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PC Building Question

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  • 03-03-2012 9:29pm
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    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I understand that alot of people around these parts and many others who actually want a good system for gaming or other purposes would build it themselves, but the question is, for those who don't have the experience building machines, would you pay some one else to do it? Or just buy a high spec machine online?


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    deconduo
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    If you're based in Dublin I'll build it for free. There are other people around the country willing to help out as well. Also one of the sites that people order from (hardwareversand.de) is doing a special offer where they will assemble for €5 for the rest of the month.


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    L.Jenkins
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    No I can build myself, I'm just asking, would you pay someone though?


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    deconduo
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 4,281 Mod ✭✭✭✭deconduo


    ItsThatManAgain wrote: »
    No I can build myself, I'm just asking, would you pay someone though?

    I'm sure some people would, as it still works out cheaper than buying a POS alienware.


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    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    And here's me thinking an Alienware machine would have been decent.


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    deconduo
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    ItsThatManAgain wrote: »
    And here's me thinking an Alienware machine would have been decent.

    Most of them are horribly unbalanced for gaming. For example the cheapest Aurora gives you an i7-3820, GTX 555 and 8GB of RAM for a massive €1,350. You could get an infinitely better custom built one for the same price.


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    Serephucus
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    Alienware laptops though are slightly better priced (particularly if you know the ins and outs of Dell, as well as International ordering). You do pay a premium, but Alienwares usually are quite well designed thermally.

    /on-topic, I wouldn't, but I'm sure there are people out there that would.


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    jaykhunter
    Registered Users Posts: 12,013 ✭✭✭✭jaykhunter


    You've come to the right place to get the absolute best your money can buy. Dell & companies selling you packaged deals add on a very sizeable chunk to what it's worth, non-optimised! Sure fill out the form on deconduo's sig and see what you can get for the same amount!

    /on topic, my ideal scenario is making the PC myself with someone knowledgeable watching over my shoulder, lol.


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