Question by : What is a good windows computer for gaming? I already own a mac but want a separate windows computer so that i can easily play games made specifically for windows with my friends, without having to allocate memory to windows on my mac. The price range doesn't really matter but i would prefer something under 2500 dollars that will run any game smoothly. I was trying to find one myself but i used mac computers all my life and do not really know which windows computers are the best and i am to lazy to build one from scratch by myself, so i will take any advice as to what is believed to be the great gaming computers. And if extra details are necessary because my question is extremely broad, I would prefer a computer with between 1 and 2 terabytes of hard disk space for video editing, with 16gb of ram(at least) for rendering 3d models in maya, and it doesn't matter whether it is a laptop or desktop. The two computers that i was debating on buying were both from alienware but everyone tells me that they are to overpriced. Best answer for What is a good windows computer for gaming?:
Answer by Vodka
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131270 This one is perfect for you.
Answer by CasualPC
Everyone is right, Alienware is massively overpriced. I personally use an old Packard Bell iMedia with which I can get away with murder. With your expansive budget I recommend that you find a nearby company that builds custom rigs. Get them to kit you out with: Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 (case) Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H (motherboard) Intel Core i7-3770k (processor) Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 or 690 (graphics) Let them fill in the rest of the details.
Answer by John
Here ya go: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229311 You could build one like this for less, but since you dont want to, this would rock your face off. ps. dont buy a laptop for gaming... -_-
Answer by jesse g
I would never recommend someone buy a pre-assembled desktop from one of the big companies as you are almost guaranteed to have it marked up. I highly suggest buying the parts and assembling them. It takes a few hours at most. I would guess you would pay no more than 1700 if you buy the parts and assemble them. There are a lot of tutorials if you are confused on any of the assembly and the most complicated part is connecting things to the motherboard, but just follow the instructions. There are usually bundle deals on newegg to get the whole package at a discount if you don't want have to worry about mixing and matching components.
Answer by Geri
I don't know what you have heard but i have been on this for a pretty long time, and i am telling you, ALIENWARE is pretty good but... Asus G74SX is a ROCK STAR. Yes i know ASUS??? Believe me he is a god when it comes to performance, its a laptop and has a 3.0 GB total video memory, Intel Core i7processor, HD sound, 12 GB Ram 1.5 TB Hard Disk Blu ray dvd reader and a resolution of 1920x1080. As you can see he is the maximum that can be achieved for a gaming laptop and even be compatible. It runs on Windows 7 of course it's a gaming laptop after all and it's approx 1650 $ . It's a top notch deal and i definitely recommend it(and such things as 16gb of ram itself can be, you might want to add it yourself)
Answer by LPunch
There are only two prebuilt windows computers for gaming th at I recommend and nothing else. The first one is the microtel ti9027 from this page.. http://www.amazon.com/Microtel-Computer%C2%AE-TI9027-Processor-Microsoft/dp/B00535QJA2/?ie=UTF8&tag=utf8-qid-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325 and the gamer supreme from ibuypower on this page... http://www.amazon.com/iBUYPOWER-Gamer-Supreme-CrossFire-A978SLCK/dp/B005NCXO62/?ie=UTF8&tag=utf8-qid-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325 The microtel costs more than the ibuypower computer because it has all the latest components installed. Both have 2 terabytes of hard disk space and 16gb of ram so 3d modeling will be a breeze. The only downside is that your friends might be jealous. Alienware does cost a lot but the two I mentioned above is right in between building your own computer and paying too much. They both are prices just right. Hope that helped.
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Every computer to ship in 2012 - be it a brand new notebook computer or even one of the new and lighter ultrabooks to arrive from various manufacturers this year ship with one glaring flaw and that's too little RAM installed.
This is usually due to the cost cutting required as computers, especially notebooks are constricted in the cost of the parts and the room for those parts to go. So with that in mind, the computer manufacturers tend to ship the computers with just enough memory for the computers to boot up and perhaps some light computing tasks such as word processing or facebook. On some of the newer ultrabooks the RAM is soldered directly to the motherboard with no chance of adding more memory later. But for the rest of us.. ram is cheap.
Most notebook computers today allow at minimum of 8GB of RAM and some of the more higher end notebooks ship from the factory with 8GB and allow for 16GB of notebook RAM to be installed.
Because the 16GB memory upgrade kits are still a bit on the expensive side, your best value for a notebook memory upgrade is the 8GB memory upgrade kit. It doesn't really matter where you buy your RAM, but you should be aware that the PC manufacturers will charge you more for a memory upgrade than you can buy ram online elsewhere. Current street prices for an 8GB memory kit hover around the $ 40 dollar mark, which means that for less than the cost of dinner for two you can max out the memory on your computer.
Reasons for a RAM upgrade are speed first of all and general performance improvements overall with more memory installed in you computer. This advice holds true for all popular and best selling computers from Acer, Apple, Dell, Sony and Toshiba just to name a few.
The best part of upgrading ram on modern computers is that with a bit of patience and care and common household tools you can perform the upgrade yourself and save the cost of an expensive computer repair bill that could be priced more than the ram upgrade itself. Add to the fact, and this holds especially true for notebook computers in most instances you will be replacing the memory upgrade with larger ram upgrades and you will have the original memory upgrade to either sell or donate.
To summarize, the 8GB memory upgrade kit is the cheapest method to increase the performance of your computer in 2012.
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