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F0ck the police

You should build a custom it is cheaper and cooler. People will hate you if you say if you own an alienware.

My $870 build that can run games fairly well, or will, for that matter, it's just a plan.

  • 12.06.2012 6:15 AM PDT


Posted by: TOMahawk7890
I love it how everyone assumes that OP knows how to build a computer.


I literally watched the NewEgg videos on YouTube, bought the parts and plugged it all in.

OT: build your own OP - Alienware is really overpriced compared to assembling a rig yourself.

> dat feel when it powers on for the first time
> dat feel waiting for Windows to install
> dose feels playing your first game on your new rig.

feelsgoodman.jpeg

  • 12.06.2012 6:32 AM PDT
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F0ck the police


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Posted by: TOMahawk7890
I love it how everyone assumes that OP knows how to build a computer.


I literally watched the NewEgg videos on YouTube, bought the parts and plugged it all in.

OT: build your own OP - Alienware is really overpriced compared to assembling a rig yourself.

> dat feel when it powers on for the first time
> dat feel waiting for Windows to install
> dose feels playing your first game on your new rig.

feelsgoodman.jpeg
On reddit /r/buildapc can help too. Just pointing it out

  • 12.06.2012 6:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: TOMahawk7890
I love it how everyone assumes that OP knows how to build a computer.


I love it how this guy assumes that OP can't read the "PC Building Guide and FAQ of The Flood."

OT: Build your own.

  • 12.06.2012 6:38 AM PDT


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Posted by: TOMahawk7890
I love it how everyone assumes that OP knows how to build a computer.
The PC building thread is one of the most active threads in this forum.

Not hard; just get a motherboard that matches your cpu's socket/brand, get about 8 gigs of ram, a graphics card (I use nvidia's GTX 550ti 2g, I did have a 450 and it worked great too), a power supply and a case. After that just plug it all in.

The hardest part is putting the thermal paste (or whatever you use) on the cpu/heatsink and that's not really even difficult.
You don't need to apply thermal paste if you're going to use the stock Intel/AMD heatsinks as thermal paste is already pre-applied.

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If you don't desire to assemble it yourself, you can get a guy at a computer store to assemble it for you. Just to remember to buy compatible parts.
All of that is complete and utter gibberish to me and I have absolutely no desire to mess with the insides of a computer.

Lenovo Y580 was like $850 and apparently it's pretty good. And you don't have to mess with it. That's nice.

  • 12.06.2012 6:40 AM PDT

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