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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 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
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
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Posted on 8/12/12 at 7:35 pm to LaRon
ibuypower
This post was edited on 8/12/12 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 8/12/12 at 7:51 pm to LaRon
CyberpowerPC
Posted on 8/12/12 at 8:32 pm to LaRon
I'll put it together for him. DIY PC combos on newegg. I love doing that shite. I'll do it for $50.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 8:49 pm to MintBerry Crunch
thanks for the recommendations guys
mintberrycrunch, i might actually take you up on that offer if your serious, what happened to your avatar btw
mintberrycrunch, i might actually take you up on that offer if your serious, what happened to your avatar btw
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:04 pm to LaRon
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 on 8/12/12 at 10:47 pm to MintBerry Crunch
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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 on 8/12/12 at 11:05 pm to bluebarracuda
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 on 8/12/12 at 11:09 pm to Tyrael
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I wouldn't ever spend more than $1k on a computer.
Power user lulz
Posted on 8/12/12 at 11:32 pm to bluebarracuda
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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 on 8/12/12 at 11:55 pm to cachemoney
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Power user lulz
1k is a solid price range IMHO
Posted on 8/12/12 at 11:58 pm to Tyrael
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1k is a solid price range IMHO
i agree
technology increasing so fast that shite becomes outdated anyway.
Posted on 8/13/12 at 12:27 am to LaRon
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 on 8/13/12 at 4:06 am to brass2mouth
Posted on 8/13/12 at 9:31 am to brass2mouth
Posted on 8/13/12 at 9:45 am to brass2mouth
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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 on 8/13/12 at 7:28 pm to LaRon
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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 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 on 8/13/12 at 7:41 pm to LaRon
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 on 8/13/12 at 11:20 pm to bluebarracuda
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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 on 8/14/12 at 12:07 am to Bard
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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