It seems to me that the one on the left has better traits overall... except for the graphics card. Do you think that this is bad enough of a failing point to warrant going with the right instead?

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

May 29 2010 01:38 GMT

If you aren't going to buy a video card for the intel go for the amd or it probably won't run sc2 at all

wanderer

United States641 Posts

May 29 2010 01:38 GMT

The thing says Integrated Video... which makes me think that it doesn't allow for a replacement card. That might explain why its built for Office use.

Jonoman92

United States9110 Posts

May 29 2010 01:39 GMT

Well what will you be using it for?

Seems like the iBUYPOWER is a better buy because you can actually run decent games such as... sc2 on it.

Jonoman92

United States9110 Posts

May 29 2010 01:39 GMT

On May 29 2010 10:38 wanderer wrote:
The thing says Integrated Video... which makes me think that it doesn't allow for a replacement card. That might explain why its built for Office use.

Well it has a PCI-e x16 expansion slot so I'm pretty sure it'd support a video card. I think it's funny that the office pc has 6GB RAM though, seems excessive.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

May 29 2010 01:40 GMT

wanderer: you can replace it with a dedicated card, it just means the GPU it comes with is on the mobo.

Ursad0n

United States523 Posts

May 29 2010 01:40 GMT

Build one yourself, its easy and for that money you could get a computer better than either one of those.

wanderer

United States641 Posts

May 29 2010 01:41 GMT

The only real shortcoming that I can see between the left computer is the video card, or lack thereof.

The one on the right looks setup and ready to go, but the one on the left is better in almost every category... its just the video card.

mmp

United States2130 Posts

May 29 2010 01:43 GMT

On May 29 2010 10:40 Ursad0n wrote:
Build one yourself, its easy and for that money you could get a computer better than either one of those.

Agreed. You can build better on this budget.

wanderer

United States641 Posts

May 29 2010 01:51 GMT

#10

But I don't know how! ":D

Ursad0n

United States523 Posts

May 29 2010 02:10 GMT

#11

On May 29 2010 10:51 wanderer wrote:
But I don't know how! ":D

I just built mine with 0 knowledge, look at fragkrag's thread and the "ultimate computer build thread." They are both very helpful

SoManyDeadLings

Canada255 Posts

May 29 2010 02:21 GMT

#12

You won't be able to play any games on the Integrated Intel Chipset, at least not on any decent settings.

On the other hand, the i3 + 6 GB of RAM beats the A II 250 + 4 GB any day.

wanderer

United States641 Posts

May 29 2010 02:25 GMT

#13

If I bought a graphics card, say this one, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125238&, which has the highest price rating on that newegg widget, would it work? The power supply is like 220W and I'm certain that the graphics card will require more than that.

Saturnize

United States2473 Posts

May 29 2010 02:43 GMT

#14

Give the money to charity imo.

wanderer

United States641 Posts

May 29 2010 03:10 GMT

#15

On May 29 2010 11:43 Saturnize wrote:
Give the money to charity imo.

That's like telling a person living in poverty to give his paycheck to the Red Cross.

Raydog

United States632 Posts

May 29 2010 03:50 GMT

#16

The one on the right IBUYPOWER has a radeon 5450, the other one has integrated graphics..

so if its for sc2 then the right i think would be better? forumers help me out on this one

wanderer

United States641 Posts

May 29 2010 05:20 GMT

#17

Bump for the sake of a more decisive answer to the question.

PS: gogo jaedong!

AyeH

United States534 Posts

May 29 2010 05:54 GMT

#18

oops i voted for the gateway on accident. i meant to vote for the ibuypower one.

Zhek

Canada342 Posts

May 29 2010 06:06 GMT

#19

iBUYPOWER, obviously. I'd rather have a ATI graphic card than an Intel.

sob3k

United States7572 Posts

May 29 2010 06:22 GMT

#20

THESE COMPUTERS WILL NOT BE CAPABLE OF PLAYING MUCH OF ANYTHING.

go into one of the many build thread and ask for some help putting together your own comp.

its REALLY easy, all you do is connect like 5 components, if you can dress yourself, you can put together a computer...there is no soldering or hacking involved..lol

if you build your own it will be 3x better for the same cost.