Nobodygood>XI< Posted December 29, 2013 Member ID: 219 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 492 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 108 Achievement Points: 2906 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 2, 2018 Birthday: 04/28/1957 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Build it your self, I have built many more than I can count. Newegg is your friend djMot and Cpt.TennealXI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BigPapaDean Posted December 29, 2013 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1197 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6521 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4407 Achievement Points: 63389 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted December 29, 2013 (edited) I had mine made a few years ago now and quickly found out that upgrading proof is just words that mean nothing except the company won't pay to upgrade for you! I have upgraded a few times since then but I just do it when I really need it. I started out with the idea to build so when I need newer more powerful and more performance I needed to allow for that in my original build! Blu remember pcs are outdated as soon as you turn it on! I have a couple more things I want but an gonna wait a few more months as there is a vc I want but at the moment it's too much for me! It's all about the money either way for me! Good luck and listen to these guys as they helped me a whole lot when I was planning mine! Edited December 29, 2013 by BigPapaDean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted December 29, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 93 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48752 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted December 29, 2013 (edited) well do you guys have any suggestions as for what i should get? i do want to be able to upgrade and be able to play COD's and newer games with no problem at all. Find someone who knows how to build a PC and go from there. Alienware used to be high-end gaming gear, but it was very high priced and probably pretty formulaic in selection of components rather than optimizing for best performance. Nevertheless, they made a name on being THE manufacturer of high-end gaming systems. Then Dell came along. Can't say that they are worth a damn any more if the Dell philosophy of computer building has crept in. But whatever. Best performance and bang for the buck these days is found by building your own. As for that particular video card? No. Outdated. Edited December 29, 2013 by djMot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted December 29, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 93 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48752 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted December 29, 2013 ^I purchased an upgraded X51 from Alienware a couple months ago and absolutely love it. But then again, I also got a whole bunch of discounts as well...lol. Only downside is that since the X51 is in such a compact case, expansion is almost non-existent..but I'm completely happy with it regardless. Does everything I need it to do and still has enough power inside of it to last me a few years. What I ended up getting... Alienware X51 Windows 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 with 2.0GB GDDR5 2TB SATA 6Gb/s (7,200RPM) 64MB Cache Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW) 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4770 processor (8M Cache, up to 3.9 GHz) Alienware 330 Watt Power Supply 330W power supply!???! What a joke! Replace that with at least an 800W. That kind of shit blows my mind. They engineer a pretty nicely spec'ed system and then under-power the damn thing. I predict no end of weird crashes in graphic intensive games if you remain at 300W Dark Asylumn, Evil-Monkey , tsw 8.5 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
tsw 8.5 Posted December 29, 2013 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 143 Topic Count: 513 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17083 Content Per Day: 3.26 Reputation: 42071 Achievement Points: 148550 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 677 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Share Posted December 29, 2013 330W power supply!???! What a joke! Replace that with at least an 800W. That kind of shit blows my mind. They engineer a pretty nicely spec'ed system and then under-power the damn thing. I predict no end of weird crashes in graphic intensive games if you remain at 300W Yes i seen that and said WTF 330 power sp..never go with any thing under 750..i run a XFX 850 pro..if you build it you know what you have ..look for the right stuff.and we will help you ..i will make you a list and see what you think..but for 1600.00 you can have 1 hell of a rig..better then what you can buy from dell or any other place that rip you off.. JohnnyDos, Blackbart and Dark Asylumn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
tsw 8.5 Posted December 29, 2013 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 143 Topic Count: 513 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17083 Content Per Day: 3.26 Reputation: 42071 Achievement Points: 148550 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 677 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Share Posted December 29, 2013 just took a look and here are a few thing's you can do for under a 1000.00..but dont know what cpu you want to go with ..but here you go cool master haf 922.. = 89.99 ocz mod x stream pro 700 w power = 89.99 Asus p8 z77 mother board open box = 89.99 evga 760 4 g/b v card = 299.00 g.skill ripjaws 1600 8 gigs =84.99 SSD 250 gigs samsung 840 evo =169.45 that is 823.41 .... that will leave you money for CPU after market cooler and what ever you like to do with the rest of the money so if you plan on spending say 1200.00 you would still have about 400.00 to play around with ..and this is just a fast look for things ..hope it helps .. Blackbart and Dark Asylumn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Dark Asylumn Posted December 29, 2013 Member ID: 809 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 251 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2835 Content Per Day: 0.54 Reputation: 1016 Achievement Points: 20374 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 11 hours ago Birthday: 06/25/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted December 29, 2013 just took a look and here are a few thing's you can do for under a 1000.00..but dont know what cpu you want to go with ..but here you go cool master haf 922.. = 89.99 ocz mod x stream pro 700 w power = 89.99 Asus p8 z77 mother board open box = 89.99 evga 760 4 g/b v card = 299.00 g.skill ripjaws 1600 8 gigs =84.99 SSD 250 gigs samsung 840 evo =169.45 that is 823.41 .... that will leave you money for CPU after market cooler and what ever you like to do with the rest of the money so if you plan on spending say 1200.00 you would still have about 400.00 to play around with ..and this is just a fast look for things ..hope it helps .. a secondary hd for storage as that ssd will fill up quickly at 250 gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sammy Posted December 29, 2013 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.08 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted December 29, 2013 I agree build your own. So long as the usual precautions are taken and you are patient it will be well worth it. You must factor in the cost for the OS as well but its better than the ones tied into the premade systems. Fewer issues if it needs to be repaired, reinstalled or parts are changed. No garbage preinstalled to deal with. Make a list of a variety of parts that will do the job. If you get the parts over time the rebates and discounts can really add up. Dont worry about the latest and greatest for processors and video cards. The extra premium to get them isnt worth it. Sometimes a previous generation MB can be upgraded in the bios to use next-gen processors. I imagine this is all SOP but make a partition on the second internal drive apart from just data storage that can be used as a secondary place to install programs that dont have to be on the C drive. Also programs that dont have to be installed at all and the speed of an SSD isnt required. Get all the needed first-install programs like anti-virus or downloaded