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[Mark L]

$5,000 budget for new computer, where is the best place TO BUY one (not to build one)?

Thanks.

[2SmIS]

I take it you'd rather avoid places like Dell and Gateway? If not, they sell lots of prebuilt computers and you can customize them online and have them shipped to you exactly how you want. For $5000 you could get a great PC with lots of extras. I'm sure there are cheaper methods, though.

[null]

Build your own. Go to newegg.com and you'll see the difference in prices. With $5,000 budget you can build a really nice computer

[Mark L]

Warranty: 2-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Chassis: Alienware® Full-Tower Case - Space Black
Power Supply: Alienware® 460 Watt Max Power Supply
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-55 Processor with HyperTransport Technology
Motherboard: ABIT AV8 - VIA K8T800 Pro Motherboard
Memory: 4GB Alienware® Dual Channel Low-Latency DDR PC-3200 at 333MHz - 4 x 1024MB
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6800 Ultra 256MB DDR3 w/Digital and S-Video Out
System Drive: Extreme Performance - Serial ATA RAID 0 - 148GB (74GB x 2) Serial ATA 10,000 RPM w/16MB Cache
Optical Drive One: Lite-On® 16x DVD / 52x36x52x CD-RW Drive
Optical Drive Two: NEC® ND-3520 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive
Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive - Black
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum Pro High Definition 7.1 Surround with Dual Firewire (IEEE® 1394)
Network Connection: Integrated High Performance Gigabit Ethernet
Speakers: Logitech® Z-5500 5.1 505-Watt Speakers
Keyboard: Microsoft® Basic Keyboard Black
Mouse: Microsoft® Basic Optical Mouse Black

For $4,359.00.

[Mark L]

Originally posted by null
Build your own. Go to newegg.com and you'll see the difference in prices. With $5,000 budget you can build a really nice computer

This is what I didn't want to hear.

I clearly posted

(not to build one)

[Alex]

Alienware = bad

Try these sites out... if you have 5K and don't want to take the time to build one, you can get a screaming fast gaming machine:
Voodoo PC
Falcon Northwest Computer Systems

[null]

Originally posted by Camp2Win
This is what I didn't want to hear.

I clearly posted

(not to build one)

Sorry, what is the main purpose of your computer?

[pztup]

I would go with WidowPC, they a company started by pissed off clients of Alienware and VoodooPC

I have an alienware myself, it screams but it took nearly 1month for my PC to get to my house. I got it onsale and no tax which is good.
http://www.widowpc.com/

[Mark L]

null, no problem

Gaming is the main purpose.

And to the above poster, " it screams" - what are the specs?

[MStar]

Voodoo RAGE Extreme Gaming Machine Intel
Voodoo Performance and Stability Re-Engineering
Voodoo Renowned Cabling System
IS09001:2000 Quality Control Standards
Voodoo Disaster Recovery System II
Free VoodooPC T-Shirt
Voodoo Koeskin System Binder
Voodoo EDGE Aluminium Mousing Surface
Voodoo Illuminated Mask & Airbox
Voodoo MESA Forced Air Chassis
Eye of the Storm and Electric Veins
ASUS P5ND2-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
Voodoo 600 Watt Noisetaker 2.0
Voodoo RAGE Twin Turbo Intercooler
Intel Pentium4 EE HT 3.73GHz 1066MHz FSB
4 GiG Crucial Ballistix DDR2-667 Memory
LiteOn 16-48 DVD & CD Reader
250 GiG HGST Sata 7200 RPM
nVidia GeForce 6800 GT 256 PCI Express
Voodoo On-Board 8-Channel Audio System
Voodoo GIGABIT Ethernet Connection
No Shipping (Pickup)
Voodoo GameDoctor - 1 Year Membership
FUEL Software Essentials v2.0
Windows XP Home
Standard Select Upgrade Assurance
Voodoo PlatinumCare 1 Year

5162.14

[Mark L]

Originally posted by Camp2Win
null, no problem

Gaming is the main purpose.

And to the above poster, " it screams" - what are the specs?

