I have an alienware computer on standby and waiting to order that is about $4,000. I don't know anything about the guts of a computer and I'm lost with too many options for gaming computers. Should I get my Alienware computer or another brand that is only for gaming (not like the run-of-the-mill all around computers)? My friend had told me about newegg.com and I've checked it out. I have NO clue what most of the components mean. I will mainly use it for World of Warcraft anf Guild Wars. Some of the specs are: NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard, Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 2MB Cache 1066MHz FSB, 1GB DDR2 Performance SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 x 512MB, Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - 500GB (2 x 250GB) Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 2 x 8MB Cache, Additional Storage Drive - 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 16MB Cache, 768MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8800 GTX, and Ageia PhysX Processing Unit w/ 128MB GDDR3. If that helps out any, please tell me. I would like to find a great gaming comp for cheap $.
2007-01-05 17:31:34 · 10 answers · asked by Azotherian 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
cyberpowerinc.com cuz you can custimize your own with all the stuff.they build it ,not you.
2007-01-05 17:37:23 · answer #1 · answered by Mi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
dont get alienware - they are kinda overpriced and their customer service sucks - it sucked before they were bought out by Dell - now it REALLY sucks.
Get rid of the Aegia Phyx card - that was touted and the biggest disappointment of 2006 - only 2 games support it and it doesnt do much.
your video card is an excellent choice - the best
Bump up your CPU to the QX6650 (coming out next week) it is a Core 2 SDuo 6600 x 2 (quad core ) for $550.
And you need AT LEAST 2 gigs of RAM - When going to Vista get 4 Gigs.
Your HDD are good - but newegg.com is the best hardware site on the net .
Your mobo chipset is excellent - you did good - for the most part
Your RAM is good - just get rid of the PysX card.
You can buy the same hardware for about 60% of that price....Alienware isnt what they used to be ...
You want Quality - ????
GET FALCON NORTHWEST
www.falcon-nw.com
2007-01-05 17:40:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AlienWare is not a bad option but with the same money i would get a Falcon Nothwest or a Voodoo pc. I would get rid of the Ageia PhysX unit and increase your RAM to 2GB. IF you want a somewhat similar performance pc with a cheaper price, get a Dell XPS.
2007-01-05 17:46:53 · answer #3 · answered by Ted B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lots! $one thousand is the candy spot for only the tower. If that $one thousand includes the reveal screen, keyboard, and so on then your concepts are somewhat greater limited. you will have the money for a card like the GTX 560ti or Radeon 6950 with that variety of funds. The Intel center i5-2500k is the final processor you could positioned right into a gaming laptop. some human beings want to think of the middle i7-2600k is the processor to purchase for a extreme end rig even yet it performs comparable to a 2500K in gaming. 4gb of RAM is sufficient. 8gb is a mind-blowing fee.
2016-11-26 23:17:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some definate holes in that set up, some parts are overkill, while other parts are not good enough. I was going to email you but I noticed you don't have that enabled. I would recommend going to cyberpowerpc.com, you can get a better deal. As for specific parts, that is why I wanted to email so I could communicate back and forth with you, my email is in my profile.
2007-01-05 18:11:26 · answer #5 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that be fine if you got your own website for games kinda extreme if u got 4 grand to spend . I got a better deal. goto visionman.com theyll hook u up and explain everything to u. highest one is 2048mb pc5400,2x150gb 10k rpm/raid 0,dual 16x dvd=-rw,512mb/2dvi/pci-e,8ch.audio/gb lan/56kmod,blk/slv alum.x-navigater,500whatt transluscent ps,speakers, mouse, keyboard,windowsxp-pro for more info go to the site get all the info before u buy if something goes wrong down the line u got a 4,000 piece of crap if u dont understand it
2007-01-05 18:07:37 · answer #6 · answered by bluetamparomeo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That ALienware cost's alot for not very good thing's. If your only going to play WoW or GW, then you can get a computer for about $1000-1500 easy. Since these game's don't require that much graphic's.
2007-01-05 17:37:59 · answer #7 · answered by Tom K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you know someone who can put a computer together and help yo upick out the parts. then building your own is way cheaper. dont get me wrong alien is a great computer. but your paying for the name. I jsut built my own computer and it ran me $1500. but if you dont know how to build one and have no one to help you and dont mind spending $4000 then buy the alien/.
2007-01-05 17:36:16 · answer #8 · answered by Jecht 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should check overdrive pc
overdrivepc.com
It has more performance and it can beat falcon in most tests.
2007-01-06 01:12:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could check out a Dell XPS as an alternative.
Desktops:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/xpsdt?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
Notebooks:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/xpsnb?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
My sister has an XPS notebook and she loves it.
2007-01-05 17:34:53 · answer #10 · answered by Heh? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