Good gaming rigs while on a budget

RioDeal

RioDeal

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I haven't build a good gaming rig in a long time. So I want to hear some idea's about buying one without hurting the wallet. I was told that the goods are around 750$ USD. perhaps I could just buy the motherboard and the processor?
I'm not sure, i just need some suggestion and this thread could even help others in search of a gaming rig too.
 
I've heard lots of pro's and con's about Alienware, overpriced and not really that good. of course these are pre-built computers but I've been looking at this one for a while but still like to know if anyone has had a one of there computers or know some one that has one. what there pro's and con's

Alienware X51 Starting at $699 Up to 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processors Up to new 2.0GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670. they say its up gradable while you could play some really high end games without breaking a sweat like Battlefield 3,4? Sykrim? gears of wars 3?

http://www.alienware.com/Landings/desktops.aspx#!prettyPhoto
 
RioDeal said:
I've heard lots of pro's and con's about Alienware, overpriced and not really that good. of course these are pre-built computers but I've been looking at this one for a while but still like to know if anyone has had a one of there computers or know some one that has one. what there pro's and con's

Alienware X51 Starting at $699 Up to 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processors Up to new 2.0GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670. they say its up gradable while you could play some really high end games without breaking a sweat like Battlefield 3,4? Sykrim? gears of wars 3?

http://www.alienware.com/Landings/desktops.aspx#!prettyPhoto
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Well... That $700 alienware you were looking at shows what it could be upgraded to. Not what it has.
These are the specs for that computer at $699 copied and pasted from their website:

Alienware X51
Equiped with 3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i3 processor, an optional Windows 8 upgrade and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 645 graphics card. Enjoy 1080p HD Gaming with our most compact desktop, ever.

*Edit* Maybe you could take a look at this computer: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Ultra_7500
Or this one if you want an intel build: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Xtreme_2000
 
From what I've seen you can get a better bang for your buck if you build your own. Some sites have kits you can buy, as well. I know Tigerdirect has some sales going on right now for a couple of kits around your price range. You could, for example, buy this kit and a graphics card and the whole thing would only be about $700.
 
moondoggy23 said:
From what I've seen you can get a better bang for your buck if you build your own. Some sites have kits you can buy, as well. I know Tigerdirect has some sales going on right now for a couple of kits around your price range. You could, for example, buy this kit and a graphics card and the whole thing would only be about $700.
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Thats not a bad deal there, I can buy that on my next pay check. that's a really good price I just hope that deal will be around for 2 more weeks

(edit) oh I see, 6/29/13 darn..... let me see what i can come up with... and i was looking for ASUS motherboard too, I've always bought from them
 
RioDeal said:
Thats not a bad deal there, I can buy that on my next pay check. that's a really good price I just hope that deal will be around for 2 more weeks

(edit) oh I see, 6/29/13 darn..... let me see what i can come up with... and i was looking for ASUS motherboard too, I've always bought from them
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I wouldn't worry if you can't buy it now, Tigerdirect always has stuff on sale, and you can also check newegg.com for barebones kits.
 
moondoggy23 said:
From what I've seen you can get a better bang for your buck if you build your own. Some sites have kits you can buy, as well. I know Tigerdirect has some sales going on right now for a couple of kits around your price range. You could, for example, buy this kit and a graphics card and the whole thing would only be about $700.
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Well of course it is always better to build yourself. But from his post saying he was look at an Alienware I just figured that he didn't want to build it/didn't know how to.
 
Jns112 said:
Well of course it is always better to build yourself. But from his post saying he was look at an Alienware I just figured that he didn't want to build it/didn't know how to.
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true, i was thinking about Alienware, what i liked was how the computer looked like a game console. But I knew that Alienware are very tricky and over price there stuff. I'm way better off building one, plus I'm up for it.
 
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