[talldude123]

I need a computer that will run Photoshop, surf the web, play older games from 2003, and basically work...

I was looking at this Acer Aspire and i thought it looked OK...
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...0076996&catid=

It has a Celeron D 3.2, 512MB RAM, 160GB HD, and a crappy video chipset with AGP8X capability.

Would this be a good system for light photo editing and gaming? If needed, I'll add on a cheap video card to it, but how does it look for $400? Better than what i can get from Dell?

[Jorsoft]

I fix too many Acers to recommend them to people unless you're truly strapped for cash. Even for $400 I don't think that's too good, you could get a better Compaq for about the same $.
I'm at work right now unfortunately but I'll look for some stuff for ya later tonight.

[Lonewolf5460]

hate to say it to you talldude but do you want to build it yourself may be able to make an sempron or a possible amd 64 system if you build it yourself.Do you need a whole system or just the tower?I really dont know canadian prices on parts though.

But if not it looks ok for what you want to do maybe and upgrade to a graphics card and another 512 of ram later on.

[Nitestick]

talldude i think it is finally time to stop praying at the temple of Celeron. look at a Sempron. Semprons may lose out in some artificial benchmarks but i will vouch for them in pretty much all real life situations.

[Shumway]

What can you use from your old setup?

[Jorsoft]

If you want to go the pre built route the Compaq SR1930Z looks very good, it's an Athlon 64 system and starts at US$319 direct, now that's not bad. Check out Compaq's site for canadian prices etc. but that seems a fine way to go.

Or like Shumway's saying, what can you reuse and you can try your hand at building a system.

[toniaxp]

Compaq is not to bad of system though I dont care for the fact that they are now owned by HP. I had a system from before the HP take over and it lasted me a good 4 years.

[gmanych]

Ok Dude, I have said this so many times "Build It". I will give you a list of parts and if you still insist on getting a pre-built system I can still help you if you email me at gmanych@hotmail.com.

Cpu: AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 256KB L2 Cache Skt 754 - $40
Mobo: ASUS K8U-X Socket 754 ULi M1689 ATX Motherboard - $44
Graphics: PNY GF 6600 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 - $52
Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 Black Aluminum Bezel - $45
Psu: LOGISYS Computer 550 Watts Power Supply With SATA - $20
Ram: PNY Optima 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 - $60
Optical: MadDog Black 16X DVD+R - $29
HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB 7200 RPM 8MB - $55
Os: Microsoft Windows XP Home - $87

Total: $432

Doing this you will get alot more power from this than a pre-built system. All this information was found on,

www.newegg.com

[Jorsoft]

That's nice system for $400 but unfortuantely Newegg doesn't ship to Canada....

[Trotter]

eMachines T6216RA AMD Athlon 64 3200+
On Sale: $399.99
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...gon=&langid=EN

And a $25 dollar off coupon code:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/marketing/coupon_sept/en/

Take the RAM you have now and pop into it. It uses the GeForce 6100 chipset, so it has a PCI-E slot. 160gig hard drive. Double-layer DVD burner.

Or you can buy a new mobo, CPU, and hard drive. Maybe a case and PSU as well.