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The parts aren't random, so don't sell yourself short. You know what they are and you know what you have. It's not a big deal, and we're not talking about square peg into a round hole here. Nothing makes these companies special. All of their parts come from the same factory that the parts you can buy and build do. Furthermore, you actually don't know what they're putting into your computer. I mean, you have an idea, but what kind of motherboard is it? What kind of power supply is it? Who's the OEM for their cases? What CFM and dB level are the fans rated at? Hopefully you'll have a great experience with Dell. They were decent to me when my monitor started acting up, and replaced it after I finally got fed up and sent an email straight to Michael Dell. I had a few horror stories working tech bench on stuff we sent it, but it goes that way with every manufacturer. Unfortunately sometimes they just don't get it too. A friend of mine has a Dell system that came factory equipped with an R9 270. It has a 450W psu. The system isn't stable. On paper it should just barely be able to run that card. In reality it doesn't have enough wattage on the +12v rail, and he's told them that, but they keep sending him a new PSU that won't work until he finally went out and bought another PSU that would. Thankfully Dell is good about allowing people to upgrade parts in the box they purchased. Some manufacturers are stupid and will void your warranty for adding any hardware. You can't really compare a computer to a rifle though. Especially when you get into really high performance builds, the lower cost of entry means you can spend more on components and it will run better than a comparable off-the-shelf purchase. This time, not a big deal. I can get it being worth a couple hundred bucks to put together a computer. That's about what I'd charge if I were building one, though most of the time I just do it for a friends and family discount of free, since it's something I enjoy. Like I said, I'm not trying to talk you down or say you made a bad purchase. I hope it gives you many hours of awesomeness. If you become addicted though and are ever in the market for an enthusiast-class build and want some guidance or help building just give me a shout, and I'll save you about a grand as I did with a coworker when he decided to take my advice and not buy another Alienware. |
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I'm sure it's a lot easier these days (built PCs a lot in late 90s early 00s) but it was definitely not fun back then. Usually what I'm talking about is IF something goes wrong (and it usually does), troubleshooting is the pain. Figuring out what went wrong, why, whether it was a defective part, which part, is it the driver, is it the cable, is it this is it that, do I have to drive back to the store, do I have to mail something back, does that store offer return policy, do I have to pay shipping, etc. I'm sure a lot of stuff has improved in terms of compatibility and reliability, but I have no desire to deal with those headaches again just to save a few bucks.
This is my second Dell XPS, with my first box lasting me a comfortable 7+ years. And even now, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just slow by today's standards (Core2Quad Q9450, 8GB ram, original 8800GT was fried and replaced with a GT 550 Ti). That box now lives in the living room on the big TV as a web browser and media station. That being said, I've got several more hours into Crysis 3 and have found my ideal settings at a lower res (1600x1024) because that means I can max every setting, including MSAA, and get about 30-40fps. At 1920x1200, I'm lucky to break into the 20s with everything maxed. Watch Dogs runs at a silky smooth 50-60fps with everything on high at 1080p. Maybe I'll build the next one years from now, but I think this new machine will do me just fine for the casual amount of gaming I do these days.
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The last generation of consoles that I owned was the GameCube/PS2 era.
When I switched over to PC, it just made a lot more sense, plus PC games are discount far more frequently than console games. Steam is also very convenient. |
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THE STEAM SALE IS COMING! (or, rumored, the 19th)
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Time to make up your own online currency and start mining it.
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Just me, but building a gaming PC makes having an xbox redundant and not a ps4.
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Oh man I had forgotten about that. It's at the top of my must buy list, having wasted a ton of money on Gauntlet Legends in the arcade. Have they given a release date yet?
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Besides, the only worthwhile PS4 exclusive title is MLB The Show. And I'm not dropping $500 to play one game!
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Doesn't matter, really. I got the system 8 months ago and have been enjoying all my games over that 8 months. And I will continue to enjoy them and others onward. There are only a few PS4 exclusives, and most are generic 3rd person action adventure games or quirky indie titles I don't care about. I've played Uncharted and Last of Us on PS3, they were good, but I feel I could get the exact same experience watching a Let's Play video online. Nothing on the near horizon stands out to me. Except maybe Forza Horizon 2. :P
As for gaming on a PC, depends on the title if I will buy it for PC or X1. I generally despise playing online PC games because of the combination of trolls, hackers, griefers, and way-too-obsessed opposing teammates that seem to have more training than Navy Seals. The a-holes and over-obsessed clans do exist on XBOX Live, but in significantly less numbers compared to the "let's actually have fun" crowd. I'll likely keep buying my online shooters on X1 and limit PC to single player campaigns and any graphical showcase titles like Crysis or Watch Dogs.* Long story short, I don't have a big desire to buy a PS4, nor do I regret buying an X1 by any means. Besides the games, it's pretty sweet to record game clips with voice commands, then immediately mix them into a montage and upload to youtube. And I must be one of the few people who uses and enjoys the Fitness Kinect app that's free for Gold. No exclusive title for PS4 is a system-seller for me, and I'll have to probably wait a few years before a library of content I'm interested in is available. MLB The Show is the only thing close to getting me to get a PS4 and that's only because I'm a diehard Yankees fan and the game is fantastic (roommate has it along with a PS4). *Speaking of Watch Dogs, y'all see this?? http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=390114 No word from Ubisoft yet, but the general consensus is they had to nerf the PC version so it would be more "in line" with the console versions. This fan-provided patch unlocks the effects and details originally shown back at the 2012 E3 demo.
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[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_exclusives_%28seventh_generatio n%29"]List of video game exclusives (seventh generation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame] I mean, really if you want to make that comparison this gen so far, the PS4 is full of indie games that were available on PC first. Here's current [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_game_exclusives_%28eighth_generation %29"]List of video game exclusives (eighth generation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame] Each has their own large set of exclusives. If you want to go off of that, everyone should forget the PS and Xbox and just buy a Wii U. Zero. Since you said you don't hate the DS4. |
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