zpenguin2894 Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 I am looking for a website to purchase a new computer on. Could someone please point out a good site? Thanks. Preferably, the site should have an online customizable options menu and the prices should be decent. I have already looked at http://newegg.com and I wasn't very satisfied with the computers and they offered no customization options. A good example of the customizable options menu is at http://chillblast.com but I live in the USA so that requires a different power plug. Also, if I buy a computer that requires the 230 volt power plug, will it run properly if I buy an adapter from a store? Thanks. :D Quote
The_DarthMoogle Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 Depends which area of planet Earth you are on. If you are in the UK - http://www.cougar-extreme.co.uk/ Look no further. Their warranties are killer, and they even absorbed the cost of my motherboard upgrade because the one I chose wan't compatible with SLI. Quote
Maximus930 Posted November 6, 2012 Posted November 6, 2012 If you can make it yourself micro center (.com) has the best prices. My computer has 8 gigs of ram, can support 8 more, I can get a 1 gig video card for $30, right now I use the 256 or whatever it is that came with the mother board, decent sound card that also came with the mother board, 4 core micro processor, and two 500 gig hard drives (in a RAID). The best part is that, the total cost for everything but the hard drives only came up to $250 total (already owned the hard drives). It runs everything totaly lag free. Quote
Cheap Shot Posted November 6, 2012 Posted November 6, 2012 Not Minecraft related. Moving this to off topic. Quote
dragonshardz Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 Plugging PCpartpicker here. Good site, does what you list in the OP, links to more than just one place to actually buy the hardware. Quote
Kruziik_Kel Posted November 12, 2012 Posted November 12, 2012 Build one you will get a million times better value Quote
Jay? Posted November 15, 2012 Posted November 15, 2012 I have already looked at http://newegg.com and I wasn't very satisfied with the computers and they offered no customization options. You're using Newegg.com wrong. You're supposed to buy the parts from them and build it yourself. I have two machines that i bought prebuilt, one from iBuyPower which was a pretty good value/cost, and one from Fry's, which was excellent value/cost, but sadly, it's a laptop. Quote
Maximus930 Posted November 15, 2012 Posted November 15, 2012 I've only built a tower computer myself, is it any harder to build a laptop, or just putting the parts in the casing? Quote
Jay? Posted November 15, 2012 Posted November 15, 2012 I've only built a tower computer myself, is it any harder to build a laptop, or just putting the parts in the casing? Wasn't aware you wanted a laptop. Those are much tougher to build. You should go with Toshiba, then. They're pretty fantastic. Quote
Maximus930 Posted November 15, 2012 Posted November 15, 2012 No, I don't want a laptop, I was just wondering what went into making one. Until today, I didn't even know they sold laptop parts for DIY computers. Quote
Jay? Posted November 15, 2012 Posted November 15, 2012 No, I don't want a laptop, I was just wondering what went into making one. Until today, I didn't even know they sold laptop parts for DIY computers. I don't know if they do either, but having tried building a frankentop out of spare bits, i can safely say that it is a pain in the ass. Quote
HDScorpio Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 I suggest just going to amazon, they have quite a lot of sellers that offer a wide range of computers. I found a few decent ones at low price and good specs. Try searching for gaming pc there, I know it sounds vague but it works. Quote
Xylord Posted November 19, 2012 Posted November 19, 2012 Wasn't aware you wanted a laptop. Those are much tougher to build. You should go with Toshiba, then. They're pretty fantastic. I would give a try to ASUS too, they really know their stuff when it comes to gaming gear, and they really nailed their laptops. Never tried a Toshiba, so I couldn't say for sure, but I'm pretty ASUS laptops are among the laptops that can pack the biggest punch. Quote
Graziservers Posted November 20, 2012 Posted November 20, 2012 I say build one I just built a new rig for $1600 that will out preform any Alienware build.. Quote
Jay? Posted November 20, 2012 Posted November 20, 2012 I say build one I just built a new rig for $1600 that will out preform any Alienware build.. For 1600? It damn well BETTER outperform an alienware. Alienware is kinda shitty. Quote
Graziservers Posted November 20, 2012 Posted November 20, 2012 Any manufacturer built computer is. I don't like to use it unless I know what's in it and I put it there. I even built my laptop. Quote
Jay? Posted November 20, 2012 Posted November 20, 2012 Any manufacturer built computer is. I don't like to use it unless I know what's in it and I put it there. I even built my laptop. That isn't true. Toshibas are wonderful machines. Asus does pretty well too. Quote
Graziservers Posted November 20, 2012 Posted November 20, 2012 Lol acer is better than both of them You think toshiba an Asus are good but Alienware is crap? :/ Quote
The_DarthMoogle Posted November 20, 2012 Posted November 20, 2012 Lol acer is better than both of them You think toshiba an Asus are good but Alienware is crap? :/ It's not that Alienware is crap per se, just painfully overpriced for what is essentially a Dell, but with worse customer service. Quote
Graziservers Posted November 20, 2012 Posted November 20, 2012 It's not that Alienware is crap per se, just painfully overpriced for what is essentially a Dell, but with worse customer service. Exactly. Agreed 100% dell has terrible service anyway. All outsourced Quote
Jay? Posted November 20, 2012 Posted November 20, 2012 Lol acer is better than both of them You think toshiba an Asus are good but Alienware is crap? :/ What. Acer is absolute trash. Acer is the bargain bin brand. Toshibas are well built, decent value for price, and have a good range of builds. Asus has the netbook and smaller notebook market completely cornered. Alienware on the other hand has frequent problems with machines that don't include adequate cooling, bloated prices, and bad bottlenecks, i.e extremely high ram with a bad video card. Alienware is just mac for gamers. sounds nice and looks nice, but really is only useful for a small handful of people. Quote
Graziservers Posted November 20, 2012 Posted November 20, 2012 What. Acer is absolute trash. Acer is the bargain bin brand. Toshibas are well built, decent value for price, and have a good range of builds. Asus has the netbook and smaller notebook market completely cornered. Alienware on the other hand has frequent problems with machines that don't include adequate cooling, bloated prices, and bad bottlenecks, i.e extremely high ram with a bad video card. Alienware is just mac for gamers. sounds nice and looks nice, but really is only useful for a small handful of people. My wife has an acer. Support is good and all I've done is defrag it once. It's about two years old and still running great Quote
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