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Old 8th Mar 2009, 13:45
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Ok, heres my problem.
I have a preferred account through dell and get discounts, and special offers.
I am starting a new business that will involve making movies and music.
I have already priced a decent computer through dell that should handle what I plan to use it for.
However I know Dell can be high on parts.
Here are the specs I ended up with:
PROCESSOR Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5405 (2.00GHz,2X6M L2,1333)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista Business Bonus-Windows XP Professional downgrade
2ND PROCESSOR Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5405 (2.00GHz,2X6M L2,1333)
PRODUCTIVITY Microsoft® Office 2007 Small Business Edition and Adobe Acrobat 9.0 STD
VIDEO CARD 4GB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro FX5800, Dual Monitor DVI Capable
MEMORY 4GB, DDR2 SDRAM FBD Memory, 667MHz, ECC (8 DIMMS)
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD-ROM with Cyberlink Power DVD™
HARD DRIVE 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s,7200 RPM Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst Cache™
MONITOR FREE! Dell 19 inch™ 1909WFP Widescreen Flat Panel, Analog edit
2ND MONITOR Dell 19 inch E198 Flat Panel, Analog
SOUND Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic(D),Dolby® Digital 5.1,VSTA
$6,076
Price includes peripherals, and a 4 year full service warranty.

Since I am getting a start up loan, the warranty is important, but I also don't want to spend more for less, If there is a better company for this kind of computer that can build me a better one for a similar price.
I also don't really want to build one from scratch, since I get no warranty doing it that way. However I am open to all suggestions.

Any ideas and help are much appreciated.
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Old 8th Mar 2009, 13:53
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Seems like a reasonable price, I know that graphics card is friggin' expensive, and with two Xeons in there, I don't think you'll find a better price prebuilt.
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Old 8th Mar 2009, 15:11
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Default Best Computer for Graphics, Sound and Video

I also found the company ibuypower.com
They have pretty good deals. Are they trustable?
Would this system be comparable/better than the one from dell?
950 watt
[New !!] Intel Core i7 Extreme Processor 965 (4x 3.2GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
[=== Silent ===] Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooling Fan System Kit
Intel DX580SO Intel X58 CrossFire Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Triple-Channel DDR3, Dual Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, Dual PCI-E MB
6 GB [2 GB X3] DDR3-1333 Triple Memory Module
2x ATI Radeon HD 4870-X2 DDR5 2GB PCI-Exp x16 running crossfire mode
1.5 TB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 32M Cache]
2 TB (1 TB x 2) HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache]
[6X Blu-Ray] LG GGW-H20L BLU-RAY Re-Writer & DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive
LG 20X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive
Creative Lab Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series
Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Speakers + Subwoofer
x2 LCD Monitor 20.1" LCD 16:10 Wide WSXGA HD(HDCP) Monitor Support DVI Video up to 1080P(HDMI)
usb hub
12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit

Network 10/100/1000 LAN Surge Protector
=$4,225.00
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Old 8th Mar 2009, 19:11
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Default Best Computer for Graphics, Sound and Video

The dell one is better suited for heavy graphics and video editing. However, they are both very top of the line systems.
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Old 9th Mar 2009, 03:42
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If you are starting a business you should definitely buy the Dell. iBuyPower uses horrible parts and has horrible RMA service.

It looks like a good spec for what you want it to do.
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