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Quote from: Nick3306 on September 17, 2012, 05:45:44 PM
Lol claw, that is the exact same warrenty you get with a prebuilt. it wont cover any accidental damage. As a matter of fact for most prebuilts, even opening the case voids the warrenty on the whole thing.

http://content.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/d/services/support-services-accidental-damage

Sorry, what were you saying? (Yes, it costs slightly more, but I always factor it in, its better than paying for a new computer).
And, if you buy a custom, prebuilt pc, why would you even want to open it (By the time new hardwear has come out, the warrenty will probably be void.

Quote from: Fadmad on September 17, 2012, 06:21:25 PM
This should really help.

Pretty sure we're talking about mid-range, not the "Ultimate Gaming PC" (No, I didn't watch the video, but I assume that is what it is by the title)

Quote from: Nick3306 on September 17, 2012, 07:12:05 PM
[spoiler]Example time claw. Mid range desktop at bestbuy

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+HPE+Desktop+-+10GB+Memory+-+1TB+Hard+Drive/5563052.p?id=1218661381249&skuId=5563052

Price: $700

Mid range desktop I put together using similar parts (note this one has a HUGE upgrade in the GPU department, and when I say huge I mean more than double the power): http://i.imgur.com/4o50V.png

Price: $629 (plus you get dirt 3 for free, its a win, win  )

Also note that when you put a pc together yourself you can always upgrade it. Pre built manufacturers often do not use the ATX motherobard standard meaning you will NOT be able to switch out the mother board without buying a new case. Not to mention most manufacturers lock your bios aswell.
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As to this, maybe you're right. I'll have a proper read of what you said tommorow, it's late and I need to finish work.

Out of experience, i was asking opticraft the same thing a long while back, and i even remember my dad telling me how much cheaper it is. It's like most things in life, the labour of assembling something adds a considerable amount more than doing it yourself. i built my own, i had no knowledge on it, just youtube and stuff.
Mine runs any of the latest games. (newest game i've tried is F1 2012.) and, games like crysis 2, Battlefield 3, all perfectly fine, and i only spend around £500 on mine, in dollars, i guess that's about 700$. I highly doubt you can get a prebuilt for £500 / $700 that runs all the latest games perfectly fine.

Quote from: SpikeyThorn on September 17, 2012, 10:05:36 PM
Out of experience, i was asking opticraft the same thing a long while back, and i even remember my dad telling me how much cheaper it is. It's like most things in life, the labour of assembling something adds a considerable amount more than doing it yourself. i built my own, i had no knowledge on it, just youtube and stuff.
Mine runs any of the latest games. (newest game i've tried is F1 2012.) and, games like crysis 2, Battlefield 3, all perfectly fine, and i only spend around £500 on mine, in dollars, i guess that's about 700$. I highly doubt you can get a prebuilt for £500 / $700 that runs all the latest games perfectly fine.

Thank you for your help, this one especially helped me, but still guys, keep it going. I am going to have a price range of around 700$, kinda like Spikey.

Alienwares are good computers but they tend to be expensive just because your paying for the name and whatever else, you could get a nice HP or toshiba that are the same probably for cheaper. I have a high end HP laptop and I really enjoy it and have not had problems with it at all.

I have decided to try and build a gaming PC. I need to know all of the specs please.

So far all I know is it consists of the...

GPU
CPU
RAM Sticks

I'm probably forgetting some stuff, but also
Case
DVD drive
Hdd or ssd
Motherboard
Monitor
Keyboard
Mouse.

PSU
(possibly)Wireless card?

Quote from: SnapeTheSnipe on September 17, 2012, 10:25:52 PM

Quote from: SpikeyThorn on September 17, 2012, 10:05:36 PM
Out of experience, i was asking opticraft the same thing a long while back, and i even remember my dad telling me how much cheaper it is. It's like most things in life, the labour of assembling something adds a considerable amount more than doing it yourself. i built my own, i had no knowledge on it, just youtube and stuff.
Mine runs any of the latest games. (newest game i've tried is F1 2012.) and, games like crysis 2, Battlefield 3, all perfectly fine, and i only spend around £500 on mine, in dollars, i guess that's about 700$. I highly doubt you can get a prebuilt for £500 / $700 that runs all the latest games perfectly fine.

Thank you for your help, this one especially helped me, but still guys, keep it going. I am going to have a price range of around 700$, kinda like Spikey.

If you want, i will put together a list of parts for you if you are willing to build it yourself. I have lots of experience and knowledge regarding computer parts.

