Any of you ever buy something from QVC?

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... you're considering a computer from QVC... (course could be worse, could be an old couple who paid over a grand for a 10+ year old [new in box] computer from the home shopping network :D, came in to get a printer only to realize none of them supported parrallel anymore.)

It's probably this one based on the specs
HP - Pavilion Elite Desktop with AMD Phenom™ X4 9750 Quad-Core Processor - m9500y

For bout 839$ , monitor runs about 400 or so (hp brand and all), so technically you'd be paying retail plus 70$ to ship it (best buy would charge bout 30$ to ship the same thing).
 
kblessinggr said:
... you're considering a computer from QVC... (course could be worse, could be an old couple who paid over a grand for a 10+ year old [new in box] computer from the home shopping network :D, came in to get a printer only to realize none of them supported parrallel anymore.)

It's probably this one based on the specs
HP - Pavilion Elite Desktop with AMD Phenom™ X4 9750 Quad-Core Processor - m9500y

For bout 839$ , monitor runs about 400 or so (hp brand and all), so technically you'd be paying retail plus 70$ to ship it (best buy would charge bout 30$ to ship the same thing).
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I know, I know...that's my dilemma...only chumps buy shit from QVC.

But take the link you sent me, throw in a big ass 24" monitor and a blu ray drive and it seems like a pretty good deal. But I can't seem to get over the fact that it's on QVC.
 
subigo said:
You can build that same thing, with monitor, for under $600.

Edit: okay, maybe not $600, but I did it on newegg for under $800
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I'll have to take a look. I figured the monitor and bluray would throw it over the top...or close to what they are asking for this.
 
I bought a gps from their website before. It was a good deal and a good product and they shipped quickly so no complaints. I think qvc is only scary on a white trash level because of the ridiculous financing and payment plans they advertise and push with every product over the tv. Which makes you really wonder if the people who buy from them understand math when they buy some kitchen knives set for only 3 easy payments of 39.95! It makes you extra careful cus you don't want to be one of those people lol. It couldn't hurt to shop around or compare with a custom built of course. It is a nice computer other then its an HP.
 
Ya, probably will shop around a bit. Someone I know actually ordered it...so I promptly called them a sucker when I found out they ordered it from QVC. When I looked at what they were getting, it actually seemed like a good deal and made me consider it. Then I thought I was a sucker.

I'll poke around and see what the build prices look like for something remotely close.
 
I don't know about QVC but this looks like a really good deal. I don't think you could even buy the parts from newegg and build it for cheaper(counting OS and everything).
 
Hrm... How's the power supply? It's not noted on the page. It may not be able to handle everything in it, though, it wouldn't be much to upgrade it.
 
With any computer you can buy off the shelf you can build a better quality rig for less then what they'll charge you. Although i don't have time right now to go through all the configuration, it seems you could get the computer plus 2, 22" monitors for less than what they are charging.

The ram will be generic shit, so that can go. That video card is shit, and you can get a nice ATI HD 4850 for like $120 from newegg. They have a 22" acer on newegg for $140 including shipping, I have one of them and it kicks ass.

The power supply is probably 350 some-odd watts. Not near enough to power your rig. That'll have to go.


If you can, roll your own, it might be marginally cheaper but it'll be way better quality. Buying pre built will get you the shaft.
 
Hey seems like a decent deal.

Building your own PC will yield more bang for the buck. And really could be good learning experience.

I would build your own so you can do at least a mild over clock to the processor and ram. It makes awesome performance difference, you can feel.

HP,Dell, Compaq are not ment to be over clocked.

I actually have a HP computer like 6 months old. 2.2 Dual core, With some windows software I have it over clocked to 2.8ghz which also overclocks MHZ of the 4gb of ram. But because the mother board BIOS and power supply in HP is not ever ment to over clock, and its risky even doing it I wouldn't recommend that route.

