|
In the market for a new pc.
|
View this Thread in Original format
| Lunar Phase 7 |
Specs, brands and websites to look out for please.
I will consider mac too. The new 27" iMac looks delicious.
I already have a very nice 24" widescreen Monitor however so a tower pc will also do nicely.
I can build my own but I am really far behind with latest spec of hardware, etc.
Muchos thanks,
Lunar. |
|
|
| Viber |
| I suggest an SSD based pc, its freaking awesome. |
|
|
| Lunar Phase 7 |
Budget not really a massive issue tbh, but obviously value for money and longevity is.
I bought a Sony Vaio for £400 and frankly it is a ing piece of .
Keeps reseting all the time for no ing reason.
iMac still are portable however so I reckon I could take that to work or if needed to any future events where I'll play off my computer.
I got the Vaio for this purpose plus to replace my 6 year old Athlon 64, and I would not trust this with anything. I suspect it is a driver conflict with Numark Omni Control but if I can fix it.
Anyway. Let me know what you recommend, just throw some good systems with a bit of background or info attached/explainations and i'll read and igest.
Cheers again.
Lunar |
|
|
| Storyteller |
| I'm not going to talk about mac vs. pc but if you go pc go high-end but not top of the line (on everything). It will save you tons of cash and last at least a couple of years. |
|
|
| 19503 |
| imac. all problems solved. especially since u already consider it, u will not regret. |
|
|
| floyd741 |
| quote: | Originally posted by tehlord
Budget?! |
Well he's considering the 27" iMac, so his budget must be pretty large. I'm pretty sure one of those costs about $1700.
| quote: | Originally posted by Viber
I suggest an SSD based pc, its freaking awesome. |
+1, but not yet, imo. I personally won't be buying a SSD until they're above 500GB and reasonably priced. As of yet, a 160GB Intel SSD will cost you around $430, that's more than 4x what I payed for a 1TB HDD. |
|
|
| Mad for Brad |
| ya ssd isn't really worth it right now. The kink in the system is hardrive speed so unless all your drives are ssd, I don't think you would see that much improvement and as the guy above said, 160 gigs for 400 isn't really alot of space. |
|
|
| tehlord |
If money's really not a problem i'd suggest looking at an i7 based system from Scan. Those guys are regular posters over at KVR and seem to a) know their stuf, b) are approachable and communicative and c) not silly money expensive despite constant praise.
This looks a good place to start speccing, although will be more than useable right out the box :-
http://3xs.scan.co.uk/ShowSystem.asp?SystemID=935 |
|
|
| Nightshift |
| lol sony sucks @ PCs/laptops, overpriced and underfeatured. |
|
|
| Rebel Brown |
| If the iMac is a possibility then I'd just buy that. I want one of i7 27" iMacs so bad! |
|
|
|
|
