PC under ~ $400

[girlygirl94]

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?

 

[esther m]

newegg
zipzoomfly
tigerdirect
woot

 

[Bryan W Gaint]

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

 

[Random Persun]

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

 

[hotgyalnicky]

well it sounRAB like youre almost there

 

[Zenkodiak]

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

 

[¡Viva la Anna!]

 

[Lady Nephilim]

 

[PEACE!]

Great post +1

 

[Nallely]

very helpful thank you.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1511862&CatId=31

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

 

[tooKute]

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.

 

[Discounicorn]

video conversion does. I would personally go with more cores

 

[Blackend Blood 90 :)]

The answer is: depenRAB 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.

 

[praneetha]

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.

 

[twone]

inb4 mac vs. pc shitstorm

 

[phone expert]

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 STANDARRAB? How much extra would that be bros?

 

[JordanChandlerindependent]

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

 

[proud walker]

upgrading a labtop

wut

 

[theee babee]

It would be fracking expensive.

 

[Hoyben]

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.