my currently pc compared to my new pc

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

I am going to buy a new pc, the currently pc I have is too slow to big games such as GTA IV, NFS Hot Pursuit 2010, Crysis etc....


here is the system for my currently pc:
computer: HP Probook 6450b(laptop)
OS: Windows 7 Enterprise
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU P4500 1.87GHz
RAM: 2 GB
Video: Intel(R) HD Graphics
Video Card Memory: 727 MB
Screen Resolution: 1366x768

this will be the system for the new pc:
computer: Alienware Aurora(stationary)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600 3.9GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Video: AMD Raedon HD 6950
Video Card Memory: 2 GB
Screen: Widrescreen Monitor
Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
+ Mcafee, wireless internet

the new pc will cost: 14.071 NOK/$2581.79/€1790.76

this is a picture of Alienware Aurora stationary pc

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[Kamean]

Seykxel sì nìtram!

[Swoka Ikran]

Oooh. Nice system.

[Tsa'räni]

Oh my...

Please do not buy Alienware, they are so retardedly overpriced.  I don't pretend to know the PC/computer component situation in Norway, but there has to be a better alternative.

[Sіr. Ηaxalot]

Indeed. I would recommend this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10490 - Same performance, half the price.

Or this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10278 - Better performance, slightly cheaper.

Oh, and this if you need a display: http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=599897

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

Indeed. I would recommend this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10490 - Same performance, half the price.

Or this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10278 - Better performance, slightly cheaper.

Oh, and this if you need a display: http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=599897

no way to have that slow processor the first on on 3.3GHz and the second one on 3.2GHz

I want a faster processor, 3.9GHz is better

you know I am going to have very good games, that is why I need high RAM, CPU, and even video card must be bigger. Not 1 GB but 2 GB

[Sіr. Ηaxalot]

Indeed. I would recommend this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10490 - Same performance, half the price.

Or this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10278 - Better performance, slightly cheaper.

Oh, and this if you need a display: http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=599897

no way to have that slow processor the first on on 3.3GHz and the second one on 3.2GHz

I want a faster processor, 3.9GHz is better

you know I am going to have very good games, that is why I need high RAM, CPU, and even video card must be bigger. Not 1 GB but 2 GB

Well you're the one who's wasting your money. I was just suggesting that you maybe don't want to buy something that's about double the price. If you don't want to accept my help then it's your problem.

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

Indeed. I would recommend this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10490 - Same performance, half the price.

Or this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10278 - Better performance, slightly cheaper.

Oh, and this if you need a display: http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=599897

no way to have that slow processor the first on on 3.3GHz and the second one on 3.2GHz

I want a faster processor, 3.9GHz is better

you know I am going to have very good games, that is why I need high RAM, CPU, and even video card must be bigger. Not 1 GB but 2 GB

Well you're the one who's wasting your money. I was just suggesting that you maybe don't want to buy something that's about double the price. If you don't want to accept my help then it's your problem.

but it is many games who is over 3.3GHz

[Niwantaw]

Indeed. I would recommend this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10490 - Same performance, half the price.

Or this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10278 - Better performance, slightly cheaper.

Oh, and this if you need a display: http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=599897

no way to have that slow processor the first on on 3.3GHz and the second one on 3.2GHz

I want a faster processor, 3.9GHz is better

you know I am going to have very good games, that is why I need high RAM, CPU, and even video card must be bigger. Not 1 GB but 2 GB

Well you're the one who's wasting your money. I was just suggesting that you maybe don't want to buy something that's about double the price. If you don't want to accept my help then it's your problem.

but it is many games who is over 3.3GHz

for £1200 my brother built a computer with 8GB RAM, 3TB hardrive space, Sandy bridge I7 (second best one currently on the market.) blu ray drive, 2 1GB graphics cards rigged up in a crossfire.

Alienware is horribly overpriced.

[Sіr. Ηaxalot]

Indeed. I would recommend this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10490 - Same performance, half the price.

Or this: http://www.komplett.no/k/ci.aspx?sku=10278 - Better performance, slightly cheaper.

