.1 ghz.