New Gaming Laptop

[Shalafi]

MSI put it all together for you.

http://www.gadgetlite.com/2010/05/26...ernal-graphic/

[Boyiee]

The acer or alienware?

the g73 is asus

[Skie]

Decided on a Desktop. Really up in the air between 2. Note that i dont care about watching blue rays on it, purely for gaming. Give options please:

Option 1:

http://i.dell.com/images/global/conf...t-gray-120.jpg

Alienware Area-51
Starting Price		$2,676.00

 Alienware Area-51

Chassis Color:
Cosmic Black, Alienware Area-51 Chassis	

Intel® Core™ i7 930 Quad Core Processor (2.8GHz, 8MB Cache)	 	

Cooling Option:
Alienware™ High-Performance Liquid Cooling	 
	
Hardware Support Services:
1 Year Basic Service Plan	
 
Video Cards:
Dual 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ HD 5770 CrossfireX™ Enabled	 	
	
Memory:
6GB DDR3 1333MHz (3x 2GB) Tri Channel Memory

23.0" Dell ST2310 Full HD Monitor with VGA cable

Hard Drives:
1TB - SATA-II, 3Gb/s, 7,200RPM, 32MB Cache HDD	 

Sound Card:
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio	 	

Optical Drives:
Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability

Option 2:
http://i.dell.com/images/global/conf...-right-120.jpg

# Alienware Aurora ALX

Chassis Color:
Cosmic Black ALX - 875 Watt Power Supply	 

Processors:
Intel® Core™ i7 920 2.66GHz (8MB Cache) Quad Core Processor	 	

Operating Systems:
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English	 

Cooling Option:
Alienware® High-Performance Liquid Cooling	 

Hardware Support Services:
1 Year Basic Service Plan	 	

Video Cards:
Dual 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ HD 5770 CrossfireX™ Enabled	 	

Memory:
6GB Triple Channel 1600MHz DDR3	 

Monitors:
23.0" Dell ST2310 Full HD Monitor with VGA cable	

Hard Drives:
1TB RAID 0 (2x 500GB SATA-II, 7,200 RPM, 16MB Cache HDDs)	 	

Sound Card:
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio	

Optical Drives:
Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability

[OWS_Tonx]

Both nice machines. Personally I'd get the first though.

[SaviorSelf]

Research components before determining it's usefulness out of "how cool it looks". You can add lights to any case easily, and it's cheap as shit to do.

$2700 for the first one? That's a joke.

Step 1:
Go to NewEgg, get:
CoolerMaster HAF932 Case
i7 930 CPU
XFX 5870
6GB XMS3 Corsair RAM
800+ Watt Modular PSU, Corsair or Antec.
Western Digital HDD, pick your size.
Intel SSD for your operating system, 40GB works.
Windows 7 (Unless you have one, doubtful)
Xigmatec Dark Knight CPU Cooler.
Samsung T240HD, or T220HD, they come in a variety of sizes, the "22" and "24" are size in inches.

Step 2:
Put it all together.

Step 3:
Send me all the money I saved you.

Step 4:
???

Step 5:
Profit.

That case can look like this:
http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/IMG_1808.jpg
http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/t...d/IMG_1812.jpg

[Velgadess]

I remember OP. very impatient, ignored people's advice. now he says he's not impatient. ok
well seems you're set on Crapware.

personally over priced box. yes you can build for cheaper etc etc etc. but sounds like you aren't going that way.

just a suggestion. try Dell Outlet. refurbished/returned stuff, lower price. can combine with Dell online coupons to knock the price down even further.

[Kerberoz]

Alienware Area-51
Starting Price $2,676.00

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha.

[SaviorSelf]

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha.

^

[sruon]

Yeah no shit... I could build your fucking tower for $50 and spend $100 on UPS and still save you 1.3 fucking k.

[Skie]

Im not comfortable building one, never done it before all i've ever done is take them apart. I don't have a clue what i'm doing when it comes to installing bios/chip sets. I realize you can get better for cheaper but at the expense of messing up a few expensive parts is very demoralizing.

[OWS_Tonx]

Research components before determining it's usefulness out of "how cool it looks". You can add lights to any case easily, and it's cheap as shit to do.

I wasn't talking looks, it has some solid specs. I myself would build one ground up, too. He asked us to pick one of the two, so I choose which was better in my opinion.

[Skie]

I've been watching youtube videos of it and installing the hardware doesnt seem that hard. How hard is installing the bios and stuff? and how much better of a computer could i get for ~2k

[The_OG_Nelta]

I've been watching youtube videos of it and installing the hardware doesnt seem that hard. How hard is installing the bios and stuff? and how much better of a computer could i get for ~2k

100x better. and if you are starting with a fresh new computer, with new OS, just install OS > motherboard drivers > graphics drivers > whatever else drivers you have to install. Its as easy as that.

If you have friends who know how to build computers, ask them for advice as well, if not, its a good learning experience. Youtube teaches you everything these days.

EDIT: Can you buy me a new graphics card? :D

[Boyiee]

With the thousand dollars you save building this yourself, any chance you can send me an i7 930, mobo, and 6gb of ddr3?

Also I'd like to watercool it, send me some koolance shit please.

Putting a pc together is like legos, it's incredibly easy - although wire management can go fuck itself.

[Skie]

Ok so gf talked it over and decided to get a desktop over laptop. She doesn't want to blow 2k building my first pc so she wants a prebuilt easily upgradable one. What are some good options for around 2k? I was looking into Ibuypower on new egg and a lot of complaints about blue screens on first shttp://www.bluegartr.com/sg-act.phptart ups.

[The_OG_Nelta]

idk

[SaviorSelf]

I think you're pretty much hopeless.

Come back when you've made a solid decision and know exactly what you want. It seems like everyday you go from desktop to laptop to desktop from this place because it looks cool to maybe I'll build it to "fuck it spend 2k on something that's upgradeable"...all computers are easily upgradeable, if you know what you're doing.

You seem to be made of money though, so go to ibuypower, get the most expensive option in each category, and enjoy. But if you took the time to learn about them before tossing money away, you'd be better off in the long run. Could spend $1k on a computer while you spend $4k aimlessly, and still perform closely.

[Velgadess]

I think you're pretty much hopeless.

Come back when you've made a solid decision and know exactly what you want.

OP said it's for gf. women can be wishy-washy, change their minds alot. good luck! I have no other advice to give.

[Skie]

Ok so gf talked it over and decided to get a desktop over laptop.

How is this not a "solid decision"?

[SaviorSelf]

Just go to ibuypower.com, pick the most expensive option in each category, you will have a nice computer.