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 Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:31 am
Okay my current P.C sucks. XD I need A new one. for starters I dont want it to cost TO much. Also it dosent have to be the best gaming PC but it has to at least play my Black Isle games. heres what I was looking at. Click
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:34 am
AW sucks balls
your only buying a brand name and fancy (but ugly) case
Buy your own parts and put them together
it shall be cheaper and better
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:12 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:31 pm
Seriously, don't bother with Alienware. I own one of them, and there isn't a day I don't regret building the computer myself. You save a lot of money if you look for the parts yourself. Alienware just charges you a large amount of money for one of their crappy cases, and for them to build it.
Look into what it takes to make one, and make one. You'll save a crap load of money.
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:17 pm
I'll echo their words. You won't get quality at a decent price if you buy from businesses like AW, or Falcon NW etc. Will you get quality and reliability? Um...not always. The companies that offer top quality machines only give them up at top of the line prices. You're only paying for the name anyway. The alternative is very attractive, while still kinda unattractive.
Building it yourself is cheaper. Much cheaper. You'll know the machine inside and out, and there won't be any sacrifices on hardware quality that you might not have known about. Also, your hard drive/s will be fresh and it won't be bloated with unnecessary and potentially harmful software. Your machine will have no limits beyond basic compatibility. Custom built machines aren't free from their own headaches, though. Building a computer yourself, while not terribly difficult, might be a little daunting. You have to know the hardware enough to know what's compatible with what. You have to have the patience to build a machine. It's not going to be done in a half an hour. Understand that you are your own tech support (which in some cases doesn't matter as most tech support are useless).
You may not want to swim in my pool of words, so let me straighten it up for ya.
Purchase from a computer manufacturer
Pro
>Easy
Con
>Expensive for what you're getting
>Quality might be sacrificed
>Tech support is most likely useless
Build it yourself
Pro
>You know what you're getting
>Cheapest
>Free from preinstalled software
>A lot more options
Con
>You have to understand compatibilities
>You have to handle each piece with care (some components can cost hundreds of dollars, and even into the thousands x_x)
>You are your own tech support
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:22 pm
I made the mistake of buying a Compaq ><
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:26 pm
Veras Gunn Seriously, don't bother with Alienware. I own one of them, and there isn't a day I don't regret building the computer myself. You save a lot of money if you look for the parts yourself. Alienware just charges you a large amount of money for one of their crappy cases, and for them to build it. Look into what it takes to make one, and make one. You'll save a crap load of money. They buy some Japanese computers and put their paint on it.
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