graphic card drivers from the current system and put them on a DVD. After that image your C system partition. WD drives have a free application for this that will also work with other brands so long as the WB one is installed. Others might also. Dark Asylumn and Blackbart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted December 30, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 93 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48752 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted December 30, 2013 I agree build your own. So long as the usual precautions are taken and you are patient it will be well worth it. You must factor in the cost for the OS as well but its better than the ones tied into the premade systems. Fewer issues if it needs to be repaired, reinstalled or parts are changed. No garbage preinstalled to deal with. Make a list of a variety of parts that will do the job. If you get the parts over time the rebates and discounts can really add up. Dont worry about the latest and greatest for processors and video cards. The extra premium to get them isnt worth it. Sometimes a previous generation MB can be upgraded in the bios to use next-gen processors. I imagine this is all SOP but make a partition on the second internal drive apart from just data storage that can be used as a secondary place to install programs that dont have to be on the C drive. Also programs that dont have to be installed at all and the speed of an SSD isnt required. Get all the needed first-install programs like anti-virus or downloaded graphic card drivers from the current system and put them on a DVD. After that image your C system partition. WD drives have a free application for this that will also work with other brands so long as the WB one is installed. Others might also. No, not SOP at all here. Personally, I see no reason to partition a drive. Exception to that would be a >2TB drive with intention to use it as a boot device. In that case, it has to be partitioned due to boot partition size limitations in Win7. Not sure if Win8 removed that restriction. But anyway, you can still store programs on a drive other than the typical location on C:. I find creating partitions to organize data/programs is a lousy idea simply because it creates wasted space that might have otherwise been utilized more easily. Or if you estimate low, you end up running out of space. Either way, you eventually run off to find some program, to do a non-destructive partition size adjustment. IMHO: Organize using folders, not partitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Flash Posted December 30, 2013 Member ID: 234 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1064 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 191 Achievement Points: 6692 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 20, 2016 Birthday: 04/16/1993 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 wow you guys are alot of help! thank you!! djMot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Magnus_1 Posted December 31, 2013 Member ID: 1410 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 38 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 522 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 451 Achievement Points: 3583 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 31 Birthday: 05/08/1953 Device: Windows Share Posted December 31, 2013 Blu , I can and will help you, if you desire. Just PM me, and let's get you hooked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Nobodygood>XI< Posted January 1, 2014 Member ID: 219 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 492 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 108 Achievement Points: 2906 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 2, 2018 Birthday: 04/28/1957 Share Posted January 1, 2014 (edited) <p>If you go someplace, they are going to pull hardware off the shelf if they have old stock they need to turn over, that means you are paying a premium price for hardware that could be getting long in the tooth. If I pick my hardware myself, that isn't happening. One good reason to build one, or select the parts for the build.</p> <p>I also see a lot of builders skimp on the power supply ( big fucking dumb mistake) you can go with the best hardware out there and with a shitty power supply you will have a shitty PC. A crappy power supply causes more problems than any other piece of hardware in a PC</p> Edited January 1, 2014 by Nobodygood>XI< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Truck33 Posted February 12, 2014 Member ID: 20660 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 38 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 27 Achievement Points: 439 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/03/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 5 Birthday: 09/18/1970 Device: iPhone Share Posted February 12, 2014 I have alien never had one issue any questions what i got let me know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
pollenator Posted March 2, 2014 Member ID: 13209 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 21 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 100 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 58 Achievement Points: 902 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/23/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 12/02/1981 Device: Windows Share Posted March 2, 2014 hi OP i have a area 51 with a GTX560 1gb card I can play most games tho have some issue with BF4 as its not gutsy enough so im going to save up and buy a GTX 580 3 gb which should cope with most games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted March 2, 2014 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 296 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4473 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3636 Achievement Points: 36540 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 27 minutes ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted March 2, 2014 what you got BluBird tell us been a few months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
pollenator Posted March 4, 2014 Member ID: 13209 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 21 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 100 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 58 Achievement Points: 902 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/23/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 12/02/1981 Device: Windows Share Posted March 4, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
7Toes Posted March 4, 2014 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 57 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.71 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27249 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Flapjack Joe Posted March 27, 2014 Member ID: 4462 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 61 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 14 Achievement Points: 517 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/23/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 12, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2014 If you aren't building your own, I wouldn't go with Alienware. There is No way of expanding and upgrading, and you can get a superior PC that can be expanded upon for a similar price. I'm going to be building my own, but there are better websited that will allow you to fully customize it. I would check out These: http://ironsidecomputers.com http://cyberpowerpc.com I don't know if CyberPowerPC is going to be good. I have heard some pretty bad things about their support, but Ironside has great reviews and a lot of people like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r3m3DY Posted March 28, 2014 Member ID: 19506 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 6 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 78 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 34 Achievement Points: 573 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 13, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I have built in the past but my last PC was bought from Dell, I got an aurora R4 ALX on a good deal, they can be upgraded too, mine has a micro atx board. was thinking about an asus rampage board but for now its good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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