i need computer advise

As a long time user and one who uses one for work, my thoughts are this. On the perbiults you get alot of stuff you don't use,true ,but you never know how your tastes and needs might change in the future! If you have one built according to your present need, things may change and then to add on to one you built It'll cost you more! Think about it, just the office program cost 300 dollars! Hope I helped ya! tdemex

Its true, that prebuilt PC's come with a load of guff, that most people dont actually need. I've only ever bought one pre-build and that was a nice and reliable HP Pavilion. On that occasion i bought it because it was urgent and i managed to haggle the store down by £150 as a display unit and it had some deffections, which they recommended the warranty for. I had no intention of buying their crappy warranty and promptly fixed it myself in less than 5mins. Aside from that i have always built them myself. I couldn't even begin to estimate the number i have built over the past decade through work, friends and family. The difference is, if you are going to have it built to your specs by someone else, consider the following: What you want from the PC now, might not be the same as you do in the future. When you buy a pre-build the parts are generic and easily replaceable either by the seller within the warranty, or you outside. If its a custom build does the seller offer a proper warranty. More importantly can you be sure it won't be built using crappy sub-standard parts and those which are awkward to source in case of failure. Many 'cowboy' outfits charge the client an amount which is less than the pre-build by maybe 50-100. The client thinks its great financially, but in reality the saving is not just afforded by the lack of unnecessary hardware and software found in the pre-builds, but also because the parts that ARE used are cheap and poor quality. Alot of it will boil down to how reliable your chosen tech/store is.

If you have more memory you get faster speed in the computer.512 mb ram is recommended for your type of usage.also for the hard disk you could get a 80 gb hard disk.you should also have a good processor speed to give you smooth and fast performance.

That should be fine, as long as you have a graphics card and sound card integrated right on your motherboard. I suggest you purchasing a 250gb Hard drive, an Intel Dual Core processor, and AT LEAST 2gb of ram, if you are planning on running vista, or 1gb of ram for xp. If you need any help purchasing parts, just ask me, and i'll do the best that i can.