UnderCover August 20, 2013 Share UnderCover Member August 20, 2013 Have not been paying much attention to latest developments so went on Dell and did a config P.Cs Alienware Aurora i7-3820 10MB cache overclocked to 4.1, Win8, 8GB Quad channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz, 1.5GB GDDR3 GTX 660, 1TB serial ATA 3 Hard drive $1,343.99 shipping included 2nd option Dell 8700, i7-4770 8MB cache clocked 3.9, Win 8, 16GB of Dual channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz, 1.5GB GDDR3 GTX 660, 2TB 7200rpm SATA Hard drive $1,103.99 shipping included (now with the i7-3820 having 2 times the bandwidth of the other processor and also the Quad channel DDR3, I am assuming the extra $200 is worth getting the Alienware Rig?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat August 20, 2013 Share walkingCat Member August 20, 2013 Go with dell, you are gonna pay extra just to have Alienware tag on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat August 20, 2013 Share walkingCat Member August 20, 2013 Also SSD>HDD regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRvIn August 20, 2013 Share MaRvIn Member August 20, 2013 http://www.maximumpc.com/build_pc_recommended_builds_august_2013 Here is a great place to go and research everything. http://cpuboss.com/ This site is to compare CPU's, GPU's and SSD's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madvillain August 20, 2013 Share Madvillain Member August 20, 2013 Screw Dell.... build your dream machine! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRvIn August 20, 2013 Share MaRvIn Member August 20, 2013 Screw Dell.... build your dream machine! Couldn't say it any better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onyxdragoon August 20, 2013 Share onyxdragoon Member August 20, 2013 (edited) Go with dell, you are gonna pay extra just to have Alienware tag on it. You know Dell owns Alienware right. Also SSD>HDD regardless. HDD is a better solution for mass storage. UC i recommend you build your own custom rig with all the parts you want. Saves you some money. http://pcpartpicker.com/ This website lets you plan all the parts you want and finds you the lowest price from popular onilne retailers. Edited August 20, 2013 by onyxdragoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madvillain August 20, 2013 Share Madvillain Member August 20, 2013 I love how Alienware uses Dell RAM and other Dell branded parts in their machines (yes I know dell owns alienware) but for that extra price I expect better quality parts... you're only playing for that alienware wallpaper and glowing alien head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat August 20, 2013 Share walkingCat Member August 20, 2013 I recommended second option (Dell) because of the reason I mentioned above. And I agree to our guys, build it, easy and cheaper. Unless you, sir, don't want to mess with it. Check at Costco, sometimes they have some interesting stuff on sale, it's not what you mentioned above, but with those things on sale + upgrade (i.e. GPU) = cheap good built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderCover August 21, 2013 Author Share UnderCover Member August 21, 2013 thanks for all the replies. Yes I know dell owns alienware but wouldn't the quad memory and the double band width processor justify the extra $200 let alone the better hard-drive with built in portion SSD? I upgraded my existing rig with SSD and it is great but cost per GB is pretty high and some of these new hybrid drives with the combo portion SSD and standard generate some decent rates with decent sizes. Sorry as stated I have been out of the loop for so long I am just trying to figure out best bang for the buck. I have done the build a rig, plus buy a rig and update it, plus by the XPS when that was the best rig from Dell, (sorry but I am 50 years old and my first rig was an 8086 with an 8087 math co-processor and a turbo boost and that cost me almost $3000 in 1986) If I don't go with a name brand I would lean to building a rig, buying something and upgrading you always end up tossing at least the power supply and the video card, so I find that way to be a bit more expensive. So to build a rig newegg for some parts and what for else? Thanks and I really appreciate the help UC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madvillain August 21, 2013 Share Madvillain Member August 21, 2013 The HDD with the SSD actually is pretty sweet, its not a built-in SSD like some of the Seagate HDDs (which I think are overpriced garbage). Its a regular 7200 RPM drive with a separate 30GB SSD but the Intel utility sets up a RAID that lets the regular HDD use the SSD as a cache. The SSD won't be visible in the OS, you can't save things to it but your computer now has 30GB of cache!!!... which is pretty damn awesome. You may be able to set this up with a custom rig as long as the motherboard supports it and I would see if they have any XPS systems running it for cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat August 21, 2013 Share walkingCat Member August 21, 2013 Newegg is good, but I'd recommend to shop at some local IT stores, like Microcenter. Will be slightly more expensive however you can always change or get support from them. And you'll save a good buck on their sales and rebates. I bought only 2 things from newegg: webcam and box. No regret there. I just didn't want to gamble with that lottery whether I get defected part or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat August 21, 2013 Share walkingCat Member August 21, 2013 I'm no expert myself, just think that double bandwidth won't make a weather for you unless you're an engineer and you use some calculating programs. I'd go with newer gen of the processor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRvIn August 21, 2013 Share MaRvIn Member August 21, 2013 In my personal opinion this is a great build for the cost. Below are links to every part. NZXT Phantom 530: http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/134 Corsair HX 850: http://www.microcent...ar_Power_Supply Asus Sabertooth X79: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131801 Intel Core i7-3820: http://www.microcent...Boxed_Processor NZXT Kraken x40: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835146027 EVGA Geforce GTX 780 ACX: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130951 G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB): http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231429 Samsung 840 Evo 2.5'' 250GB SSD: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820147248 Seagate Barracuda 3TB: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822148907 Asus BC-12B1ST: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16827135247 The price of it is all is $2,110 not including any shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderCover August 22, 2013 Author Share UnderCover Member August 22, 2013 thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat August 22, 2013 Share walkingCat Member August 22, 2013 In my personal opinion this is a great build for the cost. Below are links to every part. NZXT Phantom 530: http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/134 Corsair HX 850: http://www.microcent...ar_Power_Supply Asus Sabertooth X79: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813131801 Intel Core i7-3820: http://www.microcent...Boxed_Processor NZXT Kraken x40: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835146027 EVGA Geforce GTX 780 ACX: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130951 G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB): http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231429 Samsung 840 Evo 2.5'' 250GB SSD: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820147248 Seagate Barracuda 3TB: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822148907 Asus BC-12B1ST: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16827135247 The price of it is all is $2,110 not including any shipping. Rich kid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRvIn August 22, 2013 Share MaRvIn Member August 22, 2013 Rich kid... Well I mean I spent a year putting mine together so spread out you don't notice how much it cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage August 22, 2013 Share ZeroDamage Member August 22, 2013 Do you have a budget for a new system? Are there any parts that you plan to re-use? Keeping the case maybe and monitor? Hard Drive for storage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX August 22, 2013 Share NOFX Member August 22, 2013 Why not just upgrade your current PC? I've never dropped over $300-400 at once and my computer has always been fairly beast. Here is the last things I purchased in February. intel Core i5-3570k - $204 MSI- Z77 mobo - $90 8 gig of RAM - $43 So no more than $350... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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