Computer recommendations (buy or build?)

Well, my pc is kind of dead. I was wondering, this Christmas should I buy a new premade PC (alienware, etc) or build? The chances of me building are minimal to non-existant, because I have nobody to build it for me and I'm not allowed to order online unless I find someone.

I play many games, and I use editing software like Sony Vegas and Adobe After Effects. Would anybody recommend a good, high-end recent PC that's around 1500 to 1700$?

Well, my pc is kind of dead. I was wondering, this Christmas should I buy a new premade PC (alienware, etc) or build? The chances of me building are minimal to non-existant, because I have nobody to build it for me and I'm not allowed to order online unless I find someone.

I play many games, and I use editing software like Sony Vegas and Adobe After Effects. Would anybody recommend a good, high-end recent PC that's around 1500 to 1700$?

TheFrow

My only advice to you is do not go Alienware, there's another person that recently bought one and He's not getting the performance he wants and it cost him almost $4000, BUILD! f-a-d-3

Actually is 5000$ with shipping and tax lol. Its insane, but to the TC. I highly suggest you buy a Prebuild Pc on Newegg.com Or Cyberpowerpc.com. I only reccomend that you build your own PC if you know how to build the Pc. Although if you know a Computer Store near your house then you can give them the parts so they can built it. It will cost some money tho but you will save money overall. This is what I did.

I checked a computer on Newegg.com that is prebuilt which was 1200$ I am able to built the exact same one for 980(estimate) and 50 for builting it at the computer store across the street from my house

[QUOTE="f-a-d-3"]My only advice to you is do not go Alienware, there's another person that recently bought one and He's not getting the performance he wants and it cost him almost $4000, BUILD! Berserker1_5

Actually is 5000$ with shipping and tax lol. Its insane, but to the TC. I highly suggest you buy a Prebuild Pc on Newegg.com Or Cyberpowerpc.com. I only reccomend that you build your own PC if you know how to build the Pc. Although if you know a Computer Store near your house then you can give them the parts so they can built it. It will cost some money tho but you will save money overall. This is what I did.

I checked a computer on Newegg.com that is prebuilt which was 1200$ I am able to built the exact same one for 980(estimate) and 50 for builting it at the computer store across the street from my house

Wow I'm another $1000 off, that's unbelievable.

[QUOTE="Berserker1_5"]

[QUOTE="f-a-d-3"]My only advice to you is do not go Alienware, there's another person that recently bought one and He's not getting the performance he wants and it cost him almost $4000, BUILD! f-a-d-3

Actually is 5000$ with shipping and tax lol. Its insane, but to the TC. I highly suggest you buy a Prebuild Pc on Newegg.com Or Cyberpowerpc.com. I only reccomend that you build your own PC if you know how to build the Pc. Although if you know a Computer Store near your house then you can give them the parts so they can built it. It will cost some money tho but you will save money overall. This is what I did.

I checked a computer on Newegg.com that is prebuilt which was 1200$ I am able to built the exact same one for 980(estimate) and 50 for builting it at the computer store across the street from my house

Wow I'm another $1000 off, that's unbelievable.

Yeah its unbelievable. To top it off the graphic card that pick on that website cost 550+ the additional 150$ for the 9600 GT. It such a ripoff. Now dont get me started on the other stuff

[QUOTE="f-a-d-3"][QUOTE="Berserker1_5"]

[QUOTE="f-a-d-3"]My only advice to you is do not go Alienware, there's another person that recently bought one and He's not getting the performance he wants and it cost him almost $4000, BUILD! Berserker1_5

Actually is 5000$ with shipping and tax lol. Its insane, but to the TC. I highly suggest you buy a Prebuild Pc on Newegg.com Or Cyberpowerpc.com. I only reccomend that you build your own PC if you know how to build the Pc. Although if you know a Computer Store near your house then you can give them the parts so they can built it. It will cost some money tho but you will save money overall. This is what I did.

I checked a computer on Newegg.com that is prebuilt which was 1200$ I am able to built the exact same one for 980(estimate) and 50 for builting it at the computer store across the street from my house

Wow I'm another $1000 off, that's unbelievable.

Yeah its unbelievable. To top it off the graphic card that pick on that website cost 550+ the additional 150$ for the 9600 GT. It such a ripoff. Now dont get me started on the other stuff

HAHAHA! I feel you man, It just wonders me how they could sleep at night knowing they spent that much money and it wasn't worth it, personally I would call the store/site the moment I find out that it doesn't perform as I want.

[QUOTE="Berserker1_5"][QUOTE="f-a-d-3"][QUOTE="Berserker1_5"]

[QUOTE="f-a-d-3"]My only advice to you is do not go Alienware, there's another person that recently bought one and He's not getting the performance he wants and it cost him almost $4000, BUILD! f-a-d-3

Actually is 5000$ with shipping and tax lol. Its insane, but to the TC. I highly suggest you buy a Prebuild Pc on Newegg.com Or Cyberpowerpc.com. I only reccomend that you build your own PC if you know how to build the Pc. Although if you know a Computer Store near your house then you can give them the parts so they can built it. It will cost some money tho but you will save money overall. This is what I did.

I checked a computer on Newegg.com that is prebuilt which was 1200$ I am able to built the exact same one for 980(estimate) and 50 for builting it at the computer store across the street from my house

Wow I'm another $1000 off, that's unbelievable.

