Prebuilt Desktop help?

Question

I'm trying to put together a good pc for someone with a small budget of 500-600. The requirements are pretty simple, just the system unit itself, Windows Vista 64Bit (As 32 cannot detect less than 4gb, for future upgrades), and a quad processor.

My problem is that I hit up to the high 700- low 800s. I cannot keep this under the wanted budget. The only MOBO i like is the MSI P45 Neo2.

Think is I hate prebuilts and recommending a prebuilt is hard for me. I hate the installed crapware of the OS, low brand RAM, questionable MOBOs that are installed.

But I must admit some prebuilts do last for some time and something like installling a video card can make it better.

So how about some recommendations? Vista 64bit, quad processor. about 500ish.

Answer 1

You sound like you know what you are doing so i'll just direct you to newegg for you to read reviews and testimonials.

Answer 2

So, what you are saying is that you are going to waste $100-$200 of your "friends" money because YOU don't like Dell?

Must not be a very good friend, eh?

I'm no "fan" of Dell, but they aren't really bad machines, and they have the best prices of anyone out there.  It's unlikely you can put a system together for her for the price you could buy a pre-assembled system from Dell.