Quote from: Nick3306 on September 18, 2012, 01:28:11 AM

Quote from: SnapeTheSnipe on September 17, 2012, 10:25:52 PM

Quote from: SpikeyThorn on September 17, 2012, 10:05:36 PM
Out of experience, i was asking opticraft the same thing a long while back, and i even remember my dad telling me how much cheaper it is. It's like most things in life, the labour of assembling something adds a considerable amount more than doing it yourself. i built my own, i had no knowledge on it, just youtube and stuff.
Mine runs any of the latest games. (newest game i've tried is F1 2012.) and, games like crysis 2, Battlefield 3, all perfectly fine, and i only spend around £500 on mine, in dollars, i guess that's about 700$. I highly doubt you can get a prebuilt for £500 / $700 that runs all the latest games perfectly fine.

Thank you for your help, this one especially helped me, but still guys, keep it going. I am going to have a price range of around 700$, kinda like Spikey.

If you want, i will put together a list of parts for you if you are willing to build it yourself. I have lots of experience and knowledge regarding computer parts.

I can help out too, I am currently on a custom made 1600$ computer that I assembled myself.
If your looking for something good, I would recommend getting a
Radeon 6850 (200$),
some mid range i5 (200$),
4 or 8 GB of RAM(50$-100$),
1TB harddrive(100$), no SSD.
A minitower or mid tower should work(100$),
and a cheap mother board that is around 100$.

All of that should total around 750$, if your building it yourself.

Try http://www.ncix.com (Canadian Site)
or http://www.us.ncix.com
They have the best discounts, and free shipping.


5 essential parts of a PC:
Harddrive
RAM
CPU
Video/Graphics card
Motherboard/bus

Other stuff:
a case (you actually don't HAVE to have one, you can put it inside a cereal box for I know)
Solid State Drive
DVD/Blu-ray
built in Wifi adapter
Liquid cooling system

Tyler you can knock $50 off of the case by getting an antec 300 (amazing case).
And you can get the 6870 for $170

It is also worth nothing that it is way cheaper to go AMD for the mobo and processor plus the current AMD CPUs, while not as powerful, will be able to max out all games for the next few years. If you are just going to play games and not do any CPU intensive stuff (gaming is not very cpu intensive) then i see absolutely no reason to go intel as of right now.

Intel i7 3960X @ 4.2Ghz

32GB DDR3 RAM

2x eVGA GTX 680's

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD

3TB RAID-1 Storage

ASUS Sabertooth x79 Motherboard

Corsair HX1050

Corsair 800D Case

Das Model S Pro Silent Keyboard

Razer Naga

Astro A40 Headset

MXL 009 USB Microphone

Audio Technica AT2020



this is what im currently trying to build as im going to start posting vids on youtube and my curretn desktop only hs 6gb of ram

Quote from: Destroy8r9 on September 18, 2012, 02:44:32 AM
Intel i7 3960X @ 4.2Ghz

32GB DDR3 RAM

2x eVGA GTX 680's

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD

3TB RAID-1 Storage

ASUS Sabertooth x79 Motherboard

Corsair HX1050

Corsair 800D Case

Das Model S Pro Silent Keyboard

Razer Naga

Astro A40 Headset

MXL 009 USB Microphone

Audio Technica AT2020



this is what im currently trying to build as im going to start posting vids on youtube and my curretn desktop only hs 6gb of ram

LMFAO. Sorry I cant do anything but laugh at this entire post.

why nick ? 

i have a friedn that has this and his computer never lags at all

Quote from: Destroy8r9 on September 18, 2012, 02:44:32 AM
Intel i7 3960X @ 4.2Ghz

32GB DDR3 RAM

2x eVGA GTX 680's

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD

3TB RAID-1 Storage

ASUS Sabertooth x79 Motherboard

Corsair HX1050

Corsair 800D Case

Das Model S Pro Silent Keyboard

Razer Naga

Astro A40 Headset

MXL 009 USB Microphone

Audio Technica AT2020



this is what im currently trying to build as im going to start posting vids on youtube and my curretn desktop only hs 6gb of ram

To play some good old minecraft? ._.

Overkill. You can run 2 copies of Crysis at full settings at the same time >.>
What are you doing with it? Hacking the pentagon?



The new Razer mouse looks like a Sports Car. It's going to kill you in your sleep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxNLpYcDa4&feature=plcp
"I want a mouse, not a goddamned space ship."
-Youtube user Ichanolican

no matter how good youre computer is it can minecraft can make it lag and anyway it wouldnt just be for minecraft