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PC gamers, need your help to convince my brother not to buy an alienware com.

Posted on 8/12/12 at 7:31 pm
Posted by LaRon
Member since Mar 2012
863 posts
Posted on 8/12/12 at 7:31 pm
He wants to buy an aurora R4 for about 3 grand including all the bullshite features he added(fricking absurd i know)

he says he is too lazy to buy parts separately and assemble himself

recommend me some other PCs on par with that one that are cheaper or close to the same in price
Posted by ApacheDriver
El Paso, TX
Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 8/12/12 at 7:35 pm to
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Posted by Tom288
Jacksonville
Member since Apr 2009
21101 posts
Posted on 8/12/12 at 7:51 pm to
CyberpowerPC
Posted by MintBerry Crunch
Member since Nov 2010
5140 posts
Posted on 8/12/12 at 8:32 pm to
I'll put it together for him. DIY PC combos on newegg. I love doing that shite. I'll do it for $50.
Posted by LaRon
Member since Mar 2012
863 posts
Posted on 8/12/12 at 8:49 pm to
thanks for the recommendations guys

mintberrycrunch, i might actually take you up on that offer if your serious, what happened to your avatar btw
Posted by Amocat1
Tacoma
Member since Sep 2006
485 posts
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:04 pm to
yup newegg for sure, If he justs like the case tell him to buy one on ebay. I'd go Gigabyte board, intel Cpu and Nvida Graphics card.
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18514 posts
Posted on 8/12/12 at 10:47 pm to
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DIY PC combos on newegg




One of the best parts about building computers is picking out the right parts you need. For $2k-3k, you can build an absolute BEAST of a gaming pc that can far out perform the Alienware PCs. If he doesn't want to pick out the parts, give me a price range and I'll pick out the parts for him, and if he's in baton rouge, I'll put it together
Posted by Tyrael
Member since Jun 2012
1171 posts
Posted on 8/12/12 at 11:05 pm to
I wouldn't ever spend more than $1k on a computer. That alone will run anything on the market on maxed out settings with a decent sized monitor.
Posted by cachemoney
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
4632 posts
Posted on 8/12/12 at 11:09 pm to
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I wouldn't ever spend more than $1k on a computer.


Power user lulz
Posted by LaRon
Member since Mar 2012
863 posts
Posted on 8/12/12 at 11:32 pm to
quote:

One of the best parts about building computers is picking out the right parts you need. For $2k-3k, you can build an absolute BEAST of a gaming pc that can far out perform the Alienware PCs. If he doesn't want to pick out the parts, give me a price range and I'll pick out the parts for him, and if he's in baton rouge, I'll put it together


Budget is 3,000 tops

Give me a build

All I know is that he wants an SSD (atleast 128 GB), atleast a 2 TB HD, atleast a 3.5 GHz processor, needs a sound card that can support dolby or something like that

idk thats all i remember
Posted by Tyrael
Member since Jun 2012
1171 posts
Posted on 8/12/12 at 11:55 pm to
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Power user lulz



1k is a solid price range IMHO
Posted by LaRon
Member since Mar 2012
863 posts
Posted on 8/12/12 at 11:58 pm to
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1k is a solid price range IMHO


i agree

technology increasing so fast that shite becomes outdated anyway.
Posted by brass2mouth
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
19939 posts
Posted on 8/13/12 at 12:27 am to
Dude for 3k he will be running a computer capable of piloting the damn curiosity rover along with several predator drones while trying to slay Diablo in hell difficulty.
Posted by dizerik
Lake Chuck
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 8/13/12 at 4:06 am to
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Posted by BaddestAndvari
That Overweight Racist State
Member since Mar 2011
18423 posts
Posted on 8/13/12 at 9:45 am to
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Dude for 3k he will be running a computer capable of piloting the damn curiosity rover along with several predator drones while trying to slay Diablo in hell difficulty.


To get to 20% usage?

3k on a PC.... holy cow
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18514 posts
Posted on 8/13/12 at 7:28 pm to
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This is completely overkill for gaming. There's no reason he needs 3.5ghz processor, but I put it on there anyway. The i5 ivy bridge would be perfectly abundant.

EDIT: Sound cards are dumb, IMO, and he still has $1k left for peripherals
This post was edited on 8/13/12 at 7:30 pm
Posted by DoUrden
UnderDark
Member since Oct 2011
25965 posts
Posted on 8/13/12 at 7:41 pm to
Dual high end video cards and multiple 27"+ monitors are the only thing that I should push him to 3K and most of that would be overkill in for gaming, imo.
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
53432 posts
Posted on 8/13/12 at 11:20 pm to

quote:


EDIT: Sound cards are dumb, IMO, and he still has $1k left for peripherals


That's a really good build (although I'm more of an NVidia fan). With the extra 1k I would bump up to a 512 SSD. These days 128 for the primary drive will fill up before you know it (especially if he wants to bounce between multiple games).
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18514 posts
Posted on 8/14/12 at 12:07 am to
I would use the ssd only for a boot drive and for a couple games that I'm in to at the time. The 2tb hdd would be the primary drive. I think, for the price, crossfired 7970s is one of the best deals you can get
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