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Hi everybody, I was considering buying a new gaming PC, and I was wondering what you all consider to be the best and most kickass brand and/or model of gaming PC out on the market. Although building the PC myself has been recommended to me, I definitely don't plan on building the PC myself (I am way too incompetent to do that), and therefore, I plan on buying it from a company. For my inquiry, let's assume that price is of no significance (although it obviously will be once I actually make my choice). Any recommendations on components I should look for, or any feedback at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone, and take care.

Originally Posted by treybegood Hi everybody, I was considering buying a new gaming PC, and I was wondering what you all consider to be the best and most kickass brand and/or model of gaming PC out on the market. Although building the PC myself has been recommended to me, I definitely don't plan on building the PC myself (I am way too incompetent to do that), and therefore, I plan on buying it from a company. For my inquiry, let's assume that price is of no significance (although it obviously will be once I actually make my choice). Any recommendations on components I should look for, or any feedback at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone, and take care.

Price is no significance, then Alienware. Very expensive, but widely regarded as the best, and they specialize in gaming pc's.

I'd say the top three are Voodoo PC, Falcon NW, and Alienware. I'd choose them in that order.

Voodoo is your friend.

Falcon and Alienware but i think alienware is better

If you can afford Voodoo, then Voodoo. Considering this is CAG.com though, I'll bet you don't have $3000 to drop on a pc. I bought a complete system from ibuypower.com for about $1300, and the same configuration from Alienware or Voodoo would've costed me about $2400. The lesser-known boutique builders like IBP and Vicious are prolly your best bet.

Wait a little while then get an Alienware ALX

It will be fastest computer by far

story here:
http://gear.ign.com/articles/515/515363p1.html


The tech is pantented so you won't be seeing it by anyone else soon.

So if you don't want to build your own pc have someone build it for you. There is no point in throwing away hundreds of dollars on a name brand.

Thanks for all your feedback so far! What would you say is the big difference between Voodoo and Alienware computers besides price? In other words, why one over another? Are there any specific components I should seek out in the computer I buy? And last, somebody mentioned that a new Alienware computer computer is coming out fairly soon. What's the deal with this computer and when will it be coming out? Any advice on any of these questions would be helpful. Thanks again for all your feedback.

ID say build your own. You get moe options, and save a whole lot of money. I built my gamming rig, and everything in it is top of the line.

the best computer is.... the one you make yourself... it will save you tons of money, and u can put w/e u want in it. the only way to go.

edit: basketcase.. just saw ur post... i made mine too and it is all top of the line... my specs are amd athalon 64fx, radeon 9800xt, xp pro, dual 120 gb hd's, dvd plextor cd-rw 8x burner, 1024 of ram, and other stuff. oh and i have a 22" gateway monitor. what are your specs

Originally Posted by treybegood Thanks for all your feedback so far! What would you say is the big difference between Voodoo and Alienware computers besides price? In other words, why one over another? Are there any specific components I should seek out in the computer I buy? And last, somebody mentioned that a new Alienware computer computer is coming out fairly soon. What's the deal with this computer and when will it be coming out? Any advice on any of these questions would be helpful. Thanks again for all your feedback.

I believe the article said Q3 or Q4.

I like voodoo. As far as ATI or Nvidia or Intel or AMD its your call. We could go on forever on which one is better.

*cough* amd *cough*

edit: hey look 99th post! 100th post celebration thread comming up.... mods are gonna kill me!

if you want a good cheap pc, go with ABS PC. a $3000 alienware is only 2300. very good quality and some very nice options too. one of 4 companies to get the current highest score of 95% in pc gamer (the others were voodoo, alienware and falcon). i have one, and it just rules.

im not sure about a new model of PC, but i think they probably mean that the new generation of graphics cards will be coming out very soon, if not already. namely the ATI X800 and the Nvida 6800 models. these are the top of the line cards right now. I'm not quite sure what your budget is, but if you want a top notch gaming PC, you are going to need either one of these cards, at least 1 gig of RAM and the fastest processor you can afford (AMD Athlon 64 recomended). if you want to save a little money, the Radeon 9800XT and Nvidia 5950 Ultra graphics cards are due for a price drop as soon as the new ones come out.

some people also go for dual RAID hard drives, but thats a little extreme for my taste.

hope this helps.

You have to set a budget first. The new video array and X2 will cost a hefty amount of money. Much more than what their systems are going for right now. If you do not plan to spend a ridiculous amount of money, forget about the new Alienware.

^^

Yup, the new alienware line is thebest.

But it will cost a fortune (probably 4000+)

with watercooling, 2 x800's (the only company and motherboard that will support 2 video cards), a pentium 4 EE, and all the fixins it will be a premium.

youll get pride, sattasfaction, better profomance, and spend less money building it yourself

If you know how, build it yourself.

With the extra money, get yourself a nice case and groovy-colored lighting.