Help me make a new desktop: Will pay 200 to the best design...

[jsnipes28]

i have an alienware that ii actually like a great deal.

i think i have amd64, 250gb hardrive, 2gb ram, all the usual [censored] etc
paired with an apple 30" amd a 20" monitor rotated vertically on the side.

i actually had someone build it for me-- what was supposed to be a reputable computer shop and had a lot of issues which went unresolved and had to shell out for another comp.

personally i like the security of having the ability to talk to a real company for customer service and knowing that they have a rep to maintain.

also, dell wont sell u a computer that is compatible w/ an Apple 30". I tried, if you have any questions about my setup or anything w/ apple adn video card compatibility just PM me.

[OHFreak]

SLI motherboard with Intel 975X or NVIDIA 680i chipset (higher end models will have 3 PCI-E slots which gives you ultimate flexibility)

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40Ghz CPU or better

2gb DDR2 RAM or (4gb if you want)

One or two 8800GTS 320mb PCI-E video card (640mb version if you want)

Whatever hard drive(s)
Whatever DVDRW
Non-crappy 600+ watt PSU (Corsair is good, Antec is good)
Case with a couple of 120mm fans

The rest of it just doesn't matter.

[prodonkey]

whoever would pay 1200 for the one from best buy is a moron.



It's really not hard to get a custom built pc from any of the online retailers. You don't need a quad core 1k cpu to play poker on. Anything 2 ghz + is pretty good. 2 gig of ram. 2 hard drives in a raid configuration.. And a good video card, any reasonable one will do, you don't need top of the line fancy all the features 3d stuff with 1 gig of ram, unless you're going to be playing all the latest games on it too. Most video cards come with VGA and DVI or 2 DVI connectors so you can use 2 monitors if you decide to go that route.

Jsnipes: the apples have dvi inputs, so any computer you buy is going to be compatible, no matter what line of crap dell will feed u.

[TomHimself]

$3900 w/ 30 inch
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E6420 (4MB L2 Cache,2.13GHz,1066 FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition with re-installation CD edit
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable edit
LARGE DISPLAYS Dell 30 inch Widescreen Flat Panel Display edit
HARDWARE SUPPORT 3Yr Ltd. Warranty- Advance Exchange edit
DELL ULTRASHARP 3007WFPHC Dell High Color 30 inch UltraSharp Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
VIDEO CARD 256MB nVidia GeForce 8600 GTS edit
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
SPEAKERS Dell AS501 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for UltraSharp™ Flat Panels edit
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Keyboard edit
MOUSE Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive or Media Reader Included edit
MODEM No Modem edit
PRODUCTIVITY No Productivity software pre-installed edit
ANTI-VIRUS & SECURITY I chose Security with Value, Plus,or Premium Warranty Bundle edit
PHOTOS, MUSIC & MORE! No Entertainment software pre-installed edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE PC-Care Value Bundle edit
PROTECTION AGAINST ACCIDENTS CompleteCare Accidental Damage Protection, 2 Year edit
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
SYSTEM DETAILS 2.5MM aluminum thickness Chassis with front & back customizable LEDs
SYSTEM DETAILS 7-slot, BTX design motherboard
SYSTEM DETAILS 750-watt Power Supply
SYSTEM DETAILS Tower Six-heat pipe, Copper base Heat Sink with aluminum fans
SYSTEM DETAILS Two 120mm x 38mm front fans
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support
XPS Specialized Support Dimension XPS, Specialized Support

[Paul B.]

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SLI motherboard with Intel 975X or NVIDIA 680i chipset (higher end models will have 3 PCI-E slots which gives you ultimate flexibility)

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40Ghz CPU or better

2gb DDR2 RAM or (4gb if you want)

One or two 8800GTS 320mb PCI-E video card (640mb version if you want)

Whatever hard drive(s)
Whatever DVDRW
Non-crappy 600+ watt PSU (Corsair is good, Antec is good)
Case with a couple of 120mm fans

The rest of it just doesn't matter.

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Winner. This setup is extremely solid for a poker rig.

[MotorBoatingSOB]

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Dude, don't pay $200 for anyone to link you to a model offered by a computer manufacturer. Most of these guys can't even build a PC themself, they're just going to a website and picking within your price range (because at 2-4k , the needs you described are obviously included).

I reccomend having someone build a badass PC for you with custom components that you know, because for $2,000 you can pick the exact same components a PC like Alienware will literally charge $4,000 for. And you won't have the tons of useless software to slow you down. You aren't paying market price for the components in pc's like that, you're paying market price+labor+rape. Whereas, sites like Newegg or Tiger Direct actually give you the components for market value and you can save the extra $$$$ by doing it yourself, or hell even throwing some guy $100 to put it together for oyu.

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QFT dont be an idiot OP

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so true. building your own system will literally save you thousands of dollars on the system you are looking for. buy everything from newegg also.

[Roman]

hes rich! let him spread the wealth.

[Maulik]

If anyone needs help with a computer in the future, I'll be glad to help. I built durrrr's computer last summer - a reference if need be.

-Maulik

[TheWorstPlayer]

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If anyone needs help with a computer in the future, I'll be glad to help. I built durrrr's computer last summer - a reference if need be.

-Maulik

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'built' meaning designed, or you actually built it?

[magentaradio]

is there a better OS to run poker software on than windows? (ubuntu or some barebone system?)

this may be a dumb question, but i just don't know...