zakdoc89
Senior Member
.... Happy new year fellow geeks....
A Cuz of mines is looking for a desktop computer for home.. she is a girl gamer.... and her dad usually used to buy her pc's from Incredible or Makro, brands like Fujitsu or Packard Bell etc.. . They've preferred the Brick and mortar stores. . As they like the warranty and the fact that the system is ready to roll.. no real setup needed....
Basically it's upgrade time now.. after 3/4 years and she wants something that will last equally long she had a Q6600 and a pretty decent midrange graphics card.... I suggested going for a custom built machine.. which I can easily do.. but they prefer going for a prebuilt branded pc.. with a good warranty. She hasn't done any hardware upgrades to her old machine and I doubt she will in the new one..
She does use the PC a helluva lot.. both for gaming... and school work.. I dunno how demanding the likes of Harry potter and Lego etc are.. but she has a younger brother who I'm sure in a couple of years is going to start with COD.. and Crysis. .
I suggested they look for something with at least an i7 3770 at least 8GB RAM and a nvidia GT 650 graphics card. And decent hard drive space 1TB+
As you can imagine... the Brick and Mortar stores have nothing with that kind of hardware.. and the best they could find was an i5 Fujitsu with not so appealing specs...
I gave them a breakdown of a decent budget gaming pc from the Evetch website.... but the case was pretty drab and the lack of a "Trusted" Brand on the box is somewhat of an issue...
Is there anywhere you guys suggest I look... or should I be the bearer of bad news and tell them the desktop is dead... Buy a Mac.. or a Laptop...
I was thinking of suggesting alienware.. but I am quite certain the price is probably not very appealing. ..
Budget is around R6500 but it is a little stretchable.....
If the dealers out there want to send me a quote to.. I would be greatful...
A Cuz of mines is looking for a desktop computer for home.. she is a girl gamer.... and her dad usually used to buy her pc's from Incredible or Makro, brands like Fujitsu or Packard Bell etc.. . They've preferred the Brick and mortar stores. . As they like the warranty and the fact that the system is ready to roll.. no real setup needed....
Basically it's upgrade time now.. after 3/4 years and she wants something that will last equally long she had a Q6600 and a pretty decent midrange graphics card.... I suggested going for a custom built machine.. which I can easily do.. but they prefer going for a prebuilt branded pc.. with a good warranty. She hasn't done any hardware upgrades to her old machine and I doubt she will in the new one..
She does use the PC a helluva lot.. both for gaming... and school work.. I dunno how demanding the likes of Harry potter and Lego etc are.. but she has a younger brother who I'm sure in a couple of years is going to start with COD.. and Crysis. .
I suggested they look for something with at least an i7 3770 at least 8GB RAM and a nvidia GT 650 graphics card. And decent hard drive space 1TB+
As you can imagine... the Brick and Mortar stores have nothing with that kind of hardware.. and the best they could find was an i5 Fujitsu with not so appealing specs...
I gave them a breakdown of a decent budget gaming pc from the Evetch website.... but the case was pretty drab and the lack of a "Trusted" Brand on the box is somewhat of an issue...
Is there anywhere you guys suggest I look... or should I be the bearer of bad news and tell them the desktop is dead... Buy a Mac.. or a Laptop...
I was thinking of suggesting alienware.. but I am quite certain the price is probably not very appealing. ..
Budget is around R6500 but it is a little stretchable.....
If the dealers out there want to send me a quote to.. I would be greatful...
) so that should save him some $$$