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Update post #91 - Cupcake needs help for her little muffin. **Thank you everyone for your help**

12,738 11,124 May 21, 2014 at 07:00 AM in Help
My son is a big time gamer and his computer is very old and slow. He has saved $1,000 for a new one. I'm so proud of him for saving his money for it.

It needs to be a gaming worthy Desktop computer.

Any suggestions for him?

He just needs a tower. Has a good monitor already.


Yes I know that we have a forum for this kinda thing, but I heart my lounge friends and trust you to do me right. Blowkiss
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cav
05-21-2014 at 07:59 AM.
05-21-2014 at 07:59 AM.
Quote from VorlonFrog :
Yup, that's the same X51 R2 rig I linked, just above. Your link worked for me. Don't know why others can't see them.
you can't fix their stupid, VF.
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idkist
05-21-2014 at 08:02 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:02 AM.
Good easy to understand read.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/25...ng_pc.html

Personally I'd go with a core-i5 with better graphics card than a core-i7 with a lower one.
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marg_fan
05-21-2014 at 08:11 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:11 AM.
Anyone mention a Chromebook yet? Hide
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J03
05-21-2014 at 08:24 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:24 AM.
You guys are nuts. I doubt this kid needs a top of the line rig for $3000... if he has a slow and crappy PC right now, a solid $1000 tower will blow his mind in comparison and he can always upgrade parts and pieces at a later time.
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cupcake42
05-21-2014 at 08:28 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:28 AM.
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Anyone mention a Chromebook yet? Hide
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Quote from J03 :
You guys are nuts. I doubt this kid needs a top of the line rig for $3000... if he has a slow and crappy PC right now, a solid $1000 tower will blow his mind in comparison and he can always upgrade parts and pieces at a later time.
Iagree
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cav
05-21-2014 at 08:33 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:33 AM.
Quote from J03 :
You guys are nuts. I doubt this kid needs a top of the line rig for $3000... if he has a slow and crappy PC right now, a solid $1000 tower will blow his mind in comparison and he can always upgrade parts and pieces at a later time.
who recommended a $3000 setup? believe all aforementioned machines were <$1000 with exception of the one that I posted for $29 over, with a shit ton better video card...
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05-21-2014 at 08:38 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:38 AM.
Quote from cav :
why would any flaming commence? Alienware from the outlet is going to be the best bang for the buck since it has to be pre-built.

http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnli...d=493984ed

$909 for an i7 quad-core Alienware system.

if CC can throw in $29. an Nvidia GPU is much nicer than a Radeon
http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnli...d=8b2744f2
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cav
05-21-2014 at 08:39 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:39 AM.
don't know how you can't get it to work. VF and I had no problem loading either one of them (and I had no problem loading his). perhaps you need to upgrade your machine while you're at it? maybe it has something to do with SDs redirection process on links?
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05-21-2014 at 08:40 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:40 AM.
Quote from cav :
who recommended a $3000 setup? believe all aforementioned machines were <$1000 with exception of the one that I posted for $29 over, with a shit ton better video card...
We can go a little extra. But need working linkys.

Quote from cav :
don't know how you can't get it to work. VF and I had no problem loading either one of them (and I had no problem loading his). perhaps you need to upgrade your machine while you're at it? maybe it has something to do with SDs redirection process on links?
Could it be an iPhone issue?
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SnakePlisken
05-21-2014 at 08:42 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:42 AM.
Quote from cupcake42 :
We can go a little extra. But need working linkys.


Could it be an iPhone issue?
Try this one ---> wiggly [craigslist.com]
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cav
05-21-2014 at 08:46 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:46 AM.
Quote from cupcake42 :
We can go a little extra. But need working linkys.


Could it be an iPhone issue?
dunno. I see it tries to redirect through some dpbolvw.net site.... perhaps your problem?

--edit: removed the urlhasbeenblocked URL, as that did not work for me even.
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idkist
05-21-2014 at 08:53 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:53 AM.
Quote from cav :
don't know how you can't get it to work. VF and I had no problem loading either one of them (and I had no problem loading his). perhaps you need to upgrade your machine while you're at it? maybe it has something to do with SDs redirection process on links?
I don't think it's SDs redirection as I took the encoded url out of it, decoded and tried to hit it directly and can't get it to work.
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J03
05-21-2014 at 08:55 AM.
05-21-2014 at 08:55 AM.
Quote from cav :
who recommended a $3000 setup? believe all aforementioned machines were <$1000 with exception of the one that I posted for $29 over, with a shit ton better video card...
It was a bit of an exaggeration but I was talking about these comments saying that he can't do much for $1000...

Quote from cav :
not going to have much luck building a gaming system for a grand. a decent video card will take away half of the budget.
Quote from TattyBear :
My son has a cyberpower PC. $1k isn't going to cut it cuppycake. If he is a serious gamer, good graphics card, ram, etc.etc. I think my munchkin paid $2500 for his.
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cav
05-21-2014 at 09:02 AM.
05-21-2014 at 09:02 AM.
Quote from J03 :
It was a bit of an exaggeration but I was talking about these comments saying that he can't do much for $1000...
see my keyword about BUILDING a gaming system? I posted that unaware of his special needs and figured he was going for an epic gaming system build before OP added the requested additional information. running SLI can easily consume a $1000 budget.

also, that same post went on to say that with special sales and rebates I was able to help someone build a decent gaming system for ~$800 in the tech support forum. but feel free to just pick the pieces of my post apart to make your point. Smilie
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Hawk2007
05-21-2014 at 09:06 AM.
05-21-2014 at 09:06 AM.
Quote from cupcake42 :
Iagree

Iagree


Having spent a fair amount on state of the art technology in yesteryears, $1000 for a gaming rig is about 2x what I'd personally spend on a rig though I do build my own PCs and have a decent stock of parts your son probably does not have (i.e. case, power supply, optical and hard drives).

So, I'm a bit miffed that people are belittling $1000 on a gaming PC. I think that your son can spend that amount and be thrilled with his purchase.

You don't need a $400-500 video card. One for $200 will be great. Hell, I spent $65 on my graphics card during that Best Buy $50 off $100 fiasco and have had it for 1+ years and still do great on it. Not the latest, not the greatest, but it plays all the 3+ year old titles I like great. I took about a 8 year hiatus on PC gaming because the addiction starting costing me. Now, for like $60, I have some 90+ steam and 20+ origin titles many of which were Triple A titles back in the day. Do I have Battlefield 4 or Titanfall? Nope, but one day when they're cheap (if ever, if not I won't buy).

Cupcake, all that I ask is that you promise to post a photo of your son's computer once he gets it! Smilie
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