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William Robinson

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I have a Dell XPS700 that is unreliable. I am weighing purchasing Alienware X51 or Dell 8700 but what I have seen both are overpriced. I'm playing mostly FPS (steam games I missed) so it does not have to be high performing but the choice on cards on the Dell is Radeon™ HD 7570 1GB GDDR5 or GeForce GT 640 1GB. Considering my own build but don;t have time (funny my old P4 rig I built years ago is still running XP albeit slowly). Suggested ideas under $1000? Build or buy?
 
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Dell and Alienware: Just say no. I had a bunch of dells from 1997 - 2012. They are okay, but to build is to love. Cheaper and better performance - specifically in FPS games.

Try looking at: pcpartpicker.com
Guys post their builds there. You should be able to buy a very nice machine for $1k. If you reuse your k/b, mouse, monitor. Maybe a Hdd you can save even more OR buy a better GPU.

For the build itself: youtube: newegg pc build parts 2&3. I'm of average intel and I built my 1st one in about 5 hours with my 14 y/o kid 'helping'.

Bottom line: for games now and in the future I'd recommend a quad core. and gaming is primarily about the GPU.

Toms has a GPU review out today and here's a link for relative performance and...
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Dell and Alienware: Just say no. I had a bunch of dells from 1997 - 2012. They are okay, but to build is to love. Cheaper and better performance - specifically in FPS games.

Try looking at: pcpartpicker.com
Guys post their builds there. You should be able to buy a very nice machine for $1k. If you reuse your k/b, mouse, monitor. Maybe a Hdd you can save even more OR buy a better GPU.

For the build itself: youtube: newegg pc build parts 2&3. I'm of average intel and I built my 1st one in about 5 hours with my 14 y/o kid 'helping'.

Bottom line: for games now and in the future I'd recommend a quad core. and gaming is primarily about the GPU.

Toms has a GPU review out today and here's a link for relative performance and price: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

Good Luck !

 
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