What are good places to get good brand gaming computers?

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Yuriy Vahidov

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I've been doing computer research for two solid days. I've read reviews for iBUYPOWER and CyberPower pcs and have read more bad reviews than good. The only other REAL brand that I know is Alienware, and I know people who have not had the best experience. That leaves me lost. I don't know ANY other places with good, laptops. I would buy something from walmart, but almost every computer has integrated graphics and I'm looking for an affordable gaming machine. I'm thinking of building a computer but I would much rather just buy a ready one. Any suggestions on where to buy high quality gaming optimized PCs?
 
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Build it. This forum is filled with helpful people who can help you select parts. YouTube has lots of instructional videos, and there are guides to building on these forums as well. The Newegg TV channel, in particular, has a number of start-to-finish build videos.
Don't be put back by the endless niggling that you may see in some of the build threads here. Everyone's got an opinion, and rarely are any of them truly awful. Quite a few members here are fully capable of providing an excellent parts list, even if no two of them agree on exactly the same (or even similar) products.
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Definitely build one, it's not hard and you'll get a waaaay better machine for half the price!
 
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Build it. This forum is filled with helpful people who can help you select parts. YouTube has lots of instructional videos, and there are guides to building on these forums as well. The Newegg TV channel, in particular, has a number of start-to-finish build videos.
Don't be put back by the endless niggling that you may see in some of the build threads here. Everyone's got an opinion, and rarely are any of them truly awful. Quite a few members here are fully capable of providing an excellent parts list, even if no two of them agree on exactly the same (or even similar) products.
 
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Good places? Boxes of parts from Newegg or similar, and your kitchen table.

1. You will have intimate knowledge of how things go together
2. You only get the software installed that you want installed
3. When something goes wrong, you're not looking at a blank black box. You put it together, and you know how everything works.
4. You get to put actual care into the assembly
5. You save money not paying some monkey to put it together
6. You get the exact parts you want, not what the purchasing agent needs to fob off this week
 
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Those are all excellent reasons to build your own. It takes some time, but if you have even marginal manual dexterity, and can use a few basic hand tools (Philips screwdriver, and maybe needle-nose pliers or tweezers in some cases), it isn't particularly difficult.
 
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I've never had to use more than a screwdriver.
 
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Then you're all set. The pliers or tweezers may only be needed to help seat front panel connectors, but even that is often simplified by the manufacturers; for example Asus uses a block they call a Q-connector that is easy to plug front panel wires into, before putting the whole block on a pin header. Depending on the CPU cooler you get (not needed with stock coolers), sometimes pliers are needed to hold a nut or bolt when mounting it.
 
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