Yeah its unbelievable. To top it off the graphic card that pick on that website cost 550+ the additional 150$ for the 9600 GT. It such a ripoff. Now dont get me started on the other stuff

HAHAHA! I feel you man, It just wonders me how they could sleep at night knowing they spent that much money and it wasn't worth it, personally I would call the store/site the moment I find out that it doesn't perform as I want.

There customer support isn't all that great. I once ordered from their website a computer Aurora and it came with a 9600, 2gb, and some other bad stuff which was not worth it. I hated it and so I kept caling asked for a refund as I had 30 days, but it wouldn't respond. I had to wait 2weeks for them to say okay that a good reason. I mean I dont need a reason, I have warranty and 30 guarantee my money back.

Calling them is also bad because the answer machine always answers. You had to wait 36hours for them to call you back. It horrible

Can't order online yet you use Sony Vegas? How old are you?.........X360PS3AMD05

If you would read correctly, I stated I CAN order online, but unless I find someone or something to build my PC my mom won't let me.

Thanks for the replies guys.

Then build it yourself....................X360PS3AMD05

Can you read? I said there were no shops or anything that would build it for me, and because of that my mom won't order any parts. She wants somebody else to build it, not me.

And this one looks good, will this last me a long time and will it be able to run many games at maximum settings while keeping a good framerate?

Build. Build. And, build. Elann2008

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]Then build it yourself....................TheFrow

Can you read? I said there were no shops or anything that would build it for me, and because of that my mom won't order any parts. She wants somebody else to build it, not me.

And this one looks good, will this last me a long time and will it be able to run many games at maximum settings while keeping a good framerate?

Big ripoff. Take this one which is the same price if you change the Gtx260 with 2x 9800gtx which will equal to 1306$. BTW change the case to Raidmax Sagitta II Mid-Tower 420W Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window. This case is very good. The rabate will pay for tax and other stuff. Good luck

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/CyberPower_Gamer_Infinity_8800_Pro_SE/

Then get a new mom who has confidence in her son..................X360PS3AMD05

HAHHA that was dry!

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]Build. Build. And, build. vhtboomer

Thanks. ;) :D

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]Then build it yourself....................TheFrow

Can you read? I said there were no shops or anything that would build it for me, and because of that my mom won't order any parts. She wants somebody else to build it, not me.

And this one looks good, will this last me a long time and will it be able to run many games at maximum settings while keeping a good framerate?

I just posted that >.>

[QUOTE="TheFrow"]

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]Then build it yourself....................RFOMownage

Can you read? I said there were no shops or anything that would build it for me, and because of that my mom won't order any parts. She wants somebody else to build it, not me.

And this one looks good, will this last me a long time and will it be able to run many games at maximum settings while keeping a good framerate?

I just posted that >.>

...yes, you did. I don't see what's wrong here. I would have credited you or something but I didn't think it would matter.

And it shouldn't.

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]Then get a new mom who has confidence in her son..................TheFrow

Anyways, thanks for the link Beserker1_5, I don't know if they ship to Canada but I'll look into it. I also found this that has the GeForece 9800.

BTW, yes they do ship to canada

[QUOTE="RFOMownage"][QUOTE="TheFrow"]

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]Then build it yourself....................TheFrow

Can you read? I said there were no shops or anything that would build it for me, and because of that my mom won't order any parts. She wants somebody else to build it, not me.

And this one looks good, will this last me a long time and will it be able to run many games at maximum settings while keeping a good framerate?

I just posted that >.>

...yes, you did. I don't see what's wrong here. I would have credited you or something but I didn't think it would matter.

And it shouldn't.

oohhh.

Ok, lol, its just you seemed oblivious.

Link

Best bang for your buck.

Definitely go for newegg.com or tigerdirect.com and make sure you read up and pick the right parts though. I just built a pc for the first time and it took some troubleshooting but was overall pretty easy. You feel so much more satisfied after you build your own rig and get all brand name parts and awesome upgradability. I had my cousin helping me though and it took only like 3 hours to assemble my new baby :D.

Well i am one of the most helpful people on this board, plus we were trying to help you. Some people are just too stubborn. X360PS3AMD05

Are you kidding me? You're the worst one in this topic. Going into random topics and posting stuff barely cohesent with the topic at hand is not being helpful, it's called being a spammer.

Thanks zaku101 for the link!

whether your building a computer or buying one i recommend getting one that has an intel quadcore Q9550 or Q9650.  get a motherboard the has a front side bus of 1333 to 1600.  at least 4GB of DDR2 ram, best would be to get 8GBs of ram (try getting DDR3 ram). now nvidia has great graphics cards dont get me wbrotherrong but i have seen the "Radeon ATI 4870 HD X2" and all i can tell you is WOW! visuals are great crisp and clean. great for gaming. now on the adobe after effects side it works great (being that you have the parts described above). i dont know about after effects CS3 but after effects CS4 has this option where you can choose how much ram you want to use or CPU (meaning processors) to render and preview your video project. there is also an option where you can tap into your graphics card and use the ram that your graphics card has.  it improves the playback greatly so you can view your effects that you have added on to your video without any horrible lag and chopp movements.  hope this helps! ohhh and another thing you should try a fry's electronics.  they can build you a computer.  hope this helps. later!