I want to build a portable desktop like the alienware alpha. My budget is 800.
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Woody1999
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900 pounds? 900 dollars? 900 bananas? Operating system? Overclocking? Please dude, give more information.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£138.31 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£99.71 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£38.95 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£47.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card (£157.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: Silverstone SG05W-LITE Mini ITX Desktop Case (£32.44 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply (£51.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: be quiet! SilentWings 2 50.5 CFM 120mm Fan (£14.27 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: AOC E970SWN 60Hz 18.5" Monitor (£62.99 @ Ebuyer)
Keyboard: Perixx PERIBOARD-505H PLUS Wired Mini Keyboard (£29.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £705.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 18:13 BST+0100
Woody
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£138.31 @ CCL Computers)
Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£99.71 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£38.95 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£47.97 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£32.40 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB Superclocked Video Card (£157.00 @ Aria PC)
Case: Silverstone SG05W-LITE Mini ITX Desktop Case (£32.44 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply (£51.95 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: be quiet! SilentWings 2 50.5 CFM 120mm Fan (£14.27 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: AOC E970SWN 60Hz 18.5" Monitor (£62.99 @ Ebuyer)
Keyboard: Perixx PERIBOARD-505H PLUS Wired Mini Keyboard (£29.90 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £705.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 18:13 BST+0100
Woody
jmsellars1
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- Dec 31, 2010
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This would be around twice the height, twice the width and twice the length of the Alienware but cheaper and much more powerful.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mBWzLk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mBWzLk/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD Blue 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case ($79.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $508.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 14:45 EDT-0400
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mBWzLk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mBWzLk/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD Blue 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case ($79.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $508.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 14:45 EDT-0400
jmsellars1
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We might as well say now that you're not going to build a gaming PC that's as powerful, small and light as the Alienware. You can either do something bigger and much more powerful like the one I suggested or if you're interested in something just as small but less powerful I can make a suggestion.
jmsellars1
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You could literally just swap the i3 for an i5 with all other components the same. You might want to consider a decent CPU cooler if doing that though, the i5 will put out more heat.
jmsellars1
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I'm assuming 900 USD for the budget then so if you're happy with something bigger and heavier, this would be good:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GLmmZL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GLmmZL/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9x65 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($161.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case ($79.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $760.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 16:31 EDT-0400
You could even go for a more powerful GPU but you might struggle for cooling in such a small case.
Anything smaller is either going to involve a half height graphics card or the integrated graphics on an AMD A10, neither of which are likely to be nearly as powerful as the GPU in the Alienware.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GLmmZL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GLmmZL/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($166.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9x65 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($161.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case ($79.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $760.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 16:31 EDT-0400
You could even go for a more powerful GPU but you might struggle for cooling in such a small case.
Anything smaller is either going to involve a half height graphics card or the integrated graphics on an AMD A10, neither of which are likely to be nearly as powerful as the GPU in the Alienware.
jmsellars1
Splendid
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Here's another idea for something smaller and should still have better performance than the Alienware.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kBwydC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kBwydC/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i3-4130T 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($100.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB M.2-2260 Solid State Drive ($102.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($148.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Antec ISK 300-150 Mini ITX Desktop Case w/150W Power Supply ($67.49 @ Amazon)
Total: $565.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 17:51 EDT-0400
The GPU might be too wide for the case so you MAY need to cut a small hole in the side to accommodate the fan (or buy a different case). You will also have to experiment a bit with cooling but the bonus is that this case is only a bit bigger than the alienware whereas that Silverstone is a lot bigger.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kBwydC
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kBwydC/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i3-4130T 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor ($112.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($100.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX200 250GB M.2-2260 Solid State Drive ($102.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($148.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Antec ISK 300-150 Mini ITX Desktop Case w/150W Power Supply ($67.49 @ Amazon)
Total: $565.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-05 17:51 EDT-0400
The GPU might be too wide for the case so you MAY need to cut a small hole in the side to accommodate the fan (or buy a different case). You will also have to experiment a bit with cooling but the bonus is that this case is only a bit bigger than the alienware whereas that Silverstone is a lot bigger.
jmsellars1
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It should probably manage it at medium settings. For high settings you might want to upgrade the GPU to the GTX 960 or something. That will put out more heat though so you might need to play around with the cooling a bit.
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