You guys helped me build my son a great gaming PC maybe 4-5 years ago that has served him well, but he's looking to upgrade so I'm back hoping to pick your brains.
I've started looking at pre-built gaming PC's to get an idea of what's current, but there are some things they don't list, like Motherboards/power supplies, cooling etc that I just am not familiar enough with so I am looking for advice.
If I wanted to build my own gaming PC with specs similar to the Alienware New Aurora Gaming desktop, how much would I be likely to save?
I know they charge a bit for their style, and I don't need a monitor, keyboard or mouse.
This is what they claim is in the $1,434.99 model
Would any of you be able to suggest comparable parts that would work together? Or if there's anything better at a similar price?
For instance, they list that for an extra $50 you can get the NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 SUPER™ 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready)
Is that worth it?
I'd love to stay around $1000 or under... Is that crazy?
He mainly plays Overwatch/CSGO/Minecraft and uses an elgato capture card.
Thanks for any help!
I've started looking at pre-built gaming PC's to get an idea of what's current, but there are some things they don't list, like Motherboards/power supplies, cooling etc that I just am not familiar enough with so I am looking for advice.
If I wanted to build my own gaming PC with specs similar to the Alienware New Aurora Gaming desktop, how much would I be likely to save?
I know they charge a bit for their style, and I don't need a monitor, keyboard or mouse.
This is what they claim is in the $1,434.99 model
- 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 9700 (8-Core, 12MB Cache, up to 4.7GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology)
- Windows 10 Home 64bit English
- NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 6GB GDDR6 (OC Ready)
- 16GB Dual Channel HyperX™ FURY DDR4 XMP at 2933MHz
- 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)
- Lunar Light chassis with Low-Profile Smart Cooling CPU Heatsink and 850W Power Supply
- 802.11ac 2x2 Wireless, WiFi and Bluetooth 4.1
- Multi-Media Keyboard
- Optical Mouse MS116AW
Would any of you be able to suggest comparable parts that would work together? Or if there's anything better at a similar price?
For instance, they list that for an extra $50 you can get the NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 SUPER™ 8GB GDDR6 (OC Ready)
Is that worth it?
I'd love to stay around $1000 or under... Is that crazy?
He mainly plays Overwatch/CSGO/Minecraft and uses an elgato capture card.
Thanks for any help!