Need advice, whats good desktop PC to purchase less than $1000

find a used mac

Originally Posted by Ringsixty

find a used mac

that's funny! get ya a pentium I7 2600k and good mobo a gtx 570 or better video card do anything you want. including piss on mac's

If you already have a monitor I'd suggest building your own PC. Even if you don't you can always find a cheap used one. The monitor doesn't really matter. The Guts are what you need to future proof. I bought my PC for around 2300 dollars. Its a beast has all the bells and whistles. It even lights up different colors that I can program. Currently running rasta colors. That said, without all the pointless lights and sliding spaceship like pieces, I could build a comparable tower for 700-800 dollars. The newegg site is my site of choice but there are competitors out there that will give you a better price. I just use newegg because I've used them before and they have my shipping info. Look up Desktop PC checklist and purchase every component. There are tons of DIY tutorials for putting a computer together so I won't go through it. It's not that hard. Its as easy as mounting a few things and connecting some wires. A mac is a horrible choice as they don't give retailers any give on the price. You can't get a deal and they come standard to keep you buying new machines ever few years. Make your own cheap and future proof your PC.

yer putting one together might be the best for you, new egg is always been my place too, and its better to get a fresh Os with out all the trial software you have to deal with when you buy a ready made and if you don't mind torrenting Windows you will save your self like $200

Originally Posted by bostoner

If you already have a monitor I'd suggest building your own PC. Even if you don't you can always find a cheap used one. The monitor doesn't really matter. The Guts are what you need to future proof. I bought my PC for around 2300 dollars. Its a beast has all the bells and whistles. It even lights up different colors that I can program. Currently running rasta colors. That said, without all the pointless lights and sliding spaceship like pieces, I could build a comparable tower for 700-800 dollars. The newegg site is my site of choice but there are competitors out there that will give you a better price. I just use newegg because I've used them before and they have my shipping info. Look up Desktop PC checklist and purchase every component. There are tons of DIY tutorials for putting a computer together so I won't go through it. It's not that hard. Its as easy as mounting a few things and connecting some wires. A mac is a horrible choice as they don't give retailers any give on the price. You can't get a deal and they come standard to keep you buying new machines ever few years. Make your own cheap and future proof your PC.

Don't go cheap on power supply units and get in the habit into using a grounding wristrap when you're touching the component. And go AMD.

Originally Posted by elduece

Don't go cheap on power supply units and get in the habit into using a grounding wristrap when you're touching the component. And go AMD.

Agreed but I'm not a big fan of AMD. Based solely on personal experience while they tend to be more stable and last longer Intel chips outperform.

there was a time where i luved AMD the X2 era . but after the phenoms they just kept failing . i don't know first hand cuz am using the i5 and a 480 fermi so i don't know how AMD ATI is right now , but i think they have the highest available # of cores i think 12 or something . but i have no use for that much multi threading

I build custom pc's and I'm a avid pc gamer you want quality go with intel I7 and a nvidia graphics card.Igot a quad core amd and ati powered rig that sits in my back room i let my son game on when he comes over and yes amd has fallen as well as their bed partner ati.I will jump on new egg or tiger tonight and throw together what i think will be a decent rig for you tonight some time .give me a list of what you have now i.e. monitor, mouse ,case. see what i can get ya for a grand.