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[deadlock]

Right now my only computer is a 4-year-old laptop, and I'm getting pretty fed-up with its crappiness. I want to buy a new, decently-powerful desktop PC. Can anyone recommend a website to get one from? I figure there's gotta be a better place than Dell.

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[kylan]

Get a Mac! The iMac G5 got updated pretty recently and is a very solid all-in-one. Buuuut, I *guess* you still need a PC for your work-related stuff :(

[deadlock]

Macs seem cool, but I'd prefer for my desktop to be a PC. I'll probably get a Mac laptop eventually.

[bunkbed]

you could try newegg.com, they usually have fairly good deals and are fast with shipping and replacing things that don't work.

[deadlock]

Cool, thanks for the suggestion.

[frankiesaysrawr]

Why don't you build one?
Then you don't have to pay for shipping, have a new project and can customize it without paying outrageous prices. When I built mine I went to a computer fair...but you could also go to random pc stores and look for parts. :D
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[deadlock]

I was thinking about building one, but I decided I'm just too lazy for that =P

[peccant]

On a high end computer ($2k+) you can save 400-600 by building it yourself over having it assembled in the 'factory' or whatever.

Oh, and newegg.com is a good suggestion. I copied a $1500 dell computer's parts out of a catelog on newegg, and even replaced the 2.4ghz p4 with an athlon64 3200, and ATI Radeon 300x with a geforce4, and I came out at about $970. (However, I also replaced the 17'' LCD that comes with the dell with a 19'' CRT, but space isn't really an issue, so I don't see why I would need a flat screen)