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    Senior Member nihil's Avatar
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    one word = alienware =) lol
    No, more like , because you cannot be serious.

    Just Google for Alienware sucks, and wonder why you get 199,000 hits? Then try Alienware problems

    "Boutique" computers? hell they don't even make them, they just rebadge other peoples stuff, add some eye candy and charge an exorbitant price. You go to a boutique for clothes, and to technologists for technology.

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    lol, true

    I was offering examples as something to base a custom build on, or if he had to do a payment plan.

    I personally, had to do a payment plan on my last PC because I had recently had a kid, and was recovering financially, but *needed* a new computer. So I made a payment plan through dell.

    *shrug*

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    If you get an intel q6600 or higher with 8800gtx and a decent amount of memory you should be fine for a long time... If you want me to help comfigure something for you send me a pm

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    Hi

    Thanks guys for the additional input. From a gamers (!) point of view
    I like the idea of using a readyboost capable flashdrive for the pagefile.
    May be worth a try.

    I now bought a Intel Core Duo (6850) with 8800GTX, 4GB DDR2, Vista64.
    So far, I am smoothly playing (though, I have not tried Crysis yet ).


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    Honestly, it may have been better to wait a couple months. There are some new technologies coming out soon (or will be cheaper) that would be nice to have (DDR3 for motherboards, DDR5 for video cards, solid state hard drives, etc).

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    Thats how it always goes though there is *always* something bigger,faster, better comming out soon haha

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    Those alienware boxes are really outstanding. They had one at Best Buy awhile back and I wanted to trade a kid for it. The wife didn't want to go along and there were no takers anyway.
    Only trust Pipe-smoking Penguins.

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    Yeah but they are way overpriced.. I can save at least $300 on any box i would build for myself

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    Oh I agree oofki, but I wasn't clear if OP was looking to roll his own (hardware hacker) or not.
    Only trust Pipe-smoking Penguins.

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    True if you have a lot of money and dont want to bother making a computer or arent computer savy it is a good option

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