Slyde Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 My friend wants to get a new pc but is too noob to build it himself. He decides to order it from the dell website. Now i got two questions here. I added up the price if i were to get it manually and found the dell was quite a bit cheaper. Now i thought it was going to be way overpriced. Second question is, the set up is an i7 + 4850 and it has a 360w PSU. It might be a typo (which i doubt) but can the thing actually run? http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/p...=dhs&~ck=mn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA Don Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I definitely wouldn't recommend it. The minimum I'd go for is a 450w. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyde Posted February 2, 2009 Author Share Posted February 2, 2009 Nvm the retarted price of i7 mobos must of been why. But the 360w still seems pretty fucked. What actually happens when you don't have enough power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA Don Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 The power supply overheats and dies thus causing the entire system to turn off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ray Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 The power supply overheats and dies thus causing the entire system to turn off. And loss of work and possibly hard drive data. My entire hard drive was fucked because mine ended in a power surge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 360W psu wow wtf... well thats one weird thing... has he ordered it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstarrem Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I've noticed HP has better options at this point, they're also a lot easier to upgrade, if he wants to game make sure he gets an ATX case or larger. Dell's aren't bad like people say they are, the default OS installation just fucking blows. They load it with a bunch of shit, remind him that. He's going to want to reinstall the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyde Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 ^ Funny you should say that. I just checked out a hp comp. http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/desktop...GM339AA%2523ABA SLI 9800GS. Guess what, 350w PSU. Wtf is going on. Btw my friend found a friend that could do everything for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ray Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 ^ Funny you should say that. I just checked out a hp comp.http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/desktop...GM339AA%2523ABA SLI 9800GS. Guess what, 350w PSU. Wtf is going on. Btw my friend found a friend that could do everything for him. Man, my computer fucking sucks, an old AMD Athlon 1.8 Gig, 64Meg Video Card, 1 DVD Drive, etc., and it has a 450W PSU. But that's also probably because we had someone build it for us. (Not Dell, HP, etc.) ^ Funny you should say that. I just checked out a hp comp.http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/desktop...GM339AA%2523ABA SLI 9800GS. Guess what, 350w PSU. Wtf is going on. Btw my friend found a friend that could do everything for him. Why the 5400 rpm HDD and low speed DVD Burner? P.S., that processor is almost exactly the same one I am going to get. (2.83 GHz, not 2.66, all else is same) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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