Am I an idiot for wanting this computer?
 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883107222

Let me know if there are cheaper alternatives that are pretty similar.

Re: Am I an idiot for wanting this computer?
 

what do you want to do with it?

Re: Am I an idiot for wanting this computer?
 

poker, storage, possibly DVRing/watching tv from the computer to the plasma, light gaming

Re: Am I an idiot for wanting this computer?
 

what about this one?
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_...uct_code=347474

Re: Am I an idiot for wanting this computer?
 

A Core2 Duo E6850 and a nvidia 8800GT graphics card would be more than enough machine for what you want to do.

That HP system isnt bad though.

Re: Am I an idiot for wanting this computer?
 

For $4k you're paying for a high-end cpu and graphics processor, which according your usage is overkill. The video card on that newegg machine is $800 by itself. Unless you need to play the latest games at the highest possible frame rates, I don't think you need to spend more than 1200-1500 for a high-quality machine.

Re: Am I an idiot for wanting this computer?
 

If you're going baller, go Baller...

http://falcon-nw.com/
http://www.voodoopc.com/

Re: Am I an idiot for wanting this computer?
 

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For $4k you're paying for a high-end cpu and graphics processor, which according your usage is overkill. The video card on that newegg machine is $800 by itself. Unless you need to play the latest games at the highest possible frame rates, I don't think you need to spend more than 1200-1500 for a high-quality machine.

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QFT. With this monster you also are going to be wasting a lot of electricity on processing power you will never use.

Hardware companies love charging huge premiums for bleeding edge processors/graphics cards that are completely unnecessary. You pay a 100%+ premium in price for a 10-20% increase in performance. For some hobbiests this is important, but for any normal user (ie you) it isn't.

Re: Am I an idiot for wanting this computer?
 

Im not sure that the graphics card is great at games, it is great at running 4 displays though, and that is why it costs 800 bucks.

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For $4k you're paying for a high-end cpu and graphics processor, which according your usage is overkill. The video card on that newegg machine is $800 by itself. Unless you need to play the latest games at the highest possible frame rates, I don't think you need to spend more than 1200-1500 for a high-quality machine.

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QFT. With this monster you also are going to be wasting a lot of electricity on processing power you will never use.

Hardware companies love charging huge premiums for bleeding edge processors/graphics cards that are completely unnecessary. You pay a 100%+ premium in price for a 10-20% increase in performance. For some hobbiests this is important, but for any normal user (ie you) it isn't.

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For $1600 you can build your own INCREDIBLE beast of a machine (w/o monitor). Building a rig is not hard at all and you get to choose what goes into it, as well as learning how to work on your own rig if/when you ever encounter problems.