Need some advice or pointed in the right direction

[elderboy02]

Here you go Mickey: http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0373549

Micro Center also has a 20" HP montor for like $89.99

[irratebass]

Originally Posted by Silound

IB -

Your basic problem here will be the cost of the monitor...typically a 19" screen will add anywhere from 50-300 to the cost of the overall computer (depending on brand, specs, and quality).

Microsoft Word typically will cost more, as most computers come bundled with a basic trial version. Full upgrades, even with the price deal from a computer purchase, will cost about 100-400 more depending on which version of Office you're getting.

If you tell me a bit more about what you're going to do with it (Youtube, games, browsing the net, watching DVDs, using it as a home entertainment device, etc etc), I can offer some suggestions, but a $650 top end may curtail what kind of computer you can get depending on what you use it for.

Word I understand will be something that will have to be purchased extra, that I will have to explain to the wife.

This will basically be a computer for surfing the web, updating resumes, youtube, very little gaming.....so not looking for a home entertainment center or anything jut a nice computer that will last and give me plenty of memory and space.....does that make sense?

The $650 pricetag is kind of the cap that wifey has not objected to.

Originally Posted by elderboy02

Here you go Mickey: http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0373549

Micro Center also has a 20" HP montor for like $89.99

Wow, this is nice....thanks Dan!

[shark]

I recently upgraded to a Gateway SX2855-UB22P that I bought turnkey from Best Buy. It's running Windows 7 Home Premium (64 Bit), an Intel Core i3 processor at 3.1 Ghz, a 1 TB hard drive, 4GB of DDR3 memory, a DVD player/burner. Only kinda weak point I see so far is the Intel integrated video. Not really an issue since I do no gaming, but it handles HD video and the like really well, IMO. It didn't come with a full Microsoft Office package, however. Hey, I'm happy with it, since the prior machine was a 900 Mhz Celeron machine with a 20 Gb Seagate HD and 512 MB of the old RAM I don't recall the exact spec of, other than the front side bus was only 100 MhZ...