Which Computer is Best?

[Lobstrosity]

My dad is going to buy a new computer soon, and he's not very computer savvy. So he wants to know which computer he should get. So I'm gonna ask all you computer nerds out there which kind he should get. Which is the fastest, more harddrive space etc. The computer he has now is less of a computer and more of a paperweight. He's considering getting a mac. What does everyone else think?

[Azan]

Firstly let me just say, no macs! They are the spawn of Satan (and not the kool Satan, the unkool Satan) and they all deserve to be burned!

Moving on thats difficult to say, I need to know some things first as there really is no one good computer, well there is but price is a huge factor, you want to get the best deal possible.

1: What will this computer be used for (things like gaming or web browesing etc. etc.)?

2: How much is he willing to spend?

[Lobstrosity]

Heh, I told him nobody likes macs. But he really want's to know why, so. . .


Anyway, suprisingly enough (because he's usually such a cheapskate), he seems willing to spend quite a bit on a computer as long as it's good. Just as long as we're not talking gold plated millionaire computers, I think price shouldn't be much of a factor.

Secondly, I want to be able to play oblivion on it ;D

And he probably wants to do writing and printing and maybe art and graphics stuff. Basically a good, all around computer is what he wants.

[Azan]

Gotcha, seeing as how you want to play oblivion and price isnt much of a factor ill have to do some back research on Oblivion, but if he wants to do art (and if you want it to play oblivion) all I can say is it will require at least a gig of ram.

Well ill start looking, and once I have some good specs ill do some research on some prices/locations to buy them

Ok your best off fully customizing it by having someone else like best buy build it for ye, but here are some good specs, and if you have more money try to get a better video card, even though this one should work.

Ram: 1024MB (1GB) RAM
CPU: Intel 3.2GHz (around there at least, AMD is also just as good)
Video Card: GeForce 6800GT or higher

[Umbrafire]

My personal advice is to check out www.alienware.com

they have incredible machines there, and they're very reliable. as far as playing Oblivion goes, I think you'll need at least a NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics card

[Azan]

Aleinware is too expensive, allready built a comp there and its waay too overpriced. And check here for Video Cards that will run oblivion, a GeForce 6800GT should run it just fine on medium settings (maybe, but always try to get better cards).

www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=187724


But I have configured a very good comp on alienware for around 1800 dollars. It would be the easiest rout. And its a awsome comp here are the specs.

Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 640 w/ HT Technology 3.2GHz 800MHz FSB 2MB
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Warranty: 90-Day AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support
Power Supply: Alienware® Approved 650 Watt ATX 2.0 Power Supply with Active PFC
Chassis: Alienware® Full-Tower Case - Lunar White
Chassis Upgrades: Standard Cooling
Motherboard: Alienware® nForce™4 SLI™ Intel Edition Chipset Motherboard PCI Express SLI
Graphics Processor: 256MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6800 GT
Memory: 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 2 x 256MB
System Drive: High Performance - 80GB Serial ATA 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 16x DVD-ROM Drive with Software DVD Decoder
Sound Card: Integrated High-Performance 7.1 Surround Sound with S/PDIF and Coaxial Digital Outputs
Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive - Black
Network Connection: Integrated High Performance Gigabit Ethernet
Monitor: 17" 12ms LCD Display - Silver
Keyboard: Microsoft® Basic Keyboard Black
Mouse: Microsoft® Basic Optical Mouse Black
Alienware Exclusive Offers: Gamespot Complete - Free 90-day Trial (a $20.85 value)
Alienware Exclusive Offers: 10% off your next EB Games online purchase
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
AlienInspection: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - $99.99 Value - FREE!
AlienWiring: AlienWiring - Exclusive Internal Wire Management - $99.99 Value - FREE!

[Qecbum]

Get the new dell xps and mac that shiz out ahem excuse me get that and upgrade it 2 512 ram strtip 80 gig hardrive and the best graghic card on the market it will only caost ya about 5000 $

[Lobstrosity]

Well, my dad got a mac. It's not too bad, but so far i'm slightly annoyed. Maybe cause I have no practice using it.

[Azan]

NOOOO!!!!

Well macs arent too bad as long as you only want to use them for web browesing, and even then you have to get firefox and a macs native broweser just plain sucks. But as for everything else like gaming they just plain suck.

[Qecbum]

i concer get a windows com. and dell or hp

[Lobstrosity]

uhh. . . he already got the mac.

Anyway, what's firefox?

[Azan]

Its a broweser, like right now your probably using Internet Explorer, well Firefox is like that only free (and better than the mac one, and IE).

[Decieved by the Truth]

[glow=green,2,300]AHHHH!!!!!!
why, why, WHY did you let your dad get a mac? you have sealed your fate as a tortured slave in hell for all eternity now!and you cant game worth crap...seriously, does your dad have no qualms about selling his soul? your best bet is to burn the mac and the desk it was sitting on. and the rug in the room. and all the furniture in order to attempt to appeal to God for buying a mac.if you dont, you will be damned to serve/be generally tormented by the Devil for all eternity [/glow]

[Qecbum]

yes I would do that because macs suck but hey I dont make the mac rules I just inforce them