Getting a new Tower

Alright folks I need some suggestions for a good decent priced tower for my PC. So first off I'm looking for something between 200-500 dollars that can run games quickly and efficiently with plenty of memory and speed. I don't know what all that computer lingo means when I'm looking so that's why I'm coming to you game fanatics.

. I'd appreciate the help. Obviously I'll need the web address if you find it on the web. I was just checking out TigersDirect.com and newegg.com. Thanks and I hope to hear from some of you.

Fire,

Here are some samples...........

http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Gaming-Media-Desktop-Computer-Intel-ExtremeP4_W0QQitemZ190373097210QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item2c531eeefa

http://cgi.ebay.com/Great-gaming-system-Intel-Quad-Core-24-display_W0QQitemZ150414924733QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item23056d9bbd

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Intel-Core-2-Quad-Q9400-2-66-PC-Computer-XP-Vista-7_W0QQitemZ260526618449QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item3ca898b751

Thank you demon. Soooo... I might come out with more questions as to what means what.

Soo what are peoples opinions of this computer?

For $480:
Pavilion Desktop with AMD Phenom™ II X4 Processor
Model: P6230Y | SKU: 9777414
Factory Refurbished
AMD Phenom™ II X4 processor 810; 8GB DDR3 SDRAM; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; LightScribe; 750GB hard drive; 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN; Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Or this one for $500:

AMD Athlon™ II X4 quad-core processor 620; 8GB DDR2 SDRAM; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; LightScribe; 640GB hard drive; Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Or for 600 this one:

500GB SATA II Hard Drive
AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0GHz processor and 4GB of DDR3 Memory
NVIDIA GeForce G210 with 512MB of memory and VGA, DVI, and HDMI Ports
The CyberpowerPC GU7270 Gamer Ultra 7270 Desktop PC is an HD-capable desktop PC coupled with a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit operating system.

Last one for $410:

HP Pavilion P6211F(AU913AAR) Athlon II X4 620(2.6GHz) 6GB DDR2 500GB NVIDIA GeForce 9100 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Fire_eclipse wrote:

Soo what are peoples opinions of this computer?

For $480:
Pavilion Desktop with AMD Phenom™ II X4 Processor
Model: P6230Y | SKU: 9777414
Factory Refurbished
AMD Phenom™ II X4 processor 810; 8GB DDR3 SDRAM; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; LightScribe; 750GB hard drive; 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN; Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Or this one for $500:

AMD Athlon™ II X4 quad-core processor 620; 8GB DDR2 SDRAM; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; LightScribe; 640GB hard drive; Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Or for 600 this one:

500GB SATA II Hard Drive
AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0GHz processor and 4GB of DDR3 Memory
NVIDIA GeForce G210 with 512MB of memory and VGA, DVI, and HDMI Ports
The CyberpowerPC GU7270 Gamer Ultra 7270 Desktop PC is an HD-capable desktop PC coupled with a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit operating system.

Last one for $410:

HP Pavilion P6211F(AU913AAR) Athlon II X4 620(2.6GHz) 6GB DDR2 500GB NVIDIA GeForce 9100 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Are you an AMD fan?

http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-PHENOM-QUAD-CORE-9850-4GB-RAM-320GB-H-D-512MB-ATI_W0QQitemZ150414815229QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item23056beffd

http://cgi.ebay.com/XTREME-PHENOM-II-x4-BLACK-965-SYSTEM-w-4GB-500G-DVDRW_W0QQitemZ150414796933QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item23056ba885 (if you have your own OS)

Yeah I am. I was told by some of my buddies that AMD is a really good brand. Course any suggestions are helpful for other reliable long standing brands. lol. Thank you Demon for helping me out with this.

Fire_eclipse wrote:

Yeah I am. I was told by some of my buddies that AMD is a really good brand. Course any suggestions are helpful for other reliable long standing brands. lol. Thank you Demon for helping me out with this.

You're welcome. AMD is a good brand but does not offer the power and flexability that Intel does. However, on the flip side, AMD processors are far cheaper than the comparable Intel processor.

I decided to go another route maybe. lol. Aside from the video card what makes a system run faster as far as loading games and other such stuff? I didn't know AMD's where less powerful. Hmmm. Maybe I should stick with intel if I have the money to keep up with it.

PM me with the particulars of your current pc.

Intel all the way.

So My system info is as follows: Windows XP Home edition version 2002 Service pack 3. Dell dimension 4600 with Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz, 2.79GHz, 1.25GB of Ram. That's all the info I can see on it.

Fire_eclipse wrote:

So My system info is as follows: Windows XP Home edition version 2002 Service pack 3. Dell dimension 4600 with Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.80GHz, 2.79GHz, 1.25GB of Ram. That's all the info I can see on it.

ok main issue is get more RAM!!! lol I got a amd 1700+ chip way slower than what u got!

xp likes at least 2 gig of mem to work nice, 3 gig is like max it will see/use and a stand alone vid card will also increase the system speed since its not use'n the system memory like the on board vid chip does!

now if you happen to have a Fry's store around you look at their ads they always have some form of complete system or cpu mother board combo for cheap!

and amd is always chip'n away at intel!

I know I have way more gigs than what the Cdrive says I have. lol. I have an external hard drive That my E drive with 37.2 Gigs and another internal That would be my F drive which has 149 Gigs of space. I upgraded the Vid Card about 4 years ago to I think it was a Nvidia 6800 GT model. (Shrugs)

no when I and everyone else says memory we mean RAM not hard drive!
a hard drive is your file cabinet to store all your stuff in and RAM is your brain where you pull it out of the file cabinet and read it and do things with it!
then there's the swap file windows has or whats called virtual memory.. its your desk top where you lay something down to do something else but will need again real soon so you don't put it back in the file.

xp works with 1 gig and less of ram but likes 2 gigs

vista will work with 2 gigs but likes 3 gigs better now win 7 is supposed to be better at not being a memory hog like vista and I have not heard what it likes for memory.....but more is always better espeically if you have a 64 bit operating system and a multi core cpu (allows you to multi task better)

I got a 320 gig hard drive and I have to delete things on a fairly regular basis to have room to do things

dom60 wrote:

I got a 320 gig hard drive and I have to delete things on a fairly regular basis to have room to do things

That's the reason why my next build will have 3TB of hd space and the cost was less than $300.00.