Leo
08-05-2016, 10:20 PM
10 years is a bit atypical, but I wouldn't say it is totally out of the winder saying that. I have an old computer I built back in 2008 that has the Core2 Extreme QX9650 which at the time was a $1200 CPU -- I won it at the Intel Channel Conference when they still did them down in Atlanta... It is about the same speed of a Core i5-ish but they've added a couple new instructions and changes in architecture but here next week it will be an 8 year old computer that will be capable of 4k (2160p) resolution.
Gaming laptops are a waste of money...I knew a guy who has a Toshiba Qosmio, it was nice but the laptop was ultra thick, the power pack was the size of a tablet and was just impractical, not to mention the $2500 price tag. I mean for all the hassle I would just build a mini tower and throw it in a suitcase - it would be about as much trouble. Plus the looming risk of cracking a screen or having it stolen. I mean it's like having a Corvette sitting out in the street unlocked with the keys in it.
However, that's not the typical gaming rig at all...Most folks aren't going to drop $3,000 on a system. I have had a few bumps with that computer, replaced the motherboard at 6 months, power supply at 5 years and has seen many different drives and the case is pretty much rubbish. Even the CoolerMaster Haf case I have in my new computer has seen better days, mainly that the wheels broke and fell off. They're good cases but nothing lasts forever.
That being said considering the OP I would say it would most likely come down to either adding a video card or a budget gaming system. The problem I have with Alienware is they make it difficult to customize the system, you can't just get the budget model and max out the video card with them, which is the clear advantage of just building it yourself...but you need to know what hardware to get and be able to assemble it yourself, load the OS and the whole works. What would seem to be a breeze for me might be a daunting task for someone else.
Not to digress but my "dream machine" would consist of using a server board with dual high end Xeon CPU's, 64 GB of RAM, using enterprise SSD's with a dedicated RAID controller...I like the idea of having an array of 8 disks in something like RAID 0+1. 3-4 Video cards... I priced such a system out not to long ago, talking $4,000~ depending on what CPU I get. Intel does have the 24-core Xeon, so I could have 48 cores (96 logical cores). But I don't think that would do much good unless I was doing folding but GPU folding would still be faster, so 16-24 cores would be more than sufficient. I probably would just go with a 4U server case with high velocity fans. I mean at that point who cares about noise.
Anyway, not trying to start a debate as there are many opinions...nVidia, Intel, AMD, ATI...Mac, Windows...Lunix...Cryix...PowerPC lol
Gaming laptops are a waste of money...I knew a guy who has a Toshiba Qosmio, it was nice but the laptop was ultra thick, the power pack was the size of a tablet and was just impractical, not to mention the $2500 price tag. I mean for all the hassle I would just build a mini tower and throw it in a suitcase - it would be about as much trouble. Plus the looming risk of cracking a screen or having it stolen. I mean it's like having a Corvette sitting out in the street unlocked with the keys in it.
However, that's not the typical gaming rig at all...Most folks aren't going to drop $3,000 on a system. I have had a few bumps with that computer, replaced the motherboard at 6 months, power supply at 5 years and has seen many different drives and the case is pretty much rubbish. Even the CoolerMaster Haf case I have in my new computer has seen better days, mainly that the wheels broke and fell off. They're good cases but nothing lasts forever.
That being said considering the OP I would say it would most likely come down to either adding a video card or a budget gaming system. The problem I have with Alienware is they make it difficult to customize the system, you can't just get the budget model and max out the video card with them, which is the clear advantage of just building it yourself...but you need to know what hardware to get and be able to assemble it yourself, load the OS and the whole works. What would seem to be a breeze for me might be a daunting task for someone else.
Not to digress but my "dream machine" would consist of using a server board with dual high end Xeon CPU's, 64 GB of RAM, using enterprise SSD's with a dedicated RAID controller...I like the idea of having an array of 8 disks in something like RAID 0+1. 3-4 Video cards... I priced such a system out not to long ago, talking $4,000~ depending on what CPU I get. Intel does have the 24-core Xeon, so I could have 48 cores (96 logical cores). But I don't think that would do much good unless I was doing folding but GPU folding would still be faster, so 16-24 cores would be more than sufficient. I probably would just go with a 4U server case with high velocity fans. I mean at that point who cares about noise.
Anyway, not trying to start a debate as there are many opinions...nVidia, Intel, AMD, ATI...Mac, Windows...Lunix...Cryix...PowerPC lol
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