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petvirus

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Hi,
I have a friend who has a budget of about 500-700 dollars. He wants a solid non-gaming machine.

I would normally build him one, but he wants a warranty, and i do not want to do any support - you know how it goes.

So, can someone recommend some places that sell good PCs, with no proprietary parts like dell likes to do.
 
Velocity Micro
Dell


Pretty much it.
Argueably, VM offers better CS then Dell. Either will work though.
 
petvirus said:
I have a friend who has a budget of about 500-700 dollars. He wants a solid non-gaming machine.
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I like AVA Direct. Two of my friends and my father have AVA Direct computers and they are very happy with their computers. I have an order in at AVA Direct for a new computer, and it is currently being built. I've put a sample configuration together for you. I don't know if you need a keyboard and mouse, so you can subtract $30 if you don't need them. You didn't mention if you needed a monitor, and I didn't include one. You are better off getting a monitor from a local Best Buy or an e-tailer like Newegg, anyway, since they'll be less expensive. AVA Direct computers come standard with a 3-year warranty. This config uses a P35 motherboard, you could save a bit of money by going with a P965 motherboard (P965 is an older chipset, though). You can also save more money if needed by going with a lesser video card.

CUSTOM COMPUTER, Core™2 DDR2 Mainstream Series System $675.90
  • COMPUCASE (HEC), 6C28 Black/Silver Mid-Tower Case, 585W PSU, ATX
  • ASUS, P5K SE/EPU, LGA775, Intel P35, 1600MHz FSB, DDR2-1200MHz 8GB/4, PCIe x16, SATA 3 Gb/s /4, HDA, GbLAN, ATX, Retail
  • INTEL, Pentium® E2180 Dual-Core, 2 GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, 65nm, 65W, EM64T EIST XD, Retail
  • OCZ, 2GB (2 x 1GB) Special Ops Edition PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz CL 5-5-5-12 SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC
  • GIGABYTE, GV-NX86T256H, GeForce® 8600 GT 600MHz, 256MB 1400MHz GDDR3, PCIe x16 SLI, DVI /2, HDTV-Out, Retail
  • SEAGATE, 160GB Barracuda 7200.10, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 7200-RPM, 8MB cache
  • RAID, No RAID, Independent HDD Drives
  • SAMSUNG, Super-WriteMaster™ SH-S203B Black 20x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner, SATA, w/ Software, OEM
  • LOGITECH, Office Pro Keyboard, Beige, PS/2
  • LOGITECH, Optical Wheel Mouse, USB, Beige
  • MICROSOFT, Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit Edition w/ SP1, OEM
  • WARRANTY, Silver Warranty Package (3 Year Limited Parts, 3 Year Labor Warranty)
 
Uhh told my buddy to goto best buy and look what was in his price range.

He got a nice quad core AMD system for about 750$ included monitor 4-1 printer, keyboard/mouse, speakers, 19in LCD ect.
 
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