I'm going to order a gaming rig...

[Gulzakar]

I'm going to order a gaming rig...

so far I've looked at Alienware ($$$)

or dell...any suggestions?

I can build my own, but lack the time or desire needed to trouble shoot. I'm getting old, fat and lazy

I originally posted this in the General Hardware forum, but the topic Nazi's got to me

 

[fbrdphreak]

Any "gaming" brand-name PC will cost you $$$. I hear Alienware is higher than most and their "enhancements" aren't worth it. Buy your local Computer Shopper or whatever computer magazine and look there; they commonly list these uber-gaming systems for people who don't want to buy their own.
A couple words of advice regarding components:
For gaming, Athlon 64; accept no substitude
1GB RAM
High quality, high wattage power supply
nVidia 6600/6800 series or ATI x800 series video cards

Hell, I'll order the parts and build you a quality rig for a few $ to me, I just won't answer your phone calls at 1am

 

[whorush]

agreed for gaming get an AMD athlon 64.

compaq has a gaming rig too. there are also a bunch of smaller companies like ABS, northgate, polywell. dont really know anything about them, but you should check them out too.

 

[crimson117]

Originally posted by: Gulzakar
I'm going to order a gaming rig...

so far I've looked at Alienware ($$$)

or dell...any suggestions?

I can build my own, but lack the time or desire needed to trouble shoot. I'm getting old, fat and lazy

I originally posted this in the General Hardware forum, but the topic Nazi's got to me

If I bought something today, it'd be the ViciousPC Shogun model, based on this uniwill model, with 1.8ghz 2mb cache p4, 1024gb ram, and 60gb 5400rpm hd, Radeon 9700 Pro 256MB, for about US$1750.

PROCESSOR Intel Pentium Centrino Mobile Processor at 1.80 GHz, 400MHz FSB, 2M Cache
SCREEN SIZE 15.4 WSXGA 1680x1050 Wide Screen TFT LCD Display
MEMORY Kingston 1024MB SODIM PC-3200 DDR 400MHz Memory (2 X 512 MB)
HARD DRIVE 60GB 5400 RPM Hard Drive
VIDEO ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Pro 256MB 8X AGP Video Modual w/S-Video TV out
CD/DVD/RW Internal DVD+CD Rewritable Combo Drive 8X24X16X24
RECORDING SOFTWARE None or Bundled CDRW Software w/CDRW Purchase Only
SOUND Integrated AC97 Audio w/1 Mic-In, 1 Audio-Out/SPDIF out and 1 Line-In Jack
NETWORK PORT Built-in 10/100 Fast Ethernet Network Port
WIRELESS NETWORK Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG 802.11b/g Mini PCI Wireless Module
I/O PORTS 1 Game/Midi, 1 Modem, 1 1394 Firewire, 1 S-VGA, 1 Bluetooth port (optional) and 3 USB ports
I/O PORTS [CONT.] 1 Type II Card Buss PCMCIA and 4-in-1 Memory Card reader for MMC/SD/MS/MS Pro
OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
DIMENSIONS 12.1" Width X 10.2" Depth X 0.9"~1.4" Height. 6.6lbs.
SERVICE Standard 1 Year Limited Parts and Labor Warranty

If I was gonna wait a bit, I'd see if I could find one with the GeForce 6800 GO graphics, but it would probably be twice as expensive.

 

[crimson117]

The have a Ninja model too that has an Athlon 64 for about the same price, but the processor difference doesn't matter because it's got a worse screen and only a 128mb Radeon 9700.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Are you looking for desktop or laptop?

 

[GnomeCop]

if you are already looking at PCs in this pricerange, I suggest going for a VoodooPC RAGE system,