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by: Stigall32 September 27, 2012 3:39 PM PDT

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by Stigall32 - 9/27/12 3:39 PM

I am looking for a new pc, my other one broke. I was looking at a i5 or i7, at least 4Gb of ram, 15" screen and up, 320 or more storage. I really don't care about the weight, just looking for one under 1200 and can play Diablo 3 or guild wars 2. I am a student, but take great care of my computers. Also I am not to picky about the brand as long as it has a good feel to it and does not look really bad. Any one have idea what i should look for? Thanks in advance


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(NT) Did you check out the usual Alienware or XPS?

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 9/27/12 10:50 PM

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by Stigall32 - 9/28/12 6:37 AM

In Reply to: (NT) Did you check out the usual Alienware or XPS? by R. Proffitt Moderator

yeah I look at them both they were really nice but they seem to over priced for what they were offering. The XPS did not have the screen I was looking for it only went up to about 15 inches and with the i7 in it it was 1500 compared to a ASUS with an i7 and almost identical specs with a bigger screen is less. Thanks for the reply.


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Why the i7? You've read such as the following?

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 9/28/12 11:24 AM

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"Our tests demonstrate fairly little difference between a $225 LGA 1155 Core i5-2500K and a $1000 LGA 2011 Core i7-3960X, even when three-way graphics card configurations are involved. It turns out that memory bandwidth and PCIe throughput don't hold back the performance of existing Sandy Bridge-based machines. "
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html

As to your comment about prices. I think many have a champagne taste but a beer budget. I didn't find the Alienware or Apple units over priced. I compared what's in the entire package and you are getting what you pay for.

Odd to get the i7 though. Not always the fastest option for games.
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here are some comparisions

by GhostQ - 11/16/12 10:56 PM

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here are some comparisions


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