Looking to buy Acer Predator

jasonduncan · Mar 22, 2013

Looking to buy a prebuilt and looking at http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Acer+-+Predator+Desktop+-+32GB+Memory+-+2TB+Hard+Drive+%2B+16GB+Solid+State+Drive/8575057.p?id=1218879311229&skuId=8575057&ref=06&loc=01&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=8575057&extensionType={adtype}:{network}&s_kwcid=PTC!pla!{keyword}!{matchtype}!{adwords_producttargetid}!{network}!{ifmobile:M}!{creative}
how is this for gaming?

DiaSin · Mar 22, 2013

Anything but ACER and Best Buy. What is your budget?

Kjwinden · Mar 22, 2013

FYI anyone responding here is going to recommend you build your own.

jasonduncan · Mar 22, 2013

below $1300.00

bignastyid · Mar 22, 2013

For $1200 that's not actually good at all. Are you willing to build your own(would get you the best system for the money) or does it absoutley have to be prebuilt?

atomicWAR · Mar 22, 2013

Kjwinden :

pretty much! the predator is overpriced and gpu wise underpowered.

jasonduncan · Mar 22, 2013

has to be prebuilt buying it for my little brother going to college and he plays swtor and other mmos and wants to play elder scrolls online.

Kjwinden · Mar 22, 2013

Try these guys

http://www.lpc-digital.com/

jasonduncan · Mar 22, 2013

They only sell laptops looking for desktop.

atomicWAR · Mar 22, 2013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883258014 try this

jasonduncan · Mar 22, 2013

now between the GTX 650 1GB vs amd 8760 which is better for gaming

hizodge · Mar 22, 2013

1250 bucks for a rig with a 650? No... Don't do it man.

atomicWAR · Mar 22, 2013

hizodge :

while not the best gpu its not bad....my reasoning was the addition of a ssd drive. it will make the system snappy and responsive more so then any other upgrade can.

Kjwinden · Mar 22, 2013

How about these guys.
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/

atomicWAR · Mar 23, 2013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229387 this has more GPU power and cost less...

hizodge · Mar 23, 2013

atomicWAR :

Doesn't really help in games, though.

atomicWAR · Mar 23, 2013

Kjwinden :

lol that was my last post just via newegg...so +1

again http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229387

jasonduncan · Mar 23, 2013

i was about to say what does anyone know about ibuypower and cyberpowerpc? and is the acer that bad?

jasonduncan · Mar 23, 2013

Intel Ivy Bridge Core i5-3570
8GB ram
1TB Hard Disk Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB
Worth 1000?

jasonduncan · Mar 23, 2013

or is this better for 100 bucks more?
Intel Core i7-3770
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2Gb
8Gbram

hizodge · Mar 23, 2013

i7-3770 and i5-3570 have almost exactly similar gaming performance.

bignastyid · Mar 23, 2013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229388
Leaves a little left for a monitor. And its better then that pile of Acer.

feeblepenguin · Mar 23, 2013

Kjwinden :

Here. Choose a "build your own" and make something like this. I'd go heavier on the gpu, and up to a 3570k.
Maybe a z77 board, and a cooler.

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 3.20 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155 [+80]
HDD: 500GB SATA-III 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)
MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX] GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3H Intel B75 Chipset DDR3 mATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, HDMI, GbLAN, USB 3.0, SATA-III, 2x Gen2 PCIe x16 & PCI
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 7770 1GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [+97]

=$750

Kjwinden · Mar 23, 2013

Cyberpower is a good site, they just build a PC for you then charge a 10-15% charge on top of that.

That's why we recommend you build your own PC.

The one advantage cyber power does give is a protection plan. But really what they are doing is having you send back your PC...troubleshooting the broken component...then RMA'ing it. They are middlemen...which is why agin we recommend building your own.

Where do you live...is there a microcenter near? We will convert you to the dark side...

bignastyid · Mar 23, 2013

jasonduncan :

$1000 for that isn't bad for a prebuilt. For gaming stick with the 3570 over the 3770.

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