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Hey, I want to get a little more into PC gaming(More like advance a little bit) and buy or build a PC. I'm more into buying one because I have no knowledge when it comes to building, and I have looked up resourses and it is really confusing, any help.

Also, what could I buy? - Alienware, ....
Budget is about 1000$(USD)
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I'd build it but if you want a premade one get it from cyberpower PC you pick out all your parts and they build it
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Dont buy always builds
99.9& OF the time pre builts are overpriced and horribley built.
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You said alienware, the cause has been lost...
Alienware are pathetic for the price.
Go custom dude and please forget the idea of buying one.

And if you are worried about not knowing stuff, 4 months ago I didn't know what a CPU was or did, 2 months ago I built my PC and here I am today.
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Well, there are pros and cons of both.

If you want to get best value for money, and having the satisfaction of building it yourself go and build it. However, no one can force you to build one, you have the money and its up to you.
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Since you don't know much about building a pc like myself, i bought a prebuilt PC from iBuyPower, they are a little cheaper than CyberPowerPC, they use the same products. In fact the are ran by the same company. iBuyPower also allows you to pick the components that you want. The PC i bought from iBuyPower runs perfectly with no issues, and it runs games with 50+ fps with no issues. Although you can get better PC's if you build them yourself. Contact MichaelBay, he's a TTG member and he's very good with building computers. Shoot him a message and let him know your budget, he will build a PC for you in your budget. Also don't take advice from other TTG members about PC performance or people that recommend builds. If i were you i would only take advice from MichaelBay, or r00t here on TTG, they are both very smart when it comes to PC building.
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Update wrote Since you don't know much about building a pc like myself, i bought a prebuilt PC from iBuyPower, they are a little cheaper than CyberPowerPC, they use the same products. In fact the are ran by the same company. iBuyPower also allows you to pick the components that you want. The PC i bought from iBuyPower runs perfectly with no issues, and it runs games with 50+ fps with no issues. Although you can get better PC's if you build them yourself. Contact MichaelBay, he's a TTG member and he's very good with building computers. Shoot him a message and let him know your budget, he will build a PC for you in your budget. Also don't take advice from other TTG members about PC performance or people that recommend builds. If i were you i would only take advice from MichaelBay, or r00t here on TTG, they are both very smart when it comes to PC building.

There are lots of people on here with the same amount of pc advice. Not just them two.
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Terrabytez wrote You said alienware, the cause has been lost...
Alienware are pathetic for the price.
Go custom dude and please forget the idea of buying one.

And if you are worried about not knowing stuff, 4 months ago I didn't know what a CPU was or did, 2 months ago I built my PC and here I am today.


Yeah Alienware computers are honestly crap. You could buy a custom PC from cyberpower and put in the parts you want, or build a pc, and it would perform a million times better than an Alienware. Buying an Alienware is basically: "Hey we're going to charge you 1,000 dollars extra for the name 'Alienware' when really the parts are a 500 dollar build."
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Update wrote Since you don't know much about building a pc like myself, i bought a prebuilt PC from iBuyPower, they are a little cheaper than CyberPowerPC, they use the same products. In fact the are ran by the same company. iBuyPower also allows you to pick the components that you want. The PC i bought from iBuyPower runs perfectly with no issues, and it runs games with 50+ fps with no issues. Although you can get better PC's if you build them yourself. Contact MichaelBay, he's a TTG member and he's very good with building computers. Shoot him a message and let him know your budget, he will build a PC for you in your budget. Also don't take advice from other TTG members about PC performance or people that recommend builds. If i were you i would only take advice from MichaelBay, or r00t here on TTG, they are both very smart when it comes to PC building.

I, myself, would NEVER recommend a pre-build, what advantage do you get from a pre-build over one you build yourself? Only the fact it's pre-made. Building one yourself carries more benefits that purchasing one pre-made, longer warranties, better value for money, satisfaction, knowledge ect. And it gives you some amazing experience in the future when it comes to upgrades.

Also, there are more than two people that give good, honest and helpful advice. Most people who visit this forum know what they're talking about, it's just the odd few that don't.
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Update wrote Since you don't know much about building a pc like myself, i bought a prebuilt PC from iBuyPower, they are a little cheaper than CyberPowerPC, they use the same products. In fact the are ran by the same company. iBuyPower also allows you to pick the components that you want. The PC i bought from iBuyPower runs perfectly with no issues, and it runs games with 50+ fps with no issues. Although you can get better PC's if you build them yourself. Contact MichaelBay, he's a TTG member and he's very good with building computers. Shoot him a message and let him know your budget, he will build a PC for you in your budget. Also don't take advice from other TTG members about PC performance or people that recommend builds. If i were you i would only take advice from MichaelBay, or r00t here on TTG, they are both very smart when it comes to PC building.


Ok then, what about myself, SGRU, Craigyy, Buxtyy, Stedos, Gigahertz, Alexxy, Hoop, BenQ (Dutes) and any others I have missed out.
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