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Captain_Tom on 17 June 2013

If you don't have time to build one, get a console. At least the PS4 is decent bang for your buck. OEM PC's are a massive waste of money...



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LemonSlice on 17 June 2013

That Alienware X51 is so sexy. I wouldn't mind one myself. For 1000$ Canadian, while maybe a bit overpriced compared to a self-built PC, you get a pretty good machine for the buck considering how small it is. Go with it.



dahuman on 17 June 2013

Name brands are pretty much all shit, do some research and build your own. Will most likely last longer and work better.



ViktorBKK on 17 June 2013
Xen said:
ViktorBKK said:
If you can't build a PC yourself, go to a local hardware store and have them assemble one for you. It's ages better than a Dell piece of crap.

A very generic description for a mid-range system would be something like this:

CPU: i5 Ivy Bridge
RAM: 8GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz or better. Kingston, GSkill, Corsair are brands I like for RAM.
Motherboard: H77 Chipset, Z77 if you overclock(guess not). Asus, Asrock, Gigabyte I like
GPU: The best you can afford. For a mid range system, an AMD HD7870 or nVidia 660Ti etc.
HDD: If you are a gamer, forget about SSDs, just get the biggest hard drive. I like western digital, but seagate is good too.
Optical drive: Whatever
PSU: Depends on your GPU. Brands I like are Enermax & Corsair. Example: If you buy an HD7870 graphics card then a quality 650W PSU like Corsair's TX650 would be a good match.
Case: Coolermaster, Corsair, Thermaltake, whatever, just have it stocked with fans for a "cool experience"

You don't need to understand everything written above, just take it to your guy at the local hardware store and they'll fix you alright.

Umm, no.

Go SSD for OS and program/game boot drive, AND have an HDD for all the other stuff such as data. For a power supply brand, I can also recommend Seasonic.

But I agree with the general setup. Have a local hardware store assemble one for you, dell is not your best option.

What's the cheapest SSD, 100-150 Dollars? You can invest that money to upgrade from an HD7870 to an HD7970. From a gamer's perspective, the GPU is the most important component of your system. If you can afford the BEST graphics card & an SSD then by all means. But for budget minded gaming builds, I don't reccomend SSDs.

Also, if you buy lots of games on Steam. No SSD will fit your games. I'm on a 1TB drive right now, and I am nearly full.



Xen on 17 June 2013
ViktorBKK said:
Xen said:
ViktorBKK said:
If you can't build a PC yourself, go to a local hardware store and have them assemble one for you. It's ages better than a Dell piece of crap.

A very generic description for a mid-range system would be something like this:

CPU: i5 Ivy Bridge
RAM: 8GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz or better. Kingston, GSkill, Corsair are brands I like for RAM.
Motherboard: H77 Chipset, Z77 if you overclock(guess not). Asus, Asrock, Gigabyte I like
GPU: The best you can afford. For a mid range system, an AMD HD7870 or nVidia 660Ti etc.
HDD: If you are a gamer, forget about SSDs, just get the biggest hard drive. I like western digital, but seagate is good too.
Optical drive: Whatever
PSU: Depends on your GPU. Brands I like are Enermax & Corsair. Example: If you buy an HD7870 graphics card then a quality 650W PSU like Corsair's TX650 would be a good match.
Case: Coolermaster, Corsair, Thermaltake, whatever, just have it stocked with fans for a "cool experience"

You don't need to understand everything written above, just take it to your guy at the local hardware store and they'll fix you alright.

Umm, no.

Go SSD for OS and program/game boot drive, AND have an HDD for all the other stuff such as data. For a power supply brand, I can also recommend Seasonic.

But I agree with the general setup. Have a local hardware store assemble one for you, dell is not your best option.

What's the cheapest SSD, 100-150 Dollars? You can invest that money to upgrade from an HD7870 to an HD7970. From a gamer's perspective, the GPU is the most important component of your system. If you can afford the BEST graphics card & an SSD then by all means. But for budget minded gaming builds, I don't reccomend SSDs.

