What Do I Buy?
 

My desktop died-very dead-we hummed taps and took it to recycling after F disking it to remove personal info. I'm going to get an new desktop (yea!!!!) but I just don't know what to get. These are my choices:

Dell
eMachines
HP

Out of those three brands which do you think is the best. I know I need a good graphics card and some mega RAM but I just don't know which machine to go with.

Well what will it be used for, and also whats your price range?

It will be used for just surfing and also for watching videos and movies. I would rather have a super graphics card just in case I do want to get into gaming or if my grandson comes over. I love to watch old movies and I found a site online that streams them legally for free.

I have an HP and I like it though it's only about 18 months old so it hasn't had a lot of time to start messing up. LOL I've heard good things about emachines though so you might want to look into that a bit more.

Ive got a DELL XPS laptop and Love it. Mine is more than what you need, but I have had no problems with my machine. Well i did have one little bug with the keyboard but I got the extended in home warentee. So I had a guy come to my house the next day on my lunch hour at school. My friend got a desktop from dell and has had no problems either. DELL's website is pretty good too if you know alittle bit about computers. You can build a computer for exactly what u want. I know I probably sound like a DELL sales person, i just am more than happy with my purchase!

to be honest dont buy from a store like best buy and . BUILD it :) go to tigerdirect stores or on line and buy parts. TigerDirect.com - Computers, Computer Parts, Computer Components, Netbooks & Electronics

Thanks guys! I appreciate the advice. I probably will go to tiger direct or new egg or one of the other sites. I love the 'net so I'm just surfing along on my laptop for now. I'm putting off buying until I talk to a bunch of people-like you guys!:thumbsup:

also check out canadacomputers.com i got a 5.1 logitech sound system from them reg. 500 at best buy, 350isg at canadacomputers. But tiger better

Building your own computer is a good idea as you can save a lot of money and get a lot of personal satisfaction knowing it's your own creation. However dont try it if you've never done it before.

I bought an emachine the last time I got a new one. It works fine for me. They have different ones with different amounts of memory on them. The more memory you want the more it costs. I got mine at walmart and it came with a one year warranty. I paid $450.