Should I upgrade or buy a new computer?

Question

I was planning on getting the following for a eMachines w4682

the motherboard supports Hyper-threading and a 533MHz FSB

for the CPU I was going to get an OEM Intel 3.06GHz Hyper-threading Northwood core 512kb cache 117 plus a 27 dollar fan and heatsink so I get a 1 year warranty instead of 30 days. For the hard drive I was going to get a 750GB 16MB cache 7200RPM for 149.99. For the memory I was going to get 2GB of Crucial brand memory for 75 dollars. I was also going to get a DVD Burner for 25 dollars. For the video card I was going to get a 7600GT AGP 4X/8X 512MB RAM for 110 dollars. The total for these upgrades is 515 dollars plus shipping for some of the items. As some of the items I put the shipping in there. I looked at some computers in that price range and I could not find a computer with the same or better video card RAM and hard drive. Some had dual core and or more RAM or a better video card but none had all three better than the upgrade setup that I am planning on doing.

Answer 1

The best thing for you to do is to rent rather than buy a very expensive specifications. And TR Vidcom is the best company that offers cost-effective renting!

Answer 2

There are a couple of items you don't mention in your upgrade quotes, so let's start there. What about case, power supply, and operating system? With everything else you're changing, will the P/S be sufficient? Will the old case hold the m/b and all accessories properly? (You don't mention what you have or if the form- factor matches the new m/b.) Will you be able to use the old operating system? Activating Windows (if that's what you have) may require convincing a techie on the phone that you are not just putting the ops on a new computer.

And since you mention warranty, keep in mind that your components may each have a warranty, but the complete system does not. If you run into a problem where something doesn't 'get along' with another component, but both work as per specs on their own, you're on your own deciding which to replace, since it won't be a warranty issue for either component.

Is it worth it? Only you can decide.

Answer 3

you should upgrade because it will cost u less you have a good computer just upgrade to a new version!

Answer 4

Will you have warranty and access to tech support with these will you have a company that will stand by the products even though you have combined them with other brands? I know that you can get quad core machines now. Here is an example sold at bestbuy

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?...

very impressive specs, only about $200 more than what you are building only slightly smaller hard drive but 3 times more ram I am not sure about all of the rest of the video stuff you describe as I am not that familiar with the video aspects of the computer but I know that this machine would be sweet.

  in the end you know what you use your computer better than anyone else so whatever you decide best wishes  

Answer 5

upgrade  

if  you cant find anything comparative  just upgrade sounds like a d**n fine machine when your done