Also, if you buy lots of games on Steam. No SSD will fit your games. I'm on a 1TB drive right now, and I am nearly full.

Like he said, budget isn't a huge factor. $150-100 is not big.

You can install and reinstall with steam whenever. You don't play 25 games at one time, right? SSD is a great option in this case, the HDD would be a limiting factor otherwise.



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RenCutypoison on 17 June 2013
KingKazuma34 said:
If you really want value for money, I suggest building your own pc. It may sound hard but it is really simple, and there are tons of tutorials on youtube. It will be much cheaper than buying one of those computers, and you will also have a much better pc.


Tutorial : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I66i4SVByEA



Soleron on 17 June 2013

ViktorBKK said:
If you can't build a PC yourself, go to a local hardware store and have them assemble one for you. It's ages better than a Dell piece of crap.

A very generic description for a mid-range system would be something like this:

CPU: i5 Ivy Bridge

Or Haswell

RAM: 8GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz or better. Kingston, GSkill, Corsair are brands I like for RAM.
Motherboard: H77 Chipset, Z77 if you overclock(guess not). Asus, Asrock, Gigabyte I like
GPU: The best you can afford. For a mid range system, an AMD HD7870 or nVidia 660Ti etc.
HDD: If you are a gamer, forget about SSDs, just get the biggest hard drive. I like western digital, but seagate is good too.

Buy an SSD it's the greatest visible upgrade to a PC you can possibly have. A small 120GB SSD with a 1TB HDD is both affordable and completely worth it.

Optical drive: Whatever
PSU: Depends on your GPU. Brands I like are Enermax & Corsair. Example: If you buy an HD7870 graphics card then a quality 650W PSU like Corsair's TX650 would be a good match.

Wattage isn't too important. Lower wattage + better reputation is preferable.

Case: Coolermaster, Corsair, Thermaltake, whatever, just have it stocked with fans for a "cool experience"

No need for extra cooling beyond the minimum.

You don't need to understand everything written above, just take it to your guy at the local hardware store and they'll fix you alright.





RenCutypoison on 17 June 2013
ViktorBKK said:
If you can't build a PC yourself, go to a local hardware store and have them assemble one for you. It's ages better than a Dell piece of crap.

A very generic description for a mid-range system would be something like this:

CPU: i5 Ivy Bridge
RAM: 8GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz or better. Kingston, GSkill, Corsair are brands I like for RAM.
Motherboard: H77 Chipset, Z77 if you overclock(guess not). Asus, Asrock, Gigabyte I like
GPU: The best you can afford. For a mid range system, an AMD HD7870 or nVidia 660Ti etc.
HDD: If you are a gamer, forget about SSDs, just get the biggest hard drive. I like western digital, but seagate is good too.
Optical drive: Whatever
PSU: Depends on your GPU. Brands I like are Enermax & Corsair. Example: If you buy an HD7870 graphics card then a quality 650W PSU like Corsair's TX650 would be a good match.
Case: Coolermaster, Corsair, Thermaltake, whatever, just have it stocked with fans for a "cool experience"

You don't need to understand everything written above, just take it to your guy at the local hardware store and they'll fix you alright.


as both xbox and ps are build with bluray as optical drive, I would say pc gaming (retail) will go for blurays too.

So a bluray drive would be a plus.



KingKazuma34 on 17 June 2013
RenCutypoison said:
KingKazuma34 said:
If you really want value for money, I suggest building your own pc. It may sound hard but it is really simple, and there are tons of tutorials on youtube. It will be much cheaper than buying one of those computers, and you will also have a much better pc.


Tutorial : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I66i4SVByEA

I was not expecting this when I clicked that link 0__0



 

pokoko on 17 June 2013

Try http://www.ibuypower.com or another similar custom builder. I've bought two gaming PCs from there and have been very happy with both. The last one, when I priced parts on Newegg, wasn't all that much more than it would have been to build it myself. The only downside is that you'll have to wait awhile longer than picking up a pre-assembled box from a big name manufacturer. Much better value than Alienware, though, that's for sure, especially when they're running specials, plus you get to redeem any rebates on the parts they offer.