Are there any good gaming computers for a cheap price?

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Maybe.

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There are.

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You can try looking for some. Just try to be cautious around ones that are Alienware. :3

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Agree. Alienware is overpriced crap. You can build identic PC yourself for around half the price.

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Dellware* ;-)

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It would be cool if you could buy Alienware cases though. I like the design of their newer chassis.

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i7-3770k, 8 gigs of ddr3 1866mhz, 660ti and you forget to check recommended specs

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i7.. 660ti.. wut

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Why the fuck do you need i7 for games? They can't even use it's full potential. For games much more better is i5 CPU since it's cheaper and you won't see any difference between i5 and i7 while playing games. And 1600MHz RAM is enough. Can't see difference between 1600MHz and 1866MHz (but price is different). For graphics card it's hard to say anything since we don't know OP's budget.

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next? i5-2550, 6gb (3x2gb) ddr3 1600mhz, radeon 6950, a lot cheaper, maybe 20% slower, handles skyrim on high

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Suggesting old Sandy Bridge CPU just because it's cheaper isn't right way to go. It looks like next Intel CPUs will have LGA1150 socket so it's much smarter to get CPU with LGA1150 socket now. Which means it has to be Haswell CPU. To make it cheaper get i3 Haswell CPU and upgrade to something newer later. It will be able to handle all the games that are out at the moment and it will be able to handle them for long enough so you can save up money for something better (I have i3-3220 Ivy Bridge CPU and have no problems with games). Or you can get i5 and mid-low end graphics card and upgrade it later. You need variations because there's no point putting in old parts you won't be able to upgrade later because of old socket or other things like that.

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you may be right, but when you are short on cash and want to change elements very rare (or not at all), it's better to buy older but NOT weaker parts (what's the difference? 1-3% now? 5W of power of smaller process?), lack of newest CPUs on the mobo doesn't hurts this case
BTW: 1150 would be changed, next year DDR4 will require another new socket, I bet it will... :C

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Maybe it will need new socket but there still will be more CPUs with LGA1150 coming out than LGA1155 ones. But as I said - we need to see what budget OP has otherwise it's hard to tell anything about this.

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Yes. It's called "build it yourself". It will always be cheaper if you choose parts and put it together yourself. If you need help with parts - send me message on Steam. No point writing in this forum because there are too many people that think i7 and GTX Titan is the way to go...

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just recycle some parts from old pc (case, dvd drive, hdd etc.) and buy some used parts which you are missing for the build cheap from ebay or somewhere.
This way you can build a decent gaming PC easily in the range of 200-300€.

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+2 Building it yourself will always be better.

Use PCPartPicker.com It helps you stay within budget. Just don't forget your OS cost.

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Suddenly, SteamOS

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+1

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ok thanks

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Really depends on your budget. Always self-build one though.

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Throw in an AMD 8350, 8GB Ram, r9 270x 2gb or something. I'd stick to AMD processors, cheap and good.

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AMD CPUs are cheap but they don't have as good performance as Intel ones have. For graphics card - yes, there's not much difference between nVidia and AMD except in price.

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AMD drops support a lot faster. Legacy "support" is very bad and adds more bugs than they fix.
So in long run I would recommend nvidia over amd in graphic cards. But if you plan to upgrade within 4 years anyways, it doesn't really matter then.

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That's right but since he is asking for something cheap then graphics card from AMD will be better choice becuase it will be cheaper.

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270x and 280x are older cards in a new package, 290x is a brand new card. You can get equal performance from the 78xx cards.

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It depends on your budget. LogicalIncriments is a good reference for system building.

FYI, the actual links on the site are referral links.

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What is a "cheap price" for you? How much money can you spend?
I recommend building one yourself if you trust yourself with handing expensive electronics. Or if you are like me, find a small computer shop who will build you one. It's a little bit more expensive, but you get a warranty and a professional who knows what he/she is doing will build it. You should pick the second option especially if you are thinking about having liquid cooling in it.

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Liquid isn't necessary unless you do heavy overclocking.

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And I wouldn't recommend liquid cooling for beginners or casuals.
However I do recommend building your own computer, comes a lot cheaper. It does take a little bit of effort though, even if you ask help from forums. So I guess in end it is a choise between a balance of time and money.

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First question: How much do you wanna spend? Choosing the components on your own is always the cheapest, I agree with that. i5 CPU should be enough, but don't go below that.

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Not sure what your budget is but if you are uncomfortable building your own computer you could always check out www.ibuypower.com.

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