Trying to buy the best Poker Computer - Please help

[winchips]

I am not that great with computers, bit i am buying a new one. It will be used for poker, running pokertracker, listening to music and browsing the internet. Is this what i want? What should I add, or what can i get rid of to make the computer cheaper?

(i know (think) the price is a rip off, but i will get it when deal is running some good specials or maybe you could point me in the right direction.
Thanks

Dell Precision Workstation 370 Qty 1
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.80GHz, 1MB/800, Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, SP2 with Media Unit Price $2,495.00
Catalog Number: 4

Module Description Product Code Sku Id

Precision 370 Desktop Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.80GHz, 1MB/800 328D1 [221-4909] 1

Operating Systems Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, SP2 with Media XPP2E [420-4860] 11

Memory 512MB, 400MHz, DDR2 SDRAM Memory, NECC (2 DIMMS) 512N2 [310-5293] 3

Keyboard Entry Level, PS/2, No Hot Keys E [310-1609] 4

Monitors Dell 20 inch UltraSharp™ 2001FP Flat Panel, adjustable stand, VGA/DVI 2001FPH [320-1577] 5

Graphics Card 128MB PCIe x16 ATI FireGL V3100, Dual VGA or DVI + VGA Capable ATI128 [312-0261] 6

Boot Hard Drive 80GB SATA, 7200 RPM Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst Cache™ without RAID 80SAT [341-0502] 8

Hard Drive Configuration C1 All SATA drives, Non-RAID, 1 or 2 drive total configuration SATA12 [341-1259] 9

Floppy Drive Options 3.5 inch 1.44MB Floppy Drive FD [341-0497] 10

Mouse Dell USB 2-Button Mechanical Mouse with Scroll ELD [310-5203] 12

File System NTFS File System NTFS [420-3699] 13

CD-ROM, DVD and Read-Write Devices 48X/32X CD-RW CDRW [341-0473] 16

Sound Sound Blaster* Audigy™ 2 (D), w/Dolby Digital 5.1 & IEEE1394a SBA2 [312-0267] 17

Speakers No Speaker option N [313-2663] 18

Resource CD Resources CD contains Diagnostics and Driver for Precision Systems RCD [310-5419] 21

Hardware Support Services 3 Year On-site Economy Plan W3YOS
[980-7000][980-7002] 29

Onsite System Setup No Onsite System Setup NOINSTL [900-9987] 32

Quick Reference Guide Quick Reference Guide REF [310-5428] 40

2nd Monitor Dell 20 inch UltraSharp™ 2001FP Flat Panel, adjustable stand, VGA/DVI 2001FPH [320-1577] 45

Mail- In Rebate None NONE [463-1832] 81
Special Offer $300 Instant Savings DISC299 [463-9734] 120

[obsidian]

Well first off, you don't want a Precision. I would suggest the Dimension series. The Dimension 4700 would be fine. I would suggest a 3.2GHz cpu, 1GB ram, 80GB hard drive, and a DVD burner if you want or at least a combo drive.

And lastly, if you purchase it soon (as in today), use this coupon code for $500 off the base price: XG1QJPXFCGPLB2

Watch this place for more Dell deals: http://www.gottadeal.com/dell.php

Oh, and if you want get a bigger hard drive of course. 80GB is fairly small by today's standards.

[winchips]

thanks for your help, maybe i will order it today and only get one monitor since they are expensive and pick up the other later.

Whats the diffence between Precision and Dimension series. The Dimension 4700 would be fine.

[obsidian]

The Precision series are workstations usually equipped with some nice 3D cards to do things like CAD and video editing. The Dimension is more for home users.

I forgot to say this but if you want more than one monitor you will need to upgrade the video card in the Dell screen. The Dimension 4700 lets you upgrade to the ATI X300 and the GeForce 6800. The 6800 will be a lot better for the newer games out there but if you don't play them this isn't an issue.

Also, Digital Tigers has some very nice computers but they will be more expensive than the Dell.

[pokahpro]

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I am not that great with computers, bit i am buying a new one. It will be used for poker, running pokertracker, listening to music and browsing the internet. Is this what i want? What should I add, or what can i get rid of to make the computer cheaper?


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Hmmm... I use an old HP VEctra 333 MHz. Multitable (4) PokerStars just fine. Paradise is the only site I've used so far that is slooooow, I can only single table there...

I'm not trying to say don't buy the fastest computer you can afford (go for it), but you don't *need* much.

Now, running Pokertracker, imports take forever but otherwise it seems to work fine on about a 10K hand database.

[spoohunter]

It will be used for poker, running pokertracker, listening to music and browsing the internet.

If that is all you really don't need much. Get an old 1,000 ghz, hopped up on ram and give er. You'll want the bare minimum of windows crap on it if you can. You shouldn't have to spend even 1k.