Purchasing a computer help...

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There are definetly some dells in your price range too, but not with specs that are gonna blow you away(crappy video) this is probaly gonna be the same with most prebuilts.

I would build one personally. They are pretty damn easy to put together these days and there are much less problems than in the old days, plus you dont pay for the support and os(if you are a cheat). Plus you end up spending alot on a system with a good video card, unless you add your own.


My belief is that with the internet as a resource and if you purchase from a place that has a reasonable return policy you cant go wrong especially if you arent afraid to reinstall windows. It will be harder to get parts replaced, but each component still has a warranty.

i can put down some sample systems in your budget if you want, when i get back from work.

I would at least consider it as an option. for a prebuilt system i would go 2.8 ghz min (or amd equivilent), not celeron. and probaly 1gig memory, no less than 512. For video i would get at least an ati 9800(not se) of course with video editing size is good. 120-160s would be the min.