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rockyvols

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I know most on here have built their own, but I have no idea when it comes to computer insides. Ive been doing some research because ive been interested in buying one. Ive seen a lot of cyberpower but have read horrible reviews, same with alienware.

Anyone have any advice, or recommendations on a good gaming computer? I also use photoshop a lot and my wife will more than likely do school work on it.
 
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rockyvols said:
I know most on here have built their own, but I have no idea when it comes to computer insides. Ive been doing some research because ive been interested in buying one. Ive seen a lot of cyberpower but have read horrible reviews, same with alienware.

Anyone have any advice, or recommendations on a good gaming computer? I also use photoshop a lot and my wife will more than likely do school work on it.
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Honestly i would just put together your own via Newegg.com or Tigerdirect.com

Newegg you can go to DIY pc combos and Tigerdirect just get a barebone kit.

As far as assembling the PC, it's very very easy. Most cases and motherboards now come with pretty detailed instructions. If not, Youtube has everything you need.

The motherboard will have text written on it as to which plug goes where. It's hard to mess it up. The most important part will be inserting your processor appropriately. Again, it is very self explainatory. I would highly recommend not buying from Cyber or Alienware. Way to much money.

In short, if you can build you own you will save probably more than $300+. Good luck!
 
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Jday said:
Honestly i would just put together your own via Newegg.com or Tigerdirect.com

Newegg you can go to DIY pc combos and Tigerdirect just get a barebone kit.

As far as assembling the PC, it's very very easy. Most cases and motherboards now come with pretty detailed instructions. If not, Youtube has everything you need.

The motherboard will have text written on it as to which plug goes where. It's hard to mess it up. The most important part will be inserting your processor appropriately. Again, it is very self explainatory. I would highly recommend not buying from Cyber or Alienware. Way to much money.

In short, if you can build you own you will save probably more than $300+. Good luck!
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Thanks man!
 
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Smoke what all are you running. If i did decide to build what brand of computer should i look at? Also what graphics card, motherboard etc.. would be best?
 
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I just finished my first build and at the end I really didn't save much. The myth that I always heard was is was cheaper to build one yourself but that's not the case with a high end gaming PC.
 
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I saved about $400± on building mine. Far from a myth... you are paying someone else to do what you can do.

i7 3770k
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Sabertooth Z77 MoBo (Best decision I made. LOVE IT)
400R Corsair Mid-Tower (on sale at Amazon at the time)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850
Corsair 16gb 1866 RAM
128gb SSD for main drive
3TB of Secondary
EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB

I basically shopped it all on Amazon and saved money that way. Newegg is even better for some parts, but I prefer Amazon for shipping. Saved even more is you consider shipping.
 
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yup - I've read too many horror stories of cheap PSU's surging and frying brand new motherboards and processors.

I'm building my own as well - I don't think you can go under $50 and find a decent PSU...
 
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SmokeyVol said:
I saved about $400± on building mine. Far from a myth... you are paying someone else to do what you can do.

i7 3770k
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Sabertooth Z77 MoBo (Best decision I made. LOVE IT)
400R Corsair Mid-Tower (on sale at Amazon at the time)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850
Corsair 16gb 1866 RAM
128gb SSD for main drive
3TB of Secondary
EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB

I basically shopped it all on Amazon and saved money that way. Newegg is even better for some parts, but I prefer Amazon for shipping. Saved even more is you consider shipping.
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Thanks. Ill check into some of that! Im a amazon prime user so maybe i can get even more of a discount
 
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SmokeyVol said:
I saved about $400± on building mine. Far from a myth... you are paying someone else to do what you can do.

i7 3770k
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Sabertooth Z77 MoBo (Best decision I made. LOVE IT)
400R Corsair Mid-Tower (on sale at Amazon at the time)
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX850
Corsair 16gb 1866 RAM
128gb SSD for main drive
3TB of Secondary
EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti SSC 2GB

I basically shopped it all on Amazon and saved money that way. Newegg is even better for some parts, but I prefer Amazon for shipping. Saved even more is you consider shipping.
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Is that tower case an actual computer or just a case?
 
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rockyvols said:
Ah ok! So what would be a couple good brand computers to buy. Bare with me haha.
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I wouldn't. If you want to save some serious money, buy parts on Newegg or Tigerdirect individually. If you don't have the proper expertise on computers (Which I'm only going to assume you don't) find a friend to put it together for you. If not, there are hundreds of sites on how to put your computer together, so it wouldn't be that hard. Find reviews on Mobos/PSU/Video cards, et cetera from others. Normally certain companies are better than others in specific areas. Example -- You can't go wrong with Thermaltake cooling equipment. Their sound equipment, mice, and in general gaming hardware is mostly junk. I have a White-Ra (Ukranian Starcraft player) Thermaltake mouse that I received for free, and I wouldn't recommend it.
 
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bam15 said:
I wouldn't. If you want to save some serious money, buy parts on Newegg or Tigerdirect individually. If you don't have the proper expertise on computers (Which I'm only going to assume you don't) find a friend to put it together for you. If not, there are hundreds of sites on how to put your computer together, so it wouldn't be that hard. Find reviews on Mobos/PSU/Video cards, et cetera from others. Normally certain companies are better than others in specific areas. Example -- You can't go wrong with Thermaltake cooling equipment. Their sound equipment, mice, and in general gaming hardware is mostly junk. I have a White-Ra (Ukranian Starcraft player) Thermaltake mouse that I received for free, and I wouldn't recommend it.
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Im gonna build. Everyone is saying i should. I priced all the stuff smoke told me and seems like a fair price on amazon. I know if i bought a computer rigged like his itd cost much much more. So definatly will be doing it myself.
 
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a site I used to check prices on my most recent build was pcpartpicker.com. Also sign up for the newegg email deals because they run some decent combos quite often. Add potential parts to your wish list and they'll email if there is a deal including one. I did order a few parts from Amazon but the difference was usually $10-20

mine isn't for gaming but I could probably convert it to one for under $1200.
 
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i can set you up a build that will cost under $700 that will run ANY game out right now at ultra/highest settings.

It would be a little more if you didn't have a windows operating system(would recommend any windows 7 64 bit obv.)
 
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Jday - mind listing your build on here for us??
 
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I heard the 7-Eleven has Window OS on sale right now =)
 
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