So like I posted our 8 year old Dell finally died....so anything will be an improvement....home use...
I do have a 13 year old son so he's hoping to do some gaming....
but otherwise photos, homework, gimp/photoshop, spreadsheets, wordpress...
Husband likes Dell, so I was looking into xps 8700 but heard 8900 coming out...then someone said I should just build....I know nothing...researched got a little advice on bleeping computer ... read here, etc.
Also looked into the IMac
Build 1:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard OR ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
Monitor Dell Ultrasharp U2412M [$250 on Amazon]
Build 2: [about $200 less] less storage and cheaper case
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
Monitor: Dell U2412M
SPECS ON XPS 8700
Processor & Memory:
Intel® Core i7-4790 Processor 3.6GHz
12GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz RAM
Drives:
1TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
DVD-RW (Writes to DVD/CD)
Operating System:
Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Graphics & Video:
4GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 Graphics
Monitor Not Included
Communications:
Dell Wireless-N 1704 + Bluetooth® 4.0
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Audio:
Integrated 7.1 with Waves MaxxAudio® Processing
Keyboard & Mouse:
Dell Wired Multimedia Keyboard & 6-Button Laser Mouse
I/O Ports & Slots:
6x USB 3.0
4x USB 2.0
1x Multi-Media Card Reader
AVI Ports:
Combination Headphone / Microphone Jack
RJ-45
HDMI
Additional Information:
Dimensions: 16.0" W x 7.3" D x 17.5" H
SPECS on IMAC
21.5?inch (diagonal) LED?backlit display
1.4GHz dual?core, 2.7GHz quad?core, or 2.9GHz quad?core Intel Core i5 or 3.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor
Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
500GB or 1TB 5400?rpm hard drive; 1TB Fusion Drive; or up to 512GB flash storage (SSD)2
Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad
MY BUDGET
My goal was around $1k including monitor. But can go up a bit or down a bit. Thoughts?
PRICING ON ABOVE [estimate]
build 1 is about $900 + monitor [$250]
build 2 is about $700 + monitor [$250]
the xps 8700 is $700 + monitor so the xps 8700 is same price as build 2
the imac is $1200 including 21.5 monitor
xps 8900 no pricing yet my guess it will be most expensive as it's new. updated the specs for it in post #2.
I do have a 13 year old son so he's hoping to do some gaming....
but otherwise photos, homework, gimp/photoshop, spreadsheets, wordpress...
Husband likes Dell, so I was looking into xps 8700 but heard 8900 coming out...then someone said I should just build....I know nothing...researched got a little advice on bleeping computer ... read here, etc.
Also looked into the IMac
Build 1:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard OR ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
Monitor Dell Ultrasharp U2412M [$250 on Amazon]
Build 2: [about $200 less] less storage and cheaper case
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 380 4GB Nitro Video Card
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
Monitor: Dell U2412M
SPECS ON XPS 8700
Processor & Memory:
Intel® Core i7-4790 Processor 3.6GHz
12GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz RAM
Drives:
1TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
DVD-RW (Writes to DVD/CD)
Operating System:
Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Graphics & Video:
4GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 Graphics
Monitor Not Included
Communications:
Dell Wireless-N 1704 + Bluetooth® 4.0
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Audio:
Integrated 7.1 with Waves MaxxAudio® Processing
Keyboard & Mouse:
Dell Wired Multimedia Keyboard & 6-Button Laser Mouse
I/O Ports & Slots:
6x USB 3.0
4x USB 2.0
1x Multi-Media Card Reader
AVI Ports:
Combination Headphone / Microphone Jack
RJ-45
HDMI
Additional Information:
Dimensions: 16.0" W x 7.3" D x 17.5" H
SPECS on IMAC
21.5?inch (diagonal) LED?backlit display
1.4GHz dual?core, 2.7GHz quad?core, or 2.9GHz quad?core Intel Core i5 or 3.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor
Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
500GB or 1TB 5400?rpm hard drive; 1TB Fusion Drive; or up to 512GB flash storage (SSD)2
Apple Wireless Keyboard and Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad
MY BUDGET
My goal was around $1k including monitor. But can go up a bit or down a bit. Thoughts?
PRICING ON ABOVE [estimate]
build 1 is about $900 + monitor [$250]
build 2 is about $700 + monitor [$250]
the xps 8700 is $700 + monitor so the xps 8700 is same price as build 2
the imac is $1200 including 21.5 monitor
xps 8900 no pricing yet my guess it will be most expensive as it's new. updated the specs for it in post #2.
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