LoL when I first try to overclock i had to push the HP till it clipped off or locked up to see how far I could go. Wow that was some scary shit with my brand new PC I just spent 2 weeks setting up software on.

Been running everyday sometimes 5 days strait with it OCed to 2.8 , ram OCed plus a video card that's overclocked as well.

Got this 32bit HP shit juiced to the max. I actually worry about leaving it on at night that its gunna explode and burn my place to the ground. :eek7:

Should hold me over for another year or so.

Im only 24 years old and I remember when i was kid first computer I had was like 256mb of ram now were talking 12gb+ systems. Thats 46 times the amount of ram in like 8 years of advancement. In another 8-10 years ram will be in the Tera Byte not Giga im sure of it.


Check this crazy PC, Step yo game up boi

http://cgi.ebay.com/OVERCLOCKED-DESKTOP-PC-i7-LIQUID-COOLED-ALIENWARE-CASE_W0QQitemZ260430299783QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item3ca2db0287&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1234|240%3A1309|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50
 
CapitalVentures said:
Hey seems like a decent deal.

Building your own PC will yield more bang for the buck. And really could be good learning experience.

I would build your own so you can do at least a mild over clock to the processor and ram. It makes awesome performance difference, you can feel.

HP,Dell, Compaq are not ment to be over clocked.

I actually have a HP computer like 6 months old. 2.2 Dual core, With some windows software I have it over clocked to 2.8ghz which also overclocks MHZ of the 4gb of ram. But because the mother board BIOS and power supply in HP is not ever ment to over clock, and its risky even doing it I wouldn't recommend that route.

LoL when I first try to overclock i had to push the HP till it clipped off or locked up to see how far I could go. Wow that was some scary shit with my brand new PC I just spent 2 weeks setting up software on.

Been running everyday sometimes 5 days strait with it OCed to 2.8 , ram OCed plus a video card that's overclocked as well.

Got this 32bit HP shit juiced to the max. I actually worry about leaving it on at night that its gunna explode and burn my place to the ground. :eek7:

Should hold me over for another year or so.

Im only 24 years old and I remember when i was kid first computer I had was like 256mb of ram now were talking 12gb+ systems. Thats 46 times the amount of ram in like 8 years of advancement. In another 8-10 years ram will be in the Tera Byte not Giga im sure of it.


Check this crazy PC, Step yo game up boi

http://cgi.ebay.com/OVERCLOCKED-DESKTOP-PC-i7-LIQUID-COOLED-ALIENWARE-CASE_W0QQitemZ260430299783QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item3ca2db0287&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1234|240%3A1309|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50
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That looks sooooo damn yummy! I need one!@
 
You guys have got nothing to complain about, the prices we pay for laptops here in oz is bullshit.
 
Yeah I bought one of the Anthony Robbins CD set a few years back. Never got motivated enough to listen to more than 1 cd.
 
Dancing Mad said:
Hrm... How's the power supply? It's not noted on the page. It may not be able to handle everything in it, though, it wouldn't be much to upgrade it.
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It's an HP ready built. It's made to handle everything in it right out of the box.

That being said, don't be lazy and just build your own. It's not hard. Rage nailed it. You can get so much more computer and better components if you do it yourself.

As CV said there it's a learning experience. I actually love putting PCs together. All the shiny new components, doing up the wiring in heat shrink, putting in insane hardware and cooling. It's fucking great. You get exactly what you want out of the machine plus you can upgrade components at your leisure.

HP monitors are pretty decent, but seriously, go buy the Dell 2408.
 
As others have said, building PCs (or paying someone a bit of money to assemble one for you) always yields better price performance. Warranties are a nice draw for pre-built machines, but that one only has a one-year warranty, and the components you can buy off of newegg almost always can be RMA'd.
 
QVC is up there with amazon and overstock IMO. Totally legit. Maybe even better on customer service. I had some sort of issue a while back with the ordering and I wound up getting two of the same item. They refunded me one and didn't even require that I send it back. (I think the mess up was even my fault).
 
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