Oh, and this if you need a display: http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=599897

no way to have that slow processor the first on on 3.3GHz and the second one on 3.2GHz

I want a faster processor, 3.9GHz is better

you know I am going to have very good games, that is why I need high RAM, CPU, and even video card must be bigger. Not 1 GB but 2 GB

Well you're the one who's wasting your money. I was just suggesting that you maybe don't want to buy something that's about double the price. If you don't want to accept my help then it's your problem.

but it is many games who is over 3.3GHz

No it isn't and a CPU is a very, very complex device. You can't simply count performance in hz. Sure, the 3.9 Ghz CPU is faster than the CPU in the cheaper machine, by about 10%. But the more expensive machine I proposed has a different kind of CPU that have several internal differences making it at least as fast.

Anyway, the CPU isn't that much needed in games anyway. The only game that is going to get anything close to using even 50% of your CPU is Battlefield 3...

Also, Video card memory doesn't matter s*** unless you're gaming on three screens.

[Swoka Ikran]

Yikes, I completely missed the price...as everyone else said, that's WAY overpriced. I can build that for ~$1250 (excludes monitor).

With Alienware, you're paying for the name and pretty looks, not the stuff inside.

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

but remember that price is including for Mcafee, wireless internet, monitor and bluray

[Niwantaw]

but remember that price is including for Mcafee, wireless internet, monitor and bluray

Mcafee is awful

for about £120 you can get a reasonably large monitor

Blu ray drives are like £50 iirc

Still not worth it

[Swoka Ikran]

but remember that price is including for Mcafee, wireless internet, monitor and bluray

Then it'd be be about ~$1460. A monitor can be had for ~$140, BD is ~$70, and wifi card is <$20.

I wouldn't touch McAfee even if it were free. Same goes for Norton. AVG, Avast, Avira, and Microsoft have free antiviruses available. (I'm using AVG myself.)

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

I can get a monitor for 1544 NOK/£172 and it is in full HD

Mcafee is the only virus program I get, or I can just download the AVG virus program, that is a very good virus program, and it's free too

So maybe you have right, I skipping Mcafee, and take AVG

what you think, is AVG better?

and I can get a 8x blu-ray for £102

but DVD+/-RW 24x is included in the price for the Alienware Aurora without some extras


and now for the monitor again:
If I want 3D, it will cost 4200 NOK/£468

[Swoka Ikran]

I can get a monitor for 1544 NOK/£172 and it is in full HD

Mcafee is the only virus program I get, or I can just download the AVG virus program, that is a very good virus program, and it's free too

So maybe you have right, I skipping Mcafee, and take AVG

what you think, is AVG better?

They're about the same. McAfee has slightly better detection rates, but is more bloated than AVG and isn't free. I used to use McAfee, and it was always wasting a lot of resources.

and I can get a 8x blu-ray for £102

You can get a 8x BD-ROM DVD±RW drive for $70/£48. Whoever's charging £102 for it is ripping you off.

and now for the monitor again:
If I want 3D, it will cost 4200 NOK/£468

I'm not sure exactly what you need here All the 3D monitors I find seem to mention nvidia's 3d-vision tech...you want an ATI card. I'm sure someone else knows more about this...

[Niwantaw]

I use Microsoft security essentials personally for an AV.

Built by the people who built the OS so I think they'll have a pretty good one

[Ikran Eyktan]

I would stay far away from both Symantec and McAfee, I personally find them to be huge resource hogs.  I have tried NOD32, and its decent/fast IMO, the real time protection is pretty transparent and I generally don't even know its running.

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

on AVG can I get 10 years protection

I tried Norman before, and that sucked

It was virus all the time, I sent the pc for repair more than one time, maybe two or three times, and it was only 1 year protection

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

OK, I've found some who are very much cheaper

here is one:
Packard Bell
Processor: 2,8 GHz AMD Athlon™ II X2-processor
Video Card: NVIDIA ® GeForce ® 405 graphics solution with 1024 MB dedicated memory
RAM: 4 GB
HDD: 1 TB
price: 3795 NOK/€500/$683/£430