- Jul 17, 2015
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Hey folks,
My daughter wants a gaming computer. She's leaning toward alienware; I think they're overpriced for what you get. I might be wrong. What do I know, I'm just a parent
I don't have an infinite budget, and this is what I came up with:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($285.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($198.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($69.43 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($159.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: Cougar Challenger-O (Black/Orange) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.78 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($56.21 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($109.99 @ NCIX)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($38.98 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1219.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-17 21:23 EDT-0400
I'm pretty new to this...does this seem like a decent first gaming system? Should I swap anything out? Is anything overkill (ie could be done a little cheaper?) - or - did I cheap out on anything I shouldn't have?
My daughter wants a gaming computer. She's leaning toward alienware; I think they're overpriced for what you get. I might be wrong. What do I know, I'm just a parent
I don't have an infinite budget, and this is what I came up with:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($285.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($198.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($69.43 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.95 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($159.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: Cougar Challenger-O (Black/Orange) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.78 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($56.21 @ DirectCanada)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($109.99 @ NCIX)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($38.98 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1219.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-17 21:23 EDT-0400
I'm pretty new to this...does this seem like a decent first gaming system? Should I swap anything out? Is anything overkill (ie could be done a little cheaper?) - or - did I cheap out on anything I shouldn't have?
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