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Torn between Two Desktops - Arrol - 2013-03-18
My laptop's getting too old, my screen is dead, it''s transformer has blown out and it now blacks out now and then. It's time for a new computer, but this time, I want more use out of it.
I've been getting more into computers, especially gaming, whether offline or MMO. However, my room is far from my modem, so I'm going for a wireless. I know a Desktop is more stronger than a laptop when it comes to that profession, and I've been looking around and found two comparable choices i want to make.
1. Dell - Inspiron Desktop - 4GB Memory - 500GB Hard Drive
2. Lenovo - IdeaCentre Desktop - 4GB Memory - 320GB Hard Drive
What would be a great choice for me?
Torn between Two Desktops - Dusk - 2013-03-18
The Dell seems to have better specs all around and is cheaper?
Edit: but yeah you need to spend a little more if you want a computer that can actually play games from this decade. Have you considered building your own?
Torn between Two Desktops - Dudewitbow - 2013-03-18
neither will get much far in gaming./
the dell uses a pentium dual core i3 models slightly higher end just bordering the i3 models slightly higher end just bordering the i3 models
the lenovo ideacentre is a thin computer for very slim computation and uses a celeron 887 which is closer to what people would call a barebones system. its similar to laptop hardware in specification.
the dell is overall stronger, but both still lack in the field of packing a punch in graphics, something intel is lacking in and wont catch up until next gen upper tier cpus come out(even so is still behind AMD in IGPU purposes)
Torn between Two Desktops - Nion - 2013-03-18
What's your minimum budget at the moment?
From what I see from your links, I'm assuming around... $350ish?
Torn between Two Desktops - MuscleWizard - 2013-03-18
If you want a good rig, necer buy dell.
They are NOTORIOUS for hardware failures
I got my desktop from iBuyPower