I'm tired of having a computer that's incapable of running certain applications. I've decided that I want to buy a super computer that's not going to get obsolete quickly. I'm willing to spend $4,000. The question is... what should I get? Some people have told me to build my own and some people told me to buy a name brand computer. What should I do? If I build my own, where should I get the parts? If I buy a name brand computer, which brand should I go with? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks!

I've decided that I want to buy a super computer that's not going to get obsolete quickly. Like cars, computers are also ubiquitous and become obsolete at an astounding rate. i_XpUser

I've noticed that computers get obsolete "less fast" than they used to. Also, computers are a lot cheaper than they used to be. A $4,000 investment might buy lots of bells and whistles but may not be much of a headge against obsolesence. What are you using the computer for? That might help determine what you should have and how much you should spend to get it.

Build it you can build an awesome computer for half that you would spend on a namebrand 3/4 of the time, plus when building it you know what exactly what you are getting. If you are willing to shell out 2 grand get and wait for the Intel Core Duo 2 E6700 processor on the Intel 975x chipset that can supports Core Duo 2. Nvidia 7950 GX2, 2gb DDR2 800, pair of SATA II 300 gigs hard drives running Raid 0 and a 500w ATX 2.02 sli ready power supply. Or wait for AMD's AM2 4x4 with two cpu sockets and put in 2 AMD 64 X2 4800+ AM2 processors. Nvidia 7950 GX2, 2gb DDR2 800, pair of SATA II 300 gigs hard drives running Raid 0 and a 500w ATX 2.02 sli ready power supply. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ OC 2.7ghz 2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 7800GT SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0 Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

If I were you I would let the 4K earn additional interest. In terms of obsolency the odds are very much against you. Are you aware that <i?none of the best hardware designed especially to play the best Windows Vista bells & whistles are even marketed at present time? i_XpUser

Generic PCs are much more amenable to being upgraded, when the time does come. Upgrading a PC from a maufacturer is at best a complicated job, and can turn into a disaster for the uninitiated. I would suggest building your own for about $2000 and then put away the other $2000 for upgrading. But, as Badboy said, PCs don't become obsolete nearly as fast as they used to. Do yourself a favor BACKUP! Sorry, I do not check for private messages

"I've noticed that computers get obsolete "less fast" than they used to." That's because there hasn't been a new OS to supercede XP in more than 5 years, which is very very unlike M$.