i spent a whack load of money 4ish years ago on a Dell Inspiron 9400
2500+ and it's actually been worth the money
it's tapped out at 2gb ram, and core 2 duo (t7200, 2.0ghz) still performs pretty well
the video card is showing it's age (nvidia 7900gs) but still will run most modern games, but at lower resolutions, and tons of effects off
the ram is starting to show its age, and is starting to throw BSOD when too much of it's used (i assume memory hardware issues with this)
so long story short, I'm looking to replace the Dell with a comparable system
17" screen (1920x1080, 1920x1200)
decent speakers at least
I'd like a good gaming video card, despite the fact I'm not sure how much more gaming I'll do on it
hard disk space is kind of a non-issue, as I haven't ever filled the 160gb on this box
I use my current laptop as a mobile Media Center as well as a gaming machine
looking at an Asus g73jh now, but open to other possibilities
anything in the 1200-1700 range would be fine (work kicks in roughly 1200ish towards the machine)
2500+ and it's actually been worth the money
it's tapped out at 2gb ram, and core 2 duo (t7200, 2.0ghz) still performs pretty well
the video card is showing it's age (nvidia 7900gs) but still will run most modern games, but at lower resolutions, and tons of effects off
the ram is starting to show its age, and is starting to throw BSOD when too much of it's used (i assume memory hardware issues with this)
so long story short, I'm looking to replace the Dell with a comparable system
17" screen (1920x1080, 1920x1200)
decent speakers at least
I'd like a good gaming video card, despite the fact I'm not sure how much more gaming I'll do on it
hard disk space is kind of a non-issue, as I haven't ever filled the 160gb on this box
I use my current laptop as a mobile Media Center as well as a gaming machine
looking at an Asus g73jh now, but open to other possibilities
anything in the 1200-1700 range would be fine (work kicks in roughly 1200ish towards the machine)