We have bought a second home in the NC Mountains. I don't want to haul my Falcon Northwest Desktop back and forth.
What I'm looking for:
1] Desktop
2] Runs Windows (including Office)
3] Liquid Cooled (no exception - my last air cooled sounded like a jet engine)
4] I am not building it. I do not have the skill set and don't want or need to learn.
My gaming needs are pretty low. I don't play shooters. I don't do VR. I don't do flight sims or high end train sims.
What do I play - Wargames, 4x Strategy, RPG and occasional other things. I write enough reviews that what I do and don't play are known to many.
I'm leaning towards another Falcon Northwest desktop. I looked at Newegg - but everything there is air cooled. Alienware is out because their systems are air cooled. I've had two liquid cooled systems and they are so quiet I never plan to go back.
I realize the Falcon's are way, way overpowered for the gaming I do. But I've never had one go bad (other than replacing a video card) and they are sooooo quiet.
I'm willing to entertain other options. My fear is that I'm going to end up with two high end gaming rigs if we move in the next couple of years full time - so I'm willing to go down to a lesser system if I can get it liquid cooled.
I too am getting a new desktop soon and I too would like a liquid cooled rig. Recommendations welcome! Apologies for the hijack.
No suggestions, but post pics after you get your goods. Love to see peoples' setups.
I'm surprised air cooled is such an issue for you with your list of needs. Wargames, 4x titles and strategy fare aren't typically too demanding on the GPU or CPU and don't really trigger the fans. Liquid cooling is usually for high-end systems that run AAA games that really raise the heat inside the box.
My only complaint about my current rig is the noise from the fans (it's an Asus). Other than that it has been a great gaming machine. And I do play a lot of AssCreed, Witcher 3, Total War and similar games. I am hoping my first game on the new rig will be AssCreed Valhalla.
Still very happy with what I got from iBuyPower last December. All name brand parts except case had their brand. Case is a mid tower...very robust. ...and yes, liquid cooled, well the gpu cpu is. Cant say its quiet though...but not loud enough to bother me. Sound is mostly from the case fans.
I would go back and recheck the Alienware specifically the Aurora model. In the customization options they offer several different liquid cooling setups.
What is your budget?
100% good track record with Cyberpower.
Trick with them is to make sure you buy all name brand parts. Getting any no-name part, ESPECIALLY the PSU ends up causing grief for a lot of users.
My last three rigs I got from them all still run, one after more than 10 years even though I downgraded it to just a media server.
Quote from: SirAndrewD on August 26, 2020, 07:37:05 PM
100% good track record with Cyberpower.
Trick with them is to make sure you buy all name brand parts. Getting any no-name part, ESPECIALLY the PSU ends up causing grief for a lot of users.
My last three rigs I got from them all still run, one after more than 10 years even though I downgraded it to just a media server.
I agree. The key seems to be the generous size of their cooling space. And some parts (eg. the ethernet receivers can be a bit cranky), but the basic machine are quite robust.
I have bought from iBuyPower and Cyberpower in the past and never had any issues...both machines are still working, used by my daughters.
My budget is 3000.00, including a monitor, which I would like to be a 35".
My budget is 6k max including monitor and Windows Office.
I wish i had the budget you have guys! You can really buy some cool machines with that amount.
Quote from: airboy on August 27, 2020, 03:29:40 AM
My budget is 6k max including monitor and Windows Office.
SIX THOUSAND!?!?!?!
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Working 3 jobs concurrently for 30 years, investing, and coming very close to a heart attack as a result has some payoffs.
My budget is half that, literally. But with 6k the PC gaming world of desktops is your oyster.
Our new Gaming Lord arises! :notworthy:
^ I think "gaming jester" is more appropriate. A high end machine to play mid to low end computer resource games sounds like a jester instead of a lord.
How about a, 'High End Machine' for a..... 'High End Guy' then? :coolsmiley:
Quote from: Sir Slash on August 27, 2020, 11:49:03 AM
How about a, 'High End Machine' for a..... 'High End Guy' then? :coolsmiley:
For the guy that doesn't drink his bottom shelf, plastic bottle bourbon from a chipped glass?
Attached is a pdf of the Falcon NW I'm considering. Price includes a 27" monitor and keyboard - but not shipping.
Those of you who know what you are doing - look this over to see if I need to change anything. This machine is probably not as good as my other Falcon, but I don't want to haul my desktop machine back and forth.
This also has a 1T Samsung SSD drive in the 2.5" slot and a 1T Western Digital data drive in the SS2 slot which is not on the printed pretty pdf I downloaded.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on August 27, 2020, 09:01:26 AM
Quote from: airboy on August 27, 2020, 03:29:40 AM
My budget is 6k max including monitor and Windows Office.
SIX THOUSAND!?!?!?!
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Yeah...I could buy 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 of what I'm playing on for that