Want new computer

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I want a new gaming computer but have no games in mind yet, so i would like it to be capable of playing any games out there and any to come for the next 2 or 3 years at least. I know 12 GB of RAM is probably more than I need but I'm dead set on getting that because I have had RAM issues with 4 GB RAM before. My big issues are I am having trouble choosing a video card.

2 GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6950 ($100)
1.25GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 Ti ($0)
3GB GDDR5 NVIDIA®GeForce® GTX 590 ($500)
4GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6990 ($600)

are the single card options... Or should I opt for the cheapest and replace it myself? I'm getting a 500 GB for the SSD but I know that doesn't affect anything except storage. The other question is what processor do I go

Intel® Core™ i5-2300 (6MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
Intel® Core™ i5-2400 (6MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.6GHz
Intel® Core™ i7-2600 (8MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz

I wil also list below the summary I was looking at getting except I was hoping to cut costs back a little if possible because I still need to buy a monitor or 2.


Alienware Aurora-R3:
Alienware Aurora Desktop ASR3H 1 [225-0098] 1


Processors:
Intel® Core™ i7-2600 (8MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz SI72600 1 [317-5854] 2


Operating System:
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English W7HP61E 1 [331-0885][331-1015][420-6436][420-9691][421-4652][421-5702] 11


Chassis Color:
Matte Stealth Black Chassis with 875W Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply MB875W 1 [318-0249] 9


Cooling Option:
Alienware™ High-Performance Liquid Cooling LC 1 [317-3898] 823


Memory:
12GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz 12G134D 1 [317-8391] 3


Video Card:
2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6950 AT6950 1 [320-1828] 6


Hard Drive:
500GB SATA 3Gb/s (7,200 RPM) Solid State Hybrid 500SSDB 1 [342-1944] 8


Monitors:
No Monitor N 1 [320-7810] 5


Sound Card:
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio VXFIM 1 [313-8948] 17


Network Card:
802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Combo Adapter BTWLAN 1 [430-3915] 13


Optical Drive:
Dual Drives: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (BDROM; DVD/CDBurner) and DVDRW BDCMBDR 1 [318-0244][421-4366][421-4542] 16


Adobe Reader Software:
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader AAREAD 1 [410-0547] 15


AlienFX:
AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue AXCQSBL 1 [313-8750] 14


Wallpaper:
Alienhead 3D WLP3D 1 [421-1433] 110


Avatar:
Alienhead 3D AVTR3D 1 [421-1424] 21


Keyboard:
Alienware Multi-Media Keyboard AWMM 1 [330-6074] 4


Mouse:
Alienware Optical Mouse, MG100 AWLMMG1 1 [330-6082] 12


Gaming Audio:
Bose Companion 2 Series II Multimedia Speaker System A4092933 1 [A4092933] 5842


Hardware Support Services:
1 Year Advanced Service Plan S1CC 1 [421-1719][421-1724][906-5230][906-5260][938-3980][938-4000][950-9797] 29


Security Software:
McAfee SecurityCenter, 30-Day Trial MCEM30D 1 [410-0568] 25

Any feedback, advice or opinions are appreciated. I was considering cheaper building options but I feel going with a bigger company like Dell may be more secure for when something goes wrong down the road. And it will eventually, it always does...I just hope it's not until after the apocalypse of 2022 or was it 2012...
 
Is this off a website like Ibuypower.com or cyberpowerpc.com?

Given your selection of processors I suggest the i5 if your looking to cut costs, but I recommend the i7 if you wanna kick the extra cash. As far as video cards go I wouldnt of lower than a 560ti/AMD equivalent, and make sure you have at least 2GB of video ram. Newer games out now will use easily more than 1GB of VRAM.
 
Assembling it yourself, which is fairly easy, will allow you to customize for each part to suit you, and probably save some $.
A single quick example would be the Momentus vs standard hdd + ssd. The latter having a performace gain higher than the small added cost, and the overall cost of the system could easily be less.
The 1-5 or even 7 yr manufacturer's, would be your warranty an all the parts. Not the prebuilts 1, or longer if you pay more.
 
If you're looking to cut costs then you should consider building a computer yourself. Alienware can make you a powerful machine, but the cost/performance ratio is much higher than if you were to build your own.
 
Anyone willing to configure one for me

Well I want the computer ASAP but I want to pay for the majority of it in Jan/Feb so I can get my mom an iPad for x-mas. So Alienware, seems to be my best bet in terms of credit. Building a computer sounds like a good idea for the future. If someone would go to the alienware website and customize just the tower for me within a budget of $2000 just for fun (or as a favor) I would appreciate it. It would really just give me insight on someone who understood computer parts better would pick. :D Thanks in advance!
 
cyberpowerpc.com, will build a ATX, i7-2600k, GTX570 HD 2.5GB, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB HDD with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit for $1646. If you wanna go pre-built cyberpowerpc has the better deal.
 
yeah, alienware is prob a little bit better trusted for warranties and all, but they charge so much for the name and with us able to help cyberpower and ibuypower are prob going to be much better deals if you aren't going to build. and btw with newegg on the prefered plan crap on any order over like 500 you can pay it off interest free or something like that for like 12 months.
 
so i7 2600 decent? it's a little cheaper than the 2600k and seems to get 3.9 GHz when over clocked?

I was looking at my macbook pro's settings to make sure I was looking at GPUs and such that are better than I have on this laptop. I only have 256 VRAM and 4 GB of ram at 1023MHz. And I had a regular macbook that wasn't nearly as good not to long ago, so that thing must have been a P-O-S.

I haven't placed the order for desktop yet, but I did order the monitor already, I'm getting a 26 inch LED LCD 1080P Vizio with 2 HDMI ports. I'm hoping that will be easier to look at than a 32 inch samsung I have on my desk right now. Going to lend that thing to my dad until I move in a couple of months because he's still watching a square tv from the 90s.

So I have a question about upgrading... If I want to upgrade the GPU in the future, does it plug into a pci slot or is it an easy thing to swap out. Also I was wondering does 4 DIMMs mean 4 slots or is that just the format of 1 stick of ram?
 
gpu upgrades aren't difficult, just unplug power, pull it out, put new one in, add power and install drivers. yes 4 dimm's is 4 ram slots. the k is much better. only way to overclock non k's is with fsb which results in more heat and less stability.
 
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