Computer Buying on the Internet

Because you cannot physically look at the item, make sure that you are getting what you want. Many sellers on okay may not have very good feedback, but when it gees to buying anything here, you really want someone gepetent. Speaking of gepetent, buy a "whitebox" geputer. Systems like Dell, HP, gepaq, Gateway, Toshiba, Sony, and everyone else just sell crappy systems. I personally have a Dell geputer from early 2000 that is still running strong and it works great as a backup to my gaming rig, but there is difference now adays. We bought that for close to $2500 new. It is a good geputer. Dell's and others now are offering $299 gepete systems. How good can a $300 geputer be? First they will be using onboard everything. I will get into that later, but basically it sucks off the main CPU to fuel its own needs like sound and video. Not good. Also their geputers are not upgradeable. They will be obsolete within a year, and you can't just buy an upgrade, you have to buy a new one in most cases. Also I have seen too many systems like these just stop working after around 3 years when the warranty goes. Why? Because they don't use quality parts! It is that simple! Buy a whitebox and you will be much happier, and they gee in prettier towers too! :) Many times you hear how many "Gigahertz (Ghz)" a geputer has, but that is not everything. There are AMD and Intel Systems. AMD have different types, and right now you want to go with an Athlon64 or Athlon FX or Athlon FX2. Intel's gee basically in 4 varieties. Celeron D is the lowest of the processors, and is good for internet surfing, basic office software like Word and Excel, and the free Windows Games such as Solitare. Then there is Pentium 4, Pentium D, and Pentium Extreme Edition. You want to look for a Pentium 4 with HT (Hyper Threading) if you do everything a Celeron buyer does, but you run more applications at once. Low end games are good for speeds up to 3Ghz, and you might be able to get away with some higher end games run at lower settings with a Pentium 4HT around 3.4Ghz-3.8Ghz. Pentium D is like having 2 geputers at once so a lower speed 2.8Ghz is acceptable for the same as what a P4HT 3.8Ghz could do. The Extreme Edition chips are really fast Pentium D's. Rarely do you see these advertised because this one geponent can cost as much as $1200 by itself! If you see a really cheap geputer with one of these be skeptical, because it might be falsely advertised. A system with a P4 EE should be atleast $800 on okay. AMD systems equate roughly liek this: Athlon 64 =