Looking to buy a new pc, anyone know where i can customize and order?

Technology and Gaming
#1

I’ve been stuck here with a Dimension E510 with a shitty single core pentium D, I wanted a quad core with a shit-big L2 cache for overclocking so I called dell and apparently I need a new computer completely.

I want the best shit so I won’t have to buy for a long time. Steam linked me to alienware customization, so I customized their best pc with the best shit, a badass processor and dual graphics card capability and it came out at $6,565… bullshit. My freinds tell me alienware is a ripoff company and said I could get the same stuff way cheaper. The problem is, I cant find any sites to do this. I could just buy the parts and assemble it, but I don’t know whats compatable with what.

So I was wondering if anyone at bm knows a site where you can customize and have a pc shipped… cheap, not paperclips and duct tape cheap, I mean not jacked up like alienware.

#2

If u dont want to build one, then have ibuypower build you one.

#3

You idiot Alienware isn’t the only pc manufacturer in the world. Any normal computer store will do as long as you know what you want.

#4

Check out AVA Direct, ibuypower seems sketchy.

#5

What country do you live in?

#6

Newegg is a good site. I rebuilt my computer a few months ago using them exclusively. You can also get complete systems from them, although I don’t think they customize.

#7

ibuypower.com Is far by the best site I’ve seen for buying a customized PC.

In the end building your own is the cheapest.

:facepalm:

#8

Read their customer reviews. There are tons of people online saying they recieved faulty hardware, or different hardware than they ordered, parts not installed correctly, etc.

#9

HP does some pretty decent machines, but the easiest way to build a PC would be to just build one yourself, or get a friend to build it.
If you’re interested, read up on how to figure out what works with what, or just ask someone. I did the same for my first PC- I figured out what I wanted, bought it, then had a friend assemble it.

#10

How is that possibly easier than ordering it from a website??

#11

if you take a few hours out on youtube you’ll be able to learn to make a PC, here in the UK the best place to get parts is at computer fairs, cheap and lots of variety

#12

I meant on the pocketbook.
Plus, then you can figure out what you want, and what you want your PC to look like!

#13

Also, take into account, if your order gets screwed up, you’re probably more likely to comment about it then if your order goes perfectly.

I hear ibuypower is overpriced, but I’ve never looked into it.

If you have a local computer store, chances are you can find the parts your want and get them to assemble it for you.

#14

ibuypower does a pretty good job, two of my friends have ordered comps from them, but yeah the price is a little jacked up, but its understandable since they are also putting the computer together for u.

#15

@hazzmat… Maybe thats why I posted a thread asking for other fucking options.

I dropped $2500 from the deal alienware gave me by going with even better shit through ibuypower. I don’t want to bother installing drivers and all that bullshit cuz I’m no pro. Thats why i want custom built.

#16

You could prolly drop another $500 if u built it urself or have a friend build it.

#17

You’re worried about drivers? When you buy the parts, they come with CD’s and you just put the CD in, and they’re installed.

Why do people always bitch about drivers, 99% of the time, it’s one google search away.

#18

I used newegg if that means anything.

#19

I tried newegg but I’m too lazy. I have my answer and its ibuypower but I don’t really post often, am I supposed to delete the thread now?

#20

Well you can’t delete the thread by yourself, but even if you could I wouldn’t recommend deleting it as it may help other peoples in the same situation as you.

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