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03-14-12, 09:02 PM #1
Time For A New Rig
So I have put off building a new rig for way too long. I am ready to pull the trigger. I have built every computer that I have owned other than my first. I am having a real hard time justifying building vs. buying an alienware machine.
I went through and build the alienware through dells site and then tried to build something very similar through newegg.
Alienware - $2,169
Custom - $2,151
Took a screen shot of both specs. You guys may have some suggestions and I am open to any changes.
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03-14-12, 10:17 PM #4Re: Time For A New Rig
Well, some things I notice is that the Newegg GPU you have selected is a regular 560 and not a 560ti, you have a 850 W PSU selected when you won't need that much for what you're getting, and that you're sprining for a full tower when a mid will do much better.
Now, that being said, the Alienware will use a low-quality Mobo and other components. It's how they try to keep costs low.enf-Jesus its been like 12 minutes and you're already worried about stats?! :-P
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03-14-12, 11:09 PM #6Re: Time For A New Rig
:Few notes:
No seperate sound card, it's an excellent card built directly into the MOBO
Better efficiency Power Supply
Double graphics cards, and newer by a generation than anything NVidia right now. One of those cards is just as good as most 560ti cards out there.
If you don't want that awesome uber sexy case of coolness, you could scrape off $200 going with what you chose originally.
Don't get McAfee shit virus. Use Microsoft Security Essentials. Better, and I haven't had a single issue since switching to it 6 months ago. And everyone knows how I like my porn.
You are better off with the two Western Digital drives, more storage, and the performance increase from the Hybrid Seagate is marginal. The better way would be to use those two WDs, or drop one of the two and throw in a full Solid State Drive
And finally, a coffee mug isn't part of a computer build.
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03-14-12, 11:43 PM #9
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I am running an i5 with a really nice mobo that OC's for me (running 4.5ghz) and two 560tis.
You can lower your CPU and increase your GPU for sure. Also, 16gigs of RAM is overkill in most cases, 8 is still more than enough.
Get a nice mobo and a bigger GPU.
That rig corpse listed is really sweet; you could decrease the cost with 8 gigs RAM and a less expenisive, but noenetheless badass Maximus mobo from Asus.
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03-14-12, 11:45 PM #10
Re: Time For A New Rig
Still having a tough time not just buying one already built and ready to go.
You pull it out of the box, hook up your monitor, key board, mouse, ethernet and printer. Supply power and boom! I can get steam and other games preloaded.
I agree with you White, the MB and memory may not be the ideal components but at the end of the day they will work just fine.
Will the Alienware machine that I posted run any game out there currently and any on the horizon at max everything on a 27" monitor?
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