Best premade computer company

[dukenukem]

hello all i am saving up for a premade comp,preferably athlon64,i have looked at cyberpowersystem.com,ibuypower.com,abspc.com and velocitymicro.com,what would be the best company to buy a premade system from be?i was still thinking of just getting the emachines t3256 comp from compusa for $299 since my current emachines comp has never had any problems in the last 5 years.

[redwudz]

From what I have seen of the insides of E-Machines, I would have a hard time recommending them. They seem to use the cheapest components available. This was on computers a couple of years old, maybe they have improved. The other ones you mention I am not familiar with.

[studtrooper]

Nothing beats www.alienware.com. www.falcon-nw.com is another good one.

[ViRaL1]

Most of the eMachines I've come across in the past few years (at least the ones that use Intel CPUs) use Intel mobos. The one he's looking at

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=315883&pfp=srch1

doesn't look too shabby off the blocks. It's an older (nForce2) chipset though. It's also an AthlonXP 3200+ so there's probably not much room to upgrade. On one hand it's got an AGP slot, but the DVD burner is only SL. I'd keep looking though. I see lots of deals on DELLs on slickdeals and techbargains all the time.

[ViRaL1]

Nothing beatswww.alienware.com . www.falcon-nw.com is another good one.

Something tells me that most people looking at a $299 eMachines at CompUSA aren't looking to plunk down Alienware or Falcon money.

[makntraks]

All I know is that you get what you pay for......

makntraks

[Soopafresh]

He did ask for the BEST...

AlienWare are great, as are BOXX Technologies http://www.boxxtech.com/products/products_new.asp


Both overpriced, but very nice machines.

[budz]

All I know is that you get what you pay for......

makntraks

[Ma_Jie]

Just build it yourself — if you can afford it.

That's my advice: you can control the quality of parts, and all parts should have a decent warranty too -- something computer builders might not offer you.


- MJ

[glockjs]

hello all i am saving up for a premade comp,preferably athlon64,i have looked at cyberpowersystem.com,ibuypower.com,abspc.com and velocitymicro.com,what would be the best company to buy a premade system from be?i was still thinking of just getting the emachines t3256 comp from compusa for $299 since my current emachines comp has never had any problems in the last 5 years.

what are you looking to do with your computer? sure pre mades are great for checking your email but anything past that they are a waste.

[dukenukem]

Well i will be using it for video encoding and using emulation,i am not a pc gamer so having the best video card isn't a worry for me.i was thinking of going with alienware since some of their prices have dropped now.

[Shadow57]

hello all i am saving up for a premade comp,preferably athlon64,i have looked at cyberpowersystem.com,ibuypower.com,abspc.com and velocitymicro.com,what would be the best company to buy a premade system from be?i was still thinking of just getting the emachines t3256 comp from compusa for $299 since my current emachines comp has never had any problems in the last 5 years.

Here's a thread that has a lot of information in it.....

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=259790

[Faustus]

Nothing beats www.alienware.com. www.falcon-nw.com is another good one.

both good though from seeing both in person I think I'd go with the Falcon NW one myself.

Keep in mind that they will cost WAY more then you can do it almost exactly the same.

[smearbrick1]

I checked out that ibuypower.com website before. They seem to have some quality systems, built from off the shelf parts (as opposed to proprietary MBs and such) for really reasonable prices. I would definately have another look at them before committing to Alienware. Alienware builds a nice machine, but a system with the same components can be had for half the price. (except you don't get the cool looking alien head case.)