Ok, What Should I Do?

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#1 SHiFTY_v4
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I am still going to buy a new rig soon but im having trouble finding out where i should buy it from. I was about to go with CyberPowerPC which was a great rig for $1300.00 but ive read around and found that sometimes they do not build rigs correctly and put defective and refurbished parts in systems and i dont have enough experience/knowledge with building pc's to fix something thats wrong.

So i went over to the Alienware website, yes i said it, Alienware... and found that they just released a new system "Alienware 750i" which really isnt all that overpriced with the right setup. So if i buy from them atleast i know im getting new parts put in my rig, and that its setup correctly.

But i would love to get a better rig from CyberPowerPC for the same price but im not so sure i can trust them?

So any advice as to where i should get my rig from? What about HP?...Even though id rather stay away from them, Dell, and Gateway this time... And no i dont want to build my own PC.

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#2 CellAnimation
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So you'd buy Alienware but not Dell? Oh the irony!
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Heres a good prebuilt for $700 also look around on the site for more Pc's http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4138011&CatId=114 - Ultra "Crysis Warhead" Optimized Gaming PC - Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 2.66GHz, 2GB DDR2, 250GB SATA II HDD, DVDRW Dual Layer, NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT, Gigabit LAN, G31M3-F, Windows XP Professional
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#4 SHiFTY_v4
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So you'd buy Alienware but not Dell? Oh the irony!CellAnimation

Yea, ..kinda like a fanboy thing. I hate Dell.

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#6 CellAnimation
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[QUOTE="CellAnimation"]So you'd buy Alienware but not Dell? Oh the irony!SHiFTY_v4

Yea, ..kinda like a fanboy thing. I hate Dell.

I guess you don't realise they're the same company then?
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#7 04dcarraher
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[QUOTE="SHiFTY_v4"]

[QUOTE="CellAnimation"]So you'd buy Alienware but not Dell? Oh the irony!CellAnimation

Yea, ..kinda like a fanboy thing. I hate Dell.

I guess you don't realise they're the same company then?

Dell bought Alienware, Also 9 times out of ten prebuilts are more than they should be but that "Crysis Pc" I posted is a descently priced one.

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I recently bought a Dell XPS 420 for around the price of $1,300 with 20 inch monitor. The specs are Intel Core 2 Quad 8200 2.33GHz, ATI Radeon HD 3870, 750 HDD, 4GB RAM and Windows Vista Home Premium. I do not regret buying this computer and when it comes to performance I am not disappointed. I am currently playing Fallout 3 on this computer and I can take the highest quality settings.
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#9 CellAnimation
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I recently bought a Dell XPS 420...AnimeKiller
I've also got a XPS 420. Great machines. I've got the following specs; Core 2 Quad 6600 over clocked to 3.0 GHz, Nvidia GTX 260 Core 216 (I added this myself, the machine originally shipped with a 9800GT), 1 TB Samsung HDD, 4 GB RAM, 24" UltraSharp Dell display, and heaps of other extras (including blu-ray drive, SB X-fi, Dell acellerator, HD TV tuner, and more). I've got no issues playing anything on the machine, and the price was amazing. Dell have some amazing deals if you're in the right place at the right time. I did a lot of research before I settled on my 420, in the end I picked it up with $500 off and heaps of extras (as mentioned) thrown in for free. There was no way I could have built a similar spec'd machine for the price. TC - I know you've said you hate Dell but the XPS range is great, and if you can pick them up during a sale you can get 1 hell of a bargain.
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#10 SHiFTY_v4
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Well im going to go with Alienware.

Intel 8400 @3.0Ghz

4GB DDR2-800 2x2024

nVIDIA 9800GT 512MB

Vista Home 64-bit

750Watt PS

nForce 750i Motherboard

and its all upgradable for the future + ill have a great case.

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#11 CellAnimation
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Cool, enjoy your Del^H^H^H Alienware. Seriously though I know quite a few people with Alienware PCs. They all love them. Enjoy it!