Need a gaming computer

BaLLoHoLiC · Nov 29, 2005

I'm looking for a gaming computer under $1,100 and it has to be assembled.
The things i really want are an amd processor, 1 GB of ram, and the vid card to be 7800 GT.

I was looking @ this alienware and was going to upgrade to the 7800 Gt and 1 GB of ram but it eventually comes out to $1,200, I was wondering if this is a rip off.. or what. I've heard in the past that alienware is a bit overpriced. Here's the link to that: http://www.alienware.com/Configurator_P...=PC-AURORA-3500-R2&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT

Any suggestions of places to go or anything like that to get a comp like this that is already built? I don't need a monitor or anything like that, just the comp.
Help.

Finns14 · Nov 29, 2005

I swear build the PC yourself I was very nervous when I was doing it about a week ago but its very easy and you can come here for help. Building it yourself will save money and you can get exactly what you want.

bamacre · Nov 29, 2005

No AMD, but it fits your budget.

Finns14 · Nov 29, 2005

nice find

coopermckay · Nov 29, 2005

Dell is terrible plus I personally wouldn't trust buying a computer on Ebay. The satisfaction of building your computer is so much better. Heres my reccomendation all found on pricegrabber.com

Thermaltake Tusnami $90
Enermax sli- certified whisper 2.0 535 watt psu $87
Asus sli premium $183
Athlon 64 3000 $125
1 gb corsair ram or another brand $70
7800 GT $280
western digital Cavier 250 GB sata 150 $80
dvd $20
22" CRT $165 or whatever you got left they are sooo cheap now
$1100

Xyo II · Nov 29, 2005

Originally posted by: coopermckay
Dell is terrible plus I personally wouldn't trust buying a computer on Ebay. The satisfaction of building your computer is so much better. Heres my reccomendation all found on pricegrabber.com

Thermaltake Tusnami $90
Enermax sli- certified whisper 2.0 535 watt psu $87
Asus sli premium $183
Athlon 64 3000 $125
1 gb corsair ram or another brand $70
7800 GT $280
western digital Cavier 250 GB sata 150 $80
dvd $20
22" CRT $165 or whatever you got left they are sooo cheap now
$1100

Dell is terrible?

I hate to threadcrap, but something is wrong when the video card costs 4x as much as the processor, and the motherboard is more than 2x. I would go with at the very least the combo deal at newegg, with the OEM 3700+ with the free biostar motherboard.

Edit: Oh and by the way, that deal is $235, a couple weeks ago it was $205 though.

Lasthitlarry · Nov 29, 2005

Dell is crap, first of all, if you want proof, I will post it.

You can add on what you want to this

bamacre · Nov 29, 2005

Originally posted by: Lasthitlarry
Dell is crap, first of all, if you want proof, I will post it.

You can add on what you want to this

I want proof.

Lasthitlarry · Nov 29, 2005

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I have personal experience with this.

The company I work for buys nothing but Dell computers.

The past 4 models: GX260, 270, 280 have had bad capacitors on the motherboard.

So we had to replace roughly 300 of each model so far.

Also the design for the latest model we have bought GX620, has no case fan, and the heat from the cpu and psu are directed over the memory and on the hard drive. We already had a few hard drives die in the first 2 weeks(1st one took 15 minutes to cook).

So tired of having to build these crap design pcs only to have them replaced.

bamacre · Nov 29, 2005

Originally posted by: Lasthitlarry
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