I hear what you are saying, and on most levels I agree. However alenware, from what I understand is far from "junk". They use top quality components, this might lead to their products seemingly "over-priced", and I am sure I could "build" the system for less, but it isn't about the stylistic case. It is about my time being money. I would rather just be able to buy the system outright. I know someday I have to build a system, but I don't really want to worry about seprate pieces and their compatabilities right now.

They used to, and I was gonna get one, but they got bought by Dell which means they now use Dell "high" quality components - you can't trust them anymore. The best are small specialised companies if you don't want to build yourself, such as Savrow.

I hear what you are saying, and on most levels I agree. However alenware, from what I understand is far from "junk". They use top quality components, this might lead to their products seemingly "over-priced", and I am sure I could "build" the system for less, but it isn't about the stylistic case. It is about my time being money. I would rather just be able to buy the system outright. I know someday I have to build a system, but I don't really want to worry about seprate pieces and their compatabilities right now.

They used to, and I was gonna get one, but they got bought by Dell which means they now use Dell "high" quality components - you can't trust them anymore. The best are small specialised companies if you don't want to build yourself, such as Savrow.

They used to, and I was gonna get one, but they got bought by Dell which means they now use Dell "high" quality components - you can't trust them anymore. The best are small specialised companies if you don't want to build yourself, such as Savrow.

"Ok so video editing = dual core processor. The amd 64x2 is the highest performance cpu,they start around $299 for the 3800+. As far as your Hyper Threading & clock speed concrns neither of these will be a factor in the performance of the computer any longer. Clock speed is not a measure of performance for a cpu and hyperthreading is old technology (used to simulate proccessing with two cores, which is the point of dual core proccessors).

For the graphics card atleast 7600 or x1600 gpu, although I reccommend going for 7900gt or x1800 (these go for about $300 starting).

An SLI mother board is probably the best way to go for upgrades/expansion in the future. Which might be why nvidia is the best way to go as far as the gpu. Asrock has a very nice sli mother board for about $82, it supports the full 32 lane pci-express and has sata raid. This mother board also has a cpu expansion slot (for the release of AM2)

As far as ram goes standard ddr is required. Gskill has 1gb sticks starting at about $80. 1gb should start you off just fine. Getting 1gb sticks will save you money on upgardes later on.

Any standard Harddrive will work fine.
Any atx case is fine.

NewEgg.com is the best place to buy your hardware (awesome customer service & best prices)

Now if all of this is too much (ie you dont feel like building a computer yourself such as evenstar has just pointed out to me) then walk into your local best buy & take a look at the Gateway or Hewlett-Packard computers. The m7470n (HP), gm5072, gt5058, or gt5056 (Gateways) will all work for you just as well (and save you some trouble). Even on pre-built systems the graphics cards listed are still reccommended"

-says my boyfriend, the computer salesman/junkie. hope that helps.

I hear what you are saying, and on most levels I agree. However alenware, from what I understand is far from "junk". They use top quality components, this might lead to their products seemingly "over-priced", and I am sure I could "build" the system for less, but it isn't about the stylistic case. It is about my time being money. I would rather just be able to buy the system outright. I know someday I have to build a system, but I don't really want to worry about seprate pieces and their compatabilities right now.

Hey there, here is a call out to all geeks.

I am looking for my next desktop computer.

I want something that will not be old by the time it gets to my house.

I would like Hyperthreading.

3+gig CPU, and it MUST have Matching Ram!

A good chip package would be nice.

What would you get?

Hey there, here is a call out to all geeks.

I am looking for my next desktop computer.

I want something that will not be old by the time it gets to my house.

I would like Hyperthreading.

3+gig CPU, and it MUST have Matching Ram!

A good chip package would be nice.

What would you get?

Sounds to me like you WANT a Mac.

Sounds to me like you WANT a Mac.

What I wanted was an IBM, but it seems their website is only doing "business" machines now. They outsource their personal computers to another company, and I don't know what that means. Also, to many of their "media computers" are running media addition windows, and that's for the brain dead user. That isn't me.