Voodoo PC

Ah, might go with this:

Voodoo RAGE a:211 DCC Workstation
Voodoo Performance and Stability Re-Engineering
Voodoo Renowned Cabling System
IS09001:2000 Quality Control Standards
Voodoo Disaster Recovery System II
Free VoodooPC T-Shirt
Voodoo Koeskin System Binder
Voodoo EDGE Aluminium Mousing Surface
Voodoo Illuminated Mask & Airbox
Voodoo MESA Forced Air Chassis
Eye of the Storm and Electric Veins
ASUS K8N-DL Dual Opteron nForce4 Pro 2200
Voodoo 600 Watt Noisetaker 2.0
Voodoo RAGE Twin Turbo Intercooler
AMD Opteron Processor Model 250
AMD Opteron Processor Model 250
2 Gigabyte NUMA Compliant Memory Kit
LiteOn 16-48 DVD & CD Reader
80 GiG HGST Sata 7200 RPM
80 GiG HGST Sata 7200 RPM
80 GiG HGST Sata 7200 RPM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540-V
Voodoo On-Board 8-Channel Audio System
Voodoo GIGABIT Ethernet Connection
North America Shipping
FUEL Software Essentials v2.0
Windows XP Professional
Standard Select Upgrade Assurance
Voodoo PlatinumCare 1 Year


$4881.92

[varg]

Just out of curiosity, why is building your own not an option? It only takes 20 - 30 minutes at most to put one together......

[CoolinHL]

And also, why $5000?

A $2000 system can play all the latest games out there at high resolutions and great framerates. Going above $2000 starts giving you diminishing returns...

[Bakie]

What about the dell xps?

[case]

Originally posted by Camp2Win
Voodoo PC

Ah, might go with this:

Voodoo RAGE a:211 DCC Workstation
Voodoo Performance and Stability Re-Engineering
Voodoo Renowned Cabling System
IS09001:2000 Quality Control Standards
Voodoo Disaster Recovery System II
Free VoodooPC T-Shirt
Voodoo Koeskin System Binder
Voodoo EDGE Aluminium Mousing Surface
Voodoo Illuminated Mask & Airbox
Voodoo MESA Forced Air Chassis
Eye of the Storm and Electric Veins
ASUS K8N-DL Dual Opteron nForce4 Pro 2200
Voodoo 600 Watt Noisetaker 2.0
Voodoo RAGE Twin Turbo Intercooler
AMD Opteron Processor Model 250
AMD Opteron Processor Model 250
2 Gigabyte NUMA Compliant Memory Kit
LiteOn 16-48 DVD & CD Reader
80 GiG HGST Sata 7200 RPM
80 GiG HGST Sata 7200 RPM
80 GiG HGST Sata 7200 RPM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540-V
Voodoo On-Board 8-Channel Audio System
Voodoo GIGABIT Ethernet Connection
North America Shipping
FUEL Software Essentials v2.0
Windows XP Professional
Standard Select Upgrade Assurance
Voodoo PlatinumCare 1 Year


$4881.92

Wow, what a rip off.... I was able to piece your computer together using individual parts (i think in some cases, i choose better parts) for 3265.99 with tax and shipping. Which leaves you 1615.93 cents extra

Asus K8N-DL Dual Socket940/nForce4 - 274.00/ free shipping
Dual 250 opterons - 1338.00/free shipping
2gb corsair 1gb ddr400 ECC - 510.00/free shipping
Plextor PX-716SA sata cdrw/dvdr - 146.80/shipping included
3x Seagate 80gb w/8mb cache sata - 144.00/free shipping
NVIDIA Quadro FX540 - 317.95/6.56 shipping
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 - 105.00/ shipping included
Enermax - Noisetaker - (SLI) - 600W - 162.70/shipping included
Intel Pro/1000 MT PCI 10/100/1000Mbps - 35.00/free shipping
XP Pro - 89.99
Lian-Li Case - 135.99/includes shipping

All this came from pricewatch.com ....

forgot the cpu fan... screw it, throw in a coolermaster water cooler for 144.99 and you're still saving money. Cables I didnt really get into because they're cheap plus you're using sata so it shouldn't be a issue...

Anyways, I would an extra drive for raid. Your're about to spend close to 5 for a a computers thats not even worth 3500.00...