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    Budget PC - Looking for a good deal

    Trying to get the wife a decent PC for giftmas. She plays Aion on it. (inb4 ppl still play that?) Poor thing is currently using my old HP from '06. (2GB RAM, 250 HD, XP, etc). She really only uses the PC for Aion, streaming anime/Netflix, and listening to music, so I figure this HP I found will be enough for now.

    http://www.officedepot.com/mb/skupage.do?skuid=202615

    6 GB RAM, 1 TB HD, Windows 8 and the integrated Radeon HD card seems more than enough power to run Aion.

    So I ask you, Deal hunters of BG, does that seem like a good deal for a budget PC? I've checked Walmart, Amazon, Newegg, AMA, Frys, Best Buy, and Tigerdirect. That's the best deal I've found given the RAM, HD, and OS. Thanks in advance!

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    http://moofi.woot.com/offers/hp-quad-core-i7-desktop-1
    that budget pc looks pretty poohammers tbh, it might work but its eh.
    what are the specs on the current machine

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    This is the dinosaur I'm currently using.

    http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...roduct=3189598

    Most "web-surfing only" PCs today are more powerful than my old machine, so yeah, long overdue for an upgrade. I took a pretty long break from PC gaming, so I didn't really feel the need to upgrade.

    That deals woot! site is fucking amazing. Why didn't I know of this sooner?!?!

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    woot is greatness wrapped in sarcastic awesome, I go there daily.
    they are currently owned by amazon but operate independently so its a quality show

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    Most of the good PCs within my budget (probably should have listed that in the OP) are sold out. >.< Guess I'll keep checking daily. Still an awesome site.

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    Meh, think I decided I'm going to order the parts separately and build a good PC ourselves. I'll just order the most expensive parts now (processor, graphics card, HD) and do the rest as I go. Really don't want to settle for less, and currently with my budget, I would be doing that big time. Still appreciate the help, Sonocat! Now to skim thru the PC build threads to get a good idea on what I'm doing, lol. First time building a PC.

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