Dude500X Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 http://www.dell.com/nz/p/gaming-desktop-deals Note, the Aurora's are out of the quesiton.. cant afford it AT ALL Lol. Anyway, in the next 3 or 4 month's I am going to try acquire a new PC for gaming, I am using a laptop and while it does the job I want abit more oomph. The ones I am thinking of are the X51's on that link. I am just wondering.. is it worth going for the most expensive X51? or will the cheaper one or middle priced one be all I need? Thanks.
windpl Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 lol not for 2k. For a half of that price, yes.
dboura Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Best way to go. You can tweak all the stuff how ya want it that way.
ChancellorKremlin Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Dude, build one yourself. It is easier than it sounds, and will cost you roughly 1/2 - 1/3 of the price, depending on what you get. You'll also get a MUCH BETTER RIG. Seriously, even if you just buy the pieces yourself, and then ask someone to put it together for you, it will still be A HELL OF A LOT CHEAPER. To give you an idea, I brought this for a full system: (notice there are redundant parts and parts for other PC's) For £1160.09 / $1815.63 Now get rid of the extraQuad Core, extra dual core, the extra motherboard, and the extra ram ( - £204.1 / $319.30) = £955.99 / $1496.33 And that was in the UK where hardware is expensive. In the US, you can get stuff like this for a lesser price, or so I've been told. In any case, in itself that is a better rig than the dell one, for nearly $1000 cheaper!
Queen Bee Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Oh god, don't go Dell. Don't ever go Dell! You really are better off building your own, though you can get some very good, very inexpensive gaming computers. I suggest http://www.newegg.com, they have great deals and consumer feedback, and it's where I got mine. My computer is an iBuyPower, specifically designed to play games. I've had it since August of last year, and it runs great. My games are graphics heavy, and I can play on high settings across the board with no lag. Definitely check them out.
dboura Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Newegg's a great place. Never had problems with them. Another I use is http://TigerDirect.com
Jerbsinator Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 LOL the $4000 computer doesn't even have a 7970 in it....WOW. What a joke. For Gods sake build your own. The Newegg forum was a HUGE help for me when I built mine.
Dude500X Posted February 7, 2013 Author Posted February 7, 2013 Folks. I forgot to mention that it is in NZD, not USD Those prices in NZ are pretty cheap. Building my own PC is out of the question however as I have no idea how to do it within the limitations of being in NZ.
Contessa Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Tandy 2000: Specifications8 MHz Intel 80186 128KB RAM (expandable to 768KB, of which up to 256KB was located onthe motherboard, or up to a maximum of 896KB with motherboard and ROMmodifications) 1 or 2 720KB 5¼" floppy drives 10MB MFMfull-height hard drive (upgradable to two 32MB half-height drives, ortwo 80MB drives with ROM modifications and third-party low-levelformatting software) Proprietary parallel printer port (requires adapter cable to connect to a Centronics-port printer) Proprietary serial port 4? card slots on the back could accept expansion boards without the need to open the case 256KB RAM card (up to 2 could be added for 768KB total; each card had two 128KB banks of nine 16KB RAM chips) Color Graphics Card Mouse/Clock Card Hard disk card with two ribbon cables to an outboard 10MB hard drive Network Card (BNC) You can't beat that. Trust me. It's what I'm running!
LordJerle Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Why would you BUY a brand name PC? You can get a custom kit for half the cost that'll run ten times better o.o
gerra6 Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 Folks. I forgot to mention that it is in NZD, not USD Those prices in NZ are pretty cheap. Building my own PC is out of the question however as I have no idea how to do it within the limitations of being in NZ. Here you go http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/115sax/attention_all_new_zealand_builders/ No go save youself a grand or two.
jrok72 Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 Close electrical shops may be able to build one you like. The worst part is cooling your CPU properly. Do it wrong and it cooks nicely. Buying a lower system at first, and then slowly adding premier cards, memory, and second hard drive is good also. talking at colleges or in the stores/pubs may get a good quick path. I learned my skills back in the 90's by upgrading slowly and now on my 5th system totally built/or upgraded. Stay with the Laptop for travel and allow the Desktop to become the master server for your home.
Jerbsinator Posted February 10, 2013 Posted February 10, 2013 Don't cheap out on the power supply. Also, whatever CPU you get, get an aftermarket heatsink, Cooler Master has some great choices.
polluxval Posted February 11, 2013 Posted February 11, 2013 IBM XT 286Operating system IBM BASIC / PC-DOS 1.0CP/M-86UCSD p-SystemCPU Intel 8088 @ 4.77 MHzMemory 16 kB ~ 256 kBSound 1-channel PWM with this gem you will get 120fps on skyrim.
Guest Lady Luck Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 Here's my minimum standard if you looking for casual gaming or hardcore budget around : 200$-300 Difficulty to build : medium PC that can play medium if tweak properly can go High setting LV1. Specs Motherboard:Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H/AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.2GHz/ Win 7 HP/CM Hyper 212 Plus Proceessor : i3 ( standard medium setting gameplay) GPU : EVGA GeForce GTS 450 FTW Note EVGA product only support non clocked gpu , if you want GTX is your card Site : http://www.evga.com/articles/00577/ ( Review gpu card before buying) PowerSuply : greenmax plus 550w Ram Minimum : 4gig ( standard build) PC that can play Extreme Ultra X2 and ultra 1.0 ( Crytek build) Budget around :500$ - 4000$ Choice of builds Processor is optional pick the one you like Processor : i5 [sandy , ivy bridge] i7 [sandy , ivy bridge] GPU ( AMD ATI or nvida your choice) AMD ATI Series 7x 1gb Nvidia GTX 690 Power Supply CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-550VX 550WATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply Ram (Choices of ram) 8gb ( for standard SSD hardrive and HDD ) 16gb ( For duel channel 1tb Hardrive )
ChancellorKremlin Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 Not to mention, not knowing how to build your pc isn't a problem, get the parts and give it to an IT shop and they'll build it for you, and it will STILL be cheaper. If you insist on buying a full system spec, and branded too, then you'll just be wasting money needlessly.
Guest Lady Luck Posted February 12, 2013 Posted February 12, 2013 i agree building pc is way cheaper then buying entire machine
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