What's the best computer package to buy with $700?

Just looking for a nice monitor and tower. My current pc is outdated with only 1.6ghz and 250mb ram. Please help...|||The monitor (at least the flat ones anyway) will eat up the majority of that budget. You may be better off simply buying some ram sticks and a new chip (if the socket type hasn't been discontinued). I hear that HP and Acer are making a couple cheaper budget computers with integrated video hardware but when it comes to a tower integrated it usually a nono although the x3100 is a phenomenal performer for a integrated chipset. If you absolutely need a new machine, building your own will give you the very biggest bang for your buck, perhaps talk to your local computer shop (not best buy, but a REAL computer shop) often small shops can offer a very agressively priced machine as long as you don't mind a very plane looking tower case.|||Go to www.newegg.com and buy the computer that matches $700. They give you the most bang for the buck, so do it now.





I added a pc and a monitor for your reference. I know, I know... you're welcome.|||Well, this is the best deal I have seen in a long time! Its got 2 gigs DDR2-RAM, 320 gig HD, and a DVD-RW Drive, and a Dual Core Intel processor! I put a 19 inch LCD monitor below it, in case you want one of those too.





Computer:


http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/鈥?/a>





LCD monitor:


http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/鈥?/a>|||i would go with hp|||The current PC sounds fine to me, unless you are gaming.


IF gaming select one with a decent video card otherwise a 2.0MHZ with 500mb and a 120GB HD should be fine, for a long time.





Compare the packages and select from there, you can always upgrade as well, a 700 dollar upgrade would work as well depending on the CPU and memory chipset!|||Monitor suggestion: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/鈥?/a>


Tower:


1.Mobo/cpu combo:http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/鈥?/a>


2.Ram: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/鈥?/a> ( 2GB's of Dual Channel DDR2 800MHz)


or http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/鈥?/a> (2GB's of Dual Channel DDR2 800MHz)


3.Case/PSU: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/鈥?/a> (Comes with 450 watt psu, but i wouldn't trust it!)


4.PSU: (Thermaltake 430 watt) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/鈥?/a>


5.Vid card: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/鈥?/a>


With your harddrive, and the installed OS,(course WE are talkin' Windows, right?), plus your cd/dvd-rom drive/s, it comes to $673 with the Corsair XMS2 DHX Dual Channel ram,(2GB's), or $683 with the Corsair TwinX Dual Channel ram,(2GB's) All performance ram, all overclockable. You'll have a E4500, 2.2GHz ,Core2 Duo cpu, DDR2 ram at 800MHz Dual Channel, Thermaltake 430 watt PSU, EVGA Geforce 8600GTS ,(512MB GDDR3 ram), Dual DVI, HDTV vid card, and a XFS SLI mobo, with two SLI capable PCI-Express x16 slots, plus the 1333MHz FSB this board has.|||If you can reuse your hard drive and optical drives and your OS and your case and your power supply. i will say the following.





200 for the 22" LCD monitor ( on sale )


500 for the desktop following


2GB of DDR2-800 ( $40 )


middle of the road PCIe-video card ( $120 )


Core2Quad Q6600 ( $240 )


Cheap to middle G31 or G33 base motherboard ( ~100 )





If you can not re-use the OS, and drives then everything go down a big notch.|||Dude, if your going to buy a computer, you cant skimp out. You need to suck it up and save up to $900 to get a decent pc if you want a new monitor. If you keep your current monitor, you can get a decent pc for $650+. Dell's inspiron series. ( www.dell.com ) Build one under desktops for home/home office. Upgrade components untill the price is just OVER $1000. Search for $350 off coupon code in google for dell pcs. Enter coupon code at checkout.





for a desktop, decent means:


2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo proccessor or greater


or in the case of AMD, an AMD x2 5000+ or greater





2 GB of DDR2 RAM





128MB video card for non gaming pc


256MB video card for gaming pc





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Note:


Above is -DECENT- for pc. Not crap, not good, and certainly not excellent.





It would be considered time to buy a new one in a few (